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Flood at Johnstown / USAA mother watches helplessly as her husband and young duaghter are swept away by the raging waters of a flood that hit Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metalTwo young men, one in a top hat, the other in a bowler hat, sorting through a rather unpromising pile of scrap metal in a junk yard
WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, LondonWW2 - Recycling tin cans to aid the war effort in East Ham, London - April, 1940. Date: 1940
Teddy Bear (with hidden objects)
Blitz in London -- pulling debris clear, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters pulling debris clear following an air raid. Date: 1940s
Abandoned rural branch line signal box, Worcestershire, England. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
Boy with bicycle wheel, Balham, SW LondonA little boy with a bicycle wheel on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Norah Blaney working on a dust-cart in WWIIActress, singer and variety star, Norah Blaney (Mrs Basil Hughes), driving on a dust-cart and collecting refuse for Basildon Council as part of the war effort during the Second World War. Date: 1940
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 11Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A view of some of the makeshift buildings that have grown among the rubbish tips. This is where the better off Zabballeen people live circa 1995
Dirty Father Thames 1848Dirty Father Thames stands in the river water hooking detritus and rubbish that's floating there: old shoes and boots, dead fish, bottles, dead mice and rats
Eviction of squatters, Harrow Road, London, 17 June 1974 -- a policeman stands guard outside the property, from where all the squatters belongings have been put out on the pavement. Date: 1974
Comic postcard, Woman falls from window into dustbin Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Cockerel scratching for a living Date: 20th century
The Bank of England, St Pauls Cathedral and the Blue-Coat School or Christs Hospital. View of the Bank of England 33, the dome of St Pauls Cathedral 34, and the Blue-Coat School for orphans 35
Sorting a dust-heap at a County Council depot 1900Men turn over the heaps of rubbish, while women look for a honest penny collecting bottles and empty and sardine tins in the County Council depot. London. 1900
Official Municipal Rubbish Tip, 1980s England. Date: 1980s
Dust-yard 1850sLondons dust-yard, while a man digs through the rubbish and the women sieve the dust hoping to find things of value. circa 1850s
The Road Sweeper. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1966. Date: 1966
Burning refuse in November Date: 9th Century
Illustration, White-Ear at night with his prey. Date: 1912
GREAT RUBBISH SALETHE UNPROTECTED FEMALE AT A GREAT RUBBISH SALE The customer is depicted as the victim of unscrupulous shopkeepers Date: 1853
Dustman and cart collecting refuseThe dustman calls out to householders to bring out their refuse, while his mate tips the buckets into the cart. Date: circa 1840
Dustman collecting refuseBring out your dust, the dustman cries, whilst ringing of his bell: If the wind blows, pray guard your eyes, to keep them clear and well. Date: 19th Century
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 10Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 8Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by two donkeys stops in the rubbish-strewn streets Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 9Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig by the leg. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 6Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small girl child dodges past a donkey cart in the rubbish-strewn streets Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 7Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by three small donkeys carries rubbish and three men from the tip Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 5Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. Three young girls sift though the smoking rubbish Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 2Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A femae child wearing what might once have been a pretty pink dress. It is now ragged and filthy Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 4Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small boy carries a tin can into which he will put small metal items he finds among the rubbish Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 3Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small boy scrabbles in the rubbish with his bare hands. More children work behind him Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 1Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A ragged child finds a piece of bread among the rubbish and offers it to her sister, who clings to her brother Date: circa 1995
Filthy streets, Mokattam, CairoThe filthy street of Mokattam in the middle of the rubbish tips of Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995
Desolation at sea-port Dikson, Arctic Russia. Summer, August. Broken and abandoned ships and rubbish everywhere in what use to be one of the major ports in Russian Arctic ocean coast (Kara sea)
WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and DiarrhoeaDysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints
London Trade Card - John Hunt, Nightman and Rubbish CarterLondon Trade Card - John Hunt, successor to the late Mr Ino. Brook, Nightman and Rubbish Carter, near the Wagon and Horses in Goswell Street, near Mount Mill. 18th century
London Trade Card - William Woodward, Nightman, Carman and Chimney Sweeper, Rubbish Carted, 1 Marylebone Passage, Wells Street, Oxford Market. 18th century
Spain. War of Africa (1859-1860). Maps of Morocco
The Cleaner Bathing Movement by W. Heath RobinsonPublic spirited endeavours of owners of seaside appartments and boarding house keepers to remove all impurities and foreign bodies from the water for the convenience of summer bathers
Picnic by Arthur WattsOwner: " Don t leave paper about on the grass." Picnic Party: " Wots the perishing grass for?" Date: 1929
Orange-peel waste basket on a London streetAfter numerous accidents in London streets through people slipping on pieces of orange peel thrown onto the pavement, the City authorities instituted a system of wire baskets into which eaters of
Soho, London - Street Scenes - young people in typical 1970s fashions. 1974
Soho, London - street character walking along Meard Street, a narrow street off Dean Street. 1973
Sanitation team clearing refuse, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1Sanitation team clearing refuse left by departing troops at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. It was their job to keep the camp clean and hygienic. 1916
Refuse left by departing troops, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1Refuse left by departing troops at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1 -- a sanitation team was given the task of clearing it. 1916
Back alley between slums, Belfast, Northern IrelandLitter-strewn back alley between slums, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969
Caricature of Henry Irving sweeping amateurs awayCaricature of the actor-manager Henry Irving (1838-1905) sweeping the amateur rubbish away from the theatre. 1883