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Beachcomber, MarloesA beachcomber with his pet Jack Russell dog on the beach at Marloes, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. He carries an old plastic stool and a boat fender he has found on the beach
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
Spotted HyenaA spotted hyena, photographed at a waterhole in the African bush. Date: circa 1925
Calliphora, bluebottleA bluebottle laying eggs on carrion
New London Bridge, Billingsgate and the Scavenger. New London Bridge built by John Rennie in 1825 4, Billingsgate fish market 5 and Scavengers with horse and cart cleaning the streets 6
Countrymen on a stage coach, the Monument and Pie Corner. Four-horse stage coach in front of Saint Pauls Cathedral 1, the Monument to the Fire of London in Fish Street Hill 2
Sewer hunter 1860sSewer hunters who made their money by combing through the sewers beneath London streets, sieving through the raw water for a small opportunity of finding something valuable like a ring that somebody
Ballast-heavers 1850sBallast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud
LONDON SCAVENGERTHE LONDON SCAVENGER. Date: 1862
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
Rubbish tip Zabbaleen children, CairoZabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995
Rubbish tip Zabbeleen children, CairoZabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995
Dermestes lardarius, larder beetleThe larder beetle is a small, dark-coloured beetle with grey and black markings. Body length 7 mm, scale indicated by pin head on the right
Occupations 1883 - Mud Larks. 1883
Arctic Fox feeds on carrion of a Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida Sc) near a fishermen hunters hut (Alopex lagopus). Kara sea shore, tundra of Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic, winter
Sarcophilus laniarius, Tasmanian devilJaw of a Tasmanian devil from the collections at the Natural History Museum