Services Collection (#29)

Garbage Burner 1894
Travelling garbage burner (traction engine) for incinerating refuse in Chicago, USA

DUSTMAN
Council dustman, St Pancras, London

Electric Light in Home
LUMIERE ELECTRIQUE A DOMICILE (Electric Light in the Home) - catalogue of a Paris company specialising in the supply and installation of domestic electrical services

London Stand-Pipe
Fetching water from a stand- pipe in a London residential street during a frost : some households send their servant girls, others employ street boys offering their services

London Dustman (Crane)
The dustman home is going soon, for there you see the rising moon

French Courtier
A French courtier of the court of Louis XIV, chevalier of the order of Saint-Louis created by Louis to reward the services of worthy subjects

China Services (14)
Various stoneware dinner, china tea and breakfast services (plate 14)

Klondike / Services 1900
Cigars and liquor for sale, watch repairs done, brokers, an undertaker and a lawyer offer services on Steadman Avenue, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

DRAYTONs PAPER 1927
Advertisement for the various services of the Drayton Press

Night Watchman / Scrap
A NIGHT WATCHMAN

London Nightman
A London NIGHTMAN offers to cart away the contents of your privy (loo) at reasonable rates

Wwii / Ats / Refreshment
A group of women of the A.T.S. along with members of the army, queue at a refreshment van and enjoy a cup of tea during a break from work

Wwii / Ats in Tea Queue
Members of the A.T.S. in overalls queue up for refreshments during a work break

Chimneysweep (Petherick)
London characters: the CHIMNEY SWEEP walks the streets with his brushes, offering his services - for every home is heated with coal fires which clog the chimneys with soot

Glasgow Clothes Shop
A modest haberdashery, run by a nice-looking young couple in a Glasgow side street; the photographer evidently toured the city offering his services to residents and tradesmen

New Recruits / Wwi / Wells
New recruits at Wells. A crowd of men in suits gather to offer their services

Chimney Sweep / Boy
A young chimney sweep cleans the pipe of a stove with his brush

Window Cleaners / Stamford
Cleaning the sash windows of a Georgian house in Stamford Le Hope

London / Cries / Dustman
The dust man who carries with him a bell to let people know he is coming

Chinese Magician
All Chinese divinities are more-or-less possessed of magical powers, but CHENG-KOU is a full-time practitioner of magic arts, and her services are sought for that reason

Early Christians Harassd
Early Christians in Rome, holding their services in the Catacombs, are discovered and harassed by soldiers

China Services (12)
English real ironstone dinner services (plate 12)

China Services (8)
Wedgwood banquet service (plate 8)

China Services (7)
Wedgwood stoneware dinner, tea and breakfast services (plate 7)

China Services (21)
English china tea and breakfast services (plate 21)

Dustman and Basket
Dust, ho ! - a dustman stands with his basket, calling out for custom

English Chimneysweeps
A London chimneysweep offers his services - or rather, those of his two lads who will go down the chimneys getting rid of the accumulated soot which they cart away in sacks

CAB RUNNER
He waits at a railway station for passengers with a lot of luggage, then he runs beside their cab hoping to be paid for helping to unload the luggage at their destination

Sifting Dust, Paddington
Sifting dust beside the canal, Paddington : dustmen hope to make their living from what they find among the rubbish

London Dustman (Harris)
Dust Ho ! - a London dustman cries and rings his bell for householders to bring out their waste

Ratcatcher in Sewer 1870
A ratcatcher at work in the sewers of London

Hungarian Window Cleaner
A window cleaner in Budapest, Hungary, who also washes down doors

Swedish Recruits Ww2
A recruitment drive for the National Security Services in Stockholm is led by a naval band

Town Crier Circa 1800
A Town Crier advertises the disappearance of Mr Guinea - an allusion to the inflation caused by the wars with France

TOWN CRIER / 1890 S
A town crier announces the latest news

Ratcatcher / Kent / 19th C
Relations between rats and people have never been very friendly, and this Kentish rat-catcher is dedicated to diminishing the rat population by fair means

Dumping Rubbish 1940S
Men working at a rubbish dump, unloading a lorry of waste paper for Kingston-upon-Thames Health Department, Surrey, England

London Nightmen (Mayhew)
LONDON NIGHTMEN

Climbing Chimney Sweep
Climbing chimney sweep

AIR MAIL
Postal services will be revolutionised - flying postmen will collect the mail even from country villages without even needing to make a landing !

Port Sunlight Brochure
The front cover of a brochure describing PORT SUNLIGHT with emphasis on working conditions and the many services provided for the workers from Soap Packers to Engine Drivers

Pyne - Rabbit Woman
A RABBIT WOMAN A procession of street traders bring goods and services from house to house throughout the day : this rabbit woman also has a few ducks to sell

YMCA FLAG
Flag sold in the streets in aid of the lodgings provided by the Young Mens Christian Association

Drainage / Peckham Sewer
Tunnelling for a sewer in Peckham, London : The bottom of a shaft in the southern high-level sewer

Chimney Sweep / Mr Soot
Mr Soot the Sweep, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Puritan Town Crier
Puritan town crier, sent through town to prohibit Christmas Junketings

DRAINAGE
London Metropolitan Main Drainage : the southern outfall works at Crossness - opened by Edward, Prince of Wales

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