Shabby Collection

Charlie Chaplin as the little tramp
Film actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), film star and director, seen here in his little tramp costume, probably in a still from his 1925 film, The Gold Rush

Farm for sale at Solva, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A rather run-down farm for sale at Solva, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The windows are in a poor state, and one of them is boarded up

Houseless and Hungry by Luke Fildes
A study entitled Houseless and Hungry by Luke Fildes depicting homeless paupers queuing outside the casual ward of a London workhouse. A policeman stands at the left of the scene

Mother and daughters at a London bus stop
A mother and her two daughters waiting for a No.6 bus at Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London W9. They are all smartly dressed, but the houses in the background are showing postwar shabbiness

Cartoon, Disraeli Measuring the British Lion
Cartoon, The State of the Nation, Disraeli Measuring the British Lion. Mr Disraelis motion for a Select Committee to consider the state of the nation, in consequence of the repeal of the Corn Law

The Poor -- dogs in shabby clothes

Treloars Inlaid Linoleum - it never looks shabby
Why is this girl like Treloars Inlaid Linoleum? Because she never looks shabby" !! Date: circa 1890s

Interior of old Church, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight Date: 1918

Book, Titanic and Other Ships, 1935 first edition. Date: 1935

Squatters protest, Battersea, South London
Squatters protest, 78 Abercrombie Street, Battersea, South London, 8 December 1977. Squatters were resisting eviction by the Labour-run Wandsworth Council. Date: 1977

Politics Political People London 1972 1970s 70s
politics, political, people, london, 1972, 1970s, 70s, seventies, protesting, housing, problem, problems, pavement, street, message, protest, corner, powis, square, notting, hill, west, may, slogans

Comic postcard, Cockerel and hen Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Travelling on rollerskates, pulled by a tortoise Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Lost and found clothing Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance woman and drunkard Date: 20th century

Menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore
Front cover, menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore, showing a chef and his young assistant in a ramshackle and untidy kitchen. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1930s

The Tramps Dream

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Smithfield. 1901

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Rectitude. 1901

Santa Catalina Church, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Santa Catalina Church, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1890

Peasant farmer, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1900s

Shabby-genteel Frenchman Date: 1850

SWEET ORANGE SELLER
Two well-dressed ladies buy sweet China oranges from a rather shabby-looking poor street vendor Date: 1794

Soho, London - Denman Street - Casino de Paris Theatre
Soho, London - 5-7 Denman Street - Casino de Paris Theatre. It was a private members strip club, opened in April 1958, closed in September 1977, and later demolished. 1973

Marlborough Street, Roseau, Dominica, West Indies. Date: circa 1910

John Conrad Russell and his mother Dora Black
John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell (1921-1987) and his mother Dora Black, Lady Russell (1894-1986). Dora Black was a British author, feminist and socialist campaigner

Top hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card
Battered and shabby top hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Construction workers outside a large building, USA
Large group of construction workers (possibly carpenters, painters, builders, etc) outside a large building, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Telegraph House notice, home of Bertrand Russell
Telegraph House notice -- private road, please drive slowly, children, no right of way. The house was constructed on the site of a West Sussex semaphore-station

Woman police officer outside police station, London
Woman police officer (Peggy Spalton) standing outside a London police station. Date: circa 1960s

Bus stop outside Manchester Piccadilly Train Station
A bus stop outside Manchester Piccadilly Train Station, with an old poster promoting 21 Express Trains a day to London. Date: circa 1978

Street scene in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Date: circa 1920

1960s, 60s, sixties, boy, boys, girl, girls, child, children, childhood, balham, street
Three children, a girl and two boys, wondering what to get up to on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Old man in shabby suit
An old man in a shabby suit leans (perhaps unwittingly) against an advertisement for Burton tailoring: Let Burton Dress You

Horse pulling a vehicle
A horse pulling a three-wheel vehicle on a cobblestone street in Germany. Date: circa 1940s

Apres la Guerre no. 5 - postcard drawn by George Ranstead
Humorous drawing on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur soldier artist of the Great War. This image, one of a series suggesting what life might be like at the end of the war

Franky Shagg, Isle of Wight tramp
Franky Shagg, a well known tramp on the Isle of Wight in the early 1900s

Four men with trowels and cement on boards, USA
Four men with trowels and cement on boards, outside a log cabin, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Four cooks inside their work premises, USA
Four cooks inside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Railway workers outside their work premises, USA
Five railway workers outside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Butchers and others outside their work premises, USA
Butchers and colleagues outside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon, Horace Wigan, actor, dramatist and manager
Cartoon, Horace Wigan (c.1815-1885), actor, dramatist and theatre manager, best known for his detective roles. A very amiable gentleman, though he doesn t always look cheerful. 1884

Soho, London - Street Scenes - young people in typical 1970s fashions. 1974

Soho, London - two front doors with fanlights. 1973

Hurdy Gurdy man and woman performing in street
Hurdy Gurdy man and woman performing in the street. 19th century

Soldier in shabby uniform, East Africa, WW1
Soldier in a shabby uniform, in East Africa during WW1 -- uniforms got into a poor state during campaigns. circa 1917

Kitten inside an old boot on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a brown hat -- Christmas Greeting from an Old Chum. Date: circa 1890s

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