Slum Collection (page 2)

Hamburg, Germany - street in the Old Town
Hamburg, Germany - Korntragergang, a narrow street in the Old Town. Date: circa 1930s

London Slums - Boundary Street, Shoreditch
A group of children at Boundary Street, Shoreditch - one of Londons Victorian slum areas. Date: circa 1902

Mexican Slums 1982
Slum conditions in Michacan, Mexico, Central America. Date: 1982

Nicaraguan Slums 1982
Slum conditions in Managua, Nicaragua, Central America. Date: 1982

Berlin Canal 1930S
A canal in a slum district of Berlin, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Satirical cartoon on poverty, WW1
A satirical cartoon by the German artist George Grosz, showing three people living in a slum. An elderly woman sits on a chair, a young boy is slumped at the table

Gypsy Camp near Latimer road, London
Sketches of gypsy life: an encampment near Latimer road, Notting Hill. Mr. George Smith, social reformer of Coalville, Leicester, can been seen conversing with a gypsy family in the fore ground. 1879

Field Lane Holborn / Slum
A London slum street - Field Lane, Holborn : note the business premises of Scrooge and Fagan... Date: circa 1840

Frying Pan Alley, East End of London
A view of Frying Pan Alley, a narrow thoroughfare in the Spitalfields area of Londons East End

House to Let, Chapel Street, Spitalfields, East London
A run-down building described as a House to Let on Chapel Street, Spital Square, Spitalfields, in the East End of London. A line of children watch the photographer

Row of Terraced Houses
A row of old terraced houses, now demolished under the slum clearance scheme, in East London

Working Class Slums
Working class Victorian slum houses, with sash windows and slate roofs in poor repair, London. Date: 1930s

Slum Scenes Whitechapel
A slum interior in Millers Court, Whitechapel

Back to Back Slums
Typical Victorian back to back slum houses, with tiny back yards, Bath Street area of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Scheduled for demolition under Town Planning

Whitechapel / Slums / 1870
Wentworth Street, Whitechapel - life on the pavements

Bethnal Green / Slum / 1863
Bethnal Green, London : interior of a garret at No 10, Hollybush- Place; a workman describes conditions to a visiting inspector

Woman undressing baby, Falls Road, Northern Ireland
A mother undresses her baby, in preparation for bathing it in a bowl, living in squalid conditions in a slum bedsit on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Woman bathing baby, Falls Road, Northern Ireland
A mother dries her baby after its bath, living in squalid conditions in a slum bedsit on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Building damaged in a riot, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Building with ground floor tobacconists shop, damaged in a riot in Belfast, Northern Ireland and boarded up with corrugated iron. Date: 1969

Protestant woman, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Protestant woman with a Union flag purse in her pocket, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Back alley between slums, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Litter-strewn back alley between slums, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Damaged front door, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Front door damaged in a riot, Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Broken window, Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Broken window in the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Houses damaged in a riot, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Houses damaged in a riot in Belfast, Northern Ireland. One house has the front door and ground floor window bricked up. Date: 1969

Salford Drink Fountain
Men, children and even dogs slake their thirst at a Standard drinking fountain in Salford, Manchester. Date: 1860

Slum Living Philippines
A makeshift home on the street at Jolo, Sulu Islands, Philippines. Date: 1985

Slum Housing Java 1971
Aerial view of slum housing in the centre of Java, Indonesia. Date: 1971

Social / Philadelphia Slum
People in St Mary Street, in the slum area of Philadelphia Date: 1875

Social / Slum home 1921
A family of four at the bottom of the social scale Date: 1921

Slum Children / Hoxton
Slum children from Hoxton, London, sitting at the side of the road playing cards with cigarette cards and the odd playing card Date: early 20th century

Social / Slums / Britain / C19
Slum housing in Dent, Yorkshire. Date: 1830

Manchester Slum
Manchester : interior of a slum dwelling at no 18, Back Queen Street, Deansgate - a mattress, a mantelpiece, nothing else... Date: 1862

Liverpool Slum
Liverpool : slum buildings at Richmond Fair Date: 1894

Dorian Gray Walking Home
Dorian walks home through the dimly-lit streets. Date: First published: 1891

Mr Wells Coates
The architect, Mr. Wells Coates, founder of the Mars (Modern Architectural Research) group, originator of the flatlet, designer of public utility buildings, such as broadcasting studios

Re-development of St. Johns Wood area, London
Re-development of St. Johns Wood area in London during the 1930s. Workmen lay new cables and pipes to service the new blocks and apartments Date: 1930s

18, 000 farthings for London Slum Childrens Breakfasts
18, 000 farthings collected in 1907 by R Arnold of 15 Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells, Kent for the charitable purchase of London Slum Childrens Breakfasts. Date: 1907

In a slum area, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Date 1941 Dec

House in Sous-Le-Cap (Slum Alley), Quebec, Canada. Date 1937 Sept. House in Sous-Le-Cap (Slum Alley), Quebec, Canada. Date 1937 Sept

Argentinian Slum Dwelling Date: circa 1920s

Street music: organ grinders quarter, 1875
An Italian colony in London: the organ grinders quarter near Hatton Gardens. Date: 1875

Javanese Slum Houses
Riverside slum dwellings in the old town, Batavia, Java, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

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