Slums Collection

Street in Wapping, East End of London
A view of a narrow street in Wapping, East London. A group of children are at hand to observe the proceedings

Jewish Children, East End of London
A crowd of Jewish children in the East End of London

Liverpool Slum 1912
Liverpool : a sunless court, finally closed in 1912 by the Health Committee of Liverpool City Council

Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Falls Road area, a Catholic ghetto in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The twin spires of St Patricks Cathedral rise above the dingy houses and narrow, litter-strewn streets. Date: 1969

Devonshire Place, Lisson Grove, London
Devonshire Place (or perhaps Devonshire Place Mews), Lisson Grove, near Paddington, London. A crowd - mostly children with a few adults - has gathered. Someone holds a placard aloft

Landlord Rent / Slums / C19
The Rent - or out you go! Landlord demands dues from woman and children for slum accomodation

Two men chatting, Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Two men chatting on a corner in the Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Over London by Rail
OVER LONDON BY RAIL If Victorian London could be summed up in one single image, this would be it !

The Walled City of Kowloon, Hong Kong. This illegally-built block was demolished in 1994 because of health fears, It was largely ungovernable

Rag n Bone man Stockport slum yard
A Rag n Bone man pushes his barrow though a slum cummunal yard in Stockport, Cheshire, England. He is watched by small children. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970

Slum communal yard, Stockport
Small children and mongrel dogs beneath the washing lines in the communal back yard of slum property in Stockport, Cheshire, England. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970

Boy in slum housing yard
Rear view of small fair-haired boy walking alone past dustbins and washing lines in the communal back yard of slum housing in Brinksway, Stockport, Cheshire, England

Slum housing, probably Manchester, early 1900s

Manchester slums children

Burnley street scene, Lancashire, early 1900s

War on Glasgow Slums - Letting Light and Air into dark places - With grass plots in broader streets: new and recent apartment houses built in Coplawhill, Glasgow. Date: 1926

Jacobs Island
View of Folly ditch, Jacobs Island. Jacobs Island was a notorious slum in Bermondsey, London, in the 19th century, located on the south bank of the River Thames

NEW YORK / DOUBLE ALLEY
New York: Double Alley, Gotham Court Date: 1889

Slum Children
A group of children, many of them barefoot; furthermore, it is quite probable that many of them neglected to brush their teeth last night. Date: early 20th century

SOCIAL SCENES / C19 SLUMS
Visiting a slum home - two ladies and their manservant bring food to the hungry Date: circa 1830

The Rookery, St Giles
Victorian montage. The rookery stood between New Oxford Street and Seven Dials, near where Centre Point stands today. It was of one of the worst slums in Britain, a site of overcrowding and squalor

Slum child eating
A small, dirty, barefoot boy on the doorstep of his slum home in Brinksway, Stockport Cheshire Date: circa 1970

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

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

India, Bihar, Nawada: Slums. Date: 2011

Street Children - Naples, Italy. The Scunizzi street urchins, running wild amid the bombed buildings of Naples. The priest Father Mario Borrelli achieved international renown with his campaigns to

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

The Fairbridge Society
Advertisement for The Fairbridge Society, a charity founded by Kingsley Fairbridge in 1909 for the furtherance of child emigration to the colonies to help orphans

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

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

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

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

Mary Pickford as Poor Little Peppina
Mary Pickford (1892 1979), Canadian-American film actress as Poor Little Peppina

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

Slum life
Slum Life, boys around fountain, 1892 Date: 1892

Better housing The solution to infant mortality in the slums. Poster promoting better housing as a solution for high rates of infant mortality in the slums

Slums, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Date 1938 July

Slums near the Capitol, Washington, DC With the Capitol clearly in view, these houses exist under the most unsanitary conditions; outside privies, no inside water supply and overcrowded conditions

Untitled. Date between 1935 and 1942

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