Tramp 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

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

Charlie Chaplin
The movie legend Charlie Chaplin in classic pose

London Docks 1930S
Barges, cranes and tramp steamers at the London Docks

The Lie by William Heath Robinson
Cartoon, The Lie. One of those golfing stories that you are not bound to believe if you don t want to. A golfer mistakes the top of a hat from a tramp for the hole when playing golf

Labour Candidates
Labour candidates. - A postcard with a dual meaning, both a satire on potential Labour Party MPs and three down and out men all of whom are good candidates as labourers. Date: circa 1900s

Tramp smoking cigar with cane over arm. Date c1899

GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD
A gentleman of the road, a polite name for an old tramp

A Glasgow worthie or tramp

A Glasgow tramp or worthie, Victorian period

A Glasgow worthie

Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - two items
Captain John Treasure Jones Archive. Born and raised on a small farm in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, John Treasure Jones (1905-1993) went to sea at the age of 15

FRENCH TRAMP DIES
On a freezing January morning, a French chemineau (tramp) is found dead of the cold. Date: 1914

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple in bedroom Date: 20th century

Tramp (soliloquising) "So thats what it is! I thought it was a beehive in a distance"In
Tramp (soliloquising) " So thats what it is! I thought it was a beehive in a distance" In fact, it is a lady in voluminous skirts surrounding by a number of small dogs. Date: 1909

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

The Tramps Dream

Homeless men sleeping on Southwark Bridge, London 1900
Homeless men sleeping rough in London. Date: 1900

GOOD RESOLUTIONS
Good resolutions - a child carries food to a man and his son tramping the roads. Date: circa 1860

Elderly man (sundowner), Adelaide, South Australia
Elderly man (an itinerant worker, swagman or sundowner), Adelaide, South Australia. Date: 1900s

A cheeky mouse tickles a scruffy white dogs nose
" I just love to tickle you" - a cheeky little mouse playfully tickles a scruffy white dogs nose. Date: 1916

Salvation Army Shelter, Great Peter Street, London
A large factory building on Great Peter Street, Westminster, Central London, leased by the Salvation Army for use as a night shelter. Men were allowed to sleep here on backed benches

Comic postcard -- boy and sleeping tramp
Comic postcard -- a boy urinating on a sleeping tramp through a fence. Date: circa 1900s

Laughing old man
A laughing old man with a wart on his nose, a fuzzy beard and blacked-out teeth. Perhaps not a real tramp, but an actor wearing makeup? Date: circa 1960s

Old man with prams and junk, Balham, SW London
An old man with a line of prams containing junk on a street in Balham, SW London. He is outside a rag and bone merchants premises where he hopes to get money in exchange for the junk

Tramp on a Balham street, SW London
A tramp sitting on a bench in a Balham street in SW London. Date: circa 1960s

Beggar in ragged clothes, China
A beggar in ragged clothes, China. Date: circa 1890

Woman on a bench 1907
Whitechapel, London a geezer; down-and-out lady on a bench Date: 1907

Woman tramp sitting at side of road
A female tramp, her skin tanned by the outdoor life, sits by the road, her bag of possessions at her side. Although her body is well wrapped in overcoat and hat, her feet are in open sandals

Insane tramp on the road
A tramp, aged 24, on the road, said to be insane by the former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray, who in the 1920s had a particular concern for tramps and vagrants

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

Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars Road, London
A crowd of vagrants awaiting admission to the Salvation Army shelter for men (known as The Embankment) at 115B Blackfriars Road, London

Replace ships that have been sunk by German u-boats 1917
The first steps of the great programme of shipbuilding which is designed to counter the ruthless submarine warfare of the German attack

Charles Coburn (June 19, 1877 August 30, 1961) billed here as The Tramp Comedian, Vocalist, Reciter and Story Merchant. The text refers to The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1890)

Flyer for The Boy Tramp or The Manias Mother - Myra Wayne
Reverse of Flyer for The Boy Tramp or The Manias Mother by Myra Wayne, at Kelly s, Front Street, Theatre. The cast includes Augustin Neuville who is mentioned for being a fine comedian and actor

The Boy Tramp or The Manias Mother - Myra Wayne
Flyer for the comedy play The Boy Tramp or The Manias Mother - Myra Wayne. The illustration shows a woman on a stage peering round from a curtain looking to one side

Music cover, The Tramp Galop on Bishops Melodies, by Adrien Victor. circa 1850s

Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm jealous of Charlot, WW1
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm jealous of Charlot. The German Kaiser is green in the face at the sight of Charlot (Charlie Chaplin) on the front cover of a special number of La Baionnette. Date: 1917

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

Down-and-out Whitechapel Date: 1907

The Happy Hooligan
Promotional postcard for The Happy Hooligan, adapted from the popular American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper. The comic strip told the adventures of a well-meaning hobo who encountered a lot of

Cartoon, The paper crisis, WW1
Cartoon, The paper crisis. A French officer on horseback asks a civilian why he has no papers (identity documents). The civilian replies that the newspapers are short of paper too! Date: 1916

Master Peter from Don Quixote, by William Heath Robinson
Master Peter from Don Quixote, illustration by William Heath Robinson (1902). The man is a puppeteer with an ape, met by Don Quixote on his travels. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Some Attrition, 1915
Austrian Civilian: " Hullo, old man, you look a bit dicky" Austrian Army: " So would you if you d been annihilated about a hundred and twenty-two times" Date: 1915

Old man with cup of tea, Balham, SW London
An old man relaxing with a cup of tea, Balham, SW London. circa 1960s

Two beachcombers, Hove and Brighton seafront
Two beachcombers rummage in a litter bin on the Hove and Brighton seafront. circa 1960s

Old man pulling prams, Balham, SW London
An old man pulling along a series of prams joined together, on a road in Balham, SW London. Each of the first two prams contains a large leather armchair, and the third one contains a wooden crate

Old man with dog and pram, Balham, SW London
An old man with a German Shepherd dog and junk in a long line of prams on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1960s

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