Tramps Collection (page 2)

Homeless Men in a Royal Park, London, 1903
Illustration showing a group of homeless men sleeping on the grass in one of Londons Royal Parks, 1903. The original caption for this image ran: The Submerged Tenth - Lounging in Londons Royal Parks

Vessel for the Homeless
This ordinary looking vessel is actually a floating hotel (or hostel) for tramps and the homeless. Date: 1930s

Tramps under the Sphynx
Down-and-out men sleeping under the sphynx at the base of Cleopatras Needle on the Victoria Embankment, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Tramps on the Embankment
Two old tramps sitting together at night on the Embankment, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Tramp asks a horrified lady for a hairpin to clean his pipe
A Tramp asks a horrified smart lady, seated on a park bench for a hairpin to clean his pipe! Weary Willy seating himself beside nervous Miss Jones) - Will yer lend me a nairpin, Lidy

Comment on Mixed bathing from two dirty London tramps
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a vagrant couple giving their opinion on bathing. Dirty Girty: " I don t believe in this ere Mixed Bathin." Weary Willie

The first (of two) Bristol Tramps J6912 at Filton
The first (of two) Bristol Tramps, J6912, at Filton in January 1922. Date: 1922

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Presented by The Federal Dance Theatre Young tramps Choreography by Don Oscar Becque, music by Donald Pond : The American Dance seeks new technique to express todays problems

Stock Exchange Notes (3 / 4) - Bear Market
Stock Exchange Notes - Bear Market - The Tone was generally poor! 1903

Visit of Lord Mayor to the West London Unions Womens Casua
The Lord Mayor of London in December 1857 on an unannounced visit to the womens casual ward of the West London Poor Law Union, used to provide overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants

West London Union Mens Casual Ward 1857
The mens casual ward of the West London Poor Law Union, used to provide overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants. The men slept on the bare floor in a twelve-stall stable

River frontage of Bridewell Prison, London
The river frontage of Bridewell Prison, London, showing its granaries. Bridewell was established in a former palace of Henry VIII on a bank of the River Fleet

Salvation Army, Thames Embankment, London
Salvation Army officers in conversation with a group of vagrants spending the night on a bench on the Thames Embankment in Central London

Women vagrants sleeping, Spitalfields, East End of London
A group of women vagrants sleeping on benches at the churchyard of Christ Church, Spitalfields, East London

Vagrants asleep on bench on Thames Embankment, London
Two tramps in shabby overcoats, flat caps and muddy shoes, spend the night on a bench on Londons Thames Embankment

Female tramp asleep on steps, London
A female tramp sleeps on steps somewhere in Central London, where many of the citys homeless made their beds under bridges and railway arches. Date: circa 1930

Frank Gray, Liberal MP
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Workhouse, Casual Ward
A workhouse casual ward which the poster on the right suggests is in the vicinity of Reading in Berkshire. The tramps and vagrants who occupied the room slept on hammocks slung between hooks attached

Frank Gray, MP, disguised as a tramp
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Salvation Army night shelter at supper time
A midnight supper of soup and bread at a London Salvation Army shelter for men brought in from the streets

Salvation Army Seeking the Homeless, London
Two Salvation Army officers accost men sleeping rough on a metal bench. The Army toured London streets offering tickets to their overnight shelters

Salvation Army Industrial Home, London
Inmates of a Salvation Army Industrial Home. Residents of the home were expected to work in return for their board and lodging

Salvation Army Food Depot, London
Men queuing at one of the food depots set up in London by the Salvation Army in the 1890s. The depots provided low cost food and meals for down and outs

Vagrants Food Ticket, Hinckley Union, Leicestershire
Ticket issued to a vagrant following his departure from the Hinckley Union workhouse, Leicestershire. When he presented it to the specified person (en route to his next destination)

Manchester Union Casual Wards, Manchester
Casual wards for tramps and vagrants at Tame Street, Ancoates, Manchester. The original premises were set up in a former cotton mill in 1897 but were rebuilt in around 1900 after being burnt down

Whitechapel Workhouse Casual Ward, East London
A line of men gathers near the Whitechapel Workhouse casual ward (vagrants ward) on Thomas Street, East London, waiting for its opening time

Vagrants sleeping rough in London
A group of vagrants sleeping rough under an archway in front of some large gates, somewhere in London

Signs used by burglars and tramps
A series of photographs showing burglars secret signs to their accomplices. The signs are drawn onto houses to warn of the reception they are likely to recieve

German Tramps 1930S
German down-and-out tramps during the great economic crisis

Tramp Mending Clothes
Visible mending - a tramp shows a bit of leg as he mends his clothes on a bench in Hyde Park, London, England

Tramp and Pipe
Theres nothing so satisfying, of an evening, as sitting in ones favourite armchair, smoking a pipe

French Chemineau in Rain
An old French chemineau makes his way along a never-ending country road, in the pouring rain

Moorgate Mission
Our London poor - a tea to seven hundred tramps and beggars in Moorgate Street Hall

Study of a Tramp
A study of an old man, a tramp, with matted hair, a gypsy sprig pinned to his lapel and a couple of war medals pinned to his coat with a safety pin

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