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DONT WASTE BREADMinistry of food poster - Dont waste bread! Date: 1917
Dustman collecting refuseBring out your dust, the dustman cries, whilst ringing of his bell: If the wind blows, pray guard your eyes, to keep them clear and well. Date: 19th Century
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 10Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 8Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by two donkeys stops in the rubbish-strewn streets Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 9Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig by the leg. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 6Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small girl child dodges past a donkey cart in the rubbish-strewn streets Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 7Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by three small donkeys carries rubbish and three men from the tip Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 5Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. Three young girls sift though the smoking rubbish Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 2Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A femae child wearing what might once have been a pretty pink dress. It is now ragged and filthy Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 4Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small boy carries a tin can into which he will put small metal items he finds among the rubbish Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 3Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small boy scrabbles in the rubbish with his bare hands. More children work behind him Date: circa 1995
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 1Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A ragged child finds a piece of bread among the rubbish and offers it to her sister, who clings to her brother Date: circa 1995
Man on gate outside seafood processing factory shovels iceA man sits on a gate outside a seafood processing factory and shovels ice into a red skip. The ice is used during the processing of scallops in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland
Filthy streets, Mokattam, CairoThe filthy street of Mokattam in the middle of the rubbish tips of Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995
Rubbish tip Zabbaleen children, CairoZabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995
Rubbish tip Zabbeleen children, CairoZabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995
Distress in Lancashire: mill-hands work on Preston MoorsThe distress in Lancashire: mill-hands at work on Preston Moors. Unemployed operatives levelling waste ground on the north side of the town, over seen by inspectors
WW1 poster, Save the Nations BreadWW1 Ministry of Food poster, Waste not want not, Save the Nations Bread, national ration four pounds each per week. Date: circa 1915-1918
Headmistress of a schoolPeople You See. Headmistress of a school. From Teddy Bear (10 October 1964)
The Chicago Tinned Meat ScandalDelicacies weighed and packed in Armours Packing-House in Chicago, showing some dubious by-products of a Chicago meat processing factory used for making cheap sausages
Korea: washing clothes in a riverVintage early 20th century photograph - Korea: washing clothes in a river
WW1 poster, Food, don t waste itPoster, Food... don t waste it, US Food Administration. circa 1918
Susi - with basket and cats bowlSusi - with basket and (German) cats bowl. 1950s
Princes Dock - Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay) - commissioned in 1880. Date: circa 1910s
Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expertAn exploding car, blown up by Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expert. (2 of 3) Date: circa 1969
Italy. Rome. Cloaca Maxima, it may have been initially constructed around 600 BC under the orders of the king of Rome, Tarquinius Priscus. First, the river Tiber
Group of children on waste ground, Balham, SW LondonA group of children on waste ground in Balham, SW London. The girl standing up seems to be giving a speech or singing a song. Date: circa 1961
Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s
WW1 - League of National Safety - set up to promote the value of rationing, the efforts to avoid wastage, to further the objects of the Food Economy Campaign
Spain. War of Africa (1859-1860). Maps of Morocco
Two boys playing in old washing machineTwo young lads fooling about with (and inside!) an old washing machine. Perhaps they were harbouring dreams of a career in plumbing at this stage?!
A scrapyard for cars, St Erth, CornwallA scrapyard for cars at St Erth near Hayle in Cornwall. A crane is about to drop another car on the heap
The Cleaner Bathing Movement by W. Heath RobinsonPublic spirited endeavours of owners of seaside appartments and boarding house keepers to remove all impurities and foreign bodies from the water for the convenience of summer bathers
WE DAREN T WASTE IT by W. Heath RobinsonA variety of ingenious inventions and machines designed to help people cope and keep cool during an August heatwave. Please note
Man and Writers BlockA writer, afflicted by writers block, is at a loss for words. The floor is littered with unsuccessful drafts
Ufos / Zamora / SocorroAt Socorro, New Mexico, police officer Lonnie Zamora sights a grounded UFO with occupants on waste land on the outskirts of the town Date: 24 April 1964
Three Siamese kittens with wastepaper basketUnusual Friends - three Siamese kittens with wastepaper basket. 1950s
Orange-peel waste basket on a London streetAfter numerous accidents in London streets through people slipping on pieces of orange peel thrown onto the pavement, the City authorities instituted a system of wire baskets into which eaters of
Cavalier King Charles spaniel with wastepaper basketUnusual Friends - Cavalier King Charles spaniel with wastepaper basket containing a newspaper. 1950s
Robert Morrison, 1940Robert Morrison, Labour MP for Tottenham, at a salvage depot amid a mass of waste-paper being put towards the war effort. Morrison was made Chairman of the inter-departmental committee on salvaging
Tethered donkey on waste ground, Valencia, Spain
Cartoon, music hall proprietor and theatre agentCartoon, music hall proprietor (Harry Hart) to theatre agent (Ambrose Maynard) -- Why don t you send all your Comic Singers to the Theatre, I say? We should know what to do then. 1883
The Accident -- a pot of liquid is overturned. circa 1820s
WW1 poster, Blood or BreadPoster, Blood or Bread, US Food Administration. circa 1918
WW1 poster, US Food AdministrationPoster, Advice on kitchen waste for recycling, US Food Administration. circa 1918
Man surprised by elephant on a cutout Christmas cardA man working in his office is surprised by an elephant putting its head through the window and spilling a pot of ink on a cutout Christmas card (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Susi - with upturned basket. 1950s
WW2 poster, Work carefully, avoid scrapWW2 poster, Accidents sometimes happen... Work carefully, avoid scrap. HMSO, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s