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Nipa Houses near Manila, PhilippinesNipa Stilt Houses (also known as bahay kubo, is an indigenous house used in the Philippines. The native house is constructed out of bamboo tied together)
Harrys New York Bar, Paris, FranceA whole variety of Gentlemen drinking at Harrys New York Bar, 5 Rue Daunou, Paris, France - the bar is adorned with pendants from all of the major Ivy League Universities Date: circa 1910s
TS Mercury - Market DayMarket Day at the Training Ship Mercury - boys spend their small weekly allowance in the institutions shop, with bags of sweets apparently popular
37th Lancers 35th, Scinde Horse, 36th Jacobs HorseIndian Army regiments - 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse), 35th Scinde (Sindh) Horse and 36th Jacobs Horse Date: 1910
View of Wandsworth PrisonExterior view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
Childrens Playroom, St Pelagias Home, HighgateThe childrens playroom at St Pelagias Home for penitent girls at 34 Highgate West Hill, London N6. The home provided accommodation for unmarried mothers and their children. Date: circa 1932
Miners from Fernhill Colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesA black-faced miner, carrying his small daughter, his wife shielding her face, at Fernhill in the Rhondda. He has just emerged from 292 hours underground in a stay-in miners strike at Fernhill
Castle Coaches Bus at a bus stop running between Lewisham and Marylebone in London c. 1940
Ground plan of Wandsworth PrisonGround plan of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
St Lawrences Hospital, Caterham, SurreyAerial view of St Lawrences Hospital at Caterham in Surrey, originally opened in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as an imbeciles asylum for Londons sick poor suffering from mental conditions
Advertisement for hammocks for workhouse vagrant wardsA 1900 advertisement from the Grantham company of Carlton * Co. for the supply of hammocks to workhouses for use in their casual wards which provided overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants
Poor Law Workers Union BadgeAn enamel badge worn by members of the Poor Law Workers Union, a trade union established in 1918 and changing its name in 1922 to the Poor Law Officer? Union Date: circa 1919
St Vincents Industrial School, Dartford, KentThe main building of St Vincents Industrial School, Dartford, Kent. The School, for Roman Catholic boys, was established in 1872
Stepney Union WorkhouseThe Stepney Union workhouse on St Leonards Street, Bromley-by-Bow opened in 1873 and was designed by Henry Jarvis. After the Second Word War
Miners cottages at Blantyre, LanarkshireA row of decaying miners cottages at Blantyre, a mining district to the east of Glasgow. A few residents stand at their doorways and children and dogs are at the steps below. Date: circa 1936
Ida Hospital, Cookridge, LeedsThe Ida Hospital for convalescent patients at Cookridge, near Leeds, opened in 1888 following a bequest by John North. The single-storey ward wings had verandahs on which beds could be placed in
Whip and Whipping Post at Wandsworth PrisonWhip and Whipping Post at Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
Ground plan of Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862
Ground plan of Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862
Fire Station at Quarriers Homes, Bridge Of WeirFire station, fire engine, ladders and uniformed firemen at the Quarriers childrens homes, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. The cottage homes were opened in 1878 by William Quarrier
Williton Union WorkhouseThe Union workhouse at Williton, Somerset. Some of the workhouse staff and some local residents are visible. The building, designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt
Ground plan of Holloway PrisonGround plan of London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862
Grey Coat Hospital, WestminsterA view of the buildings of the Great Coat Hospital, a charitably endowed school opened in 1701 in a former parish workhouse building on what is now Grey Coat Place, London. Date: Date unknown
Liverpool Brownlow Hill c. 1930An aerial view of the Liverpool workhouse at Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, shortly before its demolition in 1931 to make way for Sir Edwyn Lutyens Roman Catholic cathedral
Holborn Military Hospital, MitchamThe Holborn Military Hospital operated during the latter part of the First World War in the premises of the Holborn Union workhouse at Mitcham
Cell wing at Pentonville Prison. Date: 1862
Hackney Homes Band and Soldiers at Budworth Hall, Ongar, EssSoldiers at Budworth Hall military hospital on Chipping Ongar High Street are joined by the boys band from the nearby Hackney Union cottage homes
Towcester Chantry HouseThe entrance to Chantry House, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, founded by Archdeacon Spence. Date: early 12th century
Unemployed miners, Cilfynydd, PontypriddUnemployed miners at Cilfynydd near Pontypridd in South Wales. They watch the buckets tipping slag in case any lumps of coal can be found. Date: circa 1936
Bromley Workhouse, Kent
Aylesbury Prison LaundryInterior of laundry at Aylesbury prison. Uniformed women handle the washing on trolleys and in baskets which bear the convict arrow insignia. Date: circa 1900
Advertisement for clothing and bedding disinfectorAn 1880 trade advertisement for a disinfector by made by Nelson and Sons of Leeds. The device, used by workhouses, hospitals and prisons
Jeremy Benthams PanopticonJeremy Benthams proposed panopticon workhouse or industry house for up to 2000 inmates. The scheme, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved
Rowton House, CamdenThe Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: 1926
Strand Refuge, EdmontonThe Strand Union Workhouse at Edmonton used to house Belgian refugees during the First World War. A group of adults and children, some carrying parcels, are milling around the entrance gates
A Village Post Office in Jamaica Date: circa 1907
Moroccan Man with a piercing gazeMoroccan Man (Arab) wearing a white turban and sporting a particularly piercing gaze and very nicely trimmed goatee beard. Date: circa 1909
Ballon-Poste 1871A Ballon-Poste loaded with mail leaves the place Saint- Pierre, Montmartre Date: January 1871
Gaggle of GeeseA gaggle of five geese. Date: 1960s
Portslade Industrial School near Brighton in Sussex, opened in 1902 to house children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for reasons such as vagrancy, begging, disrupting schools
Sleeping cell at Brixton Prison
Hawaii - Residential Street Scene with Palm TreesNunanu Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii - Residential Street Scene with Palm Trees Date: 1898
Castleford Cricket Team, YorkshireA group photo of the Castleford Cricket Team, Yorkshire, with umpires on either side. Date: 1920
BRICKSJust a pile of bricks. Date: 1960s
Norway - Hammerfest - Blue WhaleHammerfest - a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. A huge Blue Whale has been caught and brough ashore. The whaling crew responsible stand in front of their magnificent catch. Date: 1902
Liberton Industrial School, EdinburghA view of the Industrial School at Liberton, Edinburgh. Industrial Schools, often privately run, housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a variety of reasons such as vagrancy
Portslade Industrial School - GymGym with bars, ropes, mats and vaulting horse at Portslade Industrial School near Brighton in Sussex. The school opened in 1902 to house children placed there for reasons such as vagrancy, begging
Portslade Industrial School - DormitoryRows of beds and bedding in a dormitory at Portslade Industrial School near Brighton in Sussex. The school opened in 1902 to house children placed there for reasons such as vagrancy, begging
