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Homelessness Collection

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Bleak House

Bleak House
Vintage engraving from the works of Charles Dickens. From Bleak House. I m Fly, says Jo. But Fen larksm you know. Stow hooking it!

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Victorian satire, rich landlord evicting poor tenants

Victorian satire, rich landlord evicting poor tenants
Vintage engraving of a Victorian satire, rich landlord harassing poor tenants, 19th Century. Thou pauper pay me that thou owest. Or out upon the world thou goest

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Victorian London - Found in the Street

Victorian London - Found in the Street
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A homeless orphan is cared for in a refuge after being found in the street circa 1870

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Victorian London - Scripture Reader in a Night Refuge

Victorian London - Scripture Reader in a Night Refuge
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A missionary reads from the bible to homeless people in a night refuge, circa 1870."

Background imageHomelessness Collection: London Contrast

London Contrast
circa 1860: A contrast between rich and poor children in London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Mark Of Approval

Mark Of Approval
1st April 1939: Tramp, John Walpole, draws a chalk cross on the wall of a farmhouse where they gave him food. A mark to remind himself when he passes that way again that they treated him well

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz Destitute Man

Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz Destitute Man
Vintage engraving from Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz. Looks that he had long forgotten were fixed upon him once more; voices long since hushed in death sounded in his ears like the music of village

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Looking into Mexican Favela housing on hillside

Looking into Mexican Favela housing on hillside
Looking into Mexico Favela housing on hillside at Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Densely packed rudimentary houses in valley and up hillsides

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Sleeping Rough

Sleeping Rough
circa 1930: A homeless woman sleeping under her coat on a park bench. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Dinner Time

Dinner Time
circa 1900: Women having their dinner at a workhouse in St Pancras, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHomelessness Collection: New York Tree

New York Tree
27th December 1913: New Yorks Christmas tree for the homeless waiting to be erected in Madison Square. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Matches And Fag Ends

Matches And Fag Ends
The matches and fag ends box at the Embankment Fellowship Centre, London, a night centre, canteen and recreational facility for ex-service men over 45-years of age

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Thumbing A Lift

Thumbing A Lift
circa 1972: Two hippies, carrying all their worldly possessions are hoping for a lift. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Council Slum

Council Slum
circa 1977: Graffiti painted onto a wall in front of a council housing block. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageHomelessness Collection: Evicted Family

Evicted Family
A mother and children with their belongings after being evicted from their house near Errismore in the west of Ireland, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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