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Background imagePoverty Collection: Salford Slum

Salford Slum
19th November 1938: Storey Street in a poor area of Salford. Original Publication: Picture Post - 41 - Manchester - pub. 1938 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Hard Road

Hard Road
25th July 1953: An old mand trudges up a road, sack on his back. One of a band of nomads whose homes are in the hedgerows and who live off the land seeking work as they find it

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: The Crawlers

The Crawlers
A beggar paid to look after a baby sitting at the side of a street, circa 1877. From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Poor Laws Comment

Poor Laws Comment
A cartoon depicting the effect of the 1834 Poor Law amendment which meant people were only entitled to claim if they lived in a work house, engraving by McLean, 1st December 1836

Background imagePoverty Collection: Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist
circa 1840: Oliver is teased by Fagin and his gang of pickpockets in a scene from Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. Original Artwork: Engraving by George Cruikshank. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: circa 1935: Exterior view of tenement buildings along Ridge Street on the Lower East Side

circa 1935: Exterior view of tenement buildings along Ridge Street on the Lower East Side, New York City, 1930s. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Ulsters Unemployed

Ulsters Unemployed
17th December 1955: Unemployed people on the streets of Derry city. In Northern Ireland 30, 000 people are out of work. Original Publication

Background imagePoverty Collection: The Harlots Progress

The Harlots Progress
The young harlot Moll Hackabout is apprehended by a magistrate in Plate 3 of The Harlots Progress by William Hogarth, 1732

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: aA Boy Lying Fast Asleepa Charles Dickens Engraving

aA Boy Lying Fast Asleepa Charles Dickens Engraving
Engraved Illustrations of The Boy was Lying Fast Asleep, on a Rude Bed Upon the Floora Charles Dickens Engraving from Collieras Unabridged Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens

Background imagePoverty Collection: Two Victorian men trying to force entry to a cottage

Two Victorian men trying to force entry to a cottage
Two Victorian men trying to force their way into a cottage using a large piece of wood. The terrified inhabitant remonstrates with them while an alarmed-looking gentleman descends from a horse drawn

Background imagePoverty Collection: Residential old apartment in hong kong

Residential old apartment in hong kong

Background imagePoverty Collection: The shepherdess, Jean Francois Millet

The shepherdess, Jean Francois Millet
Illustration of the shepherdess, Jean Francois Millet

Background imagePoverty Collection: Indian Faqueers (Fakirs) or Penitents

Indian Faqueers (Fakirs) or Penitents are self-sufficient and only possesses the spiritual need for God

Background imagePoverty Collection: Beni Hasan

Beni Hasan (also written as Bani Hasan, or also Beni-Hassan) is an Ancient Egyptian cemetery site

Background imagePoverty Collection: Begging Venetians by luigi mion

Begging Venetians by luigi mion
Antique illustration of a Begging Venetians by luigi mion

Background imagePoverty Collection: At the gate of the Harem

At the gate of the Harem

Background imagePoverty Collection: Osman canopy with folding doors

Osman canopy with folding doors
Illustration of a Osman canopy with folding doors

Background imagePoverty Collection: School in Cameroon

School in Cameroon
Illustration of a school in Cameroon

Background imagePoverty Collection: The Soldiers Orphans

The Soldiers Orphans
Illustration of two children orphaned by war engraved for Petersons Magazine circa 1865. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: In The Bitter Cold

In The Bitter Cold
Illustration of a mother and children outside in the bitter cold for Petersons Magazine circa 1877. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: A Little Street Sweeper

A Little Street Sweeper
Illustration of a little street sweeper begging circa 1860. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Hand holding coins above another persons open palm, other hands clasping banknotes

Hand holding coins above another persons open palm, other hands clasping banknotes

Background imagePoverty Collection: Illustration of French peasants begging for food during from wealthy man during Hundred Years War

Illustration of French peasants begging for food during from wealthy man during Hundred Years War

Background imagePoverty Collection: Illustration of family in Brazilian favela

Illustration of family in Brazilian favela

Background imagePoverty Collection: Illustration of refugees during Russian Revolution

Illustration of refugees during Russian Revolution

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: A Hillside View of Urban Quito

A Hillside View of Urban Quito
In Quito, Ecuador hillside neighborhoods like this surround the old colonial city. These neighborhoods are geographically large and over populated

Background imagePoverty Collection: Horse eating under a forest of oaks

Horse eating under a forest of oaks
Horse to the late afternoon eating under a Mediterranean forest of oaks. Nature reserve of the saw Mariola in Bocairent, Valencian Community, Spain

Background imagePoverty Collection: China new building demolition area repression

China new building demolition area repression
in the partially destroyed houses are still living people, until this building be demolished to create space for new buildings

Background imagePoverty Collection: Old house building in hong kong

Old house building in hong kong
Crowed public house building in hong kong

Background imagePoverty Collection: Terrifying and abandoned house. Infrared image

Terrifying and abandoned house. Infrared image
Terrifying and abandoned house without roof. Infrared image, Spain

Background imagePoverty Collection: Old apartment in Hong Kong, Part of tranformer scene

Old apartment in Hong Kong, Part of tranformer scene

Background imagePoverty Collection: High density of Hong Kong old resident

High density of Hong Kong old resident
Old apartment resident in Hong Kong at night

Background imagePoverty Collection: Beggar Girls

Beggar Girls
1872: Two young beggar girls at Quimperle in Brittany. Original Artwork: Painting by Emile Auguste Hublin (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Havana. The dome of the Capitol

Havana. The dome of the Capitol
View through a window of the dome of the Capitol of Havana and part of the old Havana

Background imagePoverty Collection: Vintage car driving on Havana street, Havana, Cuba

Vintage car driving on Havana street, Havana, Cuba

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: Tumbledown Home

Tumbledown Home
circa 1890: Back door in a tumbledown wooden slum house, Chicago. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty 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 imagePoverty Collection: On The Bench

On The Bench
circa 1890: Street urchins in Trafalgar Square. (Photo by Paul Martin/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Washing Day

Washing Day
1889: Children sitting under a washing line hanging acoss a courtyard in a slum area of London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: New York Slum

New York Slum
circa 1890: A family in a tenement slum in New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePoverty Collection: Raindrops on a car window

Raindrops on a car window

Background imagePoverty Collection: Shack, corrugated iron hut at the Sangker River, near Battambang, Battambang Province, Cambodia

Shack, corrugated iron hut at the Sangker River, near Battambang, Battambang Province, Cambodia

Background imagePoverty Collection: Cityscape, temple city of Srirangam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Cityscape, temple city of Srirangam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Background imagePoverty Collection: Slums, favelas, on mountain slopes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Slums, favelas, on mountain slopes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



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