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Background imageSlum Collection: Dog Walking

Dog Walking
16th January 1954: A dog walking across the slums of Manchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6871- The Best And Worst Of Our Cities: Manchester - pub

Background imageSlum Collection: A man walking through a backstreet of the Gorbals area of Glasgow

A man walking through a backstreet of the Gorbals area of Glasgow
31st January 1948: A man walking through a backstreet in the run-down Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s

Background imageSlum Collection: Victorian London - A shady place

Victorian London - A shady place
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A dark alley in Whitechapel circa 1870

Background imageSlum Collection: William Hogarth Gin Lane

William Hogarth Gin Lane
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Beer Street and Gin Lane. They depict the evils of the consumption of gin as a contrast to the merits of drinking beer

Background imageSlum Collection: Hoxton Slums

Hoxton Slums
Slum housing in Shaftesbury Street, Hoxton in the East End of London, 5th October 1946. Original publication: Picture Post - 4224 - All In A Hoxton Garden - pub

Background imageSlum Collection: Old abandoned shack by Mersey

Old abandoned shack by Mersey
Collapsing shelter on pier by the side of the Mersey in Liverpool at sunset

Background imageSlum Collection: Tenements In New York City

Tenements In New York City
Photograph shows laundry drying on clotheslines in the backyards of New York City tenement slums, circa 1900. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageSlum Collection: Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz He raised his manacled hands

Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz He raised his manacled hands
Vintage engraving from Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz. He raised his manacled hands in a threatening attitude, fixed his eyes on his shrinking parent, and slowly left the room

Background imageSlum Collection: Pennyfields

Pennyfields
circa 1925: A street in the slum area of Pennyfields, Limehouse, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSlum Collection: Slum Wash House

Slum Wash House
29th October 1955: Two newly built wash houses replace two slum houses at a Birmingham street. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8127 - The Housing Jungle - pub

Background imageSlum Collection: Victorian London Housing

Victorian London Housing
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Terraced Houses in Inner London circa 1870

Background imageSlum Collection: Victorian London - Orange Court Drury Lane

Victorian London - Orange Court Drury Lane
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A dark alley, Orange Court Drury Lane. circa 1870 - 1880."

Background imageSlum Collection: Victorian London - Dudley Street, Seven Dials

Victorian London - Dudley Street, Seven Dials
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Dudley Street, Seven Dials circa 1870. Street children play in the road."

Background imageSlum Collection: William Hogarth Four Times of the Day - Noon

William Hogarth Four Times of the Day - Noon
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Four Times of the Day. They are humorous depictions of life in the streets of London, the vagaries of fashion

Background imageSlum Collection: Slum Houses

Slum Houses
1st May 1954: Neglected houses near the High Level Bridge in Newcastle. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7143 - Newcastle: Revival Of A City - pub

Background imageSlum Collection: Newcastle Slums

Newcastle Slums
circa 1910: A woman attends to domestic chores in a slum housing area of Newcastles by-ways. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageSlum Collection: Organ Grinder

Organ Grinder
circa 1893: Children dancing to the Pas de Quatre, a famous Gaiety piece, played by an organ grinder in a London street. (Photo by Paul Martin/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSlum Collection: Sunderland Slum

Sunderland Slum
1889: A group of women and children sitting around the steps to a shop in the slum area of Sunderland. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSlum Collection: Marbles

Marbles
circa 1860: A group of boys in ragged clothing play a game of marbles in the back yard. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageSlum Collection: Backyards

Backyards
December 1923: Slum housing in Crossland Square, Bethnal Green, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSlum Collection: Belfast Slum

Belfast Slum
May 1922: Catholic refugees leave their homes in Antigua Street, Belfast during the Irish Civil War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSlum Collection: Housing Jungle

Housing Jungle
29th October 1955: Houses are becoming slums, the back to back houses in Salford, Lancashire, where due to rent restrictions proper maintainance becomes impossible

Background imageSlum 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 imageSlum Collection: Old Glasgow Close

Old Glasgow Close
1897: Close 267, High Street, Glasgow. Glasgow is the most densely populated city in Scotland and developed as an important centre of industry and commerce during the industrial revolution

Background imageSlum 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 imageSlum Collection: Liverpool Streets; woman walking down a street in a slum area of Liverpool

Liverpool Streets; woman walking down a street in a slum area of Liverpool
A woman walking down a street in a slum area of Liverpool, 19th November 1956. Original publication: Picture Post - 8995 - Liverpool Slums - unpub

Background imageSlum Collection: Residential old apartment in hong kong

Residential old apartment in hong kong

Background imageSlum Collection: Streets of Cairo

Streets of Cairo
Antique illustration of a Streets of Cairo

Background imageSlum Collection: Osman canopy with folding doors

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

Background imageSlum Collection: Illustration of family in Brazilian favela

Illustration of family in Brazilian favela

Background imageSlum 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 imageSlum Collection: The Holsten Gate or Holstein Tor (Holstentor), a brick gothic city gate at the Hanseatic city of

The Holsten Gate or Holstein Tor (Holstentor), a brick gothic city gate at the Hanseatic city of Lubeck, Germany
Low angle view of the Holstentor, Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Holsten Gate or Holstentor is a city gate marking off the western boundary of the old center of the Hanseatic city of

Background imageSlum 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 imageSlum Collection: Old house building in hong kong

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

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

Old apartment in Hong Kong, Part of tranformer scene

Background imageSlum Collection: High density of Hong Kong old resident

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

Background imageSlum Collection: Tumbledown Home

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

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

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

Background imageSlum Collection: Favela riverside slum in Amazonia, Tefe, department of Amazonas, Brazil

Favela riverside slum in Amazonia, Tefe, department of Amazonas, Brazil

Background imageSlum Collection: Katutura, the slum district of Windhoek, Namibia

Katutura, the slum district of Windhoek, Namibia

Background imageSlum Collection: Iron gate with barbed wire, Windhoek, Namibia

Iron gate with barbed wire, Windhoek, Namibia

Background imageSlum Collection: New Delhi

New Delhi

Background imageSlum Collection: Window Shoppers

Window Shoppers
Poor London slum children, with no shoes, look at items for sale in a shop. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSlum Collection: Soup Queue

Soup Queue
September 1906: Slum dwellers in Bury, Lancashire carrying jugs as they wait to collect free soup. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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