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Sunday, June 21, 2015

P O V E R T Y

1841 poorhouse in England, exterior view illustration
Unable to pay their debts,  a family is sent to an 1841 poorhouse in England
   
1841 poor house enforcing discipline
"enforcing discipline"  on family members
   
1841 poor house one of the poor men
"one of the poor men"
   
1841 poor house diet and master
1) "Daily Diet:  6 ounces of bread with 3 pints of oatmeal/potato gruel"   2)  "The Master"
   
"The poor man's convoy",   human bodies from the poor house were sent to medical students
for dissection
        
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1844 Glasgow tenements, a description of poverty
an 1844 article about Glasgow tenements describes foul air and fluids
        
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Excursion In The Paris Sewers
"Excursion In The Paris Sewers"   'Slumming' was the 1800s wealthy activity
of visiting impoverished or unusual areas out of curiosity or for amusement
        
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1870 Paris Sewers Tourism, an illustration of slumming
tourism in the 1870 Paris sewers       see full size
        
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1861 London mud-larks, a description of poverty
1861 London mud-larks, a description of poverty page 2 of 2
1861 London 'mud-larks' ...  in summer and winter children and adults crawled through low-tide mud looking for small pieces of coal,  wood, or  trash
        
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The House of Commons,  an 1861 cartoon about social class
"The House of Commons"   an 1861 cartoon about social class
        
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1880 fry pan repair kit Magical Patching-Plate
"Magical Patching-Plate"    an 1880 repair kit for frying pans 
see full size
        
1886 street boys shoes
1886 boys       see full size
    
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1890 flophouse, the least expensive overnight beds
1890,  the least expensive overnight beds
    

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1800s New York Slums detailed descriptions, some 1800s New York slum buildings had no waste drainage
some 1800s New York tenement buildings had no waste drainage
    
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"What a Search of the Lodgers brought forth"
      
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1800s New York Tenements, a photograph and mention of gangs
1800s New York
      
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1800s New York tenement building designs
      
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a 1902 slums neighborhood photograph, dens of death
"Dens of Death"     1902
      
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"Often with a very fair show to the outsider the block becomes a sort of pandemonium."
a 1904 article about London tenements describes violence, dirt, noise, quarrels, and drunkenness
        
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1909 USA tenement Christmas, a photograph of poverty
a photograph of a 1909 USA tenement showing an improvised Christmas tree
        
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1912 Lewis Hine photo of children at city dump
a 1912 Lewis Hine photograph       see full size
        
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a 1924 Brazil childrens book, a poor sad farmer
from 1924 Brazil childrens book
      
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a 1929 Canadian cartoon about poverty
"For Heaven's sake Ma!  Here's something aesthetic!"   a 1929 Canadian cartoon
        
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Mabel Dwight art, two poor homeless men picking through a garbage can
Mabel Dwight art
        
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1930s shacks in a poor shanty town, an aerial view photograph
somewhere in 1930s USA
       see full size
        
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a Charles Addams cartoon of a little poor girl selling snow in a snow storm
a Charles Addams cartoon    "Snow 5 cents"
        
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a Daniel Teoli Jr. photograph 1972, a homeless man asleep
a Daniel Teoli Jr. photograph,  1972
       see full size