Elliot & Fry, Marion Hood in “The Pirates of Penzance,” London, 1880.
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Chalmers Butterfield, Shaftesbury Avenue from Piccadilly Circus, in the West End of London, 1949.
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Example of a coffin house. These rows of “coffins” were the men’s sleeping quarters in a Burne Street hostel. London, ca. 1900.
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Salvation Army “penny sit-up” homeless clients in Blackfriars, London, ca. 1900. Homeless people would sit on a bench in a reasonably warm room all night long, although they were not allowed to lie down and sleep on the bench.
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Thomas Richard Williams, Vanitas / Still Life with Skull, Open Book with Glasses, and Hourglass / The Sands of Time, UK, 1850-1852.
Source: Getty Museum
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John Thomson, The Crawlers, London, 1876-1877.
Source: National Library of Scotland
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John Thomson, “Hookey Alf” of Whitechapel, London, 1876 - 1877.
Source: National Library of Scotland
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Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, Seated Woman with Bird, Surrey, England, ca. 1855.
Source: Getty Museum
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Roger Fenton, Dinoris Elephantopus, London, ca. 1855.
Source: Getty Museum
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