Dirty Collection (page 2)

Oil derricks on the shore near Baku Azerbaijan

Young man with laptop sitting on steps

Motocross Scrambling
An uphill struggle for Motocross scrambler Neil Griffiths! Date: 1980s

Poster, The Magic of Soap and Water. Coo... is that me with the dirt off? Showing a boy admiring his nice clean face in a soap bubble. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. circa 1940s

Glapwell Colliery, Mining
Miners from Glapwell Colliery, north east Derbyshire, black and dirty from the pit at the end of their work shift. Glapwell colliery closed in the 1970s

Water Babies / Tom / Sweep
Tom, the ragged chimney sweep at the cottage of the Irish woman

Dirty Dog on Bed 1909
A white puppy sleeps on a bed: he is covered in mud, and has left dirty pawprints all over the covers and pillow

Two boys throwing snowballs at a chimney sweep, New Years greetings card. (chromolitho)
6031470 Two boys throwing snowballs at a chimney sweep, New Years greetings card. (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Owing to the diminishing coal supplies and bad weather, deliveries of coal to the housewife have been slowed down and many are trekking with prams and wheelbarrows to coal wharfs

My Toys. Middlesbrough, 1970s 1970s

England / Canvey Island
The old sea wall which encircles Canvey Island, Essex, at the mouth of the River Thames. The wall was built about 1623 by the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyder

The largest slums, Korail, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Cambodian voters take pictures of their ink stained fingers after they voted, outside a polling station during a general election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia July 29, 2018

Marked railroad ties are pictured close to the scene where they found a body near Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany, June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Thorsten Wagner

Wider Image: Fighting the Jigger Parasite
School children stand barefoot in a queue waiting for jiggers in their feet to be removed during a medical outreach project conducted by Sole Hope in Kalebera village, Jinja district

Past in red
Rafa Berlanga

Illustration depicting a London dosshouse, 19th century
5309116 Illustration depicting a London dosshouse, 19th century; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a London dosshouse. Dated 19th century 01/02/1873); Universal History Archive/UIG

Family waiting for the roti pig and the pot at fire (pot-au-feu) kitchens for Christmas dinner
NWI4881931 Family waiting for the roti pig and the pot at fire (pot-au-feu) kitchens for Christmas dinner. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Illustration of Perrault's tale " Donkey Skin", edition Emile Guerin late 19th century
PCT4272753 Illustration of Perrault's tale " Donkey Skin", edition Emile Guerin late 19th century. Watercolour by Mr. Fauron

The Political Caricature (1830), Satirical in Colors, 1830_11_18: The Ported Shadows - Religion - Pork, Turkey
ICA4930019 The Political Caricature (1830), Satirical in Colors, 1830_11_18: The Ported Shadows - Religion - Pork, Turkey; (add.info.: The Political Caricature (1830), Satirical in Colors

Letters E F: grocery store, elephant, fan, farm, rifle, puppet, pheasant. Engraving in ABC of toys''
DUV4208315 Letters E F: grocery store, elephant, fan, farm, rifle, puppet, pheasant. Engraving in ABC of toys''., 1931 (engraving) by Neziere

Letters C D: horse, kite, dog, pig, clown, cooking, diligence, dancers, camel, dominoes, masonry
DUV4208304 Letters C D: horse, kite, dog, pig, clown, cooking, diligence, dancers, camel, dominoes, masonry. Engraving in ABC of toys', 1931 (engraving) by Neziere

France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63): porches in a pig trough, 1900
LUX4760757 France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63): porches in a pig trough, 1900; (add.info.: France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63): porches in a pig trough, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

The pork: Advertising chocolate Guerin Boutron, chromo 1910
JAB4119890 The pork: Advertising chocolate Guerin Boutron, chromo 1910; (add.info.: The pork: Advertising chocolate Guerin Boutron, chromo 1910); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Sus scrofa domesticus (pork or domestic boar), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO5005630 Sus scrofa domesticus (pork or domestic boar), Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Sus scrofa domesticus (pork or domestic boar)

Vie quotidienne en Serbie au 19eme siecle, le service de la poste dans les campagnes
ELD4951355 Vie quotidienne en Serbie au 19eme siecle, le service de la poste dans les campagnes (Daily life in Serbia in the 19th century)

Pets, pigs breeds. Lithography based on 19th century illustration
NWI4956001 Pets, pigs breeds. Lithography based on 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: Pets, pigs breeds. Lithography based on 19th century illustration.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Women frying the bacon in a pot to make an old-fashioned soup, USA. Colouring engraving of the 19th century
NWI4880809 Women frying the bacon in a pot to make an old-fashioned soup, USA. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Women frying the bacon in a pot to make an old-fashioned soup)

Cartoon by President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) trying to regulate industrial trusts, pork decrits
NWI4935822 Cartoon by President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) trying to regulate industrial trusts, pork decrits, stuck between the barriers of the Constitution - Colorisee engraving 20th century

The Museum of Horrors, circa 1899, illustration by V. Lenepveu: Un bal a l'Elysee - Case Dreyfus
ICA4928584 The Museum of Horrors, circa 1899, illustration by V. Lenepveu: Un bal a l'Elysee - Case Dreyfus, President of the Republic, Dance, Elysee - Zola Emile, Monkey, Pork Pig, Loubet Emile

History of England (C19th). Colonization (1880). Bahama selling pineapples. English colony in New Providence Island
CUL4855793 History of England (C19th). Colonization (1880). Bahama selling pineapples. English colony in New Providence Island

Celtic banquet in Ireland of Antiquity. 19th century coloring engraving
NWI4863139 Celtic banquet in Ireland of Antiquity. 19th century coloring engraving.; (add.info.: Celtic banquet in Ireland of Antiquity)

A ragamuffins, 1850
3478275 A ragamuffins, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a ragamuffins, a person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

New student moving into filthy rooms in a college at Oxford University. College Comforts
FLO4618879 New student moving into filthy rooms in a college at Oxford University. College Comforts, a Freshman taking possession of his Rooms

Union soldier chases a pig to eat it in the wild countryside of Virginia, United States, 1864
NWI4830229 Union soldier chases a pig to eat it in the wild countryside of Virginia, United States, 1864. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

The world upside down, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4839945 The world upside down, 19th century (Epinal print); (add.info.: The world upside down, an imaginary land: a couple of pigs dancing graciously - Epinal print)

Postcard, N & B: Photo Card - War of 14 -18, Photography, Train, Mobilization, Cartoon Circulation - Pork, Soldiers
ICA4837218 Postcard, N & B: Photo Card - War of 14 -18, Photography, Train, Mobilization, Cartoon Circulation - Pork, Soldiers; (add.info.: Postcard, N & B: Photo Card - War of 14 -18, Photography)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan-Mire: Ballan Mire's butcher killed the pig, 1905
LUX4757314 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan-Mire: Ballan Mire's butcher killed the pig, 1905; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France, Corsica, Haute-Corse (2B), Piedicorte-di-Gaggio: old stone house with women in windows, pig on the road, 1890
LUX4762292 France, Corsica, Haute-Corse (2B), Piedicorte-di-Gaggio: old stone house with women in windows, pig on the road, 1890; (add.info.: France, Corsica, Haute-Corse (2B)

Cover of " Les Corbeaux (Paris)", number 160, Satirique en Couleurs
ICA4875212 Cover of " Les Corbeaux (Paris)", number 160, Satirique en Couleurs, 1908_4_19: Projet d'poster electoral - Anticlericalisme - Eg antirepublican - Pork

Common pork (Sus domestica) in a pigsty. Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart
FLO4651226 Common pork (Sus domestica) in a pigsty. Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart, published in the Naturalist Library: mammals

The pig hunt. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by Thomas Williamson
XEE4124005 The pig hunt. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by Thomas Williamson (on hunts in the British Indies in the 19th century) in 1807; (add.info)

Cartoon commenting on the state of the living conditions of London's poor, 19th century
5309117 Cartoon commenting on the state of the living conditions of London's poor, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the state of the living conditions of London's poor)

Citizens in Sherman City Park, Texas, United States, 1870 years. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4967494 Citizens in Sherman City Park, Texas, United States, 1870 years. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Citizens in Sherman City Park, Texas, United States, 1870 years)

Pets, dogs, cows, horses, sheep and goats, pigs and rabbits. Lithograph from 19th century illustration
NWI4955876 Pets, dogs, cows, horses, sheep and goats, pigs and rabbits. Lithograph from 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: Pets, dogs, cows, horses, sheep and goats, pigs and rabbits)

Pigs des Indes femelle (Sus Scropha) mammifere pachyderm - in "Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire
JAB5036034 Pigs des Indes femelle (Sus Scropha) mammifere pachyderm - in "Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle" by M

War of one hundred years, war of succession of Brittany (siege of Rennes 1356-1357)
ELD4891444 War of one hundred years, war of succession of Brittany (siege of Rennes 1356-1357): stratageme of William II of Penhoet called the lame (1325 - 1404) (and Duguesclin or Du Guesclin)

To the victor belong the spoils, a satire on the body system, represented by the statue of Andrew Jackson riding a pig
NWI4914033 To the victor belong the spoils, a satire on the body system, represented by the statue of Andrew Jackson riding a pig, 1877

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"Unearthing the Dirty Secrets: A Glimpse into Coal Miners' Lives in South Wales and Cornwall" Step back in time to witness the gritty reality of coal miners as they ascend from the depths of shaft lifts, their faces smeared with soot. In South Wales, these brave souls toiled tirelessly, risking their lives daily for a livelihood that sustained communities. Venture further into Folly Ditch at Jacobs Island, circa 1878, where an unknown creator captures a scene shrouded in mystery. The air thick with grime and uncertainty, this image hints at a world hidden beneath layers of dirt. At Geevor Tin Mine in Pendeen, Cornwall, a lone miner stands amidst rugged terrain. His weathered face tells tales of perseverance and determination against all odds. These men battled darkness and filth to extract precious minerals that fueled industries far and wide. The coalface was their battleground - blackened hands digging deep into the earth's core. In South Wales, miners worked relentlessly under treacherous conditions to meet the insatiable demand for coal during an era when energy needs knew no bounds. Travel across oceans to New Zealand through an antique map from 1873. As explorers navigated uncharted territories on distant shores, they encountered lands untouched by civilization's cleansing touch – raw beauty concealed beneath layers of untamed wilderness. In Sweden's Volvo 240 GL lies another tale entwined with dirt – not just physical but metaphorical too. This iconic vehicle symbolizes resilience; its sturdy frame defying weariness despite traversing rough terrains year after year. A Punch cartoon depicts Faraday offering his card to Father Thames – perhaps suggesting that even great minds recognize the inherent connection between science and nature's dirty secrets flowing within rivers' veins. But cleanliness is also elusive; it slips through our fingers like grains of sand as we strive for godliness.