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"In the midst of destruction, a woman finds solace in a simple cup of tea at New Cross after air raids

Background imageHomeless Collection: Teetotal blind beggar who sold halfpenny ballads on the beggars road near Bethnal Green

Teetotal blind beggar who sold halfpenny ballads on the beggars road near Bethnal Green
FLO5000815 Teetotal blind beggar who sold halfpenny ballads on the beggars road near Bethnal Green. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana

Background imageHomeless Collection: Street-crossing sweeper boy in a large waistcoast and soldier's jacket. With dog and broom

Street-crossing sweeper boy in a large waistcoast and soldier's jacket. With dog and broom
FLO5000932 Street-crossing sweeper boy in a large waistcoast and soldier's jacket. With dog and broom. Worked Prince's Street and Hanover Square

Background imageHomeless Collection: Joseph Thake and son, makers of willow rattle puzzles which they sold for 6p at St

Joseph Thake and son, makers of willow rattle puzzles which they sold for 6p at St. Paul's Churchyard
FLO5000866 Joseph Thake and son, makers of willow rattle puzzles which they sold for 6p at St. Paul's Churchyard. Copperplate etching drawn

Background imageHomeless Collection: Taylor, a blind cobbler or industrious beggar. Lived at 6 Saffron Hill

Taylor, a blind cobbler or industrious beggar. Lived at 6 Saffron Hill and worked stands at Whitehall
FLO5000840 Taylor, a blind cobbler or industrious beggar. Lived at 6 Saffron Hill and worked stands at Whitehall and Tottenham Court Road

Background imageHomeless Collection: Portrait of Saint Martin, patron saint of beggars and vagabonds

Portrait of Saint Martin, patron saint of beggars and vagabonds, with two disabled beggars at his feet
FLO5000741 Portrait of Saint Martin, patron saint of beggars and vagabonds, with two disabled beggars at his feet. By an unknown German artist circa 1460

Background imageHomeless Collection: Illustration of Manfredini (1889-1922) in Le Lire, 09/05/14 - A champion - Misere, Circus

Illustration of Manfredini (1889-1922) in Le Lire, 09/05/14 - A champion - Misere, Circus, Wrestling - Miserous, poor
ICA4848855 Illustration of Manfredini (1889-1922) in Le Lire, 09/05/14 - A champion - Misere, Circus, Wrestling - Miserous, poor

Background imageHomeless Collection: Illustration of Manfredini (1889-1922) in Le Lire, 25/10/13 - La rentree - Misere - Miserous

Illustration of Manfredini (1889-1922) in Le Lire, 25/10/13 - La rentree - Misere - Miserous, poor, homeless
ICA4848636 Illustration of Manfredini (1889-1922) in Le Lire, 25/10/13 - La rentree - Misere - Miserous, poor, homeless; (add.info.: Illustration of Manfredini (1889-1922) in Le Lire

Background imageHomeless Collection: Vagabonds (print)

Vagabonds (print)
5616269 Vagabonds (print); (add.info.: Woodcut print depicting vagabonds, a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: Homeless Londoners

Homeless Londoners
5616072 Homeless Londoners; (add.info.: Illustration depicting homeless Londoners being moved on by police on Westminster Bridge. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1872); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: Homeless Londoners

Homeless Londoners
5616061 Homeless Londoners; (add.info.: Illustration depicting homeless Londoners sleeping on the pavement. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1872); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: Poor people warm themselves over a sidewalk steam vent in Manhattan, 1870s

Poor people warm themselves over a sidewalk steam vent in Manhattan, 1870s
NWI4759752 Poor people warm themselves over a sidewalk steam vent in Manhattan, 1870s.; (add.info.: Poor people warm themselves over a sidewalk steam vent in Manhattan)

Background imageHomeless Collection: Engraving depicting homeless Londoners sleeping rough under a railway arch, 19th century

Engraving depicting homeless Londoners sleeping rough under a railway arch, 19th century
5308824 Engraving depicting homeless Londoners sleeping rough under a railway arch, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting homeless Londoners sleeping rough under a railway arch)

Background imageHomeless Collection: Beggar boy, 1891

Beggar boy, 1891
3479529 Beggar boy, 1891; (add.info.: Little boy begging in a London street. From the Quiver, Cassel & Co, London. 1891.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: Beggar boy, 1795

Beggar boy, 1795
3479528 Beggar boy, 1795; (add.info.: Beggar boy being turned away by a righteous householder, circa 1795.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: A homeless fakir or sacerdote, Bombay, India, 1880 (print on double-weight paper)

A homeless fakir or sacerdote, Bombay, India, 1880 (print on double-weight paper)
3575956 A homeless fakir or sacerdote, Bombay, India, 1880 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Bombay, India 1880 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Background imageHomeless Collection: A blind man begging, 1850

A blind man begging, 1850
3478675 A blind man begging, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a blind begging man. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: A blind man begging, 1850

A blind man begging, 1850
3478673 A blind man begging, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a blind begging man. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: The drunkard's progress, 1846

The drunkard's progress, 1846
1574988 The drunkard's progress, 1846; (add.info.: The drunkard's progress. Print shows an archway of the nine steps of a drunkard's progress)

Background imageHomeless Collection: Family evicted from their home (b/w photo)

Family evicted from their home (b/w photo)
8672189 Family evicted from their home (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Family evicted from their home)

Background imageHomeless Collection: Humanity lesson. Education of a young girl, c.1790 (engraving)

Humanity lesson. Education of a young girl, c.1790 (engraving)
2069719 Humanity lesson. Education of a young girl, c.1790 (engraving) by Drolling, Martin (1752-1817); (add.info.: Education. La lecon d'humanite. Coll. Part. Education. Humanity lesson)

Background imageHomeless Collection: Destitute women

Destitute women
5616491 Destitute women; (add.info.: Illustration depicting destitute women awaiting shelter for the night. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1869); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: Children who were rescued from a baby farm

Children who were rescued from a baby farm
5616432 Children who were rescued from a baby farm'; (add.info.: Illustration depicting children who were rescued from a baby farm being cared for in the Society's refuge in London)

Background imageHomeless Collection: An elderly man discovering a sick mother and her daughter hiding

An elderly man discovering a sick mother and her daughter hiding
5307949 An elderly man discovering a sick mother and her daughter hiding.; (add.info.: Engraving an elderly man discovering a sick mother and her daughter hiding in his cellar. Dated 19th century)

Background imageHomeless Collection: The character Oliver Twist

The character Oliver Twist
5308170 The character Oliver Twist.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the character Oliver Twist: Oliver pleading with the Magistrate not to allow the Parish to apprentice him to a chimney sweep)

Background imageHomeless Collection: Venerable disabled Jewish mendicant beggar pulled around Petticoat Lane in a truck

Venerable disabled Jewish mendicant beggar pulled around Petticoat Lane in a truck
FLO5000893 Venerable disabled Jewish mendicant beggar pulled around Petticoat Lane in a truck. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana

Background imageHomeless Collection: John MacNally, a go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He lost both legs in an accident when

John MacNally, a go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He lost both legs in an accident when an apprentice in Cork
FLO5000873 John MacNally, a go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He lost both legs in an accident when an apprentice in Cork. Rides a dog-drawn cart drawn by Boxer and Rover

Background imageHomeless Collection: Samuel Horsey, a famous go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar

Samuel Horsey, a famous go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He claimed to have both legs amputated by the surgeon
FLO5000858 Samuel Horsey, a famous go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He claimed to have both legs amputated by the surgeon John Abernathy in St. Bartholomew's Hospital

Background imageHomeless Collection: Blind Priscilla, the patchwork quilt-making industrious beggar of St. James, Clerkenwell

Blind Priscilla, the patchwork quilt-making industrious beggar of St. James, Clerkenwell
FLO5000825 Blind Priscilla, the patchwork quilt-making industrious beggar of St. James, Clerkenwell, in front of Spa-fields reservoir waterworks

Background imageHomeless Collection: Notorious blind beggar in costume of a survivor of the Battle of Waterloo with a portrait of a

Notorious blind beggar in costume of a survivor of the Battle of Waterloo with a portrait of a wounded sailor on his
FLO5000770 Notorious blind beggar in costume of a survivor of the Battle of Waterloo with a portrait of a wounded sailor on his chest

Background imageHomeless Collection: Street entertainer who mimicked bird song using a piece of tin in his mouth

Street entertainer who mimicked bird song using a piece of tin in his mouth
FLO5003442 Street entertainer who mimicked bird song using a piece of tin in his mouth, while he pretended to play two tobacco pipes like a violin

Background imageHomeless Collection: Two bone pickers sitting on the stairs with a dog. One sews patches onto his patchwork coat of

Two bone pickers sitting on the stairs with a dog. One sews patches onto his patchwork coat of bits of old velvet
FLO5003421 Two bone pickers sitting on the stairs with a dog. One sews patches onto his patchwork coat of bits of old velvet, carpet, cloth, etc

Background imageHomeless Collection: A tramp lighting a fire, 1850

A tramp lighting a fire, 1850
3478316 A tramp lighting a fire, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a tramp lighting a fire ready to brew up a cup of tea. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: Evicted (engraving)

Evicted (engraving)
8672557 Evicted (engraving) by Bacon, John Henry Frederick (1868-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman, old man and children evicted from their home in winter)

Background imageHomeless Collection: The character Oliver Twist

The character Oliver Twist
5308169 The character Oliver Twist.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the character Oliver Twist: Mr Brownlow visiting Oliver's sickroom to see how he progresses)

Background imageHomeless Collection: A soup kitchen in London Lodgings run by the Common Lodging-House Mission. 1/1/1892 (engraving)

A soup kitchen in London Lodgings run by the Common Lodging-House Mission. 1/1/1892 (engraving)
5616019 A soup kitchen in London Lodgings run by the Common Lodging-House Mission. 1/1/1892 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: Men at a London night shelter. 1/1/1892 (engraving)

Men at a London night shelter. 1/1/1892 (engraving)
5616020 Men at a London night shelter. 1/1/1892 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: Great American Depression 1870's (engraving)

Great American Depression 1870's (engraving)
FGL5502194 Great American Depression 1870's (engraving); (add.info.: Queue of homeless or unused men queuing to enjoy a meal in a canteen for the poor, Randall Island, New York); Fototeca Gilardi

Background imageHomeless Collection: Irish peasants evicted from thier home by the landlord

Irish peasants evicted from thier home by the landlord
7261252 Irish peasants evicted from thier home by the landlord; Private Collection; (add.info.: Irish peasants evicted from thier home by the landlord for non-payment of rent, 19th century)

Background imageHomeless Collection: The character Oliver Twist

The character Oliver Twist
5308165 The character Oliver Twist.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the character Oliver Twist: Oliver is injured when being forced by Bill Sykes to carry out a burglary)

Background imageHomeless Collection: Caricature in L'Assiette du Beurre, 1906, depicting a rich exploitative business man ridiculing a

Caricature in L'Assiette du Beurre, 1906, depicting a rich exploitative business man ridiculing a poor homeless man
5617102 Caricature in L'Assiette du Beurre, 1906, depicting a rich exploitative business man ridiculing a poor homeless man; Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: A night shelter for the poor and homeless, provided by the Salvation Army in the 19th century

A night shelter for the poor and homeless, provided by the Salvation Army in the 19th century (engraving)
1000853 A night shelter for the poor and homeless, provided by the Salvation Army in the 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: A night shelter for the poor and homeless)

Background imageHomeless Collection: Bill Row and John Taylor, two grubbers with iron pick, broom and basket. They search for nails

Bill Row and John Taylor, two grubbers with iron pick, broom and basket. They search for nails
FLO5003436 Bill Row and John Taylor, two grubbers with iron pick, broom and basket. They search for nails, rings and coins in the cracks between cobblestones

Background imageHomeless Collection: William Frasier, disabled beggar and seller of boot laces. He lost both his hands in

William Frasier, disabled beggar and seller of boot laces. He lost both his hands in the Napoleonic Wars
FLO5003406 William Frasier, disabled beggar and seller of boot laces. He lost both his hands in the Napoleonic Wars. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana

Background imageHomeless Collection: William Tomlins, street crossing sweeper on Albermarle and St. James Street

William Tomlins, street crossing sweeper on Albermarle and St. James Street
FLO5000887 William Tomlins, street crossing sweeper on Albermarle and St. James Street. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana

Background imageHomeless Collection: Beggar carving Turkish Moorings, a chain made of ash, seated with hat, crutch and walking stick

Beggar carving Turkish Moorings, a chain made of ash, seated with hat, crutch and walking stick
FLO5000844 Beggar carving Turkish Moorings, a chain made of ash, seated with hat, crutch and walking stick. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana

Background imageHomeless Collection: Newly arrived immigrants in London, England, late 19th century. From Living London, published c.1901

Newly arrived immigrants in London, England, late 19th century. From Living London, published c.1901
3039830 Newly arrived immigrants in London, England, late 19th century. From Living London, published c.1901; Private Collection

Background imageHomeless Collection: Boy gives charity

Boy gives charity
3479530 Boy gives charity; (add.info.: Charity, late 18th century boy gives charity to mother and child beggars.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageHomeless Collection: Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, early 20th century (b/w photo)

Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, early 20th century (b/w photo)
530210 Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, early 20th century (b/w photo); (add.info.: The Penny Sit-Up for men, where the homeless could find shelter sitting on a bench for a penny a night)



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"In the midst of destruction, a woman finds solace in a simple cup of tea at New Cross after air raids. " "Amidst the hustle and bustle of Kings Cross, an abandoned hotel stands as a reminder of forgotten lives. " "A heartbreaking discovery unfolds as police find an abandoned baby on the streets of New York City in the 1890s. " "Even on Christmas Day, the workhouse becomes home for those less fortunate, reminding us to cherish our blessings. " "The echoes of hardship resonate through Market Hill, once home to a former workhouse that housed many struggling souls. " "Luke Fildes' poignant artwork 'Houseless and Hungry' captures the harsh reality faced by countless homeless individuals. " "Guiltcross Union Workhouse in Kenninghall, Norfolk serves as a haunting reminder of society's struggle to care for its most vulnerable members. " "The Union Workhouse and Infirmary in Crumpsall, Manchester bears witness to years spent providing shelter and healthcare for those without homes or hope. " "In East London's Poplar Workhouse lies stories untold - tales from those who sought refuge within its walls during times of desperation. " "A beggar seated on a bank in 1630 etching reminds us that homelessness has plagued societies throughout history. " "At ASC Barracks in Grove Park, Lewisham we glimpse into temporary shelters provided for homeless soldiers returning from war. " "The East End Doss House stands as both refuge and last resort for countless destitute souls seeking respite amidst London's unforgiving streets.