Hardship Collection (page 5)

Depositors of the Union Trust Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Great Depression, July 1933. Lining up to draw out what is left of their deposits

Radical hunger marchers gathering in New York, USA, Great Depression, November 1932. Prior to a march on Washington. The marchers carried red banners and chanted the Internationale

Bonus Army in Anacostia Park, Washington DC, USA, Great Depression, 1932. Artist
Bonus Army in Anacostia Park, Washington DC, USA, Great Depression, 1932. The Bonus Army (Bonus Expeditionary Force) was a protest by First World War veterans

Bonus Army demonstrating outside the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, Great Depression, 1932. The Bonus Army (Bonus Expeditionary Force)

Shack made of barrels and tar paper, St Louis, Missouri, USA, Great Depression, 1931. One of a mile-long row of such makeshift huts on the shore of the Mississippi

A Hooverville on waterfront of Seattle, Washington, USA, Great Depression, March 1933. Grim collections of shacks on vacant lots were cruelly called Hoovervilles after Herbert Hoover

The breadline, a visible sign of poverty during the Great Depression, USA, 1930s Artist
The breadline, a visible sign of poverty during the Great Depression, USA, 1930s

Jobless New Yorkers selling apples on the pavement, Great Depression, New York, USA, 1930

Unemployed workers desperate for work during the Great Depression, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1931. When George H Bowman Co advertised that it would take on 150 people for Christmas holiday jobs

Famine in the Volga Valley, Russia, c1921-c1922. The aftermath of the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Groups of peasants starving

Nowhere to bury the dead, Russia, c1920s. The aftermath of the Russian Civil War. The peasants have become the victims

The Polish emigrant exodus, early 20th century

Russian peasants, late 19th century. Poor families relieving their hunger by carving up a dead horse

Hay box cooking, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist:s and G
Hay box cooking, World War I, c1914-c1918. Fuel economies led to the adoption of hay box cookers for completing the cooking of partially cooked foods

Coal strike, USA, 1902. Men and women lining up during the 1902 Coal Strike for their allotment of coal. The strike, by the United Mine Worker of America union

Townsfolk wait to scour the fields for potatoes left by farmers, Germany, World War I, c1914-c1918. About 750, 000 German civilians died from starvation as a result of the British naval blockade of

The poor of Berlin rummaging in refuse heaps, Germany, c1914-c1918. About 750, 000 German civilians died from starvation as a result of the British naval blockade of Germany during World War I

William Barents Arctic expedition, 1596-1597 (1598). Members of the crew killing and skinning bears outside the cabin in which the expedition wintered

Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, (19th century). Artist: JM Corner
Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, late 19th century. Scottish explorer Mungo Park (1771-1806) led two expeditions into the interior of West Africa in an attempt to determine

Slaves Irrigating by Water-Wheel on the Banks of the Nile, 19th century. Artist
Slaves Irrigating by Water-Wheel on the Banks of the Nile, 19th century

Tread-Wheel and Oakum-Shed at the City Prison, Holloway, London, 1862. Artist
Tread-Wheel and Oakum-Shed at the City Prison, Holloway, London, 1862. From The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life by Henry Mayhew (1812-1887) and John Binny, 1862

Aignish Farm Raiders Monument, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2009. Designed by Will McLean and built by Jim Crawford in 1995, a local stonemason

The Unemployed and Unemployable, c1911, (1911). From Bibbys Annual 1911, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

In the Far East - In famine-stricken Indi. 1900. Artist: AF Maconochie
In the Far East - In famine-stricken India. 1900. In the Far East - In famine-stricken India. Sixteen hundred poor women of the Salii and Koshti castes being served out with clothing at Sholapu

The King and Queen survey bomb damage, Buckingham Palace, London, WWII, 1940. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth looking at the aftermath of a German bombing raid on 11 September 1940 which destroyed

A long way from Mr. Berry Walls flowing cravats, c1927, (1927). Artist: Henry Franks Waring
A long way from Mr. Berry Walls flowing cravats, c1927, (1927). From A Book About Paris by George and Pearl Adam. [Jonathan Cape, London, 1927]

Job, c1455, (1939). Artist: Jean Fouquet
Job, c1455, (1939). Job is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible. The illustration is part of the manuscript Livre d heures d Etienne Chevalier by Jean Fouquet

A Man with a Club and Shackled Feet, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
A Man with a Club and Shackled Feet, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

El Renacimiento de L. Pena y Ca. - Dragones y Zuleta - Habana, 1913

A Group of the Aristocracy, 1901. From The Sunday Strand Vol. IV, [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1901]

The Tavern Door, 1916, (1917). Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan
The Tavern Door, 1916, (1917). From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

Waiting for admission to St Marylebone Workhouse, Luxborough Street, London, c1901 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims

Kertch from the North, 1856. Artist: Georges McCulloch
Kertch from the North, 1856. A depiction of the expedition to Kertch by the British forces. The capture of the city of Kertch is part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855)

The Shop for Bargains, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Shop for Bargains, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]

An Irish Eviction, 1850 (1906). Artist: Frederick Goodall
An Irish Eviction, 1850 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. V. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Inside Medland Hall homeless shelter, Ratcliff, London, c1900 (1901). The four penny coffin, a homeless shelter which charged its clients different amounts depending on the amenities offered

The Penny Sit-Up, Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, c1900 (1901). The Penny Sit-Up, one of the first homeless shelters to be created in Blackfriars

A Gipsy Encampment, c1788. Artist: William Shayer
A Gipsy Encampment, c1788. Painting held at the Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, Nottingham. From A Catalogue of the Pictures

La Demimondaine, 1911. Artist: James Pryde
La Demimondaine, 1911. From A History of Painting Volume VIII by Haldane MacFall [T. C. and E. C. Jack, Lodon & Edinburgh, 1911.]

Eating-House, Chelsea, c1911-1924, (1924). Artist: Job Nixon
Eating-House, Chelsea. From The Studio Volume 88 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1924.]

A Young Lady Encouraging the Low Comedian, c1786-1826, (1919). Artist: William Ward
A Young Lady Encouraging the Low Comedian, 1919. James Northcote (1746-1831). From The Connoisseur Volume LV [Otto Limited, London, 1919]

Irish Peasants, 1896
Irish Peasants. The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870 was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1870, and was famed for the hardship it inflicted on tenants

The trek during the snowstorm, 1909. Artist: Stanley L Wood
The trek during the snowstorm, 1909. A scene from British explorer Ernest Shackletons (1874-1922) expedition of 1908-1909 on board the Nimrod

Homeless children, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Spanish Civil War, c1936-c1939

The needle-room, Clerkenwell Prison, London, 1874. Prisoners sewing mailbags, a common form of prison labour in British jails

The oakum-shed, Clerkenwell Prison, London, 1874. Oakum is a tarred fibre used in shipbuilding. It used to be made from old tarry ropes and its preparation was a common form of prison labour

Facsimile of a declaration about the scarcity of food in America, 1779 (c1880). Documentary evidence of food shortages during the American Revolutionary War, then entering its fifth year

Scene at an Irish eviction in County Kerry, 1887. Artist: P Naumann
An Irish eviction in County Kerry, 1887. Scene during the Land War, the dispute between Irish tenant farmers and their landlords that lasted from 1880 until 1892

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