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Sorting a dust heap at a County Council Depot, London, c1850 (1903). Dust-yards were privately run waste sorting centres, sifting and sorting varying grades of rubbish
Public Waste Dump, Quai de la Gare, 1915. Artist: Auguste LeperePublic Waste Dump, Quai de la Gare, 1915. From Paris Past and Present. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]
Excavating an avenue to the Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & UnderwoodExcavating an avenue to the Temple of Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This scene furnishes us another good example of the way in which the rubbish and debris of fallen houses collect before
The rubbish left on Hamstead Heath after a bank holiday, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)
The Banquet of the Black Dolls, 19th century. Artist: George CruikshankThe Banquet of the Black Dolls - In commemoration of the Reduction of the Duty on Rags, 19th century. Pate de Horse Shoes, Omelette de Old Iron, Bones Boile, Plomb (ie Lead) Pudding
Passage Through The Storm, (1885). Artist: GarnierPassage Through The Storm, (1885). A man carries a woman through puddles. Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)
Shell Mound People, 4000-2000 BC (c1880). The Shell Mound People, or Kitchen-Middeners, were hunter-gatherers of the late Mesolithic and early Neolithic period