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Background imageSlum Housing Collection: The Devils Acre - Westminster, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré

The Devils Acre - Westminster, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Devils Acre-Westminster, 1872. Devils Acre, a Victorian slum near Westminster Abbey had a high rate of mortality from diseases such as typhoid. From, " LONDON

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 193 High Street (#9), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 193 High Street (#9), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 193 High Street (#9), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 101 High Street (#8), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 101 High Street (#8), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 101 High Street (#8), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 115 High Street (#7), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 115 High Street (#7), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 115 High Street (#7), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 118 High Street (#6), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 118 High Street (#6), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 118 High Street (#6), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 148 High Street (#5), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 148 High Street (#5), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 148 High Street (#5), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Back Wynd From Trongate (#47), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Back Wynd From Trongate (#47), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Back Wynd From Trongate (#47), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Old Houses At Corner Of George Street & High Street (#40), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Old Houses At Corner Of George Street & High Street (#40), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Old Houses At Corner Of George Street & High Street (#40), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Corner Of Duke Street & High Street (#39), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Corner Of Duke Street & High Street (#39), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Corner Of Duke Street & High Street (#39), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Elphinstone Tower, Main Street, Gorbals (#38), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Elphinstone Tower, Main Street, Gorbals (#38), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Elphinstone Tower, Main Street, Gorbals (#38), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 11 Bridgegate (#43), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 11 Bridgegate (#43), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 11 Bridgegate (#43), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Saltmarket From Bridgegate (#33), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Saltmarket From Bridgegate (#33), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Saltmarket From Bridgegate (#33), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 136 Saltmarket (#31), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 136 Saltmarket (#31), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 136 Saltmarket (#31), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Broad Close No. 167 High Street (#3), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Broad Close No. 167 High Street (#3), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Broad Close No. 167 High Street (#3), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 128 Saltmarket (#30), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 128 Saltmarket (#30), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 128 Saltmarket (#30), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 122 Saltmarket (#29), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 122 Saltmarket (#29), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 122 Saltmarket (#29), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close Nos. 97 & 103 Saltmarket (#28), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan. Close Nos

Close Nos. 97 & 103 Saltmarket (#28), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan. Close Nos
Close Nos. 97 & 103 Saltmarket (#28), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 61 Saltmarket (#27), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 61 Saltmarket (#27), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 61 Saltmarket (#27), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 31 Saltmarket (#26), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 31 Saltmarket (#26), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 31 Saltmarket (#26), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 28 Saltmarket (#25), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 28 Saltmarket (#25), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 28 Saltmarket (#25), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 37 High Street (#15), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 37 High Street (#15), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 37 High Street (#15), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 65 High Street (#13), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 65 High Street (#13), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 65 High Street (#13), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 75 High Street (#12), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 75 High Street (#12), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 75 High Street (#12), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 80 High Street (#11), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 80 High Street (#11), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 80 High Street (#11), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 83 High Street (#10), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 83 High Street (#10), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 83 High Street (#10), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Close No. 29 Bridgegate (#42), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Close No. 29 Bridgegate (#42), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Close No. 29 Bridgegate (#42), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Old Vennel Off High Street (#2), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan

Old Vennel Off High Street (#2), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Old Vennel Off High Street (#2), Printed 1900

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: A street in Baltimore well known to charity workers, 1905. Creator: Unknown

A street in Baltimore well known to charity workers, 1905. Creator: Unknown
A street in Baltimore well known to charity workers, 1905

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Where Fighting Mag lived, 1905. Creator: Unknown

Where Fighting Mag lived, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Where Fighting Mag lived, 1905

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Poster by Record Section, Suburban Resettlement Administration, 1935-12. Creator: Arthur Rothstein

Poster by Record Section, Suburban Resettlement Administration, 1935-12. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
Poster by Record Section, Suburban Resettlement Administration, 1935-12

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914

Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Poor neighbourhood, USA

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914

Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Poor neighbourhood, USA

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914

Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Poor neighbourhood, USA

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914

Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alley Clearance. Slum Views, 1914. Poor neighbourhood, USA

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Shack in 'Little Oklahoma', California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shack in "Little Oklahoma." Lots 50 x 150, cost one hundred and twenty to two hundred dollars. Bought on hope and sold on promises. No work since last fall

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migrant cotton field workers from Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Eight children in the family. Note the housing. Near Casa Grande project, Arizona

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Children of Mexican cotton laborers, Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Children of Mexican cotton laborers, Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of Mexican cotton laborers. Casa Grande, Arizona

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: The Rookery of St Giles, London, 1850 (1878)

The Rookery of St Giles, London, 1850 (1878). Situated between Great Russell Street and Seven Dials, the St Giles Rookery was one of the worst slums in Britain

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: The Five Points, ca. 1827?. Creator: Unknown

The Five Points, ca. 1827?. Creator: Unknown
The Five Points, ca. 1827?

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Bluegate Fields, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré

Bluegate Fields, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Bluegate Fields, 1872. Bluegate Fields was one of the worst slums during the Victorian era and geatured in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. From, " LONDON

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Orange Court - Drury Lane, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré

Orange Court - Drury Lane, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Orange Court-Drury Lane, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Back-to-Back Houses in the North of England, (1938)

Back-to-Back Houses in the North of England, (1938). Urban slum housing. Illustration from A History of Everyday Things in England - Done in four parts of which this is the third

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: One-Roomed House for Five, (1938)

One-Roomed House for Five, (1938). Woman in child in slum housing. Illustration from A History of Everyday Things in England - Done in four parts of which this is the third

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Fouled Waters Beneath A Bridge Leading To Unlovely Homes of Poverty and Pain, c1935

Fouled Waters Beneath A Bridge Leading To Unlovely Homes of Poverty and Pain, c1935
Fouled Waters Pass Beneath A Bridge That Leads To Unlovely Homes of Poverty and Pain, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Rear of houses prior to slum clearance, Princess Road, Lambeth, London, 1914

Rear of houses prior to slum clearance, Princess Road, Lambeth, London, 1914

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: 20 Birchfield Street, Poplar, London, 1927

20 Birchfield Street, Poplar, London, 1927. The rear elevation of this dilapidated building is shown prior to slum clearance

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Philippine Islands, early 19th century, (c1930s). Artist: Richard Thomas Underwood

Philippine Islands, early 19th century, (c1930s). Artist: Richard Thomas Underwood
Philippine Islands. Piles raise these houses near Manila out of the stagnant water which is a breeding-ground for mosquitoes, early 19th century, (c1930s). From Geographical Magazine, Volume 5

Background imageSlum Housing Collection: Old room in Slumland, London, c1900 (1901)

Old room in Slumland, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]



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