Images Dated 15th December 2004

Departure of the Emigrant Ship Lizzie Webber, 1852

Engraving showing the two-masted emigrant ship, Lizzie Webber, leaving Sunderland for Australia, 1852. This was the first emigrant ship to make that passage. The image shows small boats and a steam tug sailing in the foreground and, on the shore, hundreds of people bidding farewell

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A Family of Jewish Immigrants, London, 1904

Engraving showing a family of Jewish immigrants, a grandmother, mother and three children in the East End of London, 1904. One little boy is shown playing with a butter churn, whilst the baby sits smiling on its grandmother's knee. This engraving was part of an article in the Illustrated London News entitled The Alien in England: Scenes of the Foreign Invasion of the East End of London

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Lunch in a Jewish shelter, London, 1904

Engraving showing a group of men, seated on benches around a table having soup for lunch, at the Jewish shelter in the East End of London, 1904. This engraving was part of an article in the Illustrated London News entitled The Alien in England: Scenes of the Foreign Invasion of the East End of London

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