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"Unearthing the Dirty Secrets

Background imageDirty Collection: Citizens in Sherman City Park, Texas, United States, 1870 years

Citizens in Sherman City Park, Texas, United States, 1870 years. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4967494 Citizens in Sherman City Park, Texas, United States, 1870 years. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Citizens in Sherman City Park, Texas, United States, 1870 years)

Background imageDirty Collection: Pets, dogs, cows, horses, sheep and goats, pigs and rabbits. Lithograph from 19th century

Pets, dogs, cows, horses, sheep and goats, pigs and rabbits. Lithograph from 19th century illustration
NWI4955876 Pets, dogs, cows, horses, sheep and goats, pigs and rabbits. Lithograph from 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: Pets, dogs, cows, horses, sheep and goats, pigs and rabbits)

Background imageDirty Collection: Pigs des Indes femelle (Sus Scropha) mammifere pachyderm - in 'Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire

Pigs des Indes femelle (Sus Scropha) mammifere pachyderm - in "Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire
JAB5036034 Pigs des Indes femelle (Sus Scropha) mammifere pachyderm - in "Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle" by M

Background imageDirty Collection: War of one hundred years, war of succession of Brittany (siege of Rennes 1356-1357)

War of one hundred years, war of succession of Brittany (siege of Rennes 1356-1357)
ELD4891444 War of one hundred years, war of succession of Brittany (siege of Rennes 1356-1357): stratageme of William II of Penhoet called the lame (1325 - 1404) (and Duguesclin or Du Guesclin)

Background imageDirty Collection: To the victor belong the spoils, a satire on the body system

To the victor belong the spoils, a satire on the body system, represented by the statue of Andrew Jackson riding a pig
NWI4914033 To the victor belong the spoils, a satire on the body system, represented by the statue of Andrew Jackson riding a pig, 1877

Background imageDirty Collection: First World War: France, Humorous map showing the two Austrian

First World War: France, Humorous map showing the two Austrian and German emperors in pig on a dance imposed by
LUX4736554 First World War: France, Humorous map showing the two Austrian and German emperors in pig on a dance imposed by the allies and nicknamed "the last tango"

Background imageDirty Collection: babirousas (babyrousas, babyroussas) (Babyrousa celebensis), wild suide species of Asian origin

babirousas (babyrousas, babyroussas) (Babyrousa celebensis), wild suide species of Asian origin
FLO4687555 babirousas (babyrousas, babyroussas) (Babyrousa celebensis), wild suide species of Asian origin. Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et

Background imageDirty Collection: Chinese pork (Sus domestica). Copper engraving by William Lizars

Chinese pork (Sus domestica). Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart
FLO4651233 Chinese pork (Sus domestica). Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart, published in the Naturalist Library: mammals

Background imageDirty Collection: Old-Style Rugby

Old-Style Rugby
Dan Mărășescu

Background imageDirty Collection: Pecari a collier (Dicotyles totquatus) mammals pachyderms - in 'Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire

Pecari a collier (Dicotyles totquatus) mammals pachyderms - in "Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire
JAB5036077 Pecari a collier (Dicotyles totquatus) mammals pachyderms - in "Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire Naturelle" by M

Background imageDirty Collection: Old man spying through keyhole. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur

Old man spying through keyhole. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs
1000860 Old man spying through keyhole. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.; Private Collection.

Background imageDirty Collection: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: breeding pigs for the military, 1917

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: breeding pigs for the military, 1917
LUX4798287 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: breeding pigs for the military, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: breeding pigs for the military

Background imageDirty Collection: New Year's greeting card with a young chimney on a snowball with a wooden board (swing or butt tap)

New Year's greeting card with a young chimney on a snowball with a wooden board (swing or butt tap)
IMB4824892 New Year's greeting card with a young chimney on a snowball with a wooden board (swing or butt tap). Chromolithography of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Background imageDirty Collection: Potato harrow and set scoops (Dublin and Slarks), moveable and fixed pig or swine cases

Potato harrow and set scoops (Dublin and Slarks), moveable and fixed pig or swine cases, and pond construction
FLO4593616 Potato harrow and set scoops (Dublin and Slarks), moveable and fixed pig or swine cases, and pond construction. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Background imageDirty Collection: Papua pork (Sus papuensis). Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart

Papua pork (Sus papuensis). Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart
FLO4651219 Papua pork (Sus papuensis). Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart, published in the Naturalist Library: mammals

Background imageDirty Collection: Dirty Father Thames': More an open sewer than a river, the disgusting state of the Thames in

Dirty Father Thames': More an open sewer than a river, the disgusting state of the Thames in London in 1849
527534 Dirty Father Thames': More an open sewer than a river, the disgusting state of the Thames in London in 1849, the year of the Great Stink when Parliament was suspended because of the smell

Background imageDirty Collection: 'Dudley Street, Seven Dials' : From Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold London

'Dudley Street, Seven Dials' : From Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold London: A Pilgrimage London 1872
532240 'Dudley Street, Seven Dials' : From Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold London: A Pilgrimage London 1872. Unkempt

Background imageDirty Collection: B & O Women Workers, Loraine, O. [i.e. Lorain, Ohio], 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

B & O Women Workers, Loraine, O. [i.e. Lorain, Ohio], 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
B & O Women Workers, Loraine, O. [i.e. Lorain, Ohio], 1917. Shows women railroad workers in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shops during World War I in Lorain, Ohio.

Background imageDirty Collection: Mercedes car captured by French, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Mercedes car captured by French, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mercedes car captured by French, between c1914 and c1915. A Mercedes captured by French forces during World War I.

Background imageDirty Collection: fear

fear
Jan Slotboom

Background imageDirty Collection: F

F
Giovanni Cavalli

Background imageDirty Collection: Wrong number

Wrong number
Samanta Krivec

Background imageDirty Collection: Disheveled

Disheveled
Manu Morales

Background imageDirty Collection: Issaquah, Washington State, USA. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Issaquah, Washington State, USA. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, hoping for a treat while playing outside on a snowy day. (PR)

Background imageDirty Collection: Anxious Expectation

Anxious Expectation
Jan Slotboom

Background imageDirty Collection: 100 years of life

100 years of life
Pavol Stranak

Background imageDirty Collection: Portrait male model, c1660. Creator: Samuel van Hoogstraten

Portrait male model, c1660. Creator: Samuel van Hoogstraten
Portrait male model, c1660

Background imageDirty Collection: The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel, c1880-83. Creators: Adolph Menzel, W Manfield

The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel, c1880-83. Creators: Adolph Menzel, W Manfield
'The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

Background imageDirty Collection: Tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City, 1936

Tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the rear windows, tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City. The Solomon family are on the accepted list for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

Background imageDirty Collection: Mexican children playing in ditch, near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mexican children playing in ditch, near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican children playing in ditch which runs through company cotton camp near Corcoran, California

Background imageDirty Collection: Tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, New York City, 193 Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, New York City, 193 Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the rear windows, tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City. The Solomon family are on the accepted list for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

Background imageDirty Collection: Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. The boy has dysentery

Background imageDirty Collection: Dirty clothes and flies, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Dirty clothes and flies, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dirty clothes and flies. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Background imageDirty Collection: People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 1936

People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Background imageDirty Collection: Child of sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Child of sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Child of sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi

Background imageDirty Collection: Out of rear window tenement dwelling of Mr and Mrs Jacob Solomon, 133 Avenue D, New York City, 1936

Out of rear window tenement dwelling of Mr and Mrs Jacob Solomon, 133 Avenue D, New York City, 1936
Out of rear window tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Avenue D, New York City. The Solomon family are all on the accepted list for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

Background imageDirty Collection: Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant

Background imageDirty Collection: Housing for migratory cotton field laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for migratory cotton field laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for migratory cotton field laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona

Background imageDirty Collection: Housing for migratory cotton laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing for migratory cotton laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for migratory cotton laborers near Casa Grande, Arizona

Background imageDirty Collection: Harriet

Harriet
Karen Smalley

Background imageDirty Collection: Vintage Rusted GMC Truck

Vintage Rusted GMC Truck
Tom Windeknecht

Background imageDirty Collection: Yakut, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: I Popov

Yakut, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: I Popov
Yakut, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. The album "Peoples of Siberia" contains twenty-seven photographs depicting Yakuts and Buryats, everyday life, festivals, meetings, housing

Background imageDirty Collection: The dirty little piglet

The dirty little piglet
Gert van den Bosch

Background imageDirty Collection: Miners in the pithead baths following a shift underground at Mosley Common Colliery

Miners in the pithead baths following a shift underground at Mosley Common Colliery Lancashire England, showering after their shift August 1954

Background imageDirty Collection: Coal Miners shower after their shift in the pit head. February 1942 P018169

Coal Miners shower after their shift in the pit head. February 1942 P018169

Background imageDirty Collection: World map

World map
the dissemination of human races by Muller and Peschel

Background imageDirty Collection: Haunted doorway

Haunted doorway
Grunge doorway, entrance to the haunted house

Background imageDirty Collection: South America Map Illustration, Travel, Exploration, Antique 1871 Illustration

South America Map Illustration, Travel, Exploration, Antique 1871 Illustration
Color stock photo of an antique South America map illustration. Salvaged from an 1871 geography book



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"Unearthing the Dirty Secrets: A Glimpse into Coal Miners' Lives in South Wales and Cornwall" Step back in time to witness the gritty reality of coal miners as they ascend from the depths of shaft lifts, their faces smeared with soot. In South Wales, these brave souls toiled tirelessly, risking their lives daily for a livelihood that sustained communities. Venture further into Folly Ditch at Jacobs Island, circa 1878, where an unknown creator captures a scene shrouded in mystery. The air thick with grime and uncertainty, this image hints at a world hidden beneath layers of dirt. At Geevor Tin Mine in Pendeen, Cornwall, a lone miner stands amidst rugged terrain. His weathered face tells tales of perseverance and determination against all odds. These men battled darkness and filth to extract precious minerals that fueled industries far and wide. The coalface was their battleground - blackened hands digging deep into the earth's core. In South Wales, miners worked relentlessly under treacherous conditions to meet the insatiable demand for coal during an era when energy needs knew no bounds. Travel across oceans to New Zealand through an antique map from 1873. As explorers navigated uncharted territories on distant shores, they encountered lands untouched by civilization's cleansing touch – raw beauty concealed beneath layers of untamed wilderness. In Sweden's Volvo 240 GL lies another tale entwined with dirt – not just physical but metaphorical too. This iconic vehicle symbolizes resilience; its sturdy frame defying weariness despite traversing rough terrains year after year. A Punch cartoon depicts Faraday offering his card to Father Thames – perhaps suggesting that even great minds recognize the inherent connection between science and nature's dirty secrets flowing within rivers' veins. But cleanliness is also elusive; it slips through our fingers like grains of sand as we strive for godliness.