Living Conditions Collection

Silvertown, Westham. Between the Wars - England - London - Living Conditions. Undated

London County Council Minerva Estate Bethnal Green, East London. new flats built on a site of formerly occupied by slum properties, 28th April 1948

Brandon Estate, Southwark, one of the largest of the London County Couincils housing estates. There are six 18-storey blocks which rise to 170 ft to give a fine view over London

An aerial view of Plaistow showing rows of streets of terraced housing, London, England. 1950 s

The Lansbury Estate, a public housing estate in the Poplar area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets named after George Lansbury, a Poplar councillor and Labour party MP. 1950 s

A general view of the scene outside Silverdale House, Hampstead Road, London when large crowds assembled to hamper the progress of police who had arrived to give bailiffs support in their attempt to

An old man watches on as a shack in Kingsdown is demolished. 1936

London Slums, c. 1900 (b / w photo)
XJF294006 London Slums, c.1900 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Water Pump, Twine Court, Limehouse, East End of London 1933

Ex paratrooper Donald Cook, 38 year old aircraft inspector and secretary of the St. Pancras United Tenants Association, talks to his 36 year old wife Edith through a barricade of barbed wire

Wives as pickets in East End no rent strike. What is stated to be the largest rent strike ever known in the East End of London, has been declared by over 240 families at Quinn Square Buildings

Old cottages, Otford, Kent. 1935

A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party

Cartoon commenting on the living conditions of the English agricultural labourer - a plea for the English agricultural
5308636 Cartoon commenting on the living conditions of the English agricultural labourer - a plea for the English agricultural labourer to be as well housed as the trees in the pinery at Kew Gardens

Cartoon commenting on the state of the living conditions of London's poor, 19th century
5309117 Cartoon commenting on the state of the living conditions of London's poor, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the state of the living conditions of London's poor)

Water-tank in St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Water-tank in St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, [London], 1858. There are certain portions of London where the buildings are dilapidated and most of the inhabitants squalid...It should, however

"The Last Trial of Madame Palissy" - painted by W. J. Grant - one of the prize pictures of... 1858
"The Last Trial of Madame Palissy" - painted by W. J. Grant - one of the prize pictures of the Glasgow Art Union, 1858

The "Strand Buildings" (Model Lodging-House) to be erected in Eagle-Court, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The "Strand Buildings" (Model Lodging-House) to be erected in Eagle-Court, [London], 1857. A philanthropic effort is now being made to provide the operative classes with a superior

One Third of a Nation, Portland, OR, 1938. Creator: Unknown
One Third of a Nation, Portland, OR, 1938. Walnut St. Theatre...Ask About the Big Theatre Party - "One Third of a Nation"..."A Play that Any Play-Goer with a Heart

Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County

Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Little Oklahoma, the community that grew out of the need for help in the potato and cotton fields. California

House in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
House in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County

Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freightcar converted into home in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Home in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home in "Little Oklahoma, " a community that has grown out of migrant potato and cotton workers. California

Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Street and homes in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Mexican field laborers houses, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican field laborers houses. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Shack in "Little Oklahoma", California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shack in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California

Housing typical of that afforded Mexican field workers of the Imperial Valley, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing typical of that afforded Mexican field workers of the Imperial Valley. These people are not migrants, but live on the edge of the ranches and work in peas and melons

Housing, within five minutes walk of City Hall, City of Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing. Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars to twelve dollars monthly

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Area has been condemned and will be torn down shortly to make space for the new Union Railroad station. Average rent is eight dollars

Company housing for Mexican cotton pickers, South of Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Company housing for Mexican cotton pickers, showing the San Joaquin Valley in the background. South of Corcoran, California

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California. Average rental is eight dollars. Some houses have plumbing

Housing, within five minutes walk of City Hall, City of Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing. City of Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars monthly

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California. Average rental eight dollars. Some houses have plumbing

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Areas have been condemned and will be torn down shortly to make space for the new Union Railroad station

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from the City Hall. California

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, one quarter mile from City Hall, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall, California

Housing for Oklahoma refugees, California, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California, Kern County

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

Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freight car converted into house in "Little Oklahoma, " California

Migrant workers camp, outskirts of Marysville, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant workers camp, outskirts of Marysville, California. The new migratory camps now being built by the Resettlement Administration will remove people from unsatisfactory living conditions such as

Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama. Father's wages one dollar a day. This is the standard of living the turpentine trees support

Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California. Average rental is eight dollars. Some houses have plumbing

[Untitled, possibly related to: Housing, Los Angeles], 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Housing. Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars to twelve dollars monthly]

Squatter camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp. California

Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and child of migrant worker, encamped near Winters, California. This is a proposed location of Resettlement Administration migrant camp

Migratory orange picker's camp, Exeter, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory orange picker's camp. Exeter, California

Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper eating near Clarksdale, Mississippi

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

Refugee agricultural laborer on the roadside in Arizona, near the Casa Grande project, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee agricultural laborer on the roadside in Arizona, near the Casa Grande project (Farm Security Administration). "I was on this here project, Work Projects Administration

The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The home of a family in Oklahoma County. Elm Grove, Oklahoma

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

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

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

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

Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I was offered twenty dollars for that house. I pay six dollars rent a year, and have some chickens and a garden"

Water barrels on plantation cabin in Brazos riverbottoms, near Bryan, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Water barrels on plantation cabin in Brazos riverbottoms, near Bryan, Texas

Sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper family near Chesnee, South Carolina

Children of turpentine worker near Cordele, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of turpentine worker near Cordele, Alabama. The father earns one dollar a day

Home of turpentine worker near Cordele, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of turpentine worker near Cordele, Alabama. Father's wage is one dollar a day. This is the standard of living the turpentine trees support

Children of turpentine worker near Cordele, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of turpentine worker near Cordele, Alabama. The father earns one dollar a day

Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama. Father's wages one dollar a day. This is the standard of living the turpentine trees support

Slums of Brawley, Mexican field workers homes, Imperial Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Slums of Brawley. Mexican field workers homes. Imperial Valley, California

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

Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939
Calipatria, Imperial County. Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents a week. California. [Signs: Garretts snuff, Model smoking tobacco, Eastside beer]

Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp, Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939
Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents per week. Calipatria, Imperial County

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants, Gridley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August

Orange packer of Sunkist oranges, self-built trailer, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Orange packer of Sunkist oranges. Self-built trailer. California

Porch of Mexican worker's home in East El Centro, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Porch of Mexican worker's home in East El Centro, Imperial Valley, California

Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp, " on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California, 1935
Jack Neill, "migratory fruit tramp, " on banks of Pulah Creek near Winters, California. He owns one acre subsistence farm near Porterville

Homes of Mexican field laborers, a street in Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A street in Brawley, Imperial Valley. Homes of Mexican field laborers. California

"Company" cotton pickers camp, after picking season, Buttonwillow, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Buttonwillow, California. "Company" cotton pickers camp, after picking season. Some families remain for tag ends of picking and for pulling [cotton] bolls

Mexican family, Brawley County, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican family. Brawley County, Imperial Valley, California

Home of Mexican field laborers, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of Mexican field laborers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Homes of Mexican field workers, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Homes of Mexican field workers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

Housing for Mexican field laborers, Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Housing for Mexican field laborers. Brawley, Imperial Valley, California

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"Exploring Living Conditions: A Glimpse into the Past and Present" Brandon Estate, Southwark: Discover the history of one of London's largest housing estates built by the London County Council. Water Pump, Twine Court, Limehouse: Step back in time to 1933 and witness life in the East End of London through this captivating image. Silverdale House, Hampstead Road: Get a general view of the scene outside this iconic building in London as it captures a moment frozen in time. Minerva Estate Bethnal Green: Explore the transformation brought about by new flats built by the London County Council in East London. The Lansbury Estate, Poplar: Uncover the story behind this public housing estate located in one of London's vibrant boroughs. Kingsdown Shack Demolition: Witness an old man observing as a shack is demolished in 1936, reflecting changing living conditions during that era. Neighborhood Birthday Party Preparation: Join a mother as she gets her children ready for a joyous neighborhood celebration captured beautifully by Gordon Parks in Washington D. C. , 1942. Capturing Life Amidst Slums (1900): Dive into black-and-white photographs showcasing early 20th-century living conditions within London's slums - an eye-opening experience. Donald Cook - Paratrooper Turned Aircraft Inspector: Learn about ex-paratrooper Donald Cook's transition to civilian life and his role as an aircraft inspector and secretary during uncertain times (date unknown). Wives' Pickets During East End Rent Strike: Discover how women played a significant role during what is believed to be one of East End's largest rent strikes through their powerful picketing efforts (date unknown). Otford Palace Building Series (1934): Explore architectural developments with glimpses into Otford Palace construction from over eight decades ago. Maurice Pluthero - The Fat Boy of Petersham.