Boy with flag, Handsworth Park
This photograph of a boy with a flag taken in Handsworth Park comes from the Vanley Burke Archive. It was part Vanley's first exhibition 'Handsworth from the Inside' which was originally exhibited at ...
Boy with scar
Photograph of a little boy with his jumper pulled up to reveal a vertical scar on his stomach. Taken in Newcastle by Nick Hedges.
Boy with sibling, London, by Nick Hedges
Hedges tried to capture the human face of homelessness. This photograph shows that positive family relationships existed despite the difficult conditions. The boy and his sibling are shown under the watchful ...
Boys Admission Register of Middlemore Homes, 1873-1914, showing Henry’s admission
Henry Bate sailed to Canada on 20 June 1905 with a party of children sent by Middlemore Homes. Henry lived in 2 Court, Vauxhall with his mother Ada Owen, his step father and two other children. The family ...
Boys on street corner by Nick Hedges
Bridgetown
Photograph of the principal street in Bridgetown, Barbados, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Carpenter’s Mill, with Birmingham in the distance
This drawing gives a vivid impression of Edgbaston's rural landscape in the nineteenth century. St Thomas's Church, The Windmill on Holloway Head and St Martin's Church are visible in the distance.
Ceylon
'Kandyan Chiefs with British Counsellor'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
'Kandyan ladies (and Chiefs) '. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone
Ceylon
'Group of Kandyan High Priests of the Dalada Malegawa, or Temple of the Sacred Tooth of Buddha.' Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone
Ceylon
'Buddhist Priests and Altar', Ceylon [Sri Lanka], from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
Originally captioned 'Buddhist Priests. The robes worn are yellow'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka], from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
Coastline and Fishing Boat, nr Columbo'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Ceylon
Originally captioned "The "Perahera" an annual Buddhist Festival, Ceylon." From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Child in basement, Liverpool 8 by Nick Hedges
Children’s health was often badly affected by the cold, damp spaces in which they lived. Bronchitis, asthma, and influenza were rife. Illness, and a lack of sleep caused by overcrowding, meant that children ...
Child looking out of window
Back-to-back and Tunnel-back Slum properties, Hockley, Birmingham.
Children and Adults at the Theatre
This photograph shows an old fashioned theatre at Lichfield Greenhill Bower Fair. The theatre was owned by the Holloway Family.
Children asleep, Hackney, London by Nick Hedges
One of the main problems that homeless families faced was overcrowding. Whole families were often forced to live in one room that functioned as the living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. Hedges did ...