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Poor families

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  • Kowloon, Hong Kong, China: a Chinese family. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Kowloon, Hong Kong, China: a Chinese family. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • A travelling gypsy family enjoying a rest and a meal of soup, bread and wine. Engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
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    A travelling gypsy family enjoying a rest and a meal of soup, bread and wine. Engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.

    Maggiotto, Francesco, 1750-1805. | Reference: 27047i
    • Books

    Growing up and getting by : international perspectives on childhood and youth in hard times / edited by John Horton, Helena Pimlott-Wilson and Sarah Marie Hall.

    | Date: 2021
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    Kowloon, Hong Kong, China: a Chinese family. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

    Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921. | Date: 1869 | Reference: 19624i
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    Mary Barton : a tale of Manchester life / Elizabeth Gaskell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Macdonald Daly.

    Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. | Date: 1996
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