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A group of female travellers washing and taking care of a new born baby while the mother recovers in a tent. Coloured aquatint by C. Rugendas after G. Rugendas I, 1702.

A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.

Society meeting place, Baden, Germany, with a view of the town in the background. Line engraving by F. Würthle after K. Lindemann-Frommel.

A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.

A map of the area of Villcabamba, Ecuador, illustrated with buildings, rivers, people, animals and flowering plants and trees. Watercolour.

A woman breast feeding her child in front of the fire, other members of the family gather around. Etching by I.J. de Claussin, 1807, after Rembrandt van Rijn.

Ground control : fear and happiness in the twenty-first-century city / Anna Minton.

Community profiling : a guide to identifying local needs / Paul Burton.

Changing attitudes through social contact : an experimental study of a housing project / by Leon Festinger, Harold H. Kelley.

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Community life

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Images about Community life

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A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.

Ground control : fear and happiness in the twenty-first-century city / Anna Minton.

Community profiling : a guide to identifying local needs / Paul Burton.

A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

Changing attitudes through social contact : an experimental study of a housing project / by Leon Festinger, Harold H. Kelley.

Community life

Images from the collections

Images about Community life

Works from the collections

A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.

Ground control : fear and happiness in the twenty-first-century city / Anna Minton.

Community profiling : a guide to identifying local needs / Paul Burton.

A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

Changing attitudes through social contact : an experimental study of a housing project / by Leon Festinger, Harold H. Kelley.

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