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Working class families

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  • A family is discovered dead from starvation after waiting for welfare assistance. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • A politician out canvassing curses himself for climbing six floors to the room of an impoverished mother and her young offspring, none of whom are electorally valuable. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

    Tressell, Robert, 1870-1911. | Date: 2005
    • Books

    David's granddaughter : a family history zine about working class grief, and longing for what you never had.

    Oh Wibbles | Date: [2022?]
    • Books

    Common people : the history of an English family / Alison Light.

    Light, Alison, 1955- | Date: 2014
    • Books

    The urban working class in Britain, 1830-1914 / edited by Andrew August.

    | Date: 2013
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A family is discovered dead from starvation after waiting for welfare assistance. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

    Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938. | Reference: 17067i
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