Victorian Period city life
London, England
Women clothing and dress in Victorian Period,
Trafalgar Square,
Nelson’s Column,
Picture Postcards 1900-1909
Lithograph postcard
Child Labor during the Victorian Period
Women clothing and dress in Victorian Period]]> Street Sweeper acknowledging a Lady near Trafalgar Square, London, England]]>
One account describes street sweeping as "one of those occupations resorted to as an excuse for begging" and it was punished with imprisonment (Mayhew 465).

Trafalgar Square, located in the center of the city, features Nelson's Column in the center. Four lions surround Nelson's Column. Early construction of the square began in 1840, and Nelson's Column was completed in 1867. ]]>
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For information on street sweepers see:
Henry Mayhew's account in his book "London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopædia of the Condition and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, and Those That Will Not". Volume 2 of London Labour and the London Poor published by Cosimo Inc.

and: http://web.archive.org/web/20080321105914/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/gallery/gallery2.html
]]> ff6_crossing_verso.jpg]]> London, England,
Victorian Period Food Vendors,
Victorian Period city life,
Picture Postcards 1900-1909
Lithograph Postcards]]> Man selling potatoes in a street vendor to another man, London, England]]>
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For information on Street Sellers, Hot Potatoes see:
The Urge to Splurge: A Social History of Shopping by Laura Byrne Paquat. Published by ECW Press in 2003.]]> ff5_hot_verso.jpg]]> ]]> Women clothing and dress, Victorian Period
Street-Seller,
London, England city life 1890-1889
Westminster Abbey
Male clothing in Victorian Period
Lithograph Postcard]]> Flower Girl offering a Gentleman a Flower, London, England]]>
Henry Mayhew described two types of Flower Girls in his 1861 report on London Labour and the London Poor. The first, considered a "better class" of flower girls, worked very hard in wealthier areas, giving the money they earned to their parents.
The second, were women who dressed coquettishly and took to the street later in the night, near theaters and casinos. This type would use selling flowers as a pretense to meet men for “immoral purposes”, and gave flowers girls a negative stereotype. ]]>
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For more information on Mayhew's account of flower girls see: http://www.victorianlondon.org/professions/flowergirls.htm
]]> ]]> ]]> Maid
Victorian city life
London England,
Picture postcards 1900-1909
Lithograph postcard]]> Police Man talking to Maid, London, England]]>
Policemen were typically of lower classes, and had labor related occupations. Due to the industrial revolution, and increased mechanization, less laborers were need, thus became police officers (Taylor 48).

The maid featured most likely worked for a middle class family as evidenced by the type of house in the background. Such an image paints a more positive view of relations with police officers during this period. ]]>
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For more information on the formation of police forces in London see: http://www.victorianweb.org/history/police.html

and: Taylor, David. The New Police in Nineteenth-Century England: Crime, Conflict, and Control. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.]]> ]]> ff2_police_verso.jpg]]> Victorian Period city life,
Maid,
Postal Service, 1890-1889,
London, England,
Picture Postcards 1900-1909
Lithograph postcard]]>
Postman delivers mail to Maid, London, England.]]>
The maid featured most likely worked for a middle class family as evidenced by the type of house in the background. Such an image paints a more positive view of relations with police officers during this period.]]>
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For more information on Postman uniforms see: http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/explore/history/uniforms/
]]> ]]> ff1_postman_verso.jpg]]> Elbe River
German City Architecture--1900-1910
German city life--1900-1910
Picture Postcards 1900-1909]]>
Panoramic view of Hamburg featuring the Hamburg Rathaus, and the Elbe River in 1908. ]]>
Names on recto from top left:

H. U. Heibron Jr., Nina Heilbron, Andrew D. Heilbron, Gessie Quaas, Mary Lou Heilbron, Mrs Henry A. Heilbron.

Inscription on verso:

We are having a fine time already. Henry just left for Luxhaven. Adieu!]]>
Postmark 06/26/09]]> mv_panI_verso.jpg]]> ]]> Rathewalde
Polenz River
Buttner’s Restaurant,
photographic postcard 1900-1910,
Lower Saxony
German landscapes]]>
A Panoramic View of the village Rathewalde, Germany]]>
Inscription on recto from top left:

Mrs. Henry A Heilbron, Mrs. M. Buente, Carl, Ella, Freida, Nina Heilbron, H. A. Heilbron, H. C. Heilbron, Andrew S. Heilbron, Gessie

Old Church 200 years old. Mrs. Kinnear

Written date: June 11' 1908]]> ]]> ]]>
On recto: June 11' 1908 (hand written) ]]> http://www.hohnstein.de/de/Tourismus/Ins-Land-geschaut/Ortsteile/Rathewalde

For more information on similar postcards that feature Buttner's Restaurant see:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lithographie-Rathenwalde-Panorama-Partie-im-Amselgrund-Restaurant-Buttner-/311271669360?pt=Ansichtskarte_Zubeh%C3%B6r&hash=item48793cbe70]]> gc_rath_verso.jpg]]> ]]> Lower Saxony, Germany
Paddle boats
Elbe River
Sächsische Steamship Company
Transportation--1900-1910
Leisure Time Activities--1900-1910]]>
A View of a Stadt Wehlen Steamboat sailing along the Elbe River in Stadt Wehlen]]>
Inscripton on recto:

Summer of 1908]]> gc_wehl_verso.jpg]]> ]]> Dolci, Carlo (1619-1686),
Dresden Gallery,
Christian art,
Baroque Art--painting, Italy,
Lithograph postcard production
Picture Postcards 1900-190]]>
Our Lady of Sorrows Christmas Greeting Card. ]]>
Inscription on verso:

A Merry Christmas and a bright and prosperous New Year.
Freida Ludzeig
Dresden December 13, 1908

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For examples of artistic representations of Our Lady of Sorrows see: http://www.gettyimages.com/editorial/mater-dolorosa-pictures

For more information on Dolci, and quote see: outlook.com/owa/?wa=wsignin1.0]]> tc_lady_verso.jpg]]> ]]>