Our picture represents the center of the lawyers’ district in the heart of the business part of Chicago. On the right hand are seen that stately columns of the upper floors of the City Hall, and County Building, doomed to be replaced by new structures, although they have been standing only about 25 years. On the left is the Sherman House, one of the famous hostelries of the city, beyond which, at the corner of Clark street, looms the Ashland Block, filled almost exclusively with lawyers, the Schiller Building, containing a large theater, and the Masonic Temple.
Chicago is the second city of the United States in manufacture and commerce. It has about 20,000 manufacturing establishments with a capital of nearly $600,000,000, and a production of $1,000,000,000 a year, these figures remaining about one-third below those of New York. A8523
]]> 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]]> 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]]> ]]> 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
]]> ]]> ]]> Male clothing in Victorian Period
Victorian Period city life,
Thames River
Street-Seller,
Child Labor in the Victorian Period
Steamboat,
Lithograph postcard
]]> Shoe-Black shining a Gentleman's shoe near the Thames River, London, England]]> cleaned boots and shoes for a living.

This shoe shiner was most likely from the London Shoe-Black Brigade, which was formed in the 1850's to offer a better wage for children that were shoe-shiners. In the evenings they could attend Ragged Schools which were schools that offered free education of destitute children in 19th-century Britain. Those employed by London Shoe-Black Brigade wore colored jackets based on the location they would occupy. ]]>
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For information on shoeblacks see: http://www.victorianlondon.org/publications4/peopled-01.htm

and: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/files/3213/7036/0863/WhatwaslifeforchildreninVictorianLondon.pdf]]> ]]> ]]> ff4_shoeblack_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]]> 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]]> Victorian Period city life 1880-1889
Horse-drawn carriage
Charing Cross Roundabout,
London, England
Picture Postcards 1900-1909
Public Transportation Victorian Period
Lithograph postcard]]> Hansom Cab driver directing his carriage near Charing Cross Roundabout, London, England]]>
The driver, seated behind, can control the closely situated doors, and prevent passengers from leaving without paying. It was the most popular form of public transportation available during the era. ]]>
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For more information on the Hansom Cab see: http://www.caaonline.com/caa_content.asp?PageType=Dept&Key=15&MCat=7

and
http://vichist.blogspot.com/2008/06/case-of-growler-and-handsome-hansom.html]]> ff7_hansom_verso.jpg]]>