London, England city life 1890-1889
Women--clothing and dress, Victorian Period
Food Vendor,
London, England,
Animal-Drawn Cart,
Lithograph postcard]]> A Coster on top of an animal-drawn vendor, London, England]]>
Costermongers belonged to the lowest classes of society, but still had their own hierarchy of sorts. Costers with animal drawn carriage like in this view were considered more well off than those that sold their goods from baskets. Additionally, costers were known for their bright and colorful clothing, heavy use of slang, and negative sentiments towards police officers. The view then of Figure 11 appears to reference negative, class based attitudes towards costermongers. ]]>
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For more information on costers see: http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-cos2.htm]]> ff9_coster_verso.jpg]]> ]]> Christian art,
Italy
Lithograph postcard production
Picture Postcards 1900-1910
Correspondence 1900-1910]]>
The Adoration of the Shepheds beside Jesus' manger produced as a Christmas Greeting Card.]]>
Inscription on back:

Mrs. Williams, (undetectable) Mrs. Kinnear and family hasty wishes for a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Your kind letter will a (undetectable) very soon. Love to all.
L. S. W. ]]>
Postmark 12/10/08]]> http://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson/treasure/14

For examples of this postcard see:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Adoration-of-the-Shepherds-by-MURILLO-Roma-Italy-original-art-1910s-PC-/360900362367]]> tc_adora_verso.jpg]]> ]]> Victorian Period,
Horse-drawn Omnibus,
Public transportation in Victorian Period,
Lithograph postcard]]>
A bus driver directing an Omnibus, London, England]]>
One account notes that:
"Here we are ... in all six and twenty sweating citizens, jammed, crammed and squeezed into each other like so many peas in a pod..."
(New Monthly Magazine, 1833)]]>
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For information on the quote and history of omnibuses see: http://web.archive.org/web/20070609023652/http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/learning/online_resources/ecobus_omnibus/pg/1829.htm]]> ff12_bus_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]]> ]]> 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
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