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• Photograph of the Duchess of Albany with her son and daughter taken in 1887.Download image (578kB)Download video (0.44Mb)Visit page
• Photograph of a shoe-polisher taken in 1877-8.Download image (8888kB)Download video (0.6Mb)Visit page

• Inside a doll's house made around 1890.Download image (1099kB)Visit page
• Regent's Park Road Boys' Home from the Illustrated London News, 1870.Download image (719kB)Download audio (0.43Mb)Download simple transcript (284 bytes)Download transcript (439 bytes)Visit page
• Part of a report on children in Hexham Union Workhouse, 1847.Download image (304kB)Download PDF Transcript (60kB)Download audio (1.21Mb)Visit page
• An alphabet set from 1840.Download image (528kB)Visit page
• Handwriting copy sheet, 1837.Download image (207kB)Download transcript (109 bytes)Visit page
• Simple Directions in Needlework and Cutting Out for the use in the National Female Schools of Ireland.Download image (453kB)Visit page
• House plans for a house on Bedford Park in 1877.Download image (331kB)Visit page
• Contrary Winds, painting by Thomas Webster,1843.Download image (570kB)Visit page
• Part of a letter sent to the Board of Health, 1849.Download image (318kB)Download audio (0.65Mb)Download simple transcript (532 bytes)Download transcript (690 bytes)Visit page
• Photograph of Prestonpans, Haddingstonshire, Scotland, 1898.Download image (537kB)Visit page
• The Old Folks at Home, photograph 1898.Download image (426kB)Visit page
• Article from the London Illustrated News, 1869, describes Peabody Square Homes for the Poor.Download image (527kB)Download audio (0.47Mb)Download simple transcript (344 bytes)Download transcript (547 bytes)Visit page
• Pages from a catalogue for furnishing a house, 1898.Download image (877kB)Visit page
• Dolls' house, 1900. It is a copy of a real house that existed in North London.Download image (647kB)Visit page
• The panelled room from The Grove, a Victorian house built in Birmingham.Download image (1492kB)Visit page
• Part of the 1861 census for Haigh, near Wigan. The census was a survey of all people and households in the country.Download image (424kB)Download PDF Transcript (33kB)Visit page
• Part of a page from a factory logbook of 1836.Download image (213kB)Download PDF Transcript (80kB)Visit page
• Part of a letter written by Reverend John Duff Schomberg, vicar of Polesworth in 1854.Download image (308kB)Download audio (0.7Mb)Download transcript (734 bytes)Visit page
• This is an example of cloth made in a factory where children worked.Download image (1192kB)Visit page
• Part of a report from 1847 about children in the workhouse.Download image (238kB)Download audio (0.46Mb)Download simple transcript (464 bytes)Download transcript (513 bytes)Visit page
• The Piping Shepherd by Alfred Downing Fripp, painted 1870-1889.Download image (1336kB)Visit page
• A picture from a journal called The Graphic dated 1884.Download image (985kB)Visit page
• A picture from a journal called The Graphic dated 1884.Download image (360kB)Visit page
• A picture from the London Illustrated News in 1850, showing the Boys' Refuge (shelter) at Great Queen Street.Download image (330kB)Visit page
• A photograph from 1884 of a boy selling matches.Download image (125kB)Visit page
• A photograph from 1884 of a girl selling shrimps.Download image (98kB)Visit page
• A photograph from 1884 of a shoe-shine boy.Download image (105kB)Visit page
• An advert from 1897.Download image (544kB)Visit page
• A page from a toy catalogue from 1840-1842.Download image (786kB)Visit page
• A page from a toy catalogue from 1840-1842.Download image (544kB)Visit page
• A page from a toy catalogue from 1840-1842.Download image (1503kB)Visit page
• A page from a toy catalogue from 1840-1842.Download image (462kB)Visit page
• German doll made between 1874 and 1876.Download image (973kB)Visit page
• A board game made around 1895.Download image (621kB)Visit page
• Contrary Winds painting by Thomas Webster 1843.Download image (571kB)Visit page
• A spinning top made in 1860.Download image (155kB)Visit page
• A jack-in-the-box toy made between 1820 to 1850.Download image (527kB)Visit page
• A zoetrope from around 1880-1900.Download image (362kB)Visit page
• The lid of the Globe Chemical Laboratory set, designed in 1897.Download image (567kB)Visit page
• Miss Miles' House, Dolls' House, 1890.Download image (787kB)Visit page
• An alphabet set from 1840.Download image (529kB)Visit page