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Photos of London’s poor in the 1870s

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April 1, 2012 at 9:49 pm #3137 Reply

skiguy
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123212/Black-white-pictures-capture-lives-Londoners-1800s.htmlPublic Disinfectors (picture towards bottom), certainly wouldn't want that job. I wonder what their life expentancy was

April 2, 2012 at 5:13 am #26788 Reply

Phidippides
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I wonder how exactly they “disinfected” things.

April 2, 2012 at 11:41 am #26789 Reply

scout1067
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All I can say is thank God I live in the time that I do

April 2, 2012 at 12:01 pm #26790 Reply

donroc
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Gritty indeed.
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