Poor clothes

The photos from the Liverpool City Library and the Records Office offer an unflinching glimpse as to what life was like in the Victorian-era in the city

Even if you are not a fashion historian, you have likely seen images of the clothing people wore in the past. Whether you saw them online, or in your own family photos, the outer garments of indiv…

Ainda vai procurar, o que tem pra comer ? Que tá com vontade de comer isso, sendo que tem tudo!...Aaaah, amigo, reflita! vai, agora agradeça...E reze por esses.

Back in the day when a shilling was a weeks wages, when even the 'Pure' (Dogs Dung) was a valuable source of income, poor Victorian 'street' people were living by whatever means they could. No homes, no income and no benefit system for support. Thieving, cheating, prostitution and even child selling, were sometimes the only options these unfortunate souls had. Working the most degrading jobs in the world, in the drains, the sewers, cesspits and mortuaries for little or scant reward. ~from…

Women outfit people mid-800.

Man outfit people mid-800.

“Ensemble, 1870. The MET.”