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30 photos tagged homeless, from 8 members of Flickr Commons.

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• libraryofcongress
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• portrait
• crime
• mugshot
• unusual
• prisoner
• northshields
• 1910s
• criminal
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• usa
• america
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• northshieldspolicecourt
• northshieldspolicestation
• shelter
• poverty
• blur
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• mouth

Members using this tag

• The Library of Congress 10 photos
• University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections 6 photos
• North East Museums 6 photos
• Mennonite Church USA Archives 3 photos
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 2 photos
• National Library of Medicine 1 photo
• U.S. National Archives 1 photo
• LSE Library 1 photo

Conversations

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At door of Self-Master Colony (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  The Self-Master Colony was a shelter for homeless men in Union NJ, opened 1908 in the Hoyt family mansion. The building is now apparently used by the Girl Scouts.

• pclurj said:

  O desencanto do ser humano diante da vida...não precisava ser assim!

• Wystan said:

  Other Bain/LOC photos of the Self-Master Colony:

• Wystan said:

  New York Times article on A. S. Floyd and the Self-Master Colony, May 22, 1911: "Puts Men Derelicts Under Way Again" query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B07E5D81031E2...

William Glendinning, labourer, arrested for theft

from North East Museums

• optimal chicken said:

  I think he looks as hard as nails! Seems this was how his life was - theft etc.

• Thu Berchs said:

  this guy looks tough

Poor in North France sleeping in church (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• xiphophilos said:

  Probably war refugees, or why else would there be a German soldier standing guard?