ragged

Now I don't know if it's me but these folk look way older than their actual age - must have been the tough conditions they lived in..

Poor little Fox. Look at his clothes. Times were really bad way back then.

they where all so small poor things and sad looking

stealing leather to earn a living as a shoemaker, hard life indeed!

Well what a find, I am tracing my family tree on my mams dads side and this chap here is my great great great great uncle

How nice it would be if it still looked like this! No fast food stores, no luxury apartments, no carpark....

Could this be a group of orphan children at the beach on a Sunday, or a field trip of school or church children? They don't seem to be with their separate families - One can see a few adults in the background standing guard, watching. Only one child is completely bare standing at the edge of the waves, another in underwear. I get the feeling they aren't even with this group of children at all. Very few seem to be taking advantage of the ocean. Most all of the children (students ?) are wearing full public dress. Girls are wearing standard white dresses, some with smock aprons, hats, stockings and shoes are on. Boys in full dress and hats as well. Where are their bathing costumes? This group seem to be observing the water rather than enjoying it for seaside activities, early 1900s to 1910s...

Awesome!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Best Vintage Images on Flickr, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Henry King (the photographer) took another photograph minutes earlier a little to the left -

"No.1440 Bondi Bay Sydney (H.King Syd:)" NAA, Dated 1894

He doesn't look like he'd made much profit from his crimes - and definitely in need of a shirt

I can see why he stole some shirts! Poor thing's coat is horribly ragged- I can just imagine what his shirt looked like!

Straight out of Oliver Twist, 'e is.

yep, the artful dodger I reckons