Men at The four penny coffin - Album alb3546162

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Title:

Men at The four penny coffin

Caption:

Men at The four penny coffin, aka coffin house, one of the first homeless shelters to be created for the people of central London, England, operated by the Salvation Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Customers received food and shelter, were allowed to lie down flat on their backs and sleep in a coffin shaped wooden box and given a tarpaulin for covering. From Living London, published c.1901.

Credit:

Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive

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Image size:

4840 x 3626 px | 50.2 MB

Print size:

41.0 x 30.7 cm | 16.1 x 12.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • ALLOWED • ARMIES ARMY • ARMIES • ARMY • BACK • BACKS • BETRAYAL • BOX • BOXES • BRITISH • BUM (VAGABOND) • CENTRAL • CENTURIES • CENTURY • CHEATING • CHEST • CITY OF LONDON • CLIENT • CLIENTS • COFFER • COFFIN HOUSE • COFFIN • CONDITIONS • COVER • CREATED • CUSTOMER • CUSTOMERS • DAILY • DECEIT • DECEPTION • DISAPPOINTMENT • DOWN • EARLY • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • ERA • FIRST • FLAT • FOOD • FOODSTUFFS • FOUR • FRAUD • GIVEN • GREAT BRITAIN • HARD • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HOMELESS • HOMELESSNESS • HOUSE • HOUSES • HUMANS • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INGLES • LATE • LIE • LIES = LYING (FALSEHOOD) • LIES • LIFE • LONDON • LONDONER • LONDONERS • LYING (FALSEHOOD) • LYING • MALES • MAN MEN • MEAL • MEN • NINETEENTH • OILSKIN • OPERATED • PAUPER • PENNY • PEOPLE • POOR MAN • POOR • POVERTY • RAIN SLICKER • RECEIVED • SALVATION ARMY • SALVATION • SHAPED • SHELTER • SHELTERS • SLEEP • SOLUTION • SWINDLE • TARPAULIN • TERM • TOWN TRAMP • TRAITOR • TRAMP • TREASON • TWENTIETH CENTURY • VAGABOND • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN • WOODEN • XIX CENTURY