1 of 5000

|

wood prints black and white wood prints child wood prints social issues wood prints scotland wood prints europe wood prints color image wood prints walking wood prints street wood prints full length wood prints horizontal wood prints archival wood prints poverty wood prints uk wood prints couple wood prints relationship wood prints

photographs black and white photos child photos social issues photos scotland photos europe photos color image photos walking photos street photos full length photos horizontal photos archival photos poverty photos uk photos couple photos relationship photos

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Premium Rates Apply. Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s, providing housing for Glasgow's burgeoning population of industrial workers. Conditions were appalling; overcrowding was standard and sewage and water facilities inadequate. The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room, 30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap. By the time this photograph was taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920. Redevelopment of the area began in the late 1950s and the tenements were replaced with a modern tower block complex in the sixties. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The Forgotten Gorbals - pub. 1948 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images)

Image provided by Getty Images.