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- 1886-1903 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent, medium and format
568 pdf file format (series A and B)
73 images in jpeg file format (series E)
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Archival/Digitisation history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Description
The poverty maps, papers and notebooks of Charles Booth’s inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People in London (1886 – 1903), an investigation into the distribution of wealth and poverty in late-Victorian London. The most famous items in this collection are the maps, known for their street-by-street colour-coded display of wealth distribution throughout the city at the time. This collection includes both the printed and hand-coloured maps produced by the inquiry. Further topics addressed in Booth's papers and notebooks include industry and religion.
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Copyright and licencing
As of July 2022, items of this collection are published under the Public Domain Mark. For further information please see our Terms and Conditions useful page.
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Information on originals
This digitised archives contain digitised surrogates from the archives Booth; Charles (1840-1916); shipowner and social commentator
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- Booth, Charles (Subject)