Notes of Orwell’s on the dimensions of one of the houses en route to Wigan Pier.
He notes, ‘Anyone not knowing the house is liable to step through cellar door into vacancy.’ From his archives. ‘The Road to Wigan Pier‘ is one of the great books, along with others such as James Agee’s ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Men‘ (with photographs by Walker Evans) that tries to address the economic, environmental and political burdens and disparities faced by the poor in the early 20th century. A must-read.
Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka: A fireman, looking left, holding the standard for district six
From Series: Firemen’s Standards of All Great Districts
(Kaku daiku matoi kagami: Dai ichi daiku, rokuban gumi)
I am becoming fascinated by the amount of work that is being made available via online image archives! Here is another rich source, in this case of Japanese woodcuts. Lovely, the image of a fireman! And its correspondence to the previously posted image of Rachel with the lamp does not go unnoticed. I love life’s little synchronicities!
