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Half-starved factory children supplementing their meagre rations by stealing food from a pig trough. Many such children would have been supplied by the workhouse. From Frances Trollope 'The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong', London, 1840.

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Copyright: Irish Photo Archive
Image Size: 3415x5116 / 2.4MB; Britain England Industry Labour Child Poverty Book Nineteenth century 19th century
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Half-starved factory children supplementing their meagre rations by stealing food from a pig trough. Many such children would have been supplied by the workhouse. From Frances Trollope 'The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong', London, 1840.