insight into ordinary people

[bassspine]

http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/05/newcastle-criminals-1871-1873/

I thought this was very thought provoking - look what these people are wearing: that they had to steal clothes and bread.

[polyglot]

  Jane Farrell look like my sister! looks like she took the time machine without permission again. (last time she blew the nose off the ruddy sphinx!)

I wondered where she got those boots.......

[Xenos]

Clothes nothing-look at some of the sentencing (in particular for the youths...)!

For some reason it made me think:
"Harsher Punishment for Parole Violators.

...

And World Peace!"

[crookedfingers]

Clothes nothing-look at some of the sentencing (in particular for the youths...)!

For some reason it made me think:
"Harsher Punishment for Parole Violators.

...

And World Peace!"

That never gets old! 
I always think its fascinating in old photographs to look at the faces of the people, especially the women. I don't know if its the result of looking at too many fashion plates, but I always imaging victorian womens faces to be demure and submissive, but its always a pleasant surpise to be reminded that they have the same faces and spark in their eyes that they do today.
I wonder how many of them would be wearing tracksuits today? I can't help but picture it.