SLIDESHOW: Ragpickers

By The WIEGO Team on September 12, 2009

Introduction from MHEU website: "Collecting garbage and sorting it for recycling... A pretty topical issue! Yet this is a very old occupation, which saw its heyday in the 19th century and was an inspiration to many artists."

View the photos and descriptions of ragpickers over time on the MHEU website.

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