An 1872 steel engraving showing an idealised view of the homeless encampments - we would call them shantytowns today - of Berlin. A newly evicted family has assembled its belongings on the ground in a field. They are building a shack of boards, the husband hammering roofing in place while the wife is handing up a piece of wood. Furniture, kitchen equipment and a stove are arranged in front while a cradly with a sleeping baby awaits the new roof to the right, watched over by two older siblings. Other shacks and a windmill are visible in the background while gasometers and factories dominate the skyline.

I found the 1870 recipes from the #Volksküchen of #Berlin, and records an 1872 rent riot to go with them. Buletten and Brickbats.

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#foodhistory #culinaryhistory #eattherich #homelessness