Example of the way that 'Okies' travelled west Size:L: 80 x 80cm Interior view showing the staircase

Interior view showing the staircase at the Cock Tavern

the common eel

The Battle of Eylau

Mount Pleasant Sorting Office in Clerkenwell opened in 1889

'Pillars of the Constitution: Three o'Clock and a Cloudy Morning'

Example of the way that 'Okies' travelled west Size:L: 80 x 80cm Interior view showing the staircaseExample of the way that 'Okies' travelled west, 1937. This family (from Missouri) reported, 'Broke baby sick car trouble'. 'Okies' was the name given to people from the American prairie states (many of them from Oklahoma) who were forced to abandon their farms by the dustbowls of the 1930s. Many travelled to California and other western states. On arriving they found life little easier than it had been where they came from and many were forced to