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Kodak Ltd, 41-43 Clerkenwell Road, London

18th January 2018
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Eastman Photographic Materials Company (later Kodak Ltd), 41-43 Clerkenwell Road, London: the boardroom (1898). Main image probably early 1900s.

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The Jewel Tower at the Tower of London 1873

19th October 2017
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The Jewel Tower at the Tower of London from Old and New London by W Thornbury.

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St Andrew’s Chruch, Holborn from Snow Hill, London in 1850

19th October 2017
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St Andrew’s Chruch, Holborn from Snow Hill, London in 1850

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London skyline from the Monument

18th October 2017
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London skyline from the Monument – image made from stitching together two old postcards.

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Westminster Bridge with the Houses of Parliament, London by Louis Grimshaw

20th September 2017
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Louis H. Grimshaw (1870 – 1943) – The son of the artist John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893), Louis Grimshaw was born in Leeds and brought up at the family home, Knostrop Hall, a subject often depicted by his...

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Statue of George I and Hogarth’s House, 1790

20th June 2017
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Statue of George I and Hogarth’s House, 1790

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The Cock and Magpie, Drury Lane, London, 1840

20th June 2017
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The Cock and Magpie, Drury Lane, London, 1840. Scanned from ‘Old and New London – Its History, its people and its places’, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.

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Waithman’s Shop, London – Porters of Irish Linens Calico Prints

20th June 2017
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Waithman’s Shop, London – Porters of Irish Linens Calico Prints. Scanned from ‘Old and New London – Its History, its people and its places’, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.

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Fleet Street – The Civic Authorities in the procession
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6 breathtaking scenes from the state funeral of the Duke of Wellington, London 1852

16th June 2017
by oldlondon
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Above: Fleet Street – The Civic Authorities in the procession On 18 November 1852, The Duke of Wellington, was laid to rest in St Paul’s Cathedral. He died on 14 September, aged 83. Over a million lined the route...

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The New Law Courts 1882 (The Royal Courts of Justice) and 2015

16th June 2017
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The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is a court building in London which houses both the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Designed by George Edmund Street, who died before it was...

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The old fish shop by Temple Bar, 1846

16th June 2017
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The old fish shop by Temple Bar, 1846. Scanned from ‘Old and New London – Its History, its people and its places’, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1878.

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Kensal House, London, 1938

14th June 2017
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Kensal House, London, 1938 by Edith Tudor-Hart.

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Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London, 1871

25th January 2017
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Victorian Print – Garden Party Buckingham Palace, London, 1871 – Double Page From The Illustrated London News.

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Dudley Street, Seven Dials, London

11th August 2016
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Jerrold and Doré were both transfixed by the deprivation, squalor and wretchedness of the lives of the poor, even though they realised that London was changing and some of the worst social evils were beginning to be...

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Warehousing in the City

11th August 2016
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‘The warehouse-men pause aloft on their landing-stages, book in hand, to contemplate us … The man bending beneath an immense sack turns up his eyes from under his burden, and appears pleased that he has disturbed...

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