Kodak Ltd, 41-43 Clerkenwell Road, London
Eastman Photographic Materials Company (later Kodak Ltd), 41-43 Clerkenwell Road, London: the boardroom (1898). Main image probably early 1900s.
The Jewel Tower at the Tower of London 1873
The Jewel Tower at the Tower of London from Old and New London by W Thornbury.
St Andrew’s Chruch, Holborn from Snow Hill, London in 1850
St Andrew’s Chruch, Holborn from Snow Hill, London in 1850
London skyline from the Monument
London skyline from the Monument – image made from stitching together two old postcards.
Westminster Bridge with the Houses of Parliament, London by Louis Grimshaw
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, Continue Reading
Statue of George I and Hogarth’s House, 1790
Statue of George I and Hogarth’s House, 1790
The Cock and Magpie, Drury Lane, London, 1840
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.
Waithman’s Shop, London – Porters of Irish Linens Calico Prints
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.
6 breathtaking scenes from the state funeral of the Duke of Wellington, London 1852
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 Continue Reading
The New Law Courts 1882 (The Royal Courts of Justice) and 2015
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. Continue Reading
The old fish shop by Temple Bar, 1846
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.
Kensal House, London, 1938
Kensal House, London, 1938 by Edith Tudor-Hart.
Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London, 1871
Victorian Print – Garden Party Buckingham Palace, London, 1871 – Double Page From The Illustrated London News.
Dudley Street, Seven Dials, London
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 Continue Reading
Warehousing in the City
‘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 Continue Reading