Amazing colour film of London in the 1920s
London is the last stop in an epic trip across Britain filmed in remarkable early colour and restored by the BFI National Archive. London was the final stop in a Continue Reading
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.
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.
From Disinfectors to Mush-Fakers, photographs of real life on the streets of Victorian London
Street Life in London, published in 1876-7, consists of a series of articles by the radical journalist Adolphe Smith and the photographer John Thomson. The pieces are short but full Continue Reading
Demolition of Hungerford Market, 1862
From the Illustrated London News – The demolition of Hungerford Market, looking towards the strand, 27 december 1862.