By the end of the 19th century, London was not just a bustling, world-class city. It was also the center of Britain’s Empire.
People living in London had access to goods from around the world... if they could afford them, that is. Not everyone could afford them, however, since London was also a city of contrasts.
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London by Alfred Buckham, pioneer of aerial photography. |
Eighteenth century houses at Borough Market by William Whiffin |
Bunhill Fields |
A plane tree in Cheapside |
Dirty Dick’s in Bishopsgate |
Book stalls in the Farringdon Rd by Walter Benington |
Roman galley discovered during the construction of County Hall in 1910 |
The garden at the Bank of England that was lost in the reconstruction |
Bridge House in George Row, Bermondsey – constructed over a creek at Jacob’s Island |
Penny for the Guy! |
Hoop & Grapes in Aldgate by Donald McLeish |
Houndsditch Old Clothes Market by William Whiffin |
In Huggin Lane between Victoria St and Lower Thames St by Andrew Paterson |
Inigo Jones’ gate at Chiswick House at the time it was in use as a private mental hospital |
The Langbourne Club for women who work in the City of London |
Leadenhall Poultry Market by Donald McLeish |
Liverpool St Station at nine o’clock six mornings a week |
Old signs in Lombard St by William Whiffin |
The London Stone by Donald McLeish |
Figureheads of fighting ships in the Grosvenor Rd by William Whiffin |
Old houses in the Strand |
Puddledock Blackfriars |
Piccadilly Circus in the eighteen-eighties |
Poplar Almshouses by William Whiffin |
Punch & Judy show at Putney |
On the deck of a Thames Sailing Barge by Walter Benington |
The Grapes at Limehouse |
Wapping Old Stairs by William Whiffin |
(via Spitalfields Life)