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Fashion for March 1870Entering the spring fashions of the early 1870s, four women wearing visiting costumes. Date: March 1870
Scene in a Flint Glass Factory, glass cutter at work 1841Scene in a Flint Glass Factory, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, glass cutter at work. Date: 1841
Crystal Palace, glass blowersGlass blowers at Chances Works, Spon Lane, Birmingham manufacturing glass for the Crystal Palace Date: 1850
PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICEOffice of the Privy Council, Whitehall, designed by Sir Charles Barry Date: 1846
BANK OF ENGLAND / BUSYBusy street scene including coaches and a crossing sweeper Date: 1827
LONDON OYSTER STALLA London oyster stall Date: circa 1900
Armistice Day celebrations 1918Jubilant peace celebrations in Piccadilly Circus, London, after the end of World War One. Date: November 1918
COLLY MOLLY PUFFColly Molly Puff, a noted pastry-seller of the London streets, Date: 18th century
GINGERBREAD VENDORTiddy Dol, a noted gingerbread vendor of the London streets, sufficiently well-known to be featured in Hogarths Tyburn picture; his real name was Ford Date: 18th century
WEBB NEAR CALAISCaptain Webb just before reaching Calais, where he becomes the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 24 August 1875
BATTLE OF STREETSTHE BATTLE OF THE STREETS The old, narrow streets defend themselves against the attack of the wider thoroughfares - We shall soon be without a lane or an alley in London Date: 1845
SELLING BROOMSSelling brooms and other household articles outside Shoreditch Church, London Date: circa 1800
SELLING STRAWBERRIESSelling strawberries at Covent Garden, London Date: circa 1800
PICNIC, RICHMONDA picnic on Richmond Hill, on the outskirts of London : there seems to be plenty to drink Date: circa 1820
FIRE ENGINE 1851SHAND & MASON fire engine, displayed at the Great Exhibition, 1851 Date: 1851
Tram Company UniformFAMILY GROUP WITH TERRIER DOG POSE FOR PHOTO IN STREET. FATHER OF FAMILY WEARING A LONDON TRAMWAYS UNIFORM Date: 1911
BUY A BILL OF THE PLAYBuy a bill of the play ! a street trader offers programmes, fruit and nuts outside Drury Lane theatre, London Date: circa 1800
SELLING PLAYBILLSBuy a bill of the play ! a street trader offers programmes, fruit and nuts outside Drury Lane theatre, London Date: circa 1800
OLD CLOTHES MANA Jewish pedlar dealing in old clothes, Fitzroy Square, London Date: circa 1800
MUSIC HALL SERIO-COMIQUEA serio-comique song and dance artiste at the Middlesex, a London music hall Date: 1890
GIRL WITH K C SPANIELA girl with a bonnet holds a blenheim King Charles Spaniel on her lap. Date: 1880
COUNT DORSAY / MACLISECOUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL DORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion. Date: 1801 - 185
COUNT DORSAYCOUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL DORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion. Date: 1801 - 1852
VETS / DOG PATIENTSOut patients waiting at the animal dispensary for the poor: Our Dumb Friends League at Victoria, London. (Later named The Blue Cross) Date: circa 1912
VETS / ANIMAL DISPENSARYQueues waiting for admission at the animal dispensary for the poor: Our Dumb Friends League at Victoria, London. (Later named The Blue Cross) Date: circa 1912
6 DAY RACE AT ISLINGTONThe six day walking race between Weston and OLeary at the Agricultural Hall, Islington Date: 1877
FINISH OF ISLINGTON WALKThe finish of the six-day walking race held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington Date: 1878
Market day 1856Market day in a country town, with the Town Crier crying, a farmers wife in a cart, a beggar, a carriage advertising a circus, an organic vegetable stall, and much, much more... Date: 1856
WEAVING, ENGLANDA young woman uses a small loom in the north of England Date: 1888
Dr Syntax at Covent Garden TheatreDoctor Syntax watching a performance of Henry IV at Covent Garden Theatre, London. Date: 1812
Dr Syntax witnessing the fate of his play (at Drury Lane Theatre, London). Date: 1820
Polluted London WaterTHE CITY NARCISSUS Punch accuses Londons officials of being too self-satisfied to realise the danger to the the citys health from the polluted water of the Thames Date: 1849
BOY APPRENTICES, 2 OF 3Boys learning the wheelwrights trade at Dr Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney (London) 2 of 3 pictures Date: circa 1890
BOY APPRENTICES, 3 OF 3Boys learning the wheelwrights trade at Dr Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney (London) 3 of 3 pictures Date: circa 1890
DUSTMANThe dust man who carries with him a bell to let people know he is coming. Date: 1823
SPEEDYBritish clipper ship for the Australia run, built by Cox of Bridport Date: 1853
LONDON / CRIES / DEFORMEDThe deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England. Date: 1823
LONDON / CRIES / BEGGAR / TINYThe deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England. Date: 1823
ENTERTAINMENT / FORRESTEDWIN FORREST American actor of Shakespearean plays Date: 1806 - 1872
FRANCE / TOULONThe port of Toulon Date: 1875
CAFE ROYAL / AUGUSTUS JOHNThe artist Augustus John and friends at the Cafe Royal in London Date: 1926
FROBISHER AT GREENWICHMartin Frobisher sails down the Thames, passing Greenwich Palace, on his expedition in search of a north-west passage Date: 1576
Bank of England 1870A busy street scene outside the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange. Date: 1870
MAID BRINGS IN DINNERFamily sits round the table while the maid brings round the lunch Date: 1917
FABIAN SOCIETY 1892The Fabian Society meets at Essex Hall, London Date: 1892
Cripples Home and industrial School for Girls 1900Cripples Home in Marylebone Road, photograph showing girls doing needlework. Date: 1900
DINING INSIDE IGUANODON 1854Hawkins invities scientists to dine inside his iguanodon model at the Crystal Palace exhibition at Sydenham. Date: 1854
SUNDIAL / TEMPLE / LONDONA sundial in the Temple, London