Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson and Adolphe Smith.
Published / Created:
London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, [1877-1878]
Physical Description:
100 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Photographs (36 mounted woodbury-types) by John Thomson; text by Adolphe Smith.
Contents:
A convict's home -- Black Jack --"Caney" the clown -- Cast-iron Billy -- Clapham common industries -- Covent Garden flower women -- Covent Garden labourers -- Dealer in fancy-ware -- Flying dustmen -- Halfpenny ices -- "Hookey Alf" of Whitechapel -- Italian street musicians -- London cabmen -- London nomades -- "Mush-fakers" and ginger-beer makers -- November effigies -- Old furniture -- Public disinfectors -- Recruiting Sergeants at Westminster -- Street advertising -- Street doctors -- Street floods in Lambeth -- The cheap fish of St. Giles's -- The "crawlers" -- The dramatic shoe-black -- The independent shoe-black -- The London boardment -- The old clothes of St. Giles -- The seller of shell-fish -- The street fruit trade -- The street locksmith -- The temperance sweep -- The "wall worker '' -- The water-cart -- "Tickets" the card-dealer -- Workers on the "Silent Highway".
Subject Terms:
Photojournalism -- Great Britain. | Poor -- England -- London. | Street life -- England -- London. | Working class -- England -- London. | London (England) -- Pictorial works. | London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century. | S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington -- Publisher.
