Fascinating early photographs of London
7 January 2017
The Telegraph
From dancing bears to East End slums, these remarkable images – each at least a century old – reveal a London lost to time.
In this photo, taken in 1914, a policeman stops the traffic and helps pedestrians cross the road at Ludgate Circus.
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A street photographer at work on Clapham Common, with a mobile booth, in 1877.
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The first Big Bus tour? Passengers on board one of Great Western Railway's sightseeing motor buses, which took tourists round London from Paddington Station (1907).
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The smallest house in London, since demolished, at 10 Hyde Park Place (1909).
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A street in London's East End (1912).
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Some things never change. Busy traffic at Piccadilly Circus (1912).
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A view over the warehouses on the north bank of the Thames, to St. Paul's Cathedral, circa 1870.
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What was once London's smallest shop, a cobblers.
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A view from Waterloo Bridge showing horsedrawn carts driving along Embankment next to the Thames in London, circa 1880. St Paul's Cathedral is in the background.
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A dancing bear in a London street, 1895.
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British Army recruiting sergeants outside a public house at Westminster (1877).
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Latecomers at Stamford Bridge manage to get a good view of the match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur (1913).
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A street locksmith (1877).
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7 January 2017
The Telegraph
From dancing bears to East End slums, these remarkable images – each at least a century old – reveal a London lost to time.
In this photo, taken in 1914, a policeman stops the traffic and helps pedestrians cross the road at Ludgate Circus.
Credit:GETTY
A street photographer at work on Clapham Common, with a mobile booth, in 1877.
Credit:GETTY
The first Big Bus tour? Passengers on board one of Great Western Railway's sightseeing motor buses, which took tourists round London from Paddington Station (1907).
Credit:GETTY
The smallest house in London, since demolished, at 10 Hyde Park Place (1909).
Credit:GETTY
A street in London's East End (1912).
Credit:GETTY
Some things never change. Busy traffic at Piccadilly Circus (1912).
Credit:GETTY
A view over the warehouses on the north bank of the Thames, to St. Paul's Cathedral, circa 1870.
Credit:GETTY
What was once London's smallest shop, a cobblers.
Credit:GETTY
A view from Waterloo Bridge showing horsedrawn carts driving along Embankment next to the Thames in London, circa 1880. St Paul's Cathedral is in the background.
Credit:GETTY
A dancing bear in a London street, 1895.
Credit:GETTY
British Army recruiting sergeants outside a public house at Westminster (1877).
Credit:GETTY
Latecomers at Stamford Bridge manage to get a good view of the match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur (1913).
Credit:GETTY
A street locksmith (1877).
Credit:GETTY
Go here to see 13 more photos: London-old27 | Fascinating early photographs of London - Travel
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