The Crawlers - Victorian era public domain image
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith:..“But old age, and want of proper food and rest, reduces them to a lethargic condition which can scarcely be preferable to death itself. It... More
An Old Clothes Shop, Seven Dials
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith..."The accompanying photograph represents a second-hand clothes shop in a narrow thoroughfare of St. Giles, appropriately called Lumber Cour... More
Street Advertising (5795814747)
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: 'There is a certain knack required in pasting a bill on a rough board, so that it shall spread out smoothly, and be easily read by every ... More
Old Furniture coat of arms - Victorian era public domain image
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith:.. At the corner of Church Lane, Holborn, there was a second-hand furniture dealer, whose business was a cross between that of a shop and a ... More
A Convicts Home (6169602486)
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith. "In Drury Lane there is a house which has been celebrated for more than a century. It was a "cook-shop" in Jack Sheppard’s time. This not... More
London Boardmen (6846616533)
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: “I had, for instance, an occasion of discussing with two boardmen who seemed worthy of a better position. The first had been trained as a ... More
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith-...
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: “The men employed on the water carts work according to the state of the weather. Thus, in summer under a hot dry wind, they emerge at earl... More
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith....
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith. "Italian ice men constitute a distinct feature of London life, which, however, IS generally Ignored by the public at large, so far as It’s... More
"Hookey Alf" of Whitechapel - Victorian era public domain image
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith:..“Thus in the photograph before us we have the calm undisturbed face of the skilled artisan, who has spent a life of tranquil, useful labou... More
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith-...
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: "Jack stood charged with cutting and wounding the donkeys with a heavy flail-like instrument. At the request of the magistrate the instru... More
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith-...
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: "At the corner of Church Lane, Holborn, there was a second-hand furniture dealer, whose business was a cross between that of a shop and a... More
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith ...
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith …Despite the traditional hoarse voice, rough appearance, and quarrelsome tone, cab-drivers are as a rule reliable and honest men, who can ... More
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith-...
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: “But old age, and want of proper food and rest, reduces them to a lethargic condition which can scarcely be preferable to death itself. I... More
“Strawberries. All ripe! All ripe!” - The Street Fruit Trade (68080072...
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: "The season for strawberries, the most delicious of English fruits, has ended. This delicacy was brought in numberless barrow- loads to th... More
The Temperance Sweep - Victorian era public domain image
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith. This chapter recounts the life story of John Day, which begins:..'Born in Lambeth, the son of a road-mender, John Day was sent out to work ... More
Dealers in Fancy-Ware - Public domain portrait drawing
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith:..'The accompanying photograph represents a street group gathered round a dealer whose barrow is one of the most attractive I have seen duri... More
The Wall Worker, 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith
The Wall Worker
Adolphe Smith - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith ...
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith The class of Nomades with which I propose to deal makes some show of industry. These people attend fairs, markets, and hawk cheap ornaments... More
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith ...
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith The subject of the accompanying illustration is a vendor of cough lozenges and healing ointment. He was originally a car-driver employed b... More
The Wall Worker (6189266754) - Victorian era public domain image
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith. “…The" wall working" or fence working, described by Parker as a " fine property," is a system of cheap advertising. Where a portion of a w... More
London Cabmen
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thompson and Adolphe Smith …Despite the traditional hoarse voice, rough appearance, and quarrelsome tone, cab-drivers are as a rule reliable and honest men, who can b... More
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith-...
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: "The removal of dust and refuse from the houses of the metropolis is a task which devolves on the officers of the various parishes. Altho... More
Jardin Huber cropped - A drawing of a man standing in a garden
Français : Le jardin de l’horticulteur Huber Public domain photograph of cactus plant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Covent Garden Flower Women
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thompson and Adolphe Smith …How different is the Covent Garden of to-day, with its bustle and din, its wealth and pauperism, its artifices, its hot-house flowers and ... More
Public Disinfectors (5754653640)
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith ...While reducing the general death-rate, our recent sanitary legislation has called into existence a class of men who must of necessity b... More
Recruiting Sergeants
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thompson and Adolphe Smith "Recruiting in London is almost exclusively circumscribed to the district stretching between the St. George's Barracks, Trafalgar Square, a... More
Black Jack Poster from London School of Economics collection
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith:.. Jack stood charged with cutting and wounding the donkeys with a heavy flail-like instrument. At the request of the magistrate the instrum... More
Covent Garden Labourers (6240003617)
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith. “…the accompanying photograph represents a group of labourers who are in the service of Mr. Dickson, the well-known florist. Their busine... More
November Effigies (6833391028) - Victorian era public domain image
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: "The accompanying photograph is that of a nondescript guy, somewhat clumsily built up by a costermonger who lives in the south-east of Lo... More
Sufferers from the floods (5754652084)
From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith ...The sufferings of the poor in Lambeth, and in other quarters of the Metropolis, caused by the annual tidal overflow of the Thames, have ... More