John Thomson

More photos of London street life. Previous set by Thomson here.

 The street locksmith

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 London cabmen, 1877-78

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 Mush fakers and ginger-beer makers

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 Omnibus driver

 Quack

 Recruiting Sargeants at Westminister, 1877

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 Shoe-shining

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 St Giles, cheap fish, 1877

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 Tailor's widow, 1877

Vintage clothing, St Giles

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John Thomson

John Thomson (1837-1921) was a Scottish photographer who worked for a time in the Far East, before returning to England and documenting London street life.

 A Second hand furniture shop in London 1877

 'Hookey Alf' of Whitechapel, 1897

 Advertising

 Clown turned chair-mender

 Covent Garden flower women

 Boardman

 French card dealer

 Covent Garden labourers

 Gypsies

 Lambeth

Halfpenny ices