karl
November 4th, 2013, 09:31 AM
From road sweepers to flower sellers, these are the faces of everyday Londoners taken at the dawn of photography.
The fascinating snapshot into the past shows how real people lived towards the end of the 19th century.
The images - taken by photography pioneer John Thomson in 1877 - show the devastating poverty that faced thousands of people in the capital.
The pictures were compiled into a book, Street Life In London, which is expected to sell for £6,000 at auction.
The hard-hitting collection includes shows the grim reality of life for millions of poverty-stricken Londoners during the Victorian age.
But it also shows some bizarre sights that have long been lost to history.
See the photos here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487041/Londoners-old-lens-Fascinating-snapshot-capital-road-sweepers-flower-sellers-taken-dawn-photography.html#ixzz2jgfZLKPw
The fascinating snapshot into the past shows how real people lived towards the end of the 19th century.
The images - taken by photography pioneer John Thomson in 1877 - show the devastating poverty that faced thousands of people in the capital.
The pictures were compiled into a book, Street Life In London, which is expected to sell for £6,000 at auction.
The hard-hitting collection includes shows the grim reality of life for millions of poverty-stricken Londoners during the Victorian age.
But it also shows some bizarre sights that have long been lost to history.
See the photos here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487041/Londoners-old-lens-Fascinating-snapshot-capital-road-sweepers-flower-sellers-taken-dawn-photography.html#ixzz2jgfZLKPw