Vintage london photography

60's London: Piccadilly Circus

The first buses to come into service did so slightly earlier, though – back in London. As soon as the war began, London’s buses were pressed...

In 1902 the American author Jack London visited his namesake city – at the time when it was still the largest in the world. In a book that became to be known as The People of the Abyss he described the time when he lived in the Whitechapel district sleeping in workhouses, so-called doss-houses and … Continue reading "Jack London’s Extraordinary Photos of London’s East End in 1902"

Some of these photos show the street in it’s glory days in the late Sixties, including the polka dotted Mens boutique Lord John. Other places snapped around London include Portobello Road, Pi…

The photographs, which include a series of captivating behind-the-scenes shots, will be displayed at the Getty Images Museum in London from October before going on tour.

London at the end of Victorian era was the most important city in the world. Take a tour of this city and era with these beautiful pictures of a bygone era.

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