Farringdon Street looking south towards Holborn Viaduct c.1890

Farringdon Street looking south towards Holborn Viaduct c.1890Farringdon Street, looking south towards Holborn Viaduct, c. 1890. During the last quarter of the 19th century, a number of commercial photographers took topographical views of London which they sold through printsellers and bookshops. One of the best of these photographers was George Washington Wilson who, together with his son Charles, produced a number of high quality images of London from the 1870s1890s.

The Bayswater Omnibus

Tom and Jerry in the Saloon at Covent Garden

in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis'

fun role playing guaranteed

Nelson's Column with Lyons' Strand Corner House on the left

Encourages children’s imagination

Speakers include Emmeline Pankhurst and George Lansbury

Look beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile

From age 3 years

For the pioneers of the Windrush generation

the Aptus produced almost instant tin-plate photos for the customer to take away

A woman participates in an anti-Nazi rally