Photography
Immerse yourself in London’s living history through our photographic archive, capturing the city's evolving landscape, diverse communities and social fabric
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A boy rollerskating outside Lismore Circus Estate in Kentish Town (silver gelatin print)
Abrahams, Michael
1975
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A boy stroking a kitten at the animal market in Club Row (silver gelatin print)
Collins, Bob
C. 1948
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A boy walks beside the Bridge Road high wall, West India Docks (photograph)
Monck, Margaret, Monck, Margaret
1931-1940
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A cat and dog's meat shop on Bishops Bridge Road, Paddington (silver gelatin print)
Suschitzky, Wolfgang
1935
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A chain of Lilley and Skinner shoe store, Oxford Street (silver gelatin print)
Casparius, Hans
1930
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A charity collecting box in the shape of a young boy, outside a cafe (R-Type colour print)
Bevan, Oliver
1979-1983
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A child standing in the street in Somers Town (colour inkjet print)
Wilde, Jason
2000-2004
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A Christmas poultry and game display at Leadenhall Market (negative)
Grant, Henry
1953-12
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A clash between a policeman and a protestor at a Mosley riot in Trafalgar Square (silver gelatin print)
Collins, Bob
1955-1965