Class & Economics
Find out how class and economics have shaped Londoners’ lived experiences through our objects, stories and blogs.
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Fashion & Style
Fashion & Style
Who are the pearly kings & queens?
Since the late 1800s, pearlies have donned their button-covered regalia to raise money for charity
Collections
Collections
How the Great Fire of London created insurance
The Great Fire of London in 1666 had a surprising outcome: the creation of modern property insurance
Class & Economics
Class & Economics
Finding beauty in 1930s working-class London
Humphrey Spender’s photos were born from an appreciation of ordinary life
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Photography
Photography
The Sunday pet and livestock market on Club Row near Petticoat Lane (negative)
Grant, Henry
C. 1950
