Trades & Workers
Sharpen your understanding of London’s factories, warehouses, docks, markets and shops with our related objects, stories and blogs.
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Art & Design
Art & Design
Peek inside the prestigious Sotheby’s auction house
Henry Grant photographed fine art and fancy jewellery going under the hammer
Immigration & Identity
Immigration & Identity
How Asian ayahs and amahs arrived in London
These nannies were some of the first Asian women to visit London in the 18th century
Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
Peggy Jones: Mudlarking for survival
This mudlark earned her living, and some infamy, scavenging coal along the filthy River Thames
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Photography
Photography
London Views: The 'Ship & Shovel', Ripple Road, Barking, on 19th March, 1932. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1932
