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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Science & Technology
Science & Technology
How the telegraph took off in Victorian London
This invention marked the beginning of instant messaging – and standardised time
Art & Design
Art & Design
Peek inside the prestigious Sotheby’s auction house
Henry Grant photographed fine art and fancy jewellery going under the hammer
Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
Street life & work in 1877
John Thomson’s fascinating photographs reveal the lives of workers in 19th-century London