Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs

Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer John Thomson, accompanied by individual essays ? by Thomson himself or social activist Adolphe Smith ? that offer sharply drawn vignettes of lower-class laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, and ot [...]
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Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer John Thomson, accompanied by individual essays ? by Thomson himself or social activist Adolphe Smith ? that offer sharply drawn vignettes of lower-class laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, and other street people. A treasure trove of astonishing historical detail.