20 Vintage Photos Of London Street Life In The 1870s

In 1877, journalist Adolphe Smith and photographer John Thomson co-published a book about London's street life. The rarely seen, Victorian-era images are like something out of a Charles Dickens novel. Thomson's photos give a glimpse into the lives of the marginalized men and women who eked out an existence on London's streets as flower sellers, chimney sweeps, shoe polishers, cab drivers, and locksmiths. Titled simply "Street Life in London," the documentary-style photographs were paired with Sm...