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"The collection, taken by pioneering photojournalist John Thomson in 1877, show what life was really like for thousands of Londoners in Victorian Britain.
Unlike most pictures taken at the time, they show the daily grind and backbreaking work undertaken by the capital's working-classes…" Dickens' London brought to life: Fascinating snapshot of Victorian street traders taken at the dawn of photography | Mail Online