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British Library of Political and Economic Science

Street Life in London

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 SR 1146

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: Street Life in London

Date(s): 1877

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Thomson | John | 1837-1921 | photographer
Smith | Adolphe | fl 1870-1920 | radical journalist | also known as Adolphe Smith Headingly

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Thomson was a talented and influential photographer, who had spent ten years travelling in, and taking photographs of, the Far East. On his return to London he joined with Adolphe Smith, a socialist journalist, in a project to photograph the street life of the London poor. The volumes were published in monthly parts as Street Life in London, and were an early example of social and documentary photography.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Published copy of volume 1 of Street Life in London (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1877) by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 volume.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

No further list required.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Given in 1937. Also known as R 1146.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The National Library of Scotland holds the photographs and papers of John Thomson.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.