Bomb hits on London during the blitz
Bomb hits on London during the blitz: 
Bomb Sight is an interactive map which plots the location of bomb strikes on London during the Blitz, Oct. 7th, 1940 until June 6th 1941.
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The surprising history of London’s lost coffeehouses
The young-mans victory over the povver of the Devil, Or,…
The young-mans victory over the povver of the Devil,
Or, Strange and vvonderful news from the city of London
Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball near the Bear tavern in Pye-corner, 1693.
(A broadside illustrating Satan’s temptations of a studious young Londoner.)
Recently digitized by the Houghton Library at Harvard; a zoomable version of the document can be viewed here, and a higher-resolution image can be seen here (or by clicking above).
Photographs of London street life by Scottish photographer John…
The “Crawlers”
William Hampton of the London Nomades
Labourers at Covent Garden Market
The Temperance Sweep
Workers on the Silent Highway
Photographs of London street life by Scottish photographer John Thomson.
Thomson was one of the first westerners to take photographs of the Far East. Upon his return to England in 1872, a number of his photographs of London street life were published in the magazine “Street Life in London” between 1876 and 1877.
For more pictures and further information, see here and here.
“Gates of London”, 1731 engraving by Sutton Nicholls from the portfolio “London De
London 1666 created from the book covers of “The Plague Years” by Daniel Defoe. By Matth
London Bridge in 1694, engraving by Gustave Doré.
