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- 1877 (Creación)
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1 volume
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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.
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Given in 1937. Also known as R 1146.
GB 0097 SR 1146 1877 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Thomson , John , 1837-1921 , photographer
Smith , Adolphe , fl 1870-1920 , radical journalist , also known as Adolphe Smith Headingly
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.
Given in 1937. Also known as R 1146.
Published copy of volume 1 of Street Life in London (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1877) by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith.
1 volume.
Open.
No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.
English
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The National Library of Scotland holds the photographs and papers of John Thomson.
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Apr 2001 England Europe History London Photographs Poverty Smith , Adolphe , fl 1870-1920 , radical journalist x Headingly , Adolphe Smith Social history Social problems Thomson , John , 1837-1921 , photographer UK Visual materials Western Europe
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Published copy of volume 1 of Street Life in London (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1877) by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith.
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1 volume.
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No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.
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- inglés
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- latín
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The National Library of Scotland holds the photographs and papers of John Thomson.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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