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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: mystery-ak on February 26, 2021, 05:58:18 pm
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London's Golden Age: Stunning photochrom images reveal the grand and glorious capital bustling with life in the 1890s when Britain was the biggest global power and really did rule the waves
The collection of images showing Victorian London have been released by the US Library of Congress
The colour images were produced using photochrom method invented in the 1880s
Seen are London's best-known sites, including Trafalgar Square, London Bridge and Westminster Abbey
By Harry Howard For Mailonline
Published: 07:18 EST, 26 February 2021 | Updated: 09:32 EST, 26 February 2021
London's Piccadilly Circus has long been famed for the constant streams of cars, buses, cyclists and pedestrians which navigate it every day.
Now a stunning photochrom image shows how, even in the 19th century, the interchange was extremely busy - but was thronged with horses and carriages and smartly dressed men and women instead of what we see today.
The colour photo - produced using a method invented in the 1880s - is among a collection showing Victorian London in all its splendour which has been released by the US Library of Congress.
many photos
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9303389/Photochrom-images-reveal-grand-glorious-London-bustling-life-1890s.html
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I don't remember seeing horse drawn double decker buses before.
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/26/13/39795392-9303389-image-m-53_1614345864328.jpg)
I do prefer the older architecture shown.