Over six hundred historic photographs of London, never seen in public before, have been published for the first time.
The images were discovered by archives manager, Stefan Dickers at Bishopsgate Institute.
He found boxes containing over 3000 slides.
The collection features images of most of London's landmarks, churches, open spaces, statues and buildings, alongside social and cultural scenes from the Victorian to the inter-war period.
A project was launched to digitise the images in 2007, and now they've been printed for the first time.
Here are some of the highlights of a slice of London history.
Selfridges in Oxford Street, illuminated at night, 1935 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteTop of the Inner Dome, St Pauls Cathedral, c1920 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteTraffic on Tower Bridge, 1905 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteBillingsgate Fish Market, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteClare Market, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteMarket Stalls in Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteLudgate Hill, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteShip at Royal Naval College, Greenwich, c1900 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteMiddle Temple Lane, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteRefreshment Stall in St James’ Park, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteOxford Street, 1936 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteView of Cheapside, looking East towards St Mary le Bow, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteBangor Street, North Kensington, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate InstituteFuneral effigy of Charles II in Westminster Abbey, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute
The entire set of images are published in The Gentle Author’s London Album, published today.
