Hundreds of historic London images seen for first time

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.

The Old Tabard Inn, Southwark, c1900 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Selfridges in Oxford Street, illuminated at night, 1935 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Top of the Inner Dome, St Pauls Cathedral, c1920 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Traffic on Tower Bridge, 1905 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Billingsgate Fish Market, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Clare Market, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Market Stalls in Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Ludgate Hill, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Ship at Royal Naval College, Greenwich, c1900 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Middle Temple Lane, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Refreshment Stall in St James’ Park, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Oxford Street, 1936 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

View of Cheapside, looking East towards St Mary le Bow, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Bangor Street, North Kensington, c1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute

Funeral 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.

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