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Description: | A woodburytype photograph entitled 'Street Advertising', taken by John Thomson in 1877. The photograph is taken from 'Street Life in London' (1877), a series published in 12 parts with written commentaries by Adolphe Smith. The photograph shows men pasting advertising bills onto a wall. Smith commented 'There is a certain knack required in pasting a bill on a rough board, so that it shall spread out smoothly, and be easily read by every pedestrian'. The man on the right holds a poster advertising 'Madame Tussaud's Portrait Model. William Fish The Blackburn Murderer'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | photograph woodburytype | Temporal: | 1877 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Thomson, John (1837-1921) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/23007 | Go to resource |
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