Street Advertising

1876–77
(British, 1837–1921)
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Mme. Tussaud’s wax museum in London was founded in 1835.

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The poster being pasted up by the two men in the late 1870s is an ad for Mme. Tussaud’s London, a museum of wax figures that is still in business today. The image was part of John Thomson’s publication Street Life in London, a group of essays and photographsthat was one of the first published compilations of social documentary photographs. It holds a place of honor in the histories of photography, the book, ethnology, and sociology.
Street Advertising

Street Advertising

1876–77

John Thomson

(British, 1837–1921)
England, 19th century

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