Street Advertising

Name: Street Advertising
Brand: John Thomson, 1877
Price: 25.99 GBP
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Victorian advertising was a cut-throat business. Bill posters earned about four shillings a day, and on Boat Race day one Soho firm sent men out at 2, 6, 8 and 10 in the morning just to paste over their rivals' posters. Wall space was so valuable that some ruined houses were left standing because their walls made more money as billboards, and hoardings on Queen Victoria Street went for over £300 a month. John Thomson photographed the men who did the work in 1877 for Street Life in London.

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan

Paper: Enhanced matte poster paper, 189 g/m² and 10.3 mil thick, with a smooth, non-glare finish that suits the original sepia tones.

Sizes: 12×16 in (30×40 cm) or 18×24 in (45×60 cm).

Printing: The photo is printed edge to edge with no border. Prints are sent unframed, so they'll fit a standard frame of the same size.

The photo: Taken by John Thomson for Street Life in London (1877), written with journalist Adolphe Smith. The original is in the public domain and held by LSE Library.
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