Travel to London of yesteryear with your smartphone
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Street scene at Covent Garden with underground station and horse and cart in the background. (Museum of London)
A view of the forecourt of the Southern Railway's terminal at London Bridge. (Museum of London)
A view of Bow Lane, off Cheapside in the City of London, looking south to the crossing with Watling Street and St. Mary Aldermary in the middle distance. (Museum of London)
Blackfriars station entrance from outside 179 Queen Victoria Street. (Museum of London)
View of Duncannon Street decorated with bunting and banners for the coronation ceremony of Edward VII. (Museum of London)
Horse-drawn Hansom cabs dominate the traffic. (Museum of London)
A street seller of sherbert and water is photographed on Cheapside completely unawares of the camera. (Museum of London)
A night shot outside the Palace Theatre before an evening's performance. (Museum of London)
Brick Lane, old and new. (Museum of London)
Piccadilly Circus, Coronation day, June 1953. Crowds gather to witness the Coronation procession of Elizabeth II. (Museum of London)
Charing Cross Road is renowned for its specialist and second-hand bookshops. (Museum of London)
Boy shining shoes outside the Tea Room at Victoria station in 1950. (Museum of London)
The exterior of the completed Gloucester Road Station on the underground Metropolitan and District Railway, which was opened on 3rd October 1868. (Museum of London)
This photograph shows Byward Street near Tower Hill, looking west with the church of All Hallows by the tower on the left and the former Mark Lane Underground station on the right. (Museum of London)
From the west side of Tower Bridge, looking out across the Upper Pool. (Museum of London)