London advertising Boardman
The London Boardmen'. Few men who earn their living in the streets are better abused and more persistently jeered at than the unfortunate individuals who let themselves out for hire as walking advertisements'. A boardman will generally receive eighteen-pence (7 1/2 p) per day'. Renovo was a fabric cleaner, its virtues summarised on a cutout hand attached to the boardman's hat
Picture No
11939070
Media ID
46076780
Size
2474px x 3014px
(2.2MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From Street Life in London' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1877'8. Photograph: John Meek
Date
1877 - 1878
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