The Cheap Fish of St. Giles's c.1877 Size:small 000 people

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The Cheap Fish of St. Giles's c.1877 Size:small 000 peopleThe cheap fish of St. Giles's. The Victorian (street) fish seller, or costermonger, supplied fish at very low prices, the fish was then delivered door to door. This photograph shows a costermonger with group of his customers at St. Giles's in about 1877. The image is taken from a series of 37 photographs published in the book, 'Street Life in London' (1877), with text written by John Thomson and the journalist Adolphe Smith. After taking photographs