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Street scene at Covent Garden with underground station and horse and cart in the background.![London Bridge Station]()
A view of the forecourt of the Southern Railway's terminal at London Bridge.![Bow Lane]()
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.![Blackfriars]()
Blackfriars station entrance from outside 179 Queen Victoria Street.![Duncannon Street]()
View of Duncannon Street decorated with bunting and banners for the coronation ceremony of Edward VII.![Oxford Street]()
Horse-drawn Hansom cabs dominate the traffic.![Cheapside]()
A street seller of sherbert and water is photographed on Cheapside completely unawares of the camera.![Palace Theatre]()
A night shot outside the Palace Theatre before an evening's performance.![Brick Lane]()
Brick Lane, old and new.![Piccadilly Circus]()
Piccadilly Circus, Coronation day, June 1953. Crowds gather to witness the Coronation procession of Elizabeth II.![Charing Cross Road]()
Charing Cross Road is renowned for its specialist and second-hand bookshops.![Tea Room]()
Boy shining shoes outside the Tea Room at Victoria station in 1950.![Gloucester Road Station]()
The exterior of the completed Gloucester Road Station on the underground Metropolitan and District Railway, which was opened on 3rd October 1868.![Byward Street]()
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.![Tower Bridge]()
From the west side of Tower Bridge, looking out across the Upper Pool.Travel to London of yesteryear with your smartphone
The Museum of London has released an updated app titled Streetmuseum 2.0 that overlays historic photographs of London across whatever the user is looking at in the present day to create an augmented reality for tourists as they explore the city.
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- Travel to London of yesteryear with your smartphone
