A stunning collection of 20th-century images have been unearthed from archives to celebrate London History Day.
Londoners celebrated the event on Friday, with everyone encouraged to “go out and enjoy how the history of London’s people and places have contributed to the city’s unique identity”.
An online exhibit of the works of John Gay, including a range of iconic images taken around the capital, has been unveiled to mark the day, which was launched in 2017 by Historic England.
The German-born photographer came to England in 1935 and from the 1940s onwards established himself as a leading photographer as he settled in Highgate with his wife Marie Arnheim.
Mr Gay, who died in 1999, had a passion for capturing famous landmarks and the people in London, which can be seen in the pictures taken from the Historic England Archive.
One picture taken through a stake and wire fence shows a bomb-damaged house in the east end of London, while another shows the bustling market in Peticote Lane taken in the 1950s.
Another captures Big Ben from Cannon Row in 1965, while old buses were pictured in Fleet Street in the 1960s.
In 1947 Liverpool Street Station was pictured filled with steam from trains, while an elderly man and his dog can be seen sitting on a bench at the Cutty Sark, Greenwich in the mid-1900s.
For more archive pictures head to Historic England's website.
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