London in the 1950s
Old colour photos of London in the 1950s, documenting the capital during a decade of post-war recovery, rebuilding, and social change. Taken on colour film, these images capture London’s streets, buildings, and everyday life as the city emerged from wartime damage and adapted to new patterns of living and work.
All images are available as high-resolution, royalty-free digital downloads suitable for editorial, commercial, or personal use.
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Bloody Tower, Tower of London 1956
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Bomb Damage at Cripplegate Buildings, London, 1950
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Bomb damage by All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London 1950s
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Buckingham Palace Road, London 1950s
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Marble Arch and Odeon Cinema, London 1950s
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River Thames and Pool of London 1959
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River Thames, Westminster Bridge and County Hall, London 1957
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Royal Festival Hall and South Bank, London 1950s
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Royal Festival Hall and South Bank, London 1953
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Rupert Street and Raymond Revuebar, Soho, London, 1959
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The Mall Coronation Illuminations, London 1953
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The Mall Coronation Illuminations, London 1953
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Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London 1952
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Trafalgar Square, London 1958
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Trafalgar Square, London 1959
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View from St Paul’s Cathedral, London 1950s
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2MT Class 2-6-2T 41296 Peabody Estate 1956
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Adverts at Notting Hill Gate station 1950s
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Albert Memorial under repair, London 1950s
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Aldwych, London 1957
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All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London 1956
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All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London 1958
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All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London 1958
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American Embassy, One Grosvenor Square 1959
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Art Sale, Knightsbridge Road London 1958
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Art Sale, Knightsbridge Road, London 1958
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Art Sale, Piccadilly, London 1958
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Beer Lane, London 1958
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Big Ben, London 1950s
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Bomb damage in London 1959
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Bomb damage, Cripplegate, London 1950s
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Bomb damage, Cripplegate, London 1950s
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Bomb damage, Old Bailey 1955
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Buckingham Palace gates, London 1956
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Buckingham Palace, London 1950s
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Buckingham Palace, London 1951
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Buckingham Palace, London 1957
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Charing Cross, London 1956
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Charing Cross, London 1956
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Charing Cross, London 1956
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Churchill Gardens Estate, Pimlico 1950s
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Churchill Gardens Estate, Pimlico 1950s
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Churchill Gardens Estate, Pimlico 1950s
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Civil Service Stores, The Strand 1956
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Constitution Hill, London 1956
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County Fire Office, Piccadilly Circus, London 1953
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Covent Garden, London 1950s
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Crowd outside the Tiger Tavern, Tower Hill 1958
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Cutty Sark, Greenwich 1959
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Cutty Sark, Greenwich 1959
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Decorations for Queen’s Coronation, London 1953
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Decorations for Queen’s Coronation, London 1953
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Decorations for Queen’s Coronation, London 1953
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Decorations for Queen’s Coronation, The Mall 1953
