25 Rare Vintage Photographs That Capture Daily Life in England in the Early 1900s

   

An unknown photographer shot some stunning photographs of the life in England in his grand tour through Europe in 1904.

And here they are.

 
Organ grinder and daughter, London, England, 1904

 

Punting at Magdalen Bridge, Oxford, 1904

 

Cockington Forge, Devon, England, 1904

 

Eights crew at Keble College barge, Oxford, 1904

 

Spectators, Eights Week, Oxford, 1904


Street scene in London, England, 1904

 

An old fisherman in Clovelly, Devon, 1904

 

The boat crush, Eights Week, Oxford, 1904

 

Eights Week, Oxford, 1904

 

The quay at Clovelly, Devon, England, 1904

 

Omnibuses, London, 1904

 

New Inn, Clovelly, Devon, 1904

 

New Inn with donkeys, Clovelly, Devon, 1904

 

Quay, Clovelly, Devon, 1904

 

Steep street, Clovelly, Devon, 1904

 

Oxford rowing club, Oxford, England, 1904

 

Oxford, England, 1904

 

The Ship Inn, Porlock Weir, Somerset, England, 1904

 

Blue Ball Inn, Countisbury, Lynmouth, Devon, 1904

 

Horses, carts, and bobbies, England, 1904

 

Street scene in London, England, 1904

 

Ladies in the garden, London, 1904

 

Street scene in London, England, 1904

 

Dining Hall at Christ Church University, Oxford, 1904

 

 
Steep street, Clovelly, Devon, 1904


(Photos via Bill Nelson)