Street Life in London: Covent Garden Labourers, 1877. John Thomson (Scottish, 1837-1921). Woodburytype; image: x cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); paper: x cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); mounted: 27 x cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.). Covent Garden workers, whose day started before 5 , were divided into job-workers or odd-men—who were paid for each parcel they delivered and thus received little income in the off-seasons—and a much smaller group of salaried workers who were paid year-round to create arrangements and stock and help run the stalls.

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