Each photograph captures a moment in time – three Indian gentlemen inspecting a row of swords; two men, one in African dress, apparently bartering for a mattress; a slightly shabby gentleman fast asleep on a handcart.
Lionel Swan
In the 1930s, the same time that Jane Baker was running her antiques stall in the market, a man called Lionel Swan was taking photographs. Lionel was a professional photographer at the Acme Art Association on the nearby Camden Road, and a keen collector of oriental art and Japanese armour. His interests gave him good reason to visit the Caledonian Market, and he took a series of outstanding images of the people of the market, some of which have been reproduced inside the Clock Tower.
