Trades & Workers
Sharpen your understanding of London’s factories, warehouses, docks, markets and shops with our related objects, stories and blogs.
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Creeks: The bawley boat 'Jean' at Creekside, Bow Creek on 30th September, 1934. (cellulose acetate)
Linney, Albert Gravely
1934