Photography — 1951
The roof of a house in Cable Street
Part of Henry Grant's series of East End Streets, this photograph depicts the roof of a house in Cable Street, Stepney. London has always consisted of areas of wealth together with areas of grinding poverty. Many people lived in appalling, cramped and unsanitary conditions. Cable Street was notorious during the 1950s for its social problems.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- HG1320/13
- Object name:
- The roof of a house in Cable Street
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Grant, Henry
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- Production date:
- 1951
- Material:
cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- 6x6
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
Purchased with V&A Purchase Grant Fund support.
- Copyright holder:
London Museum
- Image credit:
© Henry Grant Collection/London Museum
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- License this image:
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