Picture No | 10222173 |
Date | 1921 |
Description | Bird Sellers in Club Row Market, London, 1921 |
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Bird sellers in Club Row Market, Sclater Street, Bethnal Green, London. These stalls specialised in selling song birds which were kept in darkened cages, to make them sing better. At this time, the 'Illustrated London News' was appalled by this cruelty.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 27 August 1921. page 279. By Howard K. Elcock. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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