Picture No | 10221878 |
Date | 1908 |
Description | Feeding the unemployed in the East End 1908 |
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Owing to shortness of work, poverty and destitution were rampant in the dock district and there was a dire need to relieve the distress of the dockers. Foremost in fighting the hunger among the dockers was Rev. Stewart Smyth seen in the middle sketch with his band of workers.
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Source | Drawn by F. De Haenen in 'The Graphic', 25 January 1908, page 108 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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