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People view carpets at a market stall

On 9 March 1946, people view carpets at a market stall on a bombsite in London's East End. London County Council rebuilt the area, notorious for poverty and overcrowding.

Original Publication: Picture Post - 3092 - The Doomed East End - pub. 1946

Photo by Charles Hewitt/Picture Post/Getty Images


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