Unknown Photographer (KY) c.1890s EAST LONDON LIFE, c.1890s, early 20th Century 3 ¼” Lantern Slides (31), depicting life in London's poverty stricken east end, each slide titled, numbered and initialed by the photographer, 'KY', and some examples with typed labels affixed East London was notorious for its deep poverty, overcrowding and associated social problems. This led to the East End's history of intense political activism and association with some of the country's most influential social reformers. Another major theme of East End history has been migration, both inward and outward. The area had a strong pull on the rural poor from other parts of England, and attracted waves of migration from further afield, notably Huguenot refugees, who created a new extramural suburb in Spitalfields in the 17th century, Irish weavers, Ashkenazi Jews, and, in the 20th century, Sylheti Bangladeshis. Titles:  Knife Sharpener Two Unfortunate Little Girls The Rabbit Stalls Flea & Bug Powder An Incorrigible Beggar Rag and Bone Gatherer Preparing to Feed Hungry An East End Baby Carriage Tea For The Dockers A Group of Holiday Children Public House Holy Trinity Gymnasium Christ Church Hall, Exteriors Street Musicians 'A Famous Pub' The Bow School 'The Loafer' Chrisp Street, Poplar 'Old Clo' Women Chrisp Street News Boy Girl with Broken Arm A Lost Boot Factory Girls Boys Brigade Dorset Street; Jack The Ripper's Haunt Discharging Oil Barefoot Boys in Winter Crowd of Dockers Waiting For Work  a Glut of Work Men listening to a Socialist Traitor Looking at Houses in 'Police News' Refreshment Stalls St. James Park