A sea of figures crowds into Wentworth Street Market in London’s East End, 1908. Women in shawls, children underfoot, and traders call out over displays of produce, tinware, and textiles.
This bustling street scene was captured in Spitalfields, a neighborhood that swelled with working-class immigrants, particularly Jews fleeing pogroms in Eastern Europe. For many families, the market was both their livelihood and their pantry.
Did you know? The East End markets, like Wentworth Street, were often run almost entirely by women, who juggled selling goods while raising children, helping forge the backbone of London's early street trade.
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