Jewish Museum - London

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Polly and a boy in bathing costumes paddling in the sea

Polly Solomons (1905-1997) was born in Brick Lane, to Jewish Romanian immigrant parents.

Wedding of Basil and Rose Henriques

Basil Henriques married Rose Loewe while serving in the Tank Corps during World War I.

Kahn & Botsman kosher salt beef and provisions shop at 183 Brick Lane

Exterior of the Kahn & Botsman kosher salt beef and provisions shop at 183 Brick Lane, c.1910.

Tsippa and Minnie Perkoff, daughters of the Russian-born photographer Michael Perkoff, in their home.

Tsippa and Minnie Perkoff, daughters of the Russian-born photographer Michael Perkoff, in their home, c.1895.

Typical tailoring workshop in London's East End in the years before World War I.

A group of workers in a typical tailoring workshop in the London's East End in the years before World War I.

Studio photograph of young girl on rug with basket of flowers.

Studio photograph of young girl on rug with basket of flowers, c.1901.

Photograph of mother and daughter wearing customary Baghdad dress - typcial Arabic clothes worn by Jews.

Rachel Gourgey and her daughter Florrie wearing customary Baghdad Jewish dress, c.1886.

Group photograph of anarchists friends, 1912.

A group of anarchists friends, taken around the time of the Tailors' Strike of 1912 that sought to end the sweating system of labour.

Wedding portrait by photographer Boris Bennett

Wedding portrait by photographer Boris Bennett who operated in London throughout the 1930s and 40s.