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Description: | This portrait of a 'lascar' seaman was taken at King George V Dock. Sailors from India had come to Britain since the East India Company recruited them in the 18th century. A community of Indian seamen grew up in the Docklands areas of Stepney, Poplar, Canning Town, and near the West and East India Docks.
King George V Dock had opened in the presence of the king in 1935. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | �� Henry Grant Collection/Museum of London | Subjects: | work | Temporal: | October 1959 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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