Photography — 1974
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Sewer cleaners, Sam Luck (left) and Robert Attwood, beneath Lower Thames Street in a 19th century brick sewer, 1974. The men had worked in the sewers for 18 and 23 years respectively and both had previously been dustmen.
photograph, silver gelatin print
paper
Permanent collection
Eastcott, John
© John Eastcott
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