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Gas attack on the Western Front during the Great War
With the gas being heavier than air, it migrated to the bottom of the trenches where the wounded would be overcome and perish in the grey-green cloud
Reginald Frontispiece Ltd
On leaving school in 1960, I worked in Fleet Street, in press photography. My interest in the printed image expanded to include vintage and antique prints. What was a collection became a business!
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Burdett Road in east London celebrates a GIANT of nineteenth-century philanthropy
Inheriting her grandfather's fortune of approaching £2 million in 1837, Angela Burdett-Coutts became one of the richest women in England
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The life and history of Edgar Allen Poe
Poe's chronic alcoholism resulted in him being plagued by poverty until the very end of his life
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The creation of Belgium
'Article 7. Belgium, within the limits specified ... shall form an independent and perpetually neutral State'
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Mare's shipyard at Blackwall built ships for the Kingdom of Sardinia's Navy
Genova was built for the navy of the Kingdom of Sardinia
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The Livery Hall of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
Among many 'treasures' housed at Fishmongers' Hall is the dagger with which Lord Mayor Sir William Walworth, killed Wat Tyler during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381
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The history of the Alexandra Palace - the 'Ally Pally'
Opened on May 24, 1873 the Alexandra Palace was destroyed by fire within two weeks
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Sir James Clark Ross, the explorer who located the Magnetic North Pole
The Ross crater on the Moon is named after him!
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The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln was shot while attending the play 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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HMS Agincourt of the Royal Navy's Ironclad Fleet
Although a steam-powered vessel, like many of her contemporary warships, she was still fully rigged for sailing
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The Battle of Fort Sumter
The first major battle of the American Civil War had been a Confederate victory but with no fatalities on either side
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Charles Barry's new Houses of Parliament
The Houses of Parliament had burned down on October 16, 1834 and Charles Barry won a competition to design the new building