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Guildhall restoration by the Victorians in 1865
A Luftwaffe incendiary raid on London on the night of 29/30 December destroyed the hammerbeam ceiling, leaving only the walls of Guildhall intact.
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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Hustings and the General Election 167 years ago
Our engraving from 'The Illustrated London News' depicts the 'hustings' in London, or to be correct, Surrey and Kent!
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The Parlour of the Bank of England in 1870
At the entrance to the 'Parlour,' the historic hub of the Bank, appears the motto “Sic vos non vobis” - "thus we labour but not for ourselves."
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Nelson's Column nears completion in Trafalgar Square in November 1843
Funded mostly by private donations, the single largest contribution was made by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia who contributed £12,000, over a quarter of the total raised.
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The Lord Mayor's Show, an illustration published 174 years ago
The Lord Mayor of the City of London is a civic office that traces its history back to the mediaeval London of 1189.
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Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa in 1868
The capital city of the province of Free State, South Africa, it was until the surrender of the Boers at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902, the capital of Orange Free State.
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The British Arctic Expedition of 1875 to 1876
Although a sledging party set a new record for the farthest north reached, the expedition was in grave danger of failure.
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The launch of HMS Serapis at Blackwall in 1866 HMS
Located at the mouth of the River Lea, at its confluence with the River Thames at Bow Creek, the Thames Iron Works straddled the Lea where it divided Middlesex and Essex.
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Woodrow Wilson - 28th President of the United States of America
From 1914 his presidency would be dominated by the question of 'peace or war?'
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Scots Greys in South Africa 1899
Having discarded their red tunics for khaki, they camouflaged their distinctive white horses with khaki dye.
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Maori and British Settlers meet at Hawke's Bay, New Zealand in 1863
"Large meeting of settlers and Maoris at a native village near Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand."
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Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded today in 1618
On viewing the axe that would sever his head, Raleigh remarked: "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all diseases and miseries."