London’s Tower Bridge took its name from its proxmity to the Tower of London. Originally chocolate brown, it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen’s SIlver Jubilee in 1977.
Construction of Tower Bridge
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'First motion picture', 1888
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First Christmas Card, 1843
Newcastle Criminals, 1871-1873
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Shopping in the Belly of the Whale
Victorian Husbands and Wives
Last Witness of the Lincoln Assassination, 1865
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Evolution of Good Housekeeping, 1886-1934
HMV, Oxford Street, London, 1960s
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'Parting the veil of Faery', 1890s
Tetrahedral Kites by Alexander Graham Bell, 1898-1912
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Dressing c.1860
Secret Message in Lincoln's Pocketwatch, 1861
Victorian Photocollage, 1860s-1880s
Soho, London, 1973
It looks almost as good as the one in “Sherlock Holmes”
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