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Glass and Girders of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham "On the west of "The Palace" as it is called locally, there are terraces overlooking the garden. These are approached by flights of steps leading down among flower beds, stone vases, statuary and ornamental balustrading to the transverse path where the fireworks are let off. The huge building was set up on its present site and opened in 1854, the materials for its construction being largely those of the building designed by Sir Joseph…

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“ A boy sits amid the ruins of a London bookshop following an air raid on October 8, 1940, reading a book titled “The History of London". ”

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Victor Horta - 1895 - Hotel van Eetvelde, Brussels - Art Nouveau in Brussels - Art Nouveau Architecture

Mullen’s Alley, Cherry Hill. New York, 1888. By Jacob Riis

Bombed bus - London, 1940

The opening ceremony at Crystal Palace, led by Queen Victoria, after its reconstruction at Sydenham Hill, South London, 1851. (Photo by Phil...

King George VI Standing In Uniform Vintage 8x10 Reprint Of Old Photo

Crystal Palace, Sydenham, circa 1900.

St Paul's Cathedral after a direct hit during the blitz in London. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

“ Wedding in a church destroyed by the London Blitz ”

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