Images Dated 16th October 2007

Costume/Photo by Merrick

Woman: polonaise with pagoda sleeves, coils of false hair & a tiny hat tilted forwards. Man: light coloured trousers & waistcoat, striped cravat, short jacket with bound edges

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Rail on Ice 1904

Railway tracks are laid over ice-covered Lake Baikal, and short trains cross carrying troops to the battlefront of the war with Japan

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Tothill Fields Prison

Bridewell Prison also called Tothill Fields as it stood in an area of Westminster of the same name. It housed women and boys under 17. The boys given their dinner. Date: 1862

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