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Strand, The (London, England)

Images

  • Elias Ashmole: a house identified as his in London. Engraving after R. B. Schnebbelie, 1815.
  • Mr. Bernard Cavanagh, the Fasting Man ... will receive company at his rooms, 263, Strand ...  : His first long fast commenced at the death of his mother, which took place nearly six years ago, since that period he has not tasted any food whatever ...
  • Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ...
  • The Savoy Hotel : 1925-1926 New Year's Eve : menu.
  • The Terrence Higgins Trust present a unique staged reading of Safe Sex by Harvey Fierstein : at the Vaudeville Theatre, The Strand WC2, Sunday 16th December at 7.30 pm : includes High Profilactors!.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera

    Mr. Gardner, the hypnologist : discoverer of the system of producing sound and refreshing sleep at will, without the aid of medicine, animal magnetism, or anything connected with them.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899]
    • Books
    • Online

    The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 6, June 1891 / edited by George Newnes.

    | Date: 1891
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    People walking along the Strand in London holding umbrellas and carrying luggage, leading to accidents and commotion in the street. Etching by J. Baker, ca. 1819.

    Baker, John, active 1819-1824. | Date: 1819 | Reference: 35934i
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    • Online

    The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 3, March 1891 / edited by George Newnes.

    | Date: 1891
    • Pictures

    A bath-house, or bagnio, near the river Thames, London: steps and brickwork. Halftone.

    | Date: [1922] | Reference: 34609i
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