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  • A balloon race from London to Hampshire, 1880. Coloured wood engraving, 1880.
  • Victoria Palace theatre at night. Photographic postcard, ca. 1924.
  • [Handbill advertising appearances by Madame Polonawsky, the Living Russian Bearded Lady (Albert Palace, 15 February 1886)].
  • [Illustrated handbill advertising appearances by Madame Polonawsky, the Bearded Lady (Albert Palace, 15 February 1886)].
  • Victoria Palace theatre at night. Photographic postcard, ca. 1924.
  • Palace : delicious Chinese food to take away : 18 Loampit Hill, Lewisham, London SE13.
  • Palace : delicious Chinese food to take away : 18 Loampit Hill, Lewisham, London SE13.
  • Palace : delicious Chinese food to take away : 18 Loampit Hill, Lewisham, London SE13.
  • Palace : delicious Chinese food to take away : 18 Loampit Hill, Lewisham, London SE13.
  • Palace : delicious Chinese food to take away : 18 Loampit Hill, Lewisham, London SE13.
  • Palace : delicious Chinese food to take away : 18 Loampit Hill, Lewisham, London SE13.
  • Palace : delicious Chinese food to take away : 18 Loampit Hill, Lewisham, London SE13.
  • Electrical appliances exhibited at the 1882 Electrical Exhibition, including chandeliers and the first telegraph instrument. Wood engraving, 1882.
  • [Undated handbill (November 1889?) advertising an exhibition of Elizabeth Lyska, a Russian giantess over 7 feet tall, at the South London Palace].
  • [Undated handbill (November 1889?) advertising an exhibition of Elizabeth Lyska, a Russian giantess over 7 feet tall, at the South London Palace].
  • St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, seen from the south-east with the Palace of Westminster in the background, a plan and scale beneath. Wood engraving by T. Sulman, 1871.
  • St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, seen from the south with the Palace of Westminster in the background. Wood engraving by T. Sulman.
  • The Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London: the opening by Queen Victoria. Steel engraving by H. Bibby, 1851.
  • From Piccadilly Hall, engagement at enormous expense, at this hall only, Surrey side : Harvey's Midges, the smallest people in the world : Princess Lottie, General Tot, Prince Midge, Lady Jennie Worgen ... / South London Palace.
  • Exclusive engagement of the tallest man in the world, Albert Brough, The English Giant : eight feet in height and well proportioned ... / South London Palace, London Road, S.E.
  • For twelve nights only, commencing Monday, Feb. 23, 1874 : South London Palace, London Road / proprietors, Speedy & Poole.
  • For twelve nights only, commencing Monday, Feb. 23, 1874 : South London Palace, London Road / proprietors, Speedy & Poole.
  • [Undated handbill advertising George Conquest as 'Harlequin, the Yellow Dwarf', a grand Christmas pantomime at Alexandra Palace, London].
  • [Undated handbill advertising George Conquest as 'Harlequin, the Yellow Dwarf', a grand Christmas pantomime at Alexandra Palace, London].
  • [Undated handbill (1874) for an exhibition of Andree & Son, or the Kostroma people : "Two human beings with dogs' heads" at the South London Palace. Printed on white paper].
  • [Undated handbill (1874) for an exhibition of Andree & Son, or the Kostroma people : "Two human beings with dogs' heads" at the South London Palace. Printed on white paper].
  • [Undated handbill (1874) for an exhibition of Andree & Son, or the Kostroma people : "Two human beings with dogs' heads" at the South London Palace. Printed on green paper].
  • Grand extra night! : Wednesday, December 8th, 1875 ... / Gatti's Palace of Varieties, Westminster Bridge Road.
  • Men attempt to quell the flames of the House of Commons with water piped from fire engines and a rocket attached to a man's back inscribed 'war'. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • [Undated handbill (November 1885?) advertising an appearance at the Albert Palace, London by "little people" Commodore Foote (CHarles Nestel) and his sister Eliza (the Fairy Queen)].