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• North East Museums 69 photos
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• The Library of Congress 4 photos
• Smithsonian Institution 1 photo

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Fairground ride and crowd

from North East Museums

• kevin.scrivens said:

  This is printed backwards, the boats on the ride travelled clockwise. It is Murphy's Sea on Land which was converted to this appearance in 1894.

Character reader and Clairvoyant

from North East Museums

• Peter D. Tillman said:

  Wow, cool old photo. Added to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyant Thanks for posting these!

• S. G. Tallis said:

  that coachbuilt living wagon gets around a lot. Seen many photos of it at epson for Dert week but based in Blackpool.Walthal family very famous in their day. in facebook featured in gypsy travellers times past and Blackpool histry groups

• S. G. Tallis said:

  One of the Walthall sisters from Blackpool. All long gone now..

• S. G. Tallis said:

  Coachbuilt ccles still exists

Trumpet and trombone

from North East Museums

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Sarah said:

  Fingers crossed someone will be able to provide information on these. How wonderful it would be for a family member to spot a loved one here!