Twenty-one glass slides of photographs of the funeral procession of King Edward VII through the streets of London, 1910.

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[Photographs of the funeral procession of King Edward VII through the streets of London, 1910]
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[London, 1910.]
£180.00
SKU: 9709

All twenty-one slides bound in 8 cm glass squares, with the black and white images themselves in good condition and unfaded, with only one slide damaged (glass shattered in a corner, not affecting image). All with labels numbered 394.5. One slide shows newspaper hoardings relating to the King's death on wrought-iron gates; another shows a single gun salute in a park; the other nineteen slides are of the procession and expectant massed crowds through the streets of London, with various shots, including crowds on balconies and lining streets; Grenadier Guardsmen standing to attention as coffin goes past; cavalry in Boer War fatigues, riding past bandsmen; waiting bandsmen lining a street, with crowds in building behind; cavalry riding down a decorated street; cavalry with gun carriage process past guardsmen in crowded street. Some shop signs (Blundell Bros, S. Parkhouse & Co.) are visible, and one building is draped with a banner: 'Laurent-Perrier | Hommages'.