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Christmas Tree Shopping
Shoppers choosing Christmas trees, December 1854. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mistletoe Kiss
A boy watches gleefully as a man tries to steal a kiss from a young woman under the Christmas mistletoe, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Christmas Market
The London poor do their Christmas shopping at a street market, December 1872. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Christmas Visit
A part of guests arrives to visit old folk on Christmas eve, 24th December 1864. Drawing by Alfred Hunt (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Entrance To Great Pyramid
The entrance to the Great Pyramid of Egyptian pharaoh Cheops (Khufu), at Giza (El Gizeh), near Cairo, circa 1840. Engraving by E

Old London Bridge
The heads of traitors are displayed on pikes over the Stone Gateway of Old London Bridge, circa 1600. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bala Hissar
The Bala Hissar, an ancient fortress in Kabul, Afghanistan, showing the palace and the Walls of Kabul extending up the mountainside, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bala Hissar
The upper part of the Bala Hissar, an ancient fortress in Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Khyber Pass
The Ali Masjid fort, high up in the Khyber Pass, Pakistan, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Khyber Pass
A road high up in the Khyber Pass, Pakistan, circa 1930. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cork Grand National
The Grand National Steeplechase at The Cork Park Races Original publication: Illustrated London News, 29th May 1869. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Trafalgar Docks
Merchandise in a wharf shed at Trafalgar Docks in Liverpool, circa 1850. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Prison Fire Drill
A group of female prisoners carrying out a fire pump drill at a prison in Woking, Surrey, 1889. Original publication: The Graphic 7th September 1889. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Priests Furniture Shop
Priests furniture shop in Blackfriars, London, circa 1850. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Field Lane
Shops in Field Lane, London, circa 1840. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Colourmans Shop
The facade of Allens colourmans shop, selling artists equipment, in St Martins Lane, London, 1829 By G. Scharf. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

W. S. Burton s
W. S. Burtons general furnishing and ironmongery store at 39, Oxford Street, 1851. An engraving by W. Joyce. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bristol Boats
Boats on the River Frome where it joins the River Avon in Bristol, with St Nicholas Church on the right, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Avon At Bristol
Boats on the River Avon in Bristol, with St Nicholas Church in the centre and Christ Church with St Ewen just behind and to left, circa 1800. Bristol Bridge crosses the river on the right

Montagu House
Mrs Elizabeth Montagus house in Portman Square, London, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Scutari Hospital
The British Army hospital and a cemetery at Scutari (now Uskudar, Istanbul), circa 1855. The hospital is now the Selimiye barracks. Engraving by E. Walker after a drawing by W

View Of Bristol
A view of the city of Bristol on the River Avon in south west England, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kingston, Jamaica
A view over the rooftops of Kingston, Jamaica, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Les Bords Du Meles
The banks of the River Meles in Smyrna (modern Izmir) in eastern Turkey, circa 1880. One tradition claims that the poet Homer was born in Smyrna, giving him the epithet Melesigenes or Meles-born

Smyrna
The city of Smyrna (modern Izmir) on the Turkish coast, as seen from the ruined fortress on Mount Pagos, circa 1880. (Photo by Edmond Boissonnas/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Curriers Work-Shop
Curriers prepare tanned leather hides in a workshop, circa 1750. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

French Troops At Kerch
French soldiers ransacking a building at Kerch (now in Ukraine), during the Crimean War, circa 1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Luggage For Crimea
French fishwives in Boulogne carrying luggage belonging to nurses departing for the Crimean War, circa 1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Troop Ship
French soldiers and livestock on board the troop ship Carmel, during the Crimean War, June 1855. Original publication: Illustrated Times, pub. 16th June1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chelsea Bridge
A Prospect of Chelsea Bridge Water Works in London, from the south side of the River Thames, circa 1760. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Albert Bridge
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Middle Temple View
A wintry scene outside Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court, London, circa 1950. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Grosvenor House
The colonnaded Upper Grosvenor Street entrance of Grosvenor House, the town house of the Dukes of Westminster, London, circa 1845. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Grosvenor House Gallery
The gallery extension of Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, circa 1828. The extension was added to the west side of the building in 1821. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Modern Park Lane
A view down Park Lane, London, towards the newly-built Grosvenor House Hotel, 31st July 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Grosvenor House
The colonnaded Upper Grosvenor Street entrance of Grosvenor House, the town house of the Dukes of Westminster, London, circa 1845. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gents In Tokyo
Three gentlemen and their dog in Tokyo, circa 1885. (Photo by Suzuki/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mesopotamian Campaign
A 5.9 Howitzer captured by the British during the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I, circa 1915. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Langtrys Room
The living room of British actress Lillie Langtry, circa 1895. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Stepney Slums
Back-to-back slum housing in Stepney in the East End of London, circa 1945. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bank House Ruins
The ruins of the Bank House, owned by the Dyce Sombre family in Delhi, 1858. The building was wrecked in fighting during the Indian Rebellion (also known as the Indian Mutiny) of 1857

Delhi After Rebellion
A street of buildings damaged in fighting during the Indian Rebellion (also known as the Indian Mutiny) of 1857, circa 1858. (Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ludlow Castle, a British residence in Delhi, built by one Dr Ludlow. During the Indian Rebellion (also known as the Indian Mutiny) in September 1857

Severn Tunnel Works
The construction of the Severn Tunnel, joining England and Wales by rail under the Severn Estuary, 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Severn Tunnel Works
The construction of the Severn Tunnel, joining England and Wales by rail under the Severn Estuary, 1880. Original Publication : The Graphic - 6th November 1880 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

RMS Aquitania
The Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania on the River Clyde in Scotland, shortly after leaving the shipyard for her maiden voyage, 10th May 1914

Glasgow Cross, showing the Mercat Cross and Glasgow Cross Railway Station (background right), circa 1930. The cross is in the form of an octagonal tower topped with a unicorn on a column

Common Lodging House
The sleeping accommodation in a common lodging house in Britain, circa 1885. The bedsheets are marked Stolen, to discourage theft. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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