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Buildings and factories
Including factory workers, hotels, shops, public houses and schools.
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Colonial and empire
Including Empire Marketing Board posters, maps of Empire and colonial history documents.
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Crime
Including scene-of-crime photographs, case testimonies, prisons, prisoners and the police.
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Design
Including fabrics, wallpapers, earthenware, glass, lace, metalwork and all other patented designs.
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Entertainment and theatre
Including Victorian theatre posters, performers, and circus and show artistes.
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Events and exhibitions
Including The Great Exhibition, The Festival Of Britain and exhibition posters.
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Manuscripts
Including parchments, seals, treaties, charters, illuminations and marginalia.
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Maps
Including Colonial-era maps, polar exploration, navigation, architectural plans, charts and blueprints.
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Medical
Including Victorian medical posters and printed ephemera, epidemics and campaigns.
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Military
Including photographs and documents from the English Civil War, Boer War, Crimea, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsula War and other conflicts.
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Mining
Including coal, tin, gold and diamonds, National Coal Board documents and photographs.
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People
Including photographs and portraits of well-known figures and the general public.
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Piracy
Including High Court of Admiralty documents, trials, letters, ship logs and journals.
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Places
Including UK towns and villages and Victorian-era photographs.
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Politics
Including cabinet documents, political photographs and cartoons, the suffragettes, civil unrest and political events.
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Slavery
Including ships' lists, letters, journals, photographs and illustrations.
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Transport and travel
Including Victorian travel posters, air, wheeled and water-borne transport , UFOs, rail plans and company documents.
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Victoriana
Including posters and printed material for food and drink, clothing, household goods and sport.
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First World War
Including War Office records, photographs, plans, maps and charts.
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Second World War
Including War Office records, photographs, plans, maps and charts.
