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2 illustrated articles from a rare 1898 Victorian periodical, the first article is entitled "The Pleasure telephone" by Arthur Mee.

A very interesting 7 page article concerning the potential use for the telephone as an instrument of pleasure


The second article is entitled "Triplets" by Albert Thomas - 6 pages detailing the families in Victorian times with triplets includes names, places and sometimes dates of birth / address.

Photographic illustrations include

  • The Baden Baden triplets
  • The Walsh triplets of Warwick
  • The Diamond Jubilee triplets
  • Moxon Triplets of Barnsley
  • The Nichols triplets of Mount Vernon Cottages Hampstead
  • Parrott triplets of Langley
  • Wilding triplets of Shrewsbury
  • Mayes triplets of Halstead
  • Cadby triplets of Stratford aged 13 months and 4
  • Bradley triplets of Stockport Manchester aged 6 months, 4, 8 and present day

    Please note this listing is for pages extracted from a scarce disbound Victorian publication, there are no covers, article may include the ending or beginning of other articles

    Whilst the images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be sent as loose pages.

    Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

    If you are interested in more than one item I will always combine postage where this is possible so long as purchases are in one transaction. If you are forced by ebay to pay multiple postages for your purchases I will refund the overpayment
    I have indexed many antique periodicals with detail of, peoples names, places & subjects included. When I find duplicate issues in poor condition I list the articles on ebay. If you are searching for a particular family history related person, subject, place etc, please let me know and I will search my database for any relevant entries

    I have several similar articles currently on ebay.



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