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2 photo illustrated articles from a rare 1896 periodical - the first article is entitled "Her Majesty's Judges" by E - article is 11 pages with information on the Victorian legal system and the judges. This is part 1 of a 3 part series but is complete in its own right - I have the other 2 parts also for sale 

Photos include

Lord Halsbury

Lord Esher

Mr Justice Cave

Mr Justice Vaughan Williams

Mr Justice Hawkins

Mr Justice Collins

Mr Justice Lawrance

Sir Francis Jeune

Mr Justice Lopes

Mr Justice Grantham

The second article is entitled "Some Peculiar Entertainments" 10 pages by Framley Steelcroft - this is part 2 of a 2 part series of articles  - It is complete in its own right - I have the other part currently on ebay

Very interesting old article full of information about travelling side show and stage acts

Photographic illustrations include-

  • Mlle Diana shooting the apple from her own head
  • Miss Luker - Rod v Woman Fishing
  • Jennie Gabrielle the Blindfold Child pianist
  • Chimah the Chinese Dwarf
  • Lady Amma the French giantess and her 2 older sisters
  • Milo the strongman supporting a loaded roundabout
  • Jules Keller the upside down man
  • The Human arrow
  • Play bill of the performing fleas
  • The Monte Christo dive falling and getting out of the tank
  •  Swinging clubs for 26 hours without rest Tom Burrows
  •  The old witch and her satellites a marionette figure with 50 strings Mr Barnard
  •  Mounting the ladder of swords one of the Chyochis family
  •  Ames the boneless wonder
  •  Mrs Johnson the fat lady

    • Please note these are genuine actual pages extracted from a rare disbound Victorian publication, there are no covers and there may be extracts from other articles at the start or end.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

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