1876 Gallery

Mata Hari/Walery Paris

MATA HARI (= Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) Dutch-born exotic dancer, became a German spy in 1916, then a double agent for the French; she was executed

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Training Ship Exmouth

The Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays, Essex. In 1903, the original vessel became unsafe and was replaced by an identical ship made of iron and steel. Boys aged 12-15, most of them coming from London workhouses, were trained in seamanship, with many going on to join the naval services

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Princess Alexandra with her five children

Princess Alexandra of Wales (1844 1925) (later Queen Alexandra consort) of Edward VII, photographed with her five children (left to right) Princess Victoria, who remained single. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the who died in 1892 of influenza in the great influenza pandemic of 188992. Prince George (later George V). Princess Maud, later Queen of Norway by marriage to King Haakon. Sitting on the floor Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife.
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