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Swan-upping on the Thames (catching young swans to mark them)

Swan Upping on the Thames 1900
Annual ceremony taking place on the Thames where British Crown swans are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released. The party occupy a flotilla of row boats the sterns adorned with flags

SWAN UPPING 1
Swan-upping on the Thames (catching young swans to mark them) Date: 1873

Swan Upping Flags
Swans on the Thames are chiefly the property of the companies of Dyers and Vintners, and of the Queen. Here the boats fly the flags of those companies. Date: 1930s

Swan Upping - 3
Swan-herds take up swans on the Thames to mark them, a custom called swan-upping Date: 1877

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