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Mr. Gardner, the hypnologist : discoverer of the system of producing sound and refreshing sleep at will, without the aid of medicine, animal magnetism, or anything connected with them.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]
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The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 6, June 1891 / edited by George Newnes.
Date: 1891
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People walking along the Strand in London holding umbrellas and carrying luggage, leading to accidents and commotion in the street. Etching by J. Baker, ca. 1819.
Baker, John, active 1819-1824.Date: 1819Reference: 35934i
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The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 3, March 1891 / edited by George Newnes.
Date: 1891
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A bath-house, or bagnio, near the river Thames, London: steps and brickwork. Halftone.
Date: [1922]Reference: 34609i
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Wonderful spotted boy : seventeen months old from the Caribbee islands, in the West Indies : to be seen at no.41, Strand, near Messrs. Couts & Co. bankers : he is the progeny of negroes, on whose body is a display of the works of God, being beautifully covered by a diversity of spots of the most beautiful black and transparent brown and white.
Date: [1810?]
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[Undated Victorian handbill advertising Mrs. E. Farmer, of Wantage, Berkshire, "the largest woman in existence" weighing 24 stone, on exhibition at 194 The Strand, London].
Date: date of publication not identified
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The Terrence Higgins Trust present a unique staged reading of Safe Sex by Harvey Fierstein : at the Vaudeville Theatre, The Strand WC2, Sunday 16th December at 7.30 pm : includes High Profilactors!.
Date: [between 1990 and 1995]
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Men with clubs break down the door of a London brothel to take their revenge for being robbed. Engraving, ca. 1795.
Date: [1749?]Reference: 27976i
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Ancient Roman women bathing in a public bath in London. Coloured drawing by F. Matania, 1922.
Matania, Fortunino, 1881-1963.Date: 1922Reference: 34681i
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Elias Ashmole: a house identified as his in London. Engraving after R. B. Schnebbelie, 1815.
Schnebbelie, Robert Blemmel, -approximately 1849.Date: 1815Reference: 618i
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Mr. Bernard Cavanagh, the Fasting Man ... will receive company at his rooms, 263, Strand ... : His first long fast commenced at the death of his mother, which took place nearly six years ago, since that period he has not tasted any food whatever ...
Date: [1841]
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Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ...
Date: [between 1702 and 1714]
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Just arrived, and may be seen in the commodious rooms, 287, Strand : W.W. Westhead, the Manchester Gigantic Boy! Who was born on the 26th September, 1810 ...
Date: [1823]
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The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 2, February 1891 / edited by George Newnes.
Date: 1891
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J. T. Wood : manufacturer of embossed, cut-out, and silvered mourning cards, of all sizes : 278 Strand, W.C. / J.T. Wood.
Wood, J. T.Date: [between 1870 and 1880]
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The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 4, April 1891 / edited by George Newnes.
Date: 1891
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Blamire, surgeon : Beaufort Buildings, Strand.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]
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A bath-house, or bagnio, near the river Thames, London: view towards the west. Halftone.
Date: [1922]Reference: 34624i
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The Savoy Hotel : 1925-1926 New Year's Eve : menu.
Savoy Hotel (London, England)Date: 1925
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Now exhibiting for a short time only! The Mammoth Lady from the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street ... : Mrs. Elizabeth Armitage, of the extraordinary weight of 31 stone 11 lbs. or 445 pounds! Weighed at Soulier and Ward's, no.4, Burlington Arcade, where the weight is registered / Strand Theatre.
Date: [1847?]
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By authority : at the Talbot-Inn, near the may-pole in the Strand, is now to be seen the High German performer, born without arms.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]
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Aitchison & Co. Ltd. : opticians to H.M. Government : 428, Strand, London, W.C. also at 6, Poultry.... optical works: Peckham, S.E.
Aitchison & Co.Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]
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[Leaflet advertising appearances by "A twin boy with one body, two heads, four arms and four legs" at 139 The Strand, London].
Date: [between 1880 and 1890]
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Last week but one, Wednesday, March 15, and Friday, 17, 1826 : M. Henry will have the honour of repeating his third annual entertainment of "Table Talk", under the title of Odd Sayings and Queer Doings, introductory of his novel and astonishing illusions metamorphoses, prestiges, &c. &c.
Date: 1826

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Mr. Gardner, the hypnologist : discoverer of the system of producing sound and refreshing sleep at will, without the aid of medicine, animal magnetism, or anything connected with them.

The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 6, June 1891 / edited by George Newnes.

People walking along the Strand in London holding umbrellas and carrying luggage, leading to accidents and commotion in the street. Etching by J. Baker, ca. 1819.

The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 3, March 1891 / edited by George Newnes.

A bath-house, or bagnio, near the river Thames, London: steps and brickwork. Halftone.

[Undated Victorian handbill advertising Mrs. E. Farmer, of Wantage, Berkshire, "the largest woman in existence" weighing 24 stone, on exhibition at 194 The Strand, London].

The Terrence Higgins Trust present a unique staged reading of Safe Sex by Harvey Fierstein : at the Vaudeville Theatre, The Strand WC2, Sunday 16th December at 7.30 pm : includes High Profilactors!.

Men with clubs break down the door of a London brothel to take their revenge for being robbed. Engraving, ca. 1795.

Ancient Roman women bathing in a public bath in London. Coloured drawing by F. Matania, 1922.

Elias Ashmole: a house identified as his in London. Engraving after R. B. Schnebbelie, 1815.

Mr. Bernard Cavanagh, the Fasting Man ... will receive company at his rooms, 263, Strand ... : His first long fast commenced at the death of his mother, which took place nearly six years ago, since that period he has not tasted any food whatever ...

Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ...

Just arrived, and may be seen in the commodious rooms, 287, Strand : W.W. Westhead, the Manchester Gigantic Boy! Who was born on the 26th September, 1810 ...

The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 2, February 1891 / edited by George Newnes.

J. T. Wood : manufacturer of embossed, cut-out, and silvered mourning cards, of all sizes : 278 Strand, W.C. / J.T. Wood.

The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 4, April 1891 / edited by George Newnes.

Blamire, surgeon : Beaufort Buildings, Strand.

A bath-house, or bagnio, near the river Thames, London: view towards the west. Halftone.

The Savoy Hotel : 1925-1926 New Year's Eve : menu.

Now exhibiting for a short time only! The Mammoth Lady from the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street ... : Mrs. Elizabeth Armitage, of the extraordinary weight of 31 stone 11 lbs. or 445 pounds! Weighed at Soulier and Ward's, no.4, Burlington Arcade, where the weight is registered / Strand Theatre.

By authority : at the Talbot-Inn, near the may-pole in the Strand, is now to be seen the High German performer, born without arms.

Aitchison & Co. Ltd. : opticians to H.M. Government : 428, Strand, London, W.C. also at 6, Poultry.... optical works: Peckham, S.E.

[Leaflet advertising appearances by "A twin boy with one body, two heads, four arms and four legs" at 139 The Strand, London].

Last week but one, Wednesday, March 15, and Friday, 17, 1826 : M. Henry will have the honour of repeating his third annual entertainment of "Table Talk", under the title of Odd Sayings and Queer Doings, introductory of his novel and astonishing illusions metamorphoses, prestiges, &c. &c.