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Title: Various Illustrations from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Description: Various illustrations and text from a page from a volume of Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung (Illustrated Newspaper). There is an illustration of the then-new Custom House and Post Office, Natives of the Gold Coast on an English steamboat, a worker's strike on English ships in Sierra Leone, people waiting for pubs to open in London, and a street fight between government troops and Carlists. The text surrounding the illustrations is not relevant to the illustrations.

Title: Great Union and Emancipation Meeting Held at Exeter Hall
Description: Originally appeared in Harper's Weekly on March 14, 1862.

Title: Red Cross Sight-Seeing Tour
Date: 1919-02-06
Description: "Red Cross Takes Convalescent U.S. Soldiers on London Sight-Seeing Tour./The American Red Cross is here shown taking convalescent soldiers, from London Hospitals along with prisoners, just back from Germany, and Yanks on leave from France on a sight-seeing tour of London. The Red Cross takes large numbers of men on such trips daily, showing them all the worth-while sights of London. The men are shown in omnibusses [SIC], ready to leave from the Red Cross Headquarters."

Title: Enlistment Ads
Date: unknown, 1934-02-01
Description: This photo shows five different ads for enlistment in the military to fight for the British Empire. The first in the upper left corner reads, "Another Call/"More men and still more until the enemy is crushed."/Lord Kitchener". Beneath this one, at the bottom left, it says, "There's room for YOU/ENLIST to-day". There is a poster in the middle where only "Enlist to-day" is visible. In the bottom right is "The Key to the Situation/Munitions, Men, and Money/Are YOU helping to turn it?" These words are organized in such a way where the three M's are on the teeth of the key. The last poster at the top right of the photo has two quotes from Lord Kitchener, and says, "Men of London/Now is the Time/Come forward now and be trained to do your share./Every fit man owes this duty to himself and to his country."

Title: Trafalgar Square
Date: unknown, 1934-02-08
Description: This photo of Trafalgar Square shows a crowd gathered around the monument as a speech is given concerning the war effort. A lion statue sits to the right of the makeshift stage. In the background is a sign for Bovril and Schweppes Ginger Ale, and a two-story bus. There's a sign behind the speakers which reads, "We're both needed to serve the Guns!"

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