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Royal Observatory Greenwich – postcard collection
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Estimated date
 1913
Publisher
 Anonymous: attributed to S. Phillips, Catford
Publisher's title
 Observatory. Greenwich Pk. SE.
Nominal size
 5.5 x 3.5 inches (real photograph)
Publisher/printer ref.
 9142 – 27
Website ref.
 PC0164
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Note the scaffolding around the Time Ball. Note also the dilapidated state of the glass plate from which the print was made.
 

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