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Royal Observatory Greenwich – postcard collection
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Estimated date
 1900–04
Publisher
 Perkins, Son & Venimore (PS&V) / Perkins & Son (P&S)
Publisher's title
 Greenwich Park
Nominal size
 5.5 x 3.5 inches (real photograph)
Publisher/printer ref.
 n/a
Website ref.
 PC0361
Links
 Other versions of the same image
Cards based on photographs taken on the same day

Accidentally or otherwise, two almost identical photographs taken just a few minutes apart were both put into production as postcards. On the photographic plate used for this card, there are no people. On the other, there is a figure at the junction of the two paths. Despite the fact that the monochrome and full colour versions of the view both carry the serial number 505, one was produced from one plate and one from the other.
 

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