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Charles George Gordon(1833-85), English soldier, 1924

Major-General Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), British army officer and administrator. Also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army. In the early 1860s, Gordon and his men were instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion. He was killed at Khartoum 26 January 1885 when forces of the Mahdi overwhelmed the city. Taken from the Leaders of Men cigarette cards produced by Ogdens 1924

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The Flying Scotsman , famous locomotive No. 4472, leaving Kings Cross, 1935

The "Flying Scotsman", famous locomotive No. 4472, leaving the L.N.E.R.'s London terminus at King's Cross with a night express for the north, 1935. From "Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935]

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Ernestine Anderson Philip Morris Jazz Festival, Dominion Theatre, London, Nov 1985

Ernestine Anderson, Philip Morris Jazz Festival, Dominion Theatre, London, Nov 1985

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