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2020-02-26 12:51:32.0
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3640 x 2414 pixels
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Digital Media Bank ID: 114873
Original Filename: ha901482_2_d01.jpg
Description: This is a black and white postcard featuring an image of Brighton seafront and the Madeira Terrace facing west. Heavy guns are lined up along the road (later known as Madeira Drive) facing towards the sea. The tracks of Volk's Electric Railway are visible on the left.

The occasion is probably Boer War Peace Day held on Monday 2 June 1902. The war had been declared over on Saturday 31 May 1902.
Categories: Timeline/ 1900s, Timeline/ Edwardian (1901-1910), Collections/ Local & Social History/ Historic Postcards, Images of Brighton & Hove/ Brighton  
Copyright & Re-use
Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: CC BY-SA
Caption: Postcard
Object or Artwork info
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): 1902
Subject tags:
Other Keywords: Boer War, peace
Place:
Latitude: 50.8185
Longitude: -0.1295
File info
Size: 2.18 MB; 3640 x 2414 pixels; 308 x 204 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Landscape
Administrative info
Linked Accession no.: HA901482.2