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Charles Booth's poverty map of London showing from the Isle of Dogs in the east to Hyde Park in the west and Camden in the North to Peckham in the south.

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A man and woman portrait on their wedding day.

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A drawing of a blindfolded women who appears to represent justice.

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Christabel Pankhurst waving from the window of a building, and holding a flag.

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