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Promenade in the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square

Promenade in the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London - a place with a reputation for picking up women of easy virtue, but popular nevertheless with the urbane gentleman. Social reformer Laura Ormiston Chant campaigned against the promenade claiming it a mart of vice'. She had it successfully abolished by London County Council in October 1894

Picture No
14099234
Media ID
45466257
Size
4946px x 7078px (4.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Eckhardt in The Sketch, 31 October 1894
Date
1894

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