Diamond Jubilee celebration

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession, Green Park Arch, London, 22 June 1897. York and Son silver gelatin DOP (developing out paper) print. A public holiday was declared to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession. Crowds lined a six mile processional route through London, with various vantage points occupied by paying and opportunistic watchers. Victoria wrote in her diary: The cheering was quite deafening and every face seemed to be filled with joy

60th Accession Cheering Deafening Declared Developing Diary Filled Gelatin Jubilee Lamp Post Opportunistic Paying Picturing England Points Processional Quite Seemed Vantage Watchers Wrote

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