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Bootblack at Prince of Wales investiture, Caernarvon

A young bootblack, Johnny Wilson, from Poplar, East London, chatting to a policeman in Caernarvon, where he has gone to watch the investiture of the Prince of Wales. While there, he has been commissioned to clean the boots of the numerous members of the Metropolitan Police who have gone to Caernarvon on special duty

Picture No
10410829
Media ID
47976163
Size
4406px x 6398px (1.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph
Date
July 1911

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