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Picture No 10029663
Date circa 1455
Description ROSES RED, ROSES WHITE
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In the Temple gardens, London, the duke of York picks a white rose, the duke of Lancaster prefers the red... and so a legend is born and a nasty war gets a pretty name
Source cigarette card 'Historic Events' (1924)
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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