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| Picture No | 11939050 |
| Date | 1900 |
| Description | Swan Upping on the Thames 1900 |
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'Examining the old birds', annual ceremony taking several days where British Crown swans are carefully searched, rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released. The old birds which have become so used to the annual ordeal that they take it quite calmly are merely examined as they have marked in previous years.
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| Source | Photograph by Benjamin Stone in 'Sir Benjamin Stone's Pictures', page 15 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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