Picture No | 10054530 |
Date | 1886 |
Description | Tobogganing at the Liverpool Exhibition 1886 |
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International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry opened on 11 May 1886 by Queen Victoria, consisted of things from the British Empire and outside the United Kingdom including this tobogganing with sleighs on natural or artificial, was an old national pastime with the Russians and Canadians and was introduced into Eastern Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Queen, The Lady's Newspaper', 20 November 1886, page 596 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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