United Kingdom
Explore the rich history of the United Kingdom through vintage photos taken over the last few hundred years.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has a rich history that began with the settlement of modern humans approx. 30,000 years ago. Through exploration of the world many people from around the globe can trace their roots to various parts of the U.K.
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A photo of Herbert James Graham Gilmour
People in this photo:
Aug 2, 1883 - Sep 19, 1914
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Nov 22, 2019 by: Joanne Larkey
Joanne Larkey
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A photo of Winston Churchill
People in this photo:
Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965
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Nov 4, 2019 by: Amanda S. Stevenson
Amanda S. Stevenson
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A photo of Winston Churchill
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Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965
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Nov 4, 2019 by: Amanda S. Stevenson
Amanda S. Stevenson
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A photo of Harold Edward Pitt
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Sep 8, 1884 - Feb 2, 1915
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Aug 24, 2019 by: Anthony Schuck
Anthony Schuck
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The Great War was three years old when this U.S. contingent arrived at Wellington Barracks, in London, in 1917 before heading out to the front The Yanks have arrived.
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Mar 26, 2019 by: Gaye Thomas
Gaye Thomas
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Taken in the late 1860's or early 1870's at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum located in West Yorkshire England in a city called Wakefield. It is unknown what this patient might have suffered from at the time. Up through the 1900s people suffering from mental conditions were often restrained using apparatus such as this in asylums both in European and USA..
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May 2, 2018 by: Daniel Pinna
Daniel Pinna
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A photo of Queen Victoria of the British Empire - smiling! Born in 1819, photography became available to the masses (and popular) during her reign. Victoria died in 1901 at the age of 81.
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Oct 23, 2017 by: Kathy Pinna
Kathy Pinna
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A recently discovered color photo of King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He reigned from Victoria's death in 1901 until his death in 1910.
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Oct 19, 2017 by: Kathy Pinna
Kathy Pinna
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A photo found in my father's old barn. On the back of the photo is written the name "Janett Pool". There is no other identifying information.
People in this photo:
Unknown - Unknown
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May 5, 2016 by: Estella Houston
Estella Houston
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A photo of Frederick George Green (1921 - 1942)
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Mar 5, 1921 - Sep 27, 1942
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Dec 26, 2015 by: Peter Green
Peter Green
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A photo of Ethel Granger, who had the smallest waist size in recent history measuring in at 36-13-39.
She first put on a corset to please her husband, astronomer William Arnold Granger. And then he bought smaller and smaller corsets, asking her to wear them 24 hours a day - she complied. Her beginning waist size was 23 inches.
She made the Guinness Book of Records and was the record holder until 1998, when they changed the category to "Woman alive with the smallest waist".
People in this photo:
Apr 12, 1905 - c. May 1982
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Nov 16, 2015 by: Daniel Pinna
Daniel Pinna
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Jul 29, 2015 by: Oliver Hunter
Oliver Hunter
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A photo of Thomas Leonard Cromwell
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1890 - Oct 18, 1916
Gambier Curtis Reeks (1864-1917) was the younger brother of my great-great-grandfather, Alfred Augustus Reeks. Their family owned a photography business in England. He married Rachel Woodnutt in 1895 and had three children: Frederick (1891), Elsie (1894), and Ida (1896).
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1864 - 1917
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Apr 10, 2015 by: Kayse Lawton
Kayse Lawton
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This photo, which was dated 1928, was sent to my great-grandfather, Reginald, from his younger brother Herbert Reeks (born in 1900) and his new wife, Winifred. The Reeks family was from London, England; Reginald and another brother, Frank, immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s, while the rest of the family, including Herbert, stayed in England.
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Apr 10, 2015 by: Kayse Lawton
Kayse Lawton
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A photo of Stephen Pilcher
People in this photo:
July 1862 - Mar 6, 1918
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Jan 22, 2015 by: Cathie Allen
Cathie Allen
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A photo of Smith mystery women taken about 1905 at 10 Stainsby street, St. Leonards on sea Susssex.
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Jan 21, 2015 by: Winnifred Evans
Winnifred Evans
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A photo of Wilkin Nuttall on his submarine
People in this photo:
1920 - Aug 11, 1942
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Dec 17, 2014 by: Andy Summerscales
Andy Summerscales
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A photo of Hayward, William, and Ernest Hatten
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Dec 11, 2014 by: Alan Fraser
Alan Fraser
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A photo of Lilian Catherine (Rae) Aitchison
People in this photo:
Nov 10, 1893 - Sep 20, 1987
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Dec 9, 2014 by: Sue Aitchison-windeler
Sue Aitchison-windeler
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A photo of Alice Sophia (Baldwin) Windeler
People in this photo:
May 3, 1885 - Oct 14, 1977
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Dec 9, 2014 by: Sue Aitchison-windeler
Sue Aitchison-windeler
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A photo of Alexander Millar and family
People in this photo:
1893 - Oct 16, 1915
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Nov 24, 2014 by: Brad French
Brad French
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A photo of Robert Swan Aitchison
People in this photo:
Jun 7, 1854 - Feb 25, 1937
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Nov 21, 2014 by: Sue Aitchison-windeler
Sue Aitchison-windeler
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Amy Winehouse London photoshoot, 2007
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Jan 4 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse July 14, 2007, near her home in Camden, North London
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Jan 4 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Henry Montresor commanding volunteers in Brighton
People in this photo:
Nov 20, 1863 - Sep 14, 1914
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Jan 2 by: Ross Henderson
Ross Henderson
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A behind-the-scenes shot of The Crystal Chamber during production of the 1982 film The Dark Crystal.
People in this photo:
Sep 24, 1936 - May 16, 1990
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Dec 6, 2020 by: Daniel Pinna
Daniel Pinna
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Jim Henson & Aughra from The Dark Crystal - a popular 1982 puppet-animated high fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz.
The film was shot in England and many talented individuals worked on it including Trevor Jones (music) and Brian Froud (design).
People in this photo:
Sep 24, 1936 - May 16, 1990
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Dec 6, 2020 by: Daniel Pinna
Daniel Pinna
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Janet (my mum) on her wedding day. She married Anthony Robert Martin in 1959 and was 21 years of age.
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Jul 19, 1938 - Aug 5, 2020
This photograph was taken before Frederick Owen went to war in WWI. He is sat next to his mother Sarah Ann Owen (Thacker) and amongst his family. Frederick died in France 1918.
Private 41896 Frederick Owen. 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died France and Flanders 10/04/1918.
People in this photo:
December 1898 - Apr 10, 1918
Millicent photographed with her young son Norman.
People in this photo:
Oct 31, 1874 - Jan 9, 1937
My grandfather Arthur Sydney Charles Cook ,nana Ellen Veronica Cook nee Hart and great grandfather George William Hart...
Peggy Bartlett – My mother's best friend
Died: 26 Sept 1940 in a London air raid
People in this photo:
c. 1924 - Sep 26, 1940
Amy Winehouse with her beloved producer, Saalam Remi at the Donny Hathaway tribute concert, MENCAP benefit, Union Chapel, Islington, UK. Nov. 24, 2006
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Sep 22, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Photo of Amy Winehouse taken by Mark Okoh in her apartment in London, 2004
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Sep 22, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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This is a photo of Norris Vaux Heppenstall added by India Hall on September 22, 2020.
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February 1918 - c. Apr 6, 1945
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Sep 22, 2020 by: India Hall
India Hall
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This is a photo of Windsor Castle 1906 added by Jesse Dean Williams on September 17, 2020.
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Sep 17, 2020 by: Jesse Dean Williams
Jesse Dean Williams
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In cockpit of his Bi-plane. 1919. First of the Royal Flying Core to become the RAF. Flying as courier for the ww1 peace process. Stalled and nose dived into the ground. He was kiLledrod and Navigator badly injured.
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c. 1897 - Feb 26, 1919
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Sep 17, 2020 by: D'Arcy Richards
D'Arcy Richards
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This is a photo of David Frederick Attenborough added by Hannah Grace on September 12, 2020.
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May 8, 1926 - Unknown
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Sep 12, 2020 by: Hannah Grace
Hannah Grace
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A photo of Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE in the tv show "The Avengers." She played Mrs. Peel on this show which ran from 1961 - 1969 in the UK.
People in this photo:
Jul 20, 1938 - Sep 10, 2020
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Sep 10, 2020 by: Kathy Pinna
Kathy Pinna
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Amy Winehouse at the BlackBerry Launch Party, Sanderson Hotel, London, Oct. 7, 2004
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Sep 9, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Young Warwick Davis as Wicket in Return of the Jedi
People in this photo:
Feb 3, 1970 - Unknown
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Sep 8, 2020 by: Daniel Pinna
Daniel Pinna
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Amy Winehouse advertising the annual "Red Nose Day, Comic Relief" annual benefit in London. Photo taken on March 18, 2011.
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Sep 8, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse while she was attending the Susi Earnshaw school in the mid 1990's
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Sep 1, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Henry was in the 135th Herts yeomanry RA and was with colonel Toosey’s men on Bridge over the river Kwai, He died 6th August 1945 and is buried in Kanchanburi Thailand.
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c. 1913 - Aug 6, 1945
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Aug 25, 2020 by: Martin Burgin
Martin Burgin
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Aug 21, 2020 by: Caryn Decker
Caryn Decker
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This is a photo of Thomas George Cassidy added by Caryn Decker on August 21, 2020.
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Sep 15, 1903 - July 1989
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Aug 21, 2020 by: Caryn Decker
Caryn Decker
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Aug 21, 2020 by: Caryn Decker
Caryn Decker
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Amy Winehouse performing at the Koko Club, Camden, North London for the Live Album Chart Show, 2006
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 20, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse playing keyboards in her house in Camden, North London, 2007, soon after winning the 2007 MTV Artist's Choice Awards.
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 20, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse and her favorite Starbucks coffee. Camden, London, July 10, 2008
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 18, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Aug 18, 2020 by: Christine Broom
Christine Broom
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Amy Winehouse 2007 photoshoot.
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 14, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse NME photoshoot, July 11, 2007
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 14, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse from a 2007 Vogue photoshoot
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 13, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse posing with an owl for a school picture.
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 10, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse, London 2006
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 10, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse happily signing autographs at the Ivor Novello Awards, London. May 27, 2004
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 8, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse, Nov. 6, 2003 photoshoot for Harper's and Queen's mag in London.
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 6, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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Amy Winehouse photoshoot for Harper's and Queen magazine. London, Nov. 6, 2003
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1983 - Jul 23, 2011
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Aug 5, 2020 by: Mary Neeley
Mary Neeley
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This is a photo of William Petty added by Rodrio7555 Rodrio7 on May 30, 2020.
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1737 - 1805
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May 30, 2020 by: Rodrio7555 Rodrio7
Rodrio7555 Rodrio7
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This is a photo of HAH Mould 1897 - 1963
added by Stan Mould on May 27, 2020.
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1897 - 1963
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May 27, 2020 by: Stan Mould
Stan Mould
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This is a photo of My father HAH Mould in 1925 added by Stan Mould on May 27, 2020.
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1897 - 1963
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May 27, 2020 by: Stan Mould
Stan Mould
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