Frost fairs
Frost fairs
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Frost fairs
p7499451 (Collage 28026)
London Metropolitan Archives: Main Print Collection
View of the River Thames during the 1683-84 frost fair. Eating, drinking and entertainment booths can be seen stretching across the ice. Figures travel by horse-drawn coach, skates, boats with wheels and boats transformed into sledges. The item has been divided into 45 playing cards with instructions in the margins.
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