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Themes Gallery: Childhood


Children's book and children

A Victorian annual; this is the yearly volume for 1876. It contains a selection of stories and songs with full page illustrations. This edition cost 1 shilling and sixpence (7.5p) when the average weekly wage of working parents was 30 to 55 shillings a week. (£1.50 to £2.75).

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