Keywords: mandolin mandoline guitar band 1899 regent street regentstreet polytechnic crystal palace crystalpalace people's palace peoplespalace mile end mileend london east end eastend victorian sydenham Ninety-two members of the Polytechnic and People's Palace Mandoline and Guitar Band sitting on the steps in front of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London on June 20, 1899. The "People's Palace" was an institution for the education and cultural improvement of the working classes in the East End of London, and was situated in Mile End Road. It was associated with the Regent Street Polytechnic and opened in 1887. Scan of original photograph handed down by Annie Rebecca Free, my great-grandmother, who is one of the players in the photograph. File creator Robert Mitchell. Original photo by Russell & Sons, 17 Baker Street, London See also: polymags.tumblr.com/post/14303886545/october-1899-we-publ... Ninety-two members of the Polytechnic and People's Palace Mandoline and Guitar Band sitting on the steps in front of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London on June 20, 1899. The "People's Palace" was an institution for the education and cultural improvement of the working classes in the East End of London, and was situated in Mile End Road. It was associated with the Regent Street Polytechnic and opened in 1887. Scan of original photograph handed down by Annie Rebecca Free, my great-grandmother, who is one of the players in the photograph. File creator Robert Mitchell. Original photo by Russell & Sons, 17 Baker Street, London See also: polymags.tumblr.com/post/14303886545/october-1899-we-publ... |