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The Crystal Palace & The House on the Rock

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD What Do We Have in Common With Victorian Farmworkers? Being Surprised.

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Annette Laing
Jul 22, 2021
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Enormous iron and glass greenhouse with Victorian people and horses outside
The Crystal Palace, 1851. To us, it would be like a spaceship touching down in London’s Hyde Park. It was that spectacular. Or maybe like visiting the most jawdropping house-thing-attraction ever, i…

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