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The Illustrated London News magazine which was first printed in 1842 is the finest pictorial example of a historic social record of British and world events upto the present day.

My site will be under construction for many years to come, I expect it will take at least twenty years to complete as I have approximately 3000 original copies from an estimated 8000 printed and I need more. So if you have any please contact me on the form below I have access to every year (since it started in 1842) through local sources, and searches for specific information is possible, when I have the time :-)

 

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NEW ** Illustrated News: A Sketch of the rise and progress of pictorial Journalism. CHAPTER I

England win the World Cup

Books about the events reported in the Illustrated London News


24th February 1923 Tutankhamen

Click here 2004 is the year of the 60th anniversary of the D - Day landings - June 6th 1944

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II You can go straight to 1953

The Conquest of Mount Everest 1953

History of The Illustrated London News

As much of life that the world can show

The Early days of the Illustrated London News

The Funeral of Mr. Herbert Ingram MP for Boston and founder of The Illustrated London News

The way Illustrated London News was printed in 1858 (see May 15th) *

A short History of the Illustrated London News

More History of the Illustrated London News - another perspective

The Illustrated London News and its rivals

The Illustrated London News - General Information

The British Library Collection of Illustrated Victorian Magazines

  • Here are some scans below of the changing mast head banners of The Illustrated London News over the years



    mast head june 18th 1859

    June 18thth 1859

    mast head june 5th 1909

    June 5th 1909

    mast head jan 22nd 1910

    Jan22nd 1910

    mast head nov 8th 1919

    Nov 8th 1919

    mast head april 17th 1923

    April 17th 1923

    mast head may 26th 1956

    May 26th 1956

    mast head feb 20th 1965

    Feb 20th 1965

     

    LIST OF REMARKABLE EVENTS FROM JANUARY TO JUNE 1848 (PART I)

    Another changing masthead
    December 26th 1908


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    The performing fish May 1859

    Some full page Guinness Adverts 1930

    Some full page Guinness Adverts 1942

    Some full page Guinness Adverts 1950

     

     

    100th Anniverary 1942

    Some full page Dunlop adverts 1950 - famous Highwaymen and women

    Some full page Bass & Worthington adverts 1950 - This England..

    Some full page Capstan adverts 1950 - famous Lighthouses

    Some full page Miscellaneous adverts 1950

    Shell Adverts from 1956

    Snippets of News August 27th 1859

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  • The month of May 1971 (being built)

    During 1971 The Illustrated London News stopped publishing weekly, the last weekly edition April 24th No. 6873 Vol 258 price 15p (the size changed down to 12¼ inches by 9 inches and the price went up to 25p)

  • A week in 1965 - January 16th the last magazine with Advert wrap around cover (being built)

    During January 1965 Winston Churchill became gravely ill and the edition of January 23rd showed a full page photoraph of the great man in black and white on the front of the wrap around cover. All adverts and photos except for one were in black and white. The magazine never again went back to it's familiar Advert wrap around cover

  • A week in 1946

  • A week in 1940

  • A week in 1936

  • A week in 1934

  • A week in 1931

  • A week in 1930

  • A week in 1927

  • The year of 1924 (open but still being built) NEW The first Anaglyphs (3D pictures) in ILN

  • A week in 1923 (Egypt number)

  • A week in 1920

  • A week in 1915

  • A week in 1909

  • A week in 1908

  • A week in 1852

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  • Gold embossed bound volume covers

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    Christmas Editions across 3 Centuries

  • 1850 to 1898
  • 1900 to 1936
  • 1937 to 1946
  • 1947 to 1959
  • 1960 to 1969
  • 1971 to 2001

  • Summer Editions

  • Special Editions of the Illustrated London News


  • Special Souvenir Editions of the Illustrated London News 1873 - 1981 (Part One 1873 - 1901)
  • Special Souvenir Editions of the Illustrated London News 1873 - 1981 (Part Two 1902 - 1920)
  • Special Souvenir Editions of the Illustrated London News 1873 - 1981 (Part Three 1922 - 1950)
  • Special Souvenir Editions of the Illustrated London News. 1873 - 1981 (Final-Part Four 1951 - 1989)
  • Appendix 1 (1 to 42)
  • Appendix 2 (43 to 80)
  • Appendix 3 (81 to 137)
  • Appendix 4 (138 to 181)

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    • The Illustrated London News from the beginning in 1842 when it was first published up to the present day.

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    Just click a link to see what happened that year

    1842

    The year it began....

    1843

    Launch of SS Great Britain

    1844

    Emigrants weekly rations

    1845

    The Maori uprising against the British

    1846

    Opening of Lancaster to Carlisle Railway

    1847

    The Ardsley Main pit disaster

    1848

    USA gains Texas, California etc.

    1849

    Britain annexes The Punjab

    1850

    Alfred lord Tennyson becomes poet Laureate

    1851

    The Crystal Palace Great Exhibition opened in London

    1852

    The Transvaal, South Africa, gains right to manage it's own affairs

     

    1853

    Smallpox vaccination becomes compulsory in Britain

    1854

    Britain and France declare war on Russia, and send forces to the Crimea

    1855

    David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls

     

    		 1856 Florence Nightingale working in Scutari and the Crimean war ends 1857 1858 1859
    1860 1861 1862
    The New Harley Pit Disaster 206 men and boys killed    		 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
    1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
    1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
    1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
    1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
    1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
    1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
    1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
    1940 1941 1942 Centenary year 1943

    1944

    "D Day"

    6th June

    		 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
    1950 1951 1952
    Queen Elizabeth    		 1953 Coronation Year 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
    1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
    1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
    1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
    1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
    2000 2001 2002 Golden Jubilee Year 2003 2004 2005

     

     

    (this is going to take a little time to finish) Some of the years do not have any content yet, as I probably do not have any magazines for that year yet or I just haven't got around to it yet. 

    I shall first concentrate on putting up some representative snippets from each year that has been published, then gradually fill in the detail

    Nearly every year has some content.

    I would appreciate it if you have any content or comment for any year please email me ( j.weedy at iln.org.uk)

    :- please note... I have used an "at" instead of "@" trying to stop spammer bots harvesting my email address , so please make sure you type it as an email address into your email program for free inclusion.

    Eventually all the years will be split down to Months and then Weeks (see 1909)

    Finally, if you have any old magazines or bound volumes you want to unload please let me know.

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    Shipping list extracted from ILN 1842 to 1870 -courtesy of Alan Longbottom and his wife at Pudsey
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