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Welcome to my collection of The Illustrated London News - a magazine which was first printed in 1842
and is the finest pictorial example and historic social record of British and world events upto the late 20th Century
There are over 700 "pages" of articles and images, and I am adding to it all the time for you to peruse for free but if you need more ...
see below
ILN Historical Research I can research historical articles for you, mainly in the Illustrated London News. There is no charge for searches if you give me reasonable clues as to date and subject and there is no obligation. I will let you know, what I find, and then, if you want, I can supply high resolution "Public Domain" images of engravings / articles (you donate only after you receive what you want) - Just fill in this form Thank You John
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PRINTS FOR SALE (coming soon)
Also Explore The Victorian Magazine (still being built)..... and the
wonderful Special Editions and Christmas Editions
and visit the different years on the
enjoy.
Original Magazines for Sale from this site
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This is an A3 (15 inches x 11 inches) page from a 1909 Illustrated London News of an area of London where the Olympic Games are being held next year 2012 -
I can supply you with a high resolution 300 dpi .jpg or .tif - (scanned file) for a £5 donation to the upkeep of the website
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Read the complete Illustrated London News for November 22nd 1856 |
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The Conquest of Mount Everest 1953 |
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II | ||
| 24th February 1923 Tutankhamen | |||
read the full story about the talking fish May 28th 1859
Snippets of News August 27th 1859
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) *
Colour Printing and the ILN
A short History of the Illustrated London NewsMore History of the Illustrated London News - another perspective
The British Library Collection of Illustrated Victorian Magazines
Illustrated News: A Sketch of the rise and progress of pictorial Journalism. Chapter I and Chapter II
Books about the events reported in the Illustrated London News
Here are some scans below of the changing mast head banners of The Illustrated London News over the years ....
Illustrated London news June 18thth 1859
Illustrated London news - December 26th 1908
Illustrated London news - June 5th 1909
Illustrated London news - Jan 22nd 1910
Illustrated London news - Nov 8th 1919
Illustrated London news - April 17th 1923
Illustrated London news - May 26th 1956
Illustrated London news - Feb 20th 1965
| Thank you for visiting my Illustrated London News site, 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 4000 original copies from an estimated 7000+ printed. I always need more. So if you have any please contact me on the form below Even though my collection is incomplete I have access to every year (since it started in 1842) through local sources, | I can research subjects for you and supply "Public Domain" images , engravings / articles for you. Suggested Donation Price List Just fill in the form above If you just want to Donate to this free 700 page website then please click the Donate button below - If you want to buy original copies of the Illustrated London News fill in the form below or go to Sleekburn Prints here. |
In May 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)
During January 1965 Winston Churchill became gravely ill
and the edition of January 23rd showed a full page
photograph 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
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The year of 1924 (open but still being built) NEW The first Anaglyphs (3D pictures) in ILN
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Historic News CDs
Illustrated London News Research
I can research articles for you and supply high resolution images, 300 dpi or better in .jpg or .tif format, engravings / articles in return for a donation (only after you receive what you want) - to the upkeep of the website Just fill in the form above - Thank You John
The Illustrated London News from the beginning in 1842 when it was first published up to the present day.
ILN Railway information 1845_1848 courtesy of Alan Longbottom and his wife at Pudsey
Shipping list extracted from ILN 1842 to 1870
-courtesy of Alan Longbottom and his wife at Pudsey
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Once Mr. Nygel G Harrot takes his stereoscopic photographs (with his stereoscopic camera) he makes them into Anaglyphs, for all to see with red and cyan glasses.
`RED AND CYAN` 3D CARDS £2.00 each
A Marvellous 3D Postcard with envelope and 3D glasses sealed in a plastic bag.
Postage and Package Rates (second class Mainland UK only)
1- Card 41p
2- Cards 63p
3 to 10 Cards £1.00
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