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"Coronation" : locomotive built by Mr. Timothy Hackworth in honour of the coronation of King William IV-1831

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"L.N.E.R. ancestry "Coronation" 1831"--alt title, lower left corner of the image. Artist signature reproduced in lower right corner of the image. Poster produced by London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to commemorate the original engine name Coronation, a locomotive built by Timothy Hackworth in honour of the coronation of King William IV in 1831; according to the poster, this was the locomotive that was the forerunner of the LNER 1937 Coronation streamline train, which operated between King’s Cross Station, London and Edinburgh. "Property of John H. Kemble Nov. 1975"--verso, typed lable, pasted upper right corner. Verso of the board is covered in wall paper.
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Date
ca. 1937
Call number
priJHK 00005
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