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English suffragette, feminist newspaper, 1908

English suffragette, feminist newspaper, 1908. News seller, she is standing on the street not the pavement so as not to be arrested. The suffragettes published their own magazine / newspaper. This image is quite early on in the movement. Votes for Women was the slogan. 1900s

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William Rysdyks Hambletonian 1865, Father of the Trotting Horse. His employer, Seeley

William Rysdyk's Hambletonian 1865, Father of the Trotting Horse. His employer, Seeley, acquired a Charles Kent Mare, which had been permanently injured and was used only for breeding. Sired by Bellfounder, she was of Norfolk Trotter ancestry, a breed noted for its smooth gait. Seeley bred his mare to Abdullah, who was a grandson of Messenger, but a mean and ugly horse. The offspring of the Charles Kent Mare and Abdullah was a bay colt who was to be a keystone in the future of harness racing.
Rysdyk persuaded his employer to sell him the colt and named him Hambletonian. In all, Hambletonian was bred to some 1, 900 mares resulting in 1, 331 foals. Forty of these foals trotted the mile in less than 2 minutes 30 seconds. Among Hambletonian's many distinguished heirs were Dexter, Happy Medium, George Wilkes, Dictator, and Electioneer. The blood of Hambletonian is in most of today's distinguished trotters and pacers. The History of Horse Racing by Roger Longrigg, page 236

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British Wardrobe For Americas Cotton Maid Americas 1948 Maid of Cotton nineteen-year-old

British Wardrobe For America's "Cotton Maid"
America's 1948 "Maid of Cotton" nineteen-year-old blonde Texan Matilda Nail, who is visiting the Cotton Board's colour design and style centre in Manchester, will return to America with a variety of British cotton dresses.
Picture shows: "Maid of Cotton" Matilda Nail wears a British cocktail suit of unusual design. The coat is in wine-coloured cotton velveteen with padded hips, and the pockets are decorated with sequined baubles. Blue corduory trousers have a matching drape at the neck. This is part of the wardrobe she will take back to the U.S.A ( A Hardy Amies model).
23rd March 1948

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