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Link to: Gibson Library digital catalogue
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Gibson Library digital catalogue

Link to: Essex Libraries Catalogue
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Essex Libraries catalogue

Link to: Subject guides
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Subject guides

Link to: Local studies
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Local studies

Link to: Victorian studies
Queen Victoria by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm 1st Bt plaster cast of bust circa 1887 NPG 858 © National Portrait Gallery

Victorian studies

Link to: Link to photo website
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Photo Archive

Link to: Periodicals
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Periodicals

Link to: Online exhibitions
An 1851 lithograph showing the Indian display at the Crystal Palace Great Exhibition, featuring a massive taxidermy elephant under a golden canopy surrounded by Victorian visitors.

Online exhibitions

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