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The High Street, Oxford
Pictures by Photoglob Co.
A hand-coloured view from the 1890s looks down Oxford's High Street, where the spire of St Mary's and the dome of the Radcliffe Camera rise above the rooftops. Inside, John Speed's map of the city from around 1610 traces its colleges and old walls. The poet Matthew Arnold called this the sweet city with her dreaming spires, and the card is for anyone who loves Oxford.
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Oxford · Photochrom / The High Street, Oxford / Photochrom, Photoglob Co., c. 1895 / The spire of St. Mary's and the dome of the Radcliffe Camera rise above a panorama of rooftops along the High. The poet Matthew Arnold called Oxford that sweet city with her dreaming spires.
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