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2023.055.3.0261Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of Fleet Street in London. Above the image "T306 (Star)" is printed, below the image "3047T Fleet Street, Center of English Journalism East to St. Paul's, London, England." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
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FLEET STREET, EAST TO ST. PAUL'S, LONDON
Fleet Street is the home of the most notable newspapers of London. In its vicinity are England's foremost publishing houses. Paternoster Row, Amen Corner and other famous book alleys are located at the other end of this street under the shadow of St. Paul's. No street in London is riecher in literary associations than the one before us.
In Fleet Street was the home of John Milton, the blind poet, who wrote the greatest poem in the English language, "Paradise Lost." Isaac Walton at one time kept a hosiery shop along this street and here perhaps wrote his famous book on fishing, The Compleat Angler. In one of the houese bordering this street the portly Dr. Sameul Johnson compiled his great dictionary and used to meet Oliver Goldsmith, the author of The Deserted Village, at the famous Chesire Cheese Inn.
In Fleet Street, too, was the headquarters of the Royal Society, meeting place for the greatest minds of England. That society has published scientific papers of paramount importance. When the Royal Society met in Fleet Street, it was presided over by Sir Isaac newton, one of the world's greatest scientists.
Crowning Ludgate Hill is St. Paul's, one of the world's great cathedrals. It was built by Christopher Wren, that famous rebuilder of London after the great fir in 1666. It required 35 years to build it, from 1675 to 1710. Its dome is acknowledged to be the finest, though not the largest, in the world. It measures 102 feet in diameter. St. Peter's in Rome is 139. Its height is 364 feet. All Great Britain has been recently alarmed by a report of the possible collapse of this historic dome and precautions are being taken to strengthen its foundations.
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