In the United Kingdom, the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 and the succession of her son Edward marked the end of the Victorian era and the dawn of the Edwardian era. King Edward VII reigned from 1901 to 1910.
Some photographs of life in Edwardian Britain.
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1901 – Staff aboard a Cunard liner in Liverpool -
1901 – Manchester Band of Hope on a temperance march
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1901 – Children in Hollinwood, Manchester
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1901 – Children in Greater Manchester -
1907 – Flowers for buttonholes on Founders Day at Eton (4 June)
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1908 – Lessons at a girls elementary school
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1910 – Middle and lower classes in Newcastle at an event
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1910 – Skating in those large hats
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1910 – Dyed cloths at Eastmans Laundry and ladies with pompadours
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1910 – A maid sneaks a game of croquet
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