The Crystal Palace
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The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham (1854)
The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park for the Grand International Exhibition of 1851
Joseph Paxton's first sketch for the Great Exhibition Building, c. 1850, using pen and ink on blotting paper; Victoria and Albert Museum
An 1864 Statue of Albert, Prince Consort, holding a plan of the Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace Park
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Crystal Palace Park is a large Victorian park in south-east London, Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. It was laid out in the 1850s as a pleasure ground, centred around th
Crystal Palace Park
An 1857 plan of the ground of Crystal Palace and park
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins's Iguanodon statues
The 1901 FA Cup final at Crystal Palace between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United