Opening ceremony, the Crystal Palace, London, 1851-1854. (11/160)

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Opening ceremony, the Crystal Palace, London, 1851-1854.

Huge crowds at the opening ceremony of the Crystal Palace, either at Hyde Park in 1851, or at Sydenham where the building was re-erected in 1854. The Crystal Palace was built to house the ‘Great Exhibition of the Works of the Industry of all Nations’.