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Thumbnail for The launching of the steam-launch "Queen of the Thames, " at Reading, c. 1924. The builders are C. Maynard and Son of Caversham Road, Reading, and Thames Side, Windsor. A group of people look on as a lady in a fur coat is about to release the cord, allowing the bottle to smash against the boat. A gentleman on the right is wearing a black arm-band as a sign that he is in mourning. 1920-1929 : photograph from the collection of the Museum of English Rural Life, negative number 35/22519

The launching of the steam-launch "Queen of the Thames, " at Reading, c. 1924. The builders are C. Maynard and Son of Caversham Road, Reading, and Thames Side, Windsor. A group of people look on as a lady in a fur coat is about to release the cord, allowing the bottle to smash against the boat. A gentleman on the right is wearing a black arm-band as a sign that he is in mourning. 1920-1929 : photograph from the collection of the Museum of English Rural Life, negative number 35/22519

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