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Activity: Looking at old photographs - The Evans family

Activity: Looking at old photographs - The Abrams family
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Examine two family photos, both from the late Victorian era.

What do the images have in common?

How are they different from the kind of family snaps we have on our mantelpieces today?

What might you be able to deduce from this about how families have changed in the past hundred years?

Try the 'Every Picture Tells a Story' activity to help you with your answers.

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