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"The Whitechapel mystery"

Item

Title
"The Whitechapel mystery"
Alternative Title
"Sketches of the Fiendish Work of the Monster of Whitechapel"
Description
The front page of one of the earliest British tabloids, reporting on the "double event" killings of Catherine Eddowes and Elizabeth Stride.
Creator
"The Illustrated Police News"
Date
October 1888
Extent
1 page with approximately 20 panel illustrations
Format
Document
Is Part Of
October 1888 version of "The Illustrated Police News"
Language
English
Provenance
British Library, sourced from the British Newspaper Archive
Publisher
British Library
Rights
Copyright of the British Newspaper Archive
Rights Holder
British Library
Subject
The murders of Eddowes and Stride in Mitre Square
Temporal Coverage
1888
Type
Periodical

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