2-716-517 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, June 22nd, 1897', (1901). 60th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Victoria (1819-1901). Vast crowds of spectators turned out to celebrate the 78-year-old Queen Queen's Diamond Jubilee procession through London. The previous year, she had become the longest-reigning monarch in British history. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]