If you have ever wondered what the seafront looked like back in the late 19th century, here are a number of rarely seen photos from the 1890s.
They include pictures from Southsea beach as well as the common.
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It also includes photos of the busy piers and also the bathing facilities at the beach in the late Victorian era.
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1. Victorian Southsea
Crowds on the beach at Southsea in the 1890s. Photo by F. J. Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Photo: F. J. Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
2. Victorian Southsea
This photo from circa 1895 shows a stony and crowded beach at Southsea, a few children are paddling. Photo by F J Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Photo: F J Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
3. Victorian Southsea
Boats on the beach at Southsea, England, with advertisements for Bovril and Oxo on a building behind, 1896. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
4. Victorian Southsea
Sailing boats on the beach at Southsea in the 1890s. Photo by F. J. Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Photo: F. J. Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images