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Spinning, Canadaand carding in a Canadian home
J Murat / Bosselman 1884JOACHIM MURAT - as King of Naples
Fenian ExplosionLondoners contemplate damage caused by Fenian terrorists dynamite attack on Scotland Yard : most of the damage was to the Rising Sun pub
Hernando Cortes / 1884 EngHERNANDO CORTES Spanish conquistador
Frys Factory - CreamsWomen making creams in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol
Frys Factory - WeighingWomen weighing chocolate and filling packets in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol
Frys Factory - Pan RoomPart of the chocolate manufacturing process: the pan room in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol
Frys Factory - RoastingA roasting room in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol
Frys Factory ExteriorThe outside of the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol
Tic-Tac-ToeThree children play a game of Tic-Tac-Toe
Potosi Silver Mine 1884A silver mine at Potosi, Bolivia
Watch Factory / Iln / 1884WATCH AND CLOCK MANUFACTURE A watch and clock factory workshop in the rear of Bensons showrooms
School Bullies / Boys OwnBULLYING Boys bullying smaller schoolmates at a Victorian school
Henry Fawcett (Hornet)HENRY FAWCETT - blind statesman
Going to the MaypoleCountry lads and lasses make their way to the maypole
Back Bencher Takes SnuffCharles Nicolas Warton, MP for Bridport, taking snuff
Galtons LaboratoryFrancis Galtons first Anthropometric Laboratory at the International Health Exhibition, South Kensington
French Incubators-Dr Tarniers Couveuse pour Enfants (= incubators) in use at La Maternite Hospital, Port Royal, Paris; introduced in 1881, gas heating maintains temperature at 32o Celsius
Bomb at Victoria StnVictoria Station, London, after the dynamite explosion perpetrated by Fenian terrorists
New York / Paris / LibertyNew York: the Statue of Liberty being made in Paris, before being shipped to New York
Charles Adolphe WurtzCHARLES ADOLPHE WURTZ French scientist
Orient Express / DiningcarAn interior view of passengers in the dining car
Edward VII in DarmstadtEDWARD VII, BRITISH ROYALTY photographed with two of the daughters of his late sister, Princess Alice, when visiting Darmstadt (circa 1884)
Friedrich BergiusFRIEDRICH BERGIUS German chemist who investigated the effect of high pressure on chemical actions
Lots of Kids in Park 19CLots of children playing in the park
LITTLE BOY BLUE - 2LITTLE BOY BLUE The horn-blower stands on top of the haystack
Various CorkscrewsA selection of corkscrews
Imaginary inhabitants of the planet Venus, as conceived by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in Harmonies de la Nature
European leaders at the Berlin CongressThe German chancellor Bismarck presides over a diplomatic conference of European leaders in Berlin to discuss the question of the Congo
Mixing Dynamite into CartridgesManufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland: putting Dynamite into cartridges
Weather Forecast 1884A German countryman is able to predict the weather by observing the behaviour of his captive frog
Immigrants YImmigrants land at Castle Garden, New York
Orient Express dining carThe Orient Express -- the wagon-restaurant or dining car