1887 Collection (page 5)

Who Cares for You, Father Christmas magazine
Who Cares for You - Father Christmas magazine, 1887-1888. 1887-1888

Orange Bay, Cape Horn, southern Chile, South America. 1887

Recruiting London dock labourers. 1887

Cartoon of W E Gladstone as Bubbles
Cartoon of W E Gladstone as John Everett Millais Bubbles. 1887

A Hut in the Forest, Cape Horn, Southern Chile. 1887

Roasting the baron of beef, Windsor Castle 1887
Roasting the baron of beef, Windsor Castle. The baron of beef was an annual institution at Windsor and was cut from the first prize fat bullock at the Shaw Farm Sale

Blacksmith hammering at a lump of metal with a long hammer
Blacksmith in his forge hammering at a lump of metal with a long hammer. Date: 1887

Automata newsboy and flower girl 1887
Aut-omata aut nullus, erected by the anti-street Brawling association, to replace newsboys and flower girls. Date: 1887

Advert for Sapolio cleaning soap 1887
Bar of soap Sapolio, and a scrubbing brush, helped this housewife keep her floors in proper shape! Date: 1887

Taliesin locomotive, Festiniog Railway, North Wales
Taliesin locomotive, Festiniog (Ffestiniog) Railway, North Wales. 1887

Religious verse 1887
Religious verse, Walking in the far of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Christ. 1887

Easter Monday Bank Holiday at the British Museum: Victorian visitors enjoy exploring the exhibits in 1887. 1887

Emigrants going to Australia 1887
Men, women and children travelling to Australia for a new life. Showing them saying good bye to their love ones, maybe never to see again

Advert for Copland & Lye womens dresses 1887
Latest styles in Victorian plain bustle dresses for outdoor, dinner and evening, available from Copland & Lye, Caledonian House, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Date: 1887

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914), British soldier who was one of the most successful commanders of the 19th century

NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS
var. Sir Watkin DAFFODIL 1887

A group of Royal Academicians looking through a pile of doubtfuls for a painting to fit a space on the walls of the annual Royal Academy Exhibition, London. Date: 1887

A group of Japanese ladies at a diplomatic reception in Tokyo appear in European-style dress - except for one who prefers to stick with tradition. Date: 1887

Tower Bridge, London 1887
New Tower Bridge, London, at high tide, with the draw-bridge up. Date: 1887

Advert for Geo. Salter & Co. household items Advert for Geo. Salter & Co
Selection of household specialities, available from Geo. Salter & Co. in West Bromwich. Date: 1887

At the drapers shop 1887
Two women choosing some material to be made into the latest fashionable dress. Date: 1887

ENGRAVER AT WORK
An engraver at work before a window. Date: 1887

PLAYROOM FOR THE POOR
An early example of a Boys Club - a playroom for the poor in Islington, north London, with gymnasium and skittle alley. Date: 1887

CHIMNEY SWEEP IN CART
Mr Noble the sweep rides his cart through the streets, calling out Swee - eep ! to attract customers. Date: 1887

MODEL AIRSHIP 1887
A model airship moves when its propeller turns. Date: 1887

A VIOLINIST PAUSES
She pauses for a few bars... Date: 1887

TRINITY MUSIC COLLEGE
Exterior view of the Trinity College of Music, London. Date: 1887

SELLING CAULIFLOWERS
Fresh cauliflowers being sold in a rainy street from a donkey-drawn barrow Date: 1887

BUY A FLOWER, LADY? 1887
Buy a flower, lady? A poor London flower girl tries to make a sale Date: 1887

FARMER SOWING CORN 1887
A farmer sowing corn by hand. Date: 1887

VICTORIA / MILE END / 1887
Vine Tavern, Mile End, decorated for Victorias Golden Jubilee Date: 1887

BRUSSELS PRISON
Prisoners wearing white hoods sit in cubicles in the chapel of the New Model prison in Brussels Date: 1887

Diamond mines workers 1887
Various scenes showing the mistreatment of black workers in the diamond mines of South Africa. Date: 1887

KINGS PARADE 1887
Cabs and carriages, an errand boy harassed by a dog and a mama with two daughters and a dog on the lead, pass along Kings Parade in late Victorian times Date: 1887

SERVANTS AT TABLE
Servants at table in the kitchen - a manservant, the cook and a housemaid Date: 1887

PANTOMIME / PUSS IN BOOTS
The Court scene in Puss in Boots at the Drury Lane Theatre, 1887-8. Date: 1887-8

VICTORIAS SUPPORTERS
Victoria depicted with her loyal lion - the workman with his clay pipe and side of beef - and her unicorn - the upper class with its cigars and champagne Date: 1887

LIGHTING AT LOPERA 1887
The illumination of the new stage lighting and gas and electric lights at lOpera, Paris. Date: 1887

MAN HOLDS SHAWL
At midnight on December 31st, a gentleman holds a ladys shawl in case she should feel cold Date: 1887

LISTENING FOR BELLS
Standing on the doorstep listening for the bells ringing out the Old Year and ringing in the New Date: 1887

MANNINGS ROCKING HORSE
Mannings rocking horse, activated by springs which are in turn activated by the movements of the riders body Date: 1887

VICTORIAS ANTHEM
Her favourite song... The National Anthen Date: 1887

ONIONS BY THE ROPE ! Date: 1887

WEAVING LOUISIANA
Working at a primitive loom in Louisiana, USA Date: 1887

LAVENDER SELLER / 1887
A girl selling bunches of lavender Date: 1887

UFOS / SIBERIAN FIREBALL
Crew of the British steamer Siberian, off Cape Race, Newfoundland, see a huge ball of fire rise from the sea, move against the wind, then move away after 5 minutes Date: 12 November 1887

EDOUX LIFT 1887
He sits, she stands, as they make their vertical journey together in the EDOUX ascenseur Date: 1887

Old Father Time falls through the ice at the end of the old year Date: 1887

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