1896 Collection (#26)

Beached Whale / Norway
A beached whale at Hvalfanger station, Norway

Olympics / 1896 Marathon
The Marathon winner arrives in the stadium

Olympics / 1896 Committee
1896 Olympic Committee: Baron Pierre de Coubertin is second from the left

Olympics / 1896 Loues
Spyridon Loues, winner of the race from Marathon

Olympics / 1896 Loues
Spyridon Loues winning the race from Marathon

Connaught Rangers 1896
Connaught Rangers: 88th and 94th Foot

Naser Od-Din / Iran / Cdv
NASER OD-DIN Shah of Iran (1848-96) in ceremonial uniform

Coventry Patmore / Cdv
COVENTRY PATMORE English poet, best known for his epic poem in praise of married love, The Angel in the House (1854-63)

Codos / Bleriot Monoplane
Paul Codos, French aviator, and his Bleriot monoplane: he flew several long-distance flights with Rossi

Thomas Hughes Photo
THOMAS HUGHES English jurist, reformer and writer, best known as the author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857)

Empress Taitou
EMPRESS TAITOU Empress of Ethiopia, wife of Menelik II

Battenberg / Prince Henry
HENRY PRINCE OF BATTENBERG German royal, who became son- in-law to Victoria by marrying her daughter Beatrice in 1885

Balfour of Burleigh
LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH statesman, circa 1896

Alexandra / Pj 1896
ALEKSANDRA FYODOROVNA Empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicolas II

Naser Od-Din / Iran / P&p 89
NASER OD-DIN Shah of Iran (1848-96) in ceremonial uniform

Charlotte / Duchess Luxemb
CHARLOTTE GRAND DUCHESS OF LUXEMBOURG Wife of Felix of Bourbon- Parma, Prince of Luxembourg

Rc Sherriff / Cig Card
ROBERT CEDRIC SHERRIFF English writer, best known for his film scripts for The Invisible Man (1933), Goodbye Mr Chips (1936) and The Dam Busters (1955)

English in Transvaal
UNE BONNE LECON The English soldier is taught a good lesson by the natives of the Transvaal, when he tries to make off with bags of ill-gotten African gold

Serious Game of Billiard
Nursing the balls

Sven Hedin (Card)
SVEN ANDERS HEDIN Swedish explorer, notably in Turkestan and China, 1896-1897

Servants / Interview / 1896
" Not a love affair, I hope " A young woman seeking a position as a ladys companion is interviewed by a stern agent eager to ascertain why she left her last position. Date: 1896

Naser Od-Din Music Sheet
NASER OD-DIN Shah of Persia, featured on a popular music sheet of The Persian March by Dan Godfrey, bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards

Bradford Wool Worker
A Bradford wool worker working in intense heat

Advert / Press Diable Corp
Poster for special exhibition edition of Le Diable au Corps, Anvers, Belgium

Advert / Amer Mauguin 1896
Poster for Amer Mauguin digestive aperitif, Liege

Cromwell Road / 1896
Cromwell Road on a grey, misty day

Andree Leaves Sweden
Andree and his expedition sail from Goteborg, Sweden, in the Virgo to Spitzbergen, whence they will - hopefully - fly to the North Pole in their balloon

CHANUTEs GLIDER 1895
Octave Chanutes glider experiments at Miller Beach, Indiana, not only attracted great public interest, they made a substantial contribution to aeronautics

Racial / Sweat Lodge 1896
American Indian sweat lodge

Ancient Golf Clubs C1896
EQUIPMENT Antique golf clubs

Ibiza / Street Scene 1896
Ibiza: street in the Maritime Quarter

Complete Croquet Player
THE COMPLETE CROQUET PLAYER manual by James Dunbar Heath

Olympics / 1896 Burke
The start of the 100m won by Burke, America (wearing red shorts)

Mother Girl Flowers 1896
A little girl, carrying some potted flowers, with her mother

Crown of Queen Khnemit
De Morgan lifting the golden crown from the mummy of Queen Khnemit at Dahshur

Girl Mounts her Bike
A sporty young Frenchwoman mounts her bicycle - a mans model, with crossbar : she is wearing a practical and picturesque divided skirt

Albionette Stove 1896
The Albionette stove promises perfectly cooked food for all

Girls at the Seaside
A girl is invited by a friend to go into the water : ropes stretch out into the sea from the shore so that the bathers shall not be swept out to sea by the waves and drowned

Ball on French Warship
Guests are rowed out to the beflagged French warship Formidable in the roadstead of Villefranche, to attend a ball on shipboard

Lady Rider / Jugend 1896
Lady riding sidesaddle

Bustard-Quail
WHITEHEADs BUSTARD- QUAIL turnix whiteheadi

Young Hoatzin
HOATZIN opisthocomus hoazin (this is a young bird)

Waglers Guan
WAGLERs GUAN ortalis wagleri

Black Penelope
BLACK PENELOPE penelopina nigra

Chestnut Penelope
CHESTNUT-BELLIED PENELOPE penelope ochrogaster

Grays Curassow
GRAYs CURASSOW crax grayi

THE MALEO
MALEO megacephalon maleo Only one species of this genus is known - this is it !

Wallaces Megapode
WALLACEs PAINTED MEGAPODE eulipoa wallachi

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