1897 Collection (#28)

The Turbinia, 1898
Photograph of the experimental turbine steamer Turbinia. Built in 1894 to test C.A. Parsons ideas about turbines, Turbinia famously demonstrated her speed at the Fleet Review of 1897

The Cyclone Sail, 1897
Photograph of a small boat with an experimental Cyclone sail in the Solent, August 1897. This sail, shaped like an umbrella 30 foot wide, was designed to propel a boat without any heeling action

The Bridge of a British Ironclad
Engraving showing the Bridge of a British Ironclad, with several officers on watch and the signal flags in use behind them

Social / German Officer
The German officer admired by all

Casino in the Clouds
There are obvious advantages in mooring your entertainment places up above the clouds, where clients can enjoy the sunshine and fresh air

China Warships 1897
German warships off the China coast : the flagship Kaiser signals that the artillery has been landed

William McKinleys Mother
WILLIAM McKINLEYs MOTHER Nancy Campbell Allison McKinley

Kenya / Mombasa 1897
Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa: general view across the water

Dancer and Chorus
A leading dancer performs while the chorus girls hover in the background

Frank Lockwood / Downey
SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD lawyer who defended Charles Peace (unsuccessfully), solicitor-general

Cyrano at the Theatre
Cyrano at the theatre

Art Nouveau Iris 1897
A decorative, Art Nouveau, floral design incorporating an Iris within a border

Holy War Preached / 1897
In India, fanatical Moslems respond enthusiastically to the call for a Jihad (holy war) against the occupying British

Paris / Palais Industrie
Built for the 1855 Exposition, this building was demolished in 1897 to make room for the Avenue Alexander III

Alphonse Daudet / Gill
ALPHONSE DAUDET French writer closely examining the human heart

Johannes Brahms Rests
JOHANNES BRAHMS resting at Leopoldsberg, Vienna, after a long walk

Masked Lady 1897
Lady at a masked ball during the Munich carnival

Argentina Aconcagua
Distant view of Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Andes and indeed in the Western hemisphere : it was first climbed in 1897

DUC D AUMALE / GILL 1886
HENRI, duc d AUMALE 4th son of Louis-Philippe, soldier and historian, involved in controversy but donated Chantilly to the Institut de France

Construction Photo
Building the Central Line, from London to the North of England

Sophie Charlotte 1867
PRINCESS SOPHIE CHARLOTTE Photographed with her long hair combed down, in 1867 during her brief engagement to her cousin, Ludwig II of Bavaria, at his request

Margaret Oliphant
MARGARET OLIPHANT (nee Oliphant - married her cousin) Scottish writer, very prolific but including ghost stories and imaginative fiction such as A beleaguered city

Two High-Fashion Women
Two women: one seated in lilac lace-trimmed dress, the other in green lace and satin stripes with matching parasol

Two Women Boating
Two women dressed in fashionable gowns go boating

Iron Smelting / Africa
Central Africa: iron smelting with long sticks

Advert Boots & Shoes
Poster for Abbotts Phit-Eesi boots and shoes

Woman at Dressing Table
A woman in her petticoats sits at her dressing table and applies something to her face

Victoria / Diamond Jubilee
VICTORIAs DIAMOND JUBILEE Crowds line the streets near Buckingham Palace to catch a sight of Victorias carriage

Crow Medicine Men
Two medicine men of the Crow people confer with the Thunder God when he manifests during a storm Date: 1897

Games / Hopscotch / 1897
Girls playing hopscotch in the street

Pola Negri / Chaplin
POLA NEGRI (Appolonia Chalupek) Polish actress who went to Hollywood in the 1920s and was successful in silent films - seen here with Charlie Chaplin

Big Wheel, Vienna
Big Wheel built by British engineer Walter Bassett and opened in the Prater, Vienna, on 21 June 1897

LENIN IN 1897
VLADIMIR ILICH ULYANOV LENIN Russian political thinker, in 1897

Hair / Long / Evening 1897
A young woman with long, dark hair: a kind of trompe l oeil picture, suggesting a landscape as evening falls

Customs / Sacrifice / Animal
RUSSIA; Votiak people of the Volga valley sacrifice cattle to Inmar, god of the Sun, and other deities

Pig / Small English 1897
Three examples of the small white English breed of pig

The Queens Year, 1897
The Queens Year! Mr Punch celebrates the beginning of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee Year by presenting Her Majesty with the New Year, in the form of a small boy

Advert / Bromo-Seltzer
Emersons Bromo-Seltzer cures all headaches, however caused Date: 1897

Childrens Holiday Trip
A Bank Holiday outing in horse-drawn carriages for children from the East End of London - a scene in Goswell Street

Islington Market, London
Islington

Politics / Diplomacy
Officials of the Imperial British East Africa Company make a treaty with the Kikuyu people of what is today Kenya

Singapore Market 1897
A market in Singapore

Female Clerk in china factory
A female clerk at work in a china factory

Kingsford-Smith (B+W)
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian aviator He was lost over the Timor Sea and never found

Kingsford-Smith (Colour)
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian aviator, and his plane Southern Cross. He was lost over the Timor Sea and never found

Baby is Bathed
Nurse looks on apprehensively as Maman pours a jugful of water over her little boy

Brahms / Michalek Portrait
JOHANNES BRAHMS German composer

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