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Advert, Atkinson & Barkers Royal Infants PreservativeAtkinson & Barkers Royal Infants Preservative, claimed to be the best medicine in the world, by royal appointment, with portraits of Queen Victoria and Princess Alexandra in their bridal dresses
Robert Burns, Scottish poetRobert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Date: 1866
Metropolitan Police officer, PC Tom SmithStudio photograph of the Metropolitan Police officer, PC Tom Smith, wearing the new eight button tunic which replaced the old Peelers tailcoat in 1864. The top hat remains as before. Date: 1864
Inkerman Barracks, Woking, SurreyA view of the entrance to Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey. The buildings were originally opened in 1860 as an invalid prison for convicts not fit enough to be sent to Dartmoor
Combination Poorhouse, Stonehaven, KincardineshireMain building of the Kincardineshire Combination Poorhouse, opened in 1868 on Woodcot Brae, Stonehaven, north east Scotland. It later became Woodcot Hospital
Training Ship Cornwall, Purfleet, EssexThe Training Ship Cornwall was established on the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex, in 1859 by the School Ship Society as a boys reformatory establishment
Industrial School for Girls, Dundee, ScotlandThe Industrial School for Girls, at Balgay Park, Dundee, Scotland, was established in 1861. Industrial Schools, often privately run
Leeds Workhouse and Burmantofts CemeteryA very early photograph of Leeds Workhouse from Burmantofts Cemetery, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The workhouse, designed by William Perkin and Elisha Backhouse
Princesses Alice and VickyQueen Victorias two eldest daughters: on the right, Vicky, Princess Royal, Crown Princess, later Empress of Prussia (1840-1901) and Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878)
The Jockey Fred ArcherFREDERICK JAMES ARCHER Phenomenally successful jockey from the 1860s to the 1880s. Committed suicide after death of his wife, and owing to ill- health through excessive diet. Date: 1857 - 1886
Abc Cafe London / 1900The Aerated Bread Company Cafe (ABC) Ludgate Hill, London. The tea rooms opened in the 1860s, serving hot drinks and snacks. The stair sign reads Ladies Coffee Room Downstairs
St. James Street Montreal, Canada19th century vintage photograph: St. James Street Montreal, Canada, pedestrian and horse drawn traffic
Advert, Samuel Allsopp & Sons IPA Advert, Samuel Allsopp & Sons IPAAdvertisement, Samuel Allsopp & Sons, Brewers of Burton-on-Trent, India Pale Ale. Date: 1862
Columbia Market, London 1869Columbia Market, Bethnal Green, east London, built by Angela Burdett-Coutts as a covered food market. It opened in 1869, and adjoined a set of model dwellings for working class families also built by
Copper and tin mine, Botallack, St Just, CornwallA copper and tin mine at Botallack, St Just, Cornwall -- the workings extend beneath the sea for about 1 km. Date: 1869
Anguilla anguilla, or Dublin EelAnguilla anguilla (Anguilla hibernica), or Dublin Eel, a freshwater eel. Date: 1865
Clerkenwell Prison explosionEffects of the explosion at the house of detention, Clerkenwell, seen from within the prison yard: police officers and firemen searching the ruins
Castle Pill railway, near Milford Haven, South WalesView of the Great Western Railway at Castle Pill (pill is a local name for a tidal inlet), near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Training Ship Southampton, Hull, YorkshireThe Southampton Industrial Training Ship was established on the Humber, at Hull, in 1868. Boys aged 11-15, placed there by magistrates, were trained in seamanship
Training Ship Formidable, Portishead, BristolThe Training Ship Formidable, moored in the Bristol Channel at Portishead, was established in 1869 as an Industrial Training establishment
Scything the HayFour men scythe hay into rows : a woman brings their lunch
Large ships on the Hooghly River, Calcutta, India19th century vintage photograph: Large ships on the Hooghly River, Calcutta, India
Mount Pleasant and Wish Tower, Eastbourne, Sussex. 1860
Charles Dickens - English writerCharles Dickens (1812-1870) - English writer. Date: circa 1860
Children in 1864Latest Paris fashions for Victorian children, girls from two to eight years of age wearing three quarter length frocks and the older boy wearing knickerbockers. 1864
Studio portrait, Captain & Mrs Crabtree, at the time of the American Civil War. 1864
Sea Lamprey, Lampern, and Silver LampreySea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis or European River Lamprey), and Silver Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis). Date: 1865
Book cover design, The Cloud King: or up in the air & down in the sea, by W Stephens Hayward, London: Darton and Hodge, 1866. Showing a balloon attached to a whale. 1866
Victorian girl with her nanny (Polhill-Turner family)An upper class Victorian girl, Beatrice (Emily Beatrice Violet, d 1930), standing on a chair, with her nanny standing next to her. They lived at Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire
Origin Species, CH Bennett, banker - vultureVulturine. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a vulture to a banker. Known for his beak and bald head the vulture has exchanged his feathers for a broadcloth
Union Workhouse, HertfordA view of Hertford Union workhouse, Hertfordshire, opened in around 1869 on Ware Road, Hertford. The imposing three-storey building has a clock tower at its centre
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, music sheetMusic sheet cover design, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written and sung by Mr Harry Clifton. Various scenes are depicted, with the discovery of the footprint in the sand at the centre
Band Advertisement, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsAdvertisement offering the services of the Band of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Carpentry & plumbing, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys learning carpentry and plumbing on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868
Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields, NorthumberlandThe Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall and other local businessmen set up a charity to provide shelter for Tyneside waifs
Cannon Street Station, City of LondonAn impressive view from the direction of the Thames of the newly completed Cannon Street Station terminus of the South Eastern Railway
Resemblance of animals and their ownersAnimals who resemble their owners - or vice versa -- a sheep and a cat
Horse drawn fire engine, Trafalgar Square, LondonA horse drawn fire engine races past Trafalgar Square, Central London
1871 Japan - the railway station Yokohama - from The Far East magazine1870s Japan - the railway station Yokohama - from The Far East magazine
India - the Amir of Kabul Afghanistan 1860s19th century vintage photograph India - the Amir of Kabul Afghanistan Shepherd and Robertson, 1860s
India - a maharaja, child prince and his officials 1860s19th century vintage photograph India - India - a maharaja and his officials, Shepherd and Robertson, 1860s
India - a maharaja and his officials19th century vintage photograph - India - a maharaja and his officials
c. 1890s Italy - the harbour at Triestec.1890s Italy - the harbour at Trieste
Full length Egyptian mummy19th century vintage photograph: Full length Egyptian mummy
Four riflemen in action. 1868
A race of six lifeboats at Mounts Bay, Penzance, Cornwall. Date: 1867
The Merry Wives of Windsor - title page - Anne Page and Slender, an inept and unsuccessful suitor. 1862
Cover design, The Mothers Picture AlphabetCover design in blue and gold, The Mothers Picture Alphabet, dedicated by Her Majestys Permission to HRH the Princess Beatrice, designed by Henry Anelay, engraved by James Johnston. Date: circa 1860