1870s Collection

Workshop of a carpenter and joiner
The workshop of a carpenter and joiner, with various activities taking place

Salmo stomachicus, or Gillaroo, also known as Gizzard Trout, a variety of trout inhabiting Lough Melvin, Ireland. Date: 1879

Tools used in carpentry and joinery
Various tools used in carpentry and joinery, including a vice, saws, chisels, a plane, pliers, a compass and a hammer

Various shoemaking tools
Various tools used by a shoemaker or cobbler, including scissors, pliers, hammers, a skewer, a ruler and strong thread

Apparition at Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, which took place on 21 August 1879. Fifteen people of different ages saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary, St Joseph, St John the Evangelist

Building and masonry tools
Various building and masonry tools, including a saw, a mallet, chisels, hatchets, a trowel and a hammer

Workshop of a cooper (barrel maker)
The workshop of a cooper or barrel maker, with examples of the finished product out in the street

CARTMEL RACES POSTER
A poster announcing Whit Monday races (29th May 1871) at Cartmel, Lancashire. Races will include a hurdle race, the Hartington Stake, the Innkeepers Stake, a Trotting Match and a Hound Dog Trail

Two violins and a viola by Stradivarius
Two violins and a viola by Antonius Stradivarius -- 1717 violin (Hart & Son), 1762 viola (Hart & Son), The Gillot Strad, 1715 (G Haddock). 1875

Bristol map, 1878
A map of Bristol in 1878. Date: 1878

St Pancras Station, London
General view of the exterior of St Pancras Station, facing Euston Road, Central London

Lions and Dead Quagga, by Thomas Baines
Lions and Dead Quagga, Vultures and Adjutants, Zululand, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (3 of 5) Date: 1874

Croydon Fire Brigade, South Norwood station
The firefighters of the Croydon Fire Brigade serving at South Norwood station, South Norwood High Street, together with their horse drawn manual fire engine

Tailoring tools
Tools used in tailoring, including scissors, needle and thread, chalk, measuring tape, a ruler and a smoothing iron

Harbour, The Dyke, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
19th century vintage photograph: sailing ships in the harbour, The Dyke, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USA
Group photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They were an African-American a cappella ensemble who toured

Queen Victorias new barge for Virginia Water, 1877. The royal four oared barge measures 30 foot, and was built by A. and C. Burgoyne of Kingston-upon-Thames. Date: 1877

The Black Rhinoceros Charging, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (4 of 5) Date: 1874

Brunels SS Great Eastern, Milford Haven, South Wales
Brunels iron sailing steamship, the SS Great Eastern, berthed at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, during the 1870s. The ship is so large that it runs the length of Hamilton Terrace

Banstead Asylum, Surrey
Banstead Asylum, located on Sutton Lane, Banstead, Surrey, was established in 1877 as the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum

Polzeath Bay, Cornwall
19th century vintage photograph: Polzeath Bay, Cornwall. Polzeath; Cornish: Polsegh, is a small seaside resort village in the civil parish of St Minver in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

St Michaels Church, Highgate, North London, consecrated and opened in 1832. Date: circa 1870s

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in love
Siegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight

Rochdale Union Workhouse, Dearnley, Lancashire
The approach to the Rochdale Union workhouse, opened in 1877 at Dearnley, near Rochdale, Lancashire. The site later became Birch Hill Hospital

Union Workhouse, Todmorden, West Yorkshire
The Todmorden Union workhouse at Lee Bottom near Mankinholes, West Yorkshire, erected in 1877. The site later became Stansfield View Hospital

St Giles Hospital, Camberwell, London
The administrative offices of Camberwell St Giles Hospital, formerly part of the Camberwell workhouse on Havil Street, now St Giles Road, south east London

Leather making and tannery tools
Various tools used in tannery and leather making, including a knife, pincers and a hook

Carthusian monks process to matins at 2 am
Carthusian monks in cowls and habits process to matins at 2 am

Charles Darwin with a lookalike ape
Charles Darwin holding up a hand mirror to an ape, showing how alike the pair of them are

Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair
Caricature of the naturalist Charles Darwin in Vanity Fair Magazine, 1871

Variety of pistols, incl Colts Deringer pistol / Peacemaker
A variety of pistols, including Colts Deringer pistol, the Snapchance Revolver, a full-size cartridge, a US Cavalry Colt Sa (Single Action Army - Peacemaker).45 revolver (circa 1877)

Mount Kanchenjunga from Darjeeling, by Edward Lear (1812-1888). Date: 1877

Highcroft Hall Hospital, Erdington, Birmingham
An aerial view of Highcroft Hall Hospital on Slade Road, Erdington, Birmingham. The hospital was originally opened in around 1870 as the Aston Union workhouse

Whittingham Asylum, near Preston, Lancashire
Female quarters at Whittingham Asylum, Cumeragh Lane, Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire. The asylum, designed by Henry Littler of Manchester, opened in 1873 as the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum

Wharfedale Union Workhouse, Otley, West Yorkshire
The main building of he Wharfedale Union workhouse on Newall Carr Road, Otley, West Yorkshire. It was designed by C.S. and A.J. Nelson of Leeds and opened in 1873

South Eastern Fever Hospital, New Cross, London
The South Eastern Fever Hospital was opened in 1877 on Avonley Road at New Cross, near Deptford in south east London. It was the fifth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Berrywood Asylum, Northamptonshire
The Northampton County Lunatic Asylum was designed by Robert Griffiths and opened in 1876 at a site on Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton. It later became St Crispin Hospital

Various coopers tools
Various tools used by a cooper or barrel maker, including mallets, a hammer, a hatchet and a knife

Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer
Various tools used by a saddler and upholsterer, including pliers, pincers, skewers, needles and a knife

Dewey Decimal System
Card index showing use of the Dewey Decimal Classification system, the most widely used library classification system, devised by Melvil Dewey in the 1870s

Methodist Book-Plate
Wesleyan Sunday School prizewinners book-plate awarded to A W Harris of Littlehampton, Sussex, England. What did he do to deserve it?

Old Town and Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Old Town and Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, seen from Princes Street, with some smoking chimneys in the foreground

Nile village, Great Pyramid, Egypt
19th century vintage photograph - village and camels along the banks for the River Nile, close to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Photograph by the Zangaki studio, c.1890 s

Union workhouse, Pontardawe, Glamorgan, Wales
The Pontardawe Union workhouse was erected in 1870 on Brecon Road, Pontardawe, Glamorgan, Wales. It later became the Danybryn Hostel

Tropical plant and orchid house
Cross-section view of a tropical plant and orchid house

Training Ship Exmouth
The Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays, Essex. In 1903

Industrial School, Ashford, Kent
The Kent County Industrial School (also knows as the Stanhope Industrial School) at Kingsnorth near Ashford in Kent opened in 1875 for 150 boys. After 1933 it became an Approved School

Duston War Hospital, Northamptonshire
The west wing of the Northampton County Lunatic Asylum in its First World War guise at Duston War Hospital. The building was designed by Robert Griffiths and opened in 1876 on Berrywood Road, Duston

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