1873 Collection (page 13)

American Jockey Club Races; Jerome Park: Tom Bowling Winning the Jerome Stakes for 3 Year Olds, Value $5, 500; Dash Two Miles; October 4th 1873. (Un-official Time 3:40). Date 1873

Queen Victorias visit to Victoria Park
Queen Victoria rides through Victoria Park in London, with crowds of well-wishers lining her path. Date: 1873

Percheron stallion Duc de Chartres, imported by A. Rogy: winner of first prize, grand gold medal, at the Concours Hippique Regional; held at Alencon, France, in 1873. Date c1883

Cincinnati, Industrial exposition, 1873. Date c1872

Domestic sewing machines. Fashions for the fall of 1873. Date c1873

Norfolk & Portsmouth Virginia 1873

East London Industrial School brass band
The boys military-style brass band at the East London Industrial School. The boys are posed in uniform with instruments. The School opened in 1873 at 43 Leman Street Whitechapel but by 1909 was

East Preston Union Workhouse, Sussex
A view of the East Preston Union Workhouse in Sussex, opened in 1873. Date: Date unknown

Station at Whittingham Asylum, Lancashire
The terminus station at Whittingham Asylum, Cumeragh Lane, Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire. The asylum opened in 1873 as the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum

Newgate Prison - the condemned cell
A prisoner, watched over by a warder, reads as he spends his final few hours in the condemned cell at Newgate Prison Date: 1873

Valeri Bryusov - 1
VALERI BRYUSOV Russian poet, in 1902 Date: 1873 - 1924

Therese and her Maman
THERESE MARTIN with her mother Date: 1873 - 1897

Cecile Sorel Photo
CECILE SOREL French actress, photographed in 1893. Date: 1873 - 1966

Valeri Bryusov - 2
VALERI BRYUSOV Russian poet, in 1896 Date: 1873 - 1924

Valeri Bryusov - 3
VALERI BRYUSOV Russian poet, in 1896 Date: 1873 - 1924

Livingstones House
The home of Scottish explorer David Livingstone at Zanzibar, Tanzania, east Africa. Date: 1813 - 1873

Street music: organ grinder claimant, 1873
The " nobleman" organ grinder: a claimant to a title whilst on tour through the Irish provinces. Though he refused to name himself

Walter De LA Mare - 3
WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE poet and ghost story author Date: 1873 - 1956

Audience / Tung Chih / 1873
Emperor Tung Chih grants an audience to representatives of foreign powers in China. Date: 29 June 1873

Bullets / Woolwich / 1873
The manufacture of bullets at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London Date: 1873

Newgate / Oakum-Picking
A convict, in his cell, oakum- picking. Date: 1873

Emily Bamford-Hesketh
Lady Emily Esther Anne Bamford-Hesketh Date: ? - 1873

Jacques, Duc De Broglie
JACQUES VICTOR, duc de BROGLIE French statesman, president of the Conseil des Ministres, 1873 Date: 1821 - 1901

Russians / Khiva 1873
A meeting between a Russian general and the Khan of Khiva to discuss peace terms. Khiva is in modern Uzbekistan. Date: 1873

Plants / Erythroxylon Coca
Medicinal plant whose leaves are the source of cocaine, chewed cheerfully by Bolivian natives but frowned on by those who know better. Date: 1873

Bentwood Chairs
Advertisement for bent wood furniture designed by Thonet, Vienna Date: 1873

Livingstone / Reads Bible
DAVID LIVINGSTONE Livingstone as a missionary reads the Bible to African natives Date: 1813 - 1873

Locomotive no 444 built in 1873 for the L&NWR Date: 1873

Locomotive no 974 Richard Cobden built in 1873 for the L&NWR Date: 1873

Double page spread in a diary for 15-20 March
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 15-20 March. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

A London dust-yard
A pig rummages in a London dust-yard, while a man digs through the rubbish and women sieve the dust hoping to find things of value

Ironing Room at Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside
Ironing room at Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up, a Village Home for Orphan, Neglected and Destitute Girls at Barkingside

Queen of Italy / Stamp
ELENA, QUEEN OF ITALY Wife of Vittorio Emmanuele III, daughter of Nicolas I, King of Montenegro

Duke of Abruzzi / Stamp
LUIGI AMEDEO, DUKE OF THE ABRUZZI & PRINCE OF SAVOY-AOSTA. Italian explorer and naval officer

Sandbach, Cheshire
The Saxon crosses in the market place of Sandbach, Cheshire

Kew Untolled
Kew Bridge is at last freed of toll : a crowd gathers to enjoy the pleasure of crossing the Thames without having to pay for the privilege

Shah at Guildhall
The Shah of Persia is entertained at the Guildhall - private supper in the Council Chamber

Alex Palace Opened
The palace is opened to a fanfare of trumpets

Tom Titt / Gerald du Maurier
Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier. English actor and manager. Father to writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier

Tom Titt / Sir Landon Ronald
Sir Landon Ronald (Landon Ronald Russell). English conductor, composer, pianist, and singing teacher. Was the son of Henry Russell, noted composer of popular songs

Portrait of Princess Alice Maud Mary (1843-1878), Grand Duchess of Hesse, third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

General market in Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Scene of the general market in Cape Coast Castle, seat of British colonialism in West Africa, during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Native soldiers surprised
A night alarm during sentry duty during the 2nd Ashanti War. Native soldiers eyes wide with fear tread softly in the direction of danger

The town of Sutah, Gold Coast, 1874
Sutah was one of the towns which the British took on their expedition to defeat the King of Ashanti during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

The Ashanti War (1873-74) Paying a West India regiment
British officers paying soldiers of a West India regiment during the 2nd Ashanti War. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

Port of Christianborg near Accra, 1873
This former Swedish outpost on the Gold Coast was sold to the British in 1873 when, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

A young boy with British officers in Kumasi, 1874
The last in Kumasi - a young boy eating bananas while a British officer tries to talk to him. In the background, the British troops are marching away

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