1876 Collection (page 16)

Scott-Moncrieff Tram
Scott-Moncrieffs patent Pneumatic Tramway-car

Lift / Philadelphia
The elegantly equipped elevator of a Philadelphia hotel, during the exhibition

Gladstone Address 1876
William Ewart Gladstone addressing the constituents gathered at Blackheath regarding the Hungarian atrocities

Ajax Takes Soundings
Before a single spadeful of earth is dug, the Ajax takes soundings to determine the best route the tunnel should follow

Leadenhall Poultry
The Poultry Market at LEADENHALL MARKET

Christmas / Tree / Flag
Hoisting the Union Jack to the top of the Christmas Tree

Starleys Tricycle
Starleys Coventry rotary tricycle

Happier Now
Revelations from the beyond - a distressed widow learns that her husband is far happier now than when he was living

Albert Memorial Frieze
One of the sculpted friezes around the base of the Albert Memorial, depicting famous Renaissance artists such as Tintoretto, Coreggio, Velasquez, Poussin, etc

Edward / Sri Lankan Train
Edward, Prince of Wales, riding on the footplate of a locomotive over the Ghaut, ( Sensation Rock )

Baron Redesdale
ALGERNON BERTRAM FREEMAN MITFORD, first baron REDESDALE statesman, photo 1876

Sir Anthony Rothschild
SIR ANTHONY ROTHSCHILD philanthropist, sportsman, member of English branch of international banking family

Sand (Charpentier)
GEORGES SAND French writer

Alexander Turney Stewart
ALEXANDER TURNEY STEWART Irish born millionaire storeowner in New York who opened the first department store

Chelsea / Pensioners 1876
Young women mingle with Chelsea pensioners in the garden of Chelsea Hospital

Florrie Forde / Signed
FLORRIE FORDE Music hall singer from Australia

Constantinople Exchange
The Stock Exchange at Constantinople

Mackay in Uganda 1876
Mr Mackay teaching in his school in Uganda

JACK LONDON (1903)
JACK LONDON American writer, in 1903

Indians Attack Emigrants
Settlers migrating to the west are attacked by Native Americans : the wagons are formed into a tight cluster round which the predators circle

Antoine Jerome Balard
ANTOINE JEROME BALARD French chemist

Bashi-Bazouks during the Russo-Turkish War
Bashi-Bazouks (irregular soldiers of the Ottoman army) in action, burning a village during the Russo-Turkish War

Working horses drinking at a trough, London
Working horses (cab horses and cart horses) in a London street, drinking at a trough on a hot day

New York Life Insurance Company, New York, USA
Scene inside the principal office of the New York Life Insurance Company, 346-348 Broadway, New York, USA

Victoria Empress India
New crowns for old ones! - Victoria is made Empress of India, to match the status of Kaiser Wilhelm who had proclaimed himself Emperor in 1871 : Disraeli offers her the crown

LONDON (1876 - 1916)
JACK LONDON American writer, in the Alaska goldfields

Disraeli / Elephant / India
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy has turned the Conservative Party into a rogue elephant: a comment on his interest in India

Samoa / Council House
The Council House

Mata Hari / Civa Dance
MATA HARI (= Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) Exotic dancer performs the Prayer to Civa, expressing coquetry and anger, seduction and fury, love and hate

Horse Whisperer
JAMES SULLIVAN, the Irish horse whisperer of Dunhallow, County Cork (Ireland), who was able to tame horses almost instantaneously

Georges Sand / Collette
GEORGES SAND alias AURORE DUDEVANT French writer

Georges Sand / Postcard
GEORGES SAND alias AURORE DUDEVANT French writer dressed as a man

Harriet Martineau (Gil. )
HARRIET MARTINEAU writer and social commentator

Anna De Noailles / Postcd
Anna-Elisabeth Mathieu Comtesse De Noailles Princesse Brancovan French Writer and Social Leader

Martineau / Harriet / Fraser
HARRIET MARTINEAU English writer

J B HICKOK
WILD BILL HICKOK

A Crowded Coach
Settling down for the night on board an American train of the Central Pacific Railroad

H J G Patin
Henri Joseph Guillaume PATIN French scholar, author, educator

Louis Wolowski
LOUIS WOLOWSKI French economist and statesman

Ian Hay / Cig Card
IAN HAY alias JOHN HAY BEITH British novelist and playwright in 1936

Henry Kingsley / Cdv
HENRY KINGSLEY English novelist, brother of Charles and George Henry

Aino Ackte / Herwine
AINO ACKTE Finnish opera singer, seen here in 1900 in the role of Herwine in La Cloche du Rhin

John Bright / Anon Photo
JOHN BRIGHT radical statesman, in 1876

Abdul Hamid Ii / Pj 1897
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

Abdul Hamid Ii / Rire 1897
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

Duke Heinrich / Dutch / 1901
DUKE HEINRICH of MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN Prince Consort of Wilhelmina, Queen of Holland

Elisabeth / Belgian Queen
ELISABETH OF BAVARIA Wife of Albert I, King of Belgium

Sewing Machine Factory
The Singer sewing machine factory at Elizabethport, New Jersey

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