1877 Collection (page 15)

Street Disinfecting
Public disinfectors with their cart : this is the authorities response to cholera and other plagues

Water Seller 1877
A London water seller in his cart

Man Mending a Chair
A man repairs a chair on the street while a maid waters a window box through a the window of a nearby house

Junk Shop 1877
Junk shop at Seven Dials (Covent Garden) London

Street Trades / Fancy Ware
Two men dealing in " fancy ware" attract the interest of a young mother and her daughters

Ice Cream Vendor 1877
An Italian (?) ice cream vendor surrounded by hungry boys

Wanda Landowska
WANDA LANDOWSKA Polish musician

Twisting Vine, Medoc
Women workers twisting the vines in the Medoc (Bordeaux) region

Irish Country Chapel
Irish countryfolk at a rustic chapel in County Kerry

Blackheath Road School
Blackheath Road board school, Greenwich

Industry / Textiles / Silk
Spinning silk thread

Stanley in Danger / Congo
Travelling in the Congo, Stanley is attacked by natives who threaten him with spears, so of course he shoots them

3rd Battle of Plevna
THIRD BATTLE OF PLEVNA The Russians take part of the fortress but are repulsed, with heavy losses on both sides and no clear victory for either

Russo-Turkish Cavalry
Cavalry engagement between Russian and Turkish lancers at Eski-Saghra

Finds from Mycenae / 1877
Schliemanns finds from his dig at Mycenae on display at Athens

Starleys Salvo Trike
James Starley, noted cycle inventor, on his Salvo machine

Duck with Ducklings 1877
A duck with its ducklings

Babys Funeral Madrid
The funeral procession of a newly-born child, Madrid

Chichen Itza / Cat Relief
A bas-relief of a cat from the tomb of Chaacmol, found by August Le Plongeon at Chichen Itza

Two Robins in Winter 19C
Two Robins in winter. (Erithacus rubecula)

BARN OWL (WEIR) 1877
Owl - almost certainly a barn owl (tyto alba) - perches on a rock as another flies past

Rabbits Lop-Eared 1877
Lop-eared pets

Flooded House Blackwall
When the Thames overflows its banks at Blackwall, east London, families manage as best they can with broom and pan

Edward Hunting Tigers
Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, shooting a tiger from the safety of his howdah on the back of an elephant in India

Elegant Broom Seller
Buy a broom!; an elegant broom seller passes the window of a house

Bear Performs Fight
A bear and its trainer engage in a mock combat to entertain the residents of a Russian village

Fire Safety Net
A child plunges into a safety net, escaping the flames of a burning house

Sea Battle 1877
Sea battle in the Chile-Peru war. The Shah and the Huascar send cannonballs back and forth

Sheep & Lambs 1877
Sheep and lambs in a meadow

Stained Glass West Abbey
Windows in Westminster Abbey representing the poets George Herbert and William Cowper, donated by the American benefactor George William Childs

Cinchona Succirubra
Flower and leaves of the QUININE plant

Rutherford B Hayes 19C
RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES 19th US President (1877-81)

The Regulars Table
A table reserved for regulars in a German bierhaus

Public Well, Austria
A public well in the streets of Vienna - the women seem to bring their own ropes as well as buckets

Haymarket, St Petersburg
The Hay market, St Petersburg - where many things are on sale, except hay : the lady lower right may have passed out with the excitement, but is more probably drunk

Steamer Tugs Barges
Demonstrating the power of steam - a tug hauls a string of 18 barges on the Rhine waterway

Death in Venice
A funeral cortege, Venice

Cossacks on the March
Cossacks on the march

Viennese Coffee House
In a Viennese Kaffeehaus - the proprietor appears to be Greek or Balkan

Kite Flying, Germany
A gathering of kite enthusiasts on the Kreuzberg, near Berlin

Tea Party / Greenaway
Thin faced little girls in mob caps partake of cake & tea seated on rush chairs. A racquet & shuttlecock have momentarily been abandoned for the sake of refreshment

3 Becoated Boys in Snow
Three cherubic little boys, all wrapped up against the winter chills in heavy double- breasted coats and hats, go for a walk in the snow

Order of Indian Empire
ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE (CIE) Here we see the ornamental badge for men who are members of this order which was newly created in 1877

Cambridge Lock
Jesus Lock, on the Cam, Christs Meadows

Regent Street 1877
Regent Street from the Quadrant

Oxford Circus & Street
Oxford Street at Oxford Circus

Royal Exchange 1877
The Royal Exchange - Queen Victoria Street - Cheapside

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