1878 Collection (page 3)

British smaller Inland Postcard
This replaced the earlier larger card and is an early example of how advertisers and merchants were making use of this cheap and efficient form of communication

Eventide: A Scene at the Westminster Union - von Herkomer
Eventide: A Scene at the Westminster Union is an 1878 work by the social realist painter Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914). It depicts women at St James's Workhouse, in Soho, London

Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, caricature by Gill Date: 1878

Scene of the capsizing of HMS Eurydice, Isle of Wight
Scene of the capsizing of HMS The Eurydice just opposite Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 24 March 1878. Date: 1878

Joseph Stalin, Soviet Russian leader
Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), Soviet Russian leader. Seen here in uniform, waving. Date: circa 1940s

Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky and others
Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), Soviet Russian leader. Seen here in a group of men, with Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) on his left. Date: circa 1930s

Dead Pope Pius IX Lying in state
Pope Pius IX dies on 7th February 1878. Whilst lying in state inside the chapel of the Holy Sacrament, St Peter's, mourners reach out to kiss the late Pope's feet. Date: 1878

Queen Victora with her grandchildren
Queen Victoria with Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales and Princess Victoria of Hesse-Darmstadt (standing) and Princess Ella of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1871

Temple Bar at Theobald's Park. The Temple Bar had stood in Fleet Street, London, but was pulled down in 1878 and rebuilt in Waltham Cross

Temple Bar in the Strand, London, prior to 1878. That year the Bar was taken down and rebuilt at Theobald's, Waltham Cross

Advert for Metropolitan Drinking Fountain 1878
Metropolitan drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, set up in London by Samuel Gurney, a Member of Parliament and philanthropist to supported by voluntary contributions

VITTORIO EMANUELE DIES
Newsboys do a roaring trade in papers announcing the death of Vittorio Amenuele II, first ruler of United Italy. Date: 1878

EURYDICE SINKS
Royal Navy training frigate, returning from Bermuda, sinks in a storm off the Isle of Wight, losing some 300 lives : later she will be recovered, but the dead stay dead. Date: 24 March 1878

Santiago de Compostela: the Cathedral Date: 1878

Various stages of manufacture. Date: 1878

FRIEDRICH JODL German philosopher and writer on ethics, author of Die Kulturgeschictsschreibung, ihre Entwicklung and ihr Problem (1878) Date: 1849 - 1914

FUNERAL OF MRS BRIGHT
The funeral of Mrs John Bright, wife of the statesman (seen standing at the head of the open grave)

Pius Ix Dead Religion Christianity Catholicism
pius, ix, dead, religion, christianity, catholicism, pope, 1878, cardinal, camerlengo, solemnly, verifies, well, history, historical, 10037969

Wreck of the ship Gipsy at Bristol
The stranded Waterford Steam Navigation Companys steamer, the Gipsy, on, May I2th, 1878. The boat left Cumberland Basin for Waterford in the early morning. It was then high water

H Company, 79th Highlanders, Parkhurst Barracks, 1878

Street Life in London, 1878, Covent Garden labourers
John Thomson, Street Life in London, 1878, Covent Garden labourers

Street Life London 1878 - The water cart
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - The water cart

Street Life London 1878 - Old furniture
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - Old Furniture

Street Life London 1878 - seller of shellfish
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - seller of shellfish

Street Life London 1878 - London Cabmen
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - London Cabmen

Street Life London 1878 - Flying Binmen
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - Flying Binmen

Street Life London 1878 - The Wall Worker
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - The Wall Worker

Street Life London 1878 - Ice Cream seller
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - Ice Cream seller

Street Life in London, 1878, The London Boardmen
John Thomson, Street Life in London, 1878, The London Boardmen

Rival sportsmen. I say now, as I have said before, that there is room enough in Asia for both England and Russia. - Lord Beaconsfield (Disraeli)

The Afghan War: attack on Ali Musjid - the first shot (about 10 am, Nov. 21). 1. Karamna Peak. 2. Abatch Peak. 3. Old Fort. 4. and 5. Peaks, with tents and troops. 6. Ali Musjid. 7

A river boat on the Seine, 1878. Woman in pink dress with parasol and fan on a tourist steamboat on the river Seine. The Bateaux Mouches launched at the Exposition universelle de 1867

Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1877. Two fashionable women in dark slim dresses, bonnets, walking near the fountains at the Luxor Obelisk. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! (Disraeli and Turkey)
Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! Disraeli is the hero of the day, having made a deal over Cyprus with Turkey at the Anglo-Turkish Convention, thereby ensuring peace rather than war

Cartoon, Doctors Differ! (Gladstone and Disraeli)
Cartoon, Doctors Differ! Political rivals Gladstone and Disraeli have different ideas about the health of the patient (representing the country)

Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink (Disraeli and Britannia)
Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink -- Benjamin Disraeli leads a very reluctant Britannia to the brink of war, by sending British ships to Constantinople, risking conflict with Russian forces. Date: 1878

New Winter Garden & Skating Rink at Cheltenham
The new Winter Garden and Skating Rink at Cheltenham. Date: 1878

The London Pavilion 1878, London Palladium
The London Pavilion 1878, Crazy Gang in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Carlise Gare de Carlise. Midland Railway
Gare de Carlise. Midland railway during the nineteenth century. Date: 1878

The Lions Roused At Last by J E Mitchell and J H Lester
Promotional music sheet for The Lions Roused At Last music hall song of 1878 by J. E. Mitchell and J. H Lester, sung with unbounded applause by Sam Torr

The Lion and the Bear by W Johnson
Promotional music sheet for The Lion and the Bear, song of 1878 by W. Johnson which reflects the anti-Russian jingoism of 1877-8, helped by memories of the Crimean War

Weekly wind-up of Big Ben 1878
The cloak is wound up by nothing less than a winch handle, which it took two men to turn twice a week, these men spent five hours in the room, solemnly winding up the cloak

Behind the face of Big Ben, Westminster, London 1878
The lofty and magnificent clock tower of Big Ben, from the other-side. Date: 1878

Work at a coal mine 1878
Work at a coal mine, low travelling and holding the bottom coal. Date: 1878

A Corporal of the Scots Guards in Battle Order on a stepped white marble base of 2 - 5 cm high. Sold to James B - 12.11.10. Payment next year. 3950.00. Lady Kathleen Scott (1878-1947)

Treaty of San Stefano, signing for peace treaty between Turkey and Russia, cartoon showing Bismarck, Minister President of Prussia at the time trying to control the winds " confound the easterly

Winter Gardens and Aquarium at Blackpool 1878
Exterior of the glass Winter Gardens and Aquarium at Blackpool. Date: 1878

Tao-Tai of Anching and his family, 1878, by Kung Tai. Date: 1878

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