1880 Collection (page 50)

Landing in Queensland
Emigrants to Australia land in Queensland and disembark from the ship

Jap Rail Takanawa Line
A picturesque scene on the Takanawa Line, where the track goes out across the water on a gently curving causeway pierced by arches so that small boats can pass through

Sean O casey (Evans)
SEAN O CASEY Irish playwright

Mullane Rescues Driver
Sergeant Patrick Mullane rescues a gun-carriage driver during the Battle of Maiwand during the Afghan Wars. For this he was awarded the Victoria Cross

Earles Medicine Bottle
Earles medicine bottle, which comes with a handy spoon compartment

Vaccination Station / 1880
A vaccinating station in Connaught, Ireland; women wait with their babies

Dancing Lesson - Maurier
A Victorian teacher instructs seven girls in the art of the dance

Mackinnon Fountain Pen
Mackinnons fluid pencil is an early form of fountain pen

Hanging a Doll
She doesn t think its at all a nice game when her nasty brother hangs Dolly from a tree

3 Street Arabs 1880
Three street boys doing a balancing act

Spectroscope 1882

Lance Exercise
Soldiers doing Lance exercises

York Minster / Kronheim
York: The Minster

Little Girl Praying
A little girl joins her hands in prayer and looks up to Heaven, thinking of that better land, far, far away

Picnic with Biscuits
Biscuits seem to be the feature of this picnic in Epping Forest, north of London - and not just any old biscuits, but Huntley & Palmer s, of course !

Hudson River Sloop
HUDSON RIVER SLOOP

Proa of Pacific Islands
Flying proa of the Ladrone Islands (= Marianas) using outrigger design

Turkish Caique
Turkish caique, carrying an assortment of sails on its single mast

Arctic Canoe / Kayak
Canoe - known as kayak - used by Eskimo hunters and fishermen

Sailing Canoe, Fiji
Sailing catamaran canoe used in Fiji

Chinese Trading Junk
Chinese trading junk - notice the unusual way the sails are constructed fixed to an array of spars

Kent Oyster Smack
Oyster smack of the Kent coast, south-east England

Game / Winter / Snowman 19C
Six children admire the snowman they ve made

Racial / Australia / Swagman
A swagman tells stories to a settlers children

Racial / India / Four Men
Four Indian men, including a Coolie (seated) and a Moslem (standing, centre)

Racial / India / Hindus 19C
A group of Hindu people

Baby C. Pankhurst
A photograph of Christabel Pankhurst (b. 22 September 1880), taken in a studio on the Isle of Man. Her Grandmother, Jane Quine, came from the Isle of Man

Price Hughes Preaching
Hugh Price Hughes, the Methodist divine, preaches to a crowd in the open air

Sport / Gryllo
A strange game, Gryllo, based on double-wicket cricket, but played with lawn tennis racquets instead of bats. A net at each end of the pitch takes the place of the stumps!

Racial / Blackfoot River
Canadian Blackfoot Indians crossing a river with their horses

Racial / Swiss Women C1880
Two Swiss countrywomen of Berne and Emmenthal

Racial / Denmark Women
Three Danish women in national dress

Richardsons Swim Device
Richardsons swimming device allows one to sally forth by pedalling a propellor underwater

Macbeth & the Witches
The meeting with the witches on the heath

Knife Thrower / Circa 1880
A knife thrower in leotard and tights prepares to throw another blade at his blindfolded assistant who is tied down to make sure she doesn t accidently flinch

Princes in Tower / Sspeare
Act IV, Scene III The two young princes in the tower

Shakespeare / Ophelia
Act IV, Scene I Ophelia gathers flowers by the stream

Ethiopia / Gondar C1880
Gondar: the Gimp (East Africa)

Ethiopia / Adowa C1880
Adowa (Adua), capital of Tigre, Ethiopia, East Africa

Musical Glasses
Sometimes known as a GLASS HARMONICA : glasses, filled with liquid to different depths, emit different notes when struck, giving a sound somewhat like a xylophone

New Caledonia / Noumea
New Caledonia: general view of Noumea, from the artillery barracks

Fiji Islands / Levuka 1880
Fiji Islands: town and harbour of Levuka Date: circa 1880

Edison Landing Platform
The landing platform that Thomas Alva Edison envisaged for his flying machines

Edisons Flying Canoe
Thomas Alva Edisons flying canoe, the smaller of his two projected flying machines

Edisons Flying Ship
Thomas Alva Edisons flying ship, the larger of his two projected flying machines

Lady Raises Glass
A lady stands and raises her glass to drink a toast at a festive occasion

Theatre / Monte Carlo 1880
THEATRE DE MONTE CARLO Production of Gounods " Faust"

CASQUE D OR PAINTED
real name : Amelie Elie Noted Parisienne gigolette, gangsters moll who achieved fame after a fight between rival admirers : here she is being painted by Albert Depre

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