1884 Collection (page 21)

Spinning, Canada
and carding in a Canadian home

J Murat / Bosselman 1884
JOACHIM MURAT - as King of Naples

Fenian Explosion
Londoners contemplate damage caused by Fenian terrorists dynamite attack on Scotland Yard : most of the damage was to the Rising Sun pub

Hernando Cortes / 1884 Eng
HERNANDO CORTES Spanish conquistador

Frys Factory - Creams
Women making creams in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Frys Factory - Weighing
Women weighing chocolate and filling packets in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Frys Factory - Pan Room
Part of the chocolate manufacturing process: the pan room in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Frys Factory - Roasting
A roasting room in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Frys Factory Exterior
The outside of the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Tic-Tac-Toe
Three children play a game of Tic-Tac-Toe

Potosi Silver Mine 1884
A silver mine at Potosi, Bolivia

Watch Factory / Iln / 1884
WATCH AND CLOCK MANUFACTURE A watch and clock factory workshop in the rear of Bensons showrooms

School Bullies / Boys Own
BULLYING Boys bullying smaller schoolmates at a Victorian school

Henry Fawcett (Hornet)
HENRY FAWCETT - blind statesman

Going to the Maypole
Country lads and lasses make their way to the maypole

Back Bencher Takes Snuff
Charles Nicolas Warton, MP for Bridport, taking snuff

Galtons Laboratory
Francis Galtons first Anthropometric Laboratory at the International Health Exhibition, South Kensington

French Incubators-
Dr Tarniers Couveuse pour Enfants (= incubators) in use at La Maternite Hospital, Port Royal, Paris; introduced in 1881, gas heating maintains temperature at 32o Celsius

Bomb at Victoria Stn
Victoria Station, London, after the dynamite explosion perpetrated by Fenian terrorists

New York / Paris / Liberty
New York: the Statue of Liberty being made in Paris, before being shipped to New York

Charles Adolphe Wurtz
CHARLES ADOLPHE WURTZ French scientist

Orient Express / Diningcar
An interior view of passengers in the dining car

Edward VII in Darmstadt
EDWARD VII, BRITISH ROYALTY photographed with two of the daughters of his late sister, Princess Alice, when visiting Darmstadt (circa 1884)

Friedrich Bergius
FRIEDRICH BERGIUS German chemist who investigated the effect of high pressure on chemical actions

Lots of Kids in Park 19C
Lots of children playing in the park

LITTLE BOY BLUE - 2
LITTLE BOY BLUE The horn-blower stands on top of the haystack

Various Corkscrews
A selection of corkscrews

Imaginary inhabitants of the planet Venus, as conceived by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in Harmonies de la Nature

European leaders at the Berlin Congress
The German chancellor Bismarck presides over a diplomatic conference of European leaders in Berlin to discuss the question of the Congo

Mixing Dynamite into Cartridges
Manufacture of Dynamite at Nobel works, Ardeer, Scotland: putting Dynamite into cartridges

Weather Forecast 1884
A German countryman is able to predict the weather by observing the behaviour of his captive frog

Immigrants Y
Immigrants land at Castle Garden, New York

Orient Express dining car
The Orient Express -- the wagon-restaurant or dining car

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