1885 Collection (page 30)

Zoroastrianism / Altar
A Zoroastrian worshipper prays before a small fire altar, in Baku

Rover Safety Bike
The Rover safety

Girls and Doll (Waugh)
One girl sits on a rocking chair; her little sister sits in her lap; and Dolly sits in little sisters lap

Girl Breaks Firewood 19C
A little girl breaks firewood across her knee: a bright fire blazes in the hearth

Girl with Birds C1885
A little girl feeds a flock of birds

Girl Feeds Donkey C1885
A little girl feeds daisies to a donkey over a fence

Girls Swing with Cat
Two little girls stand on a swing - a white kitten joins in the fun

Voyage En France
A family seeing the sights

Wedding Cake / 1885
A fine wedding cake which can be supplied on shortest notice by A Dressler, a refreshment contractor on Clapham Road, London

Hornbeam, Hazel Leaves
Hornbeam, hazel, birch, barberry and alder tree leaves in autumn colours

Oak, Ash, Elm Leaves
Oak, elm and ash tree leaves

Edward Shoots Swans
Edward, prince of Wales, that great sportsman, enjoys a fine day out shooting wild swan in Sweden

Striped Toilette ?1885
Costume in vertical striped fabric (see real swatch): pointed waist, deep V neck with falling lace collar, tunic hitched up at one side & trimmed with ribbon

Mother / Child / First Snow
The first snow of the year - two children stand at the door of the house watching the snowflakes as they fall

Shrimping / Ostend / C. 1885
Children shrimping at Ostend

Solomons Mines / Haggard
Allan Quartermain saves the servant Umbopa, thought by the witch to be evil

Stevenson. Poems
The Little Land

Stevenson / Poems / Foreign
Foreign Lands: " Up into the cherry tree Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my hands, & looked abroad in foreign lands."

Stevenson / Poems / Hay-Loft
The Hay-loft: " Oh, what a joy to clamber there, Oh, what a place for play, "

Children / Water / Reflect
Looking-glass River: " We can see our coloured faces, Floating on the shaken pool"

Foreign Children: " Little Indian, Sioux, or Crow, Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanese, Don t you wish that you were me?"

Boys Heads to Bed
A young boy goes to bed with a candle

Girl Undressing / Bed 1905
Bed in Summer: " In winter I get up at night, & dress by yellow candle- light. In summer quite the other way; I have to go to bed by day."

Harry Smith Parkes
HARRY SMITH PARKES British Commissioner of the allied commission at Canton

Sheffield Smoke
SHEFFIELD SMOKE factories at Sheffield, Yorkshire (England)

Mikhail Frunze
MIKHAIL FRUNZE Russian soldier and revolutionary, took part in 1905 rising and 1917 Revolution, considered one of the founders of the Red Army

Combined Knocker / Bell
Waudes patented Knocker Bell, where one movement of the hand gives the two distinct sounds! Advertisement from a late 19th century trade catalogue

Lady Graduate 1885
A lady graduate in her study at London University

Walking the Dogs
MY LADYs PET - a liveried servant boy walks the family dogs

Tower Armoury
Sightseers in the Armoury

Kids and Kittens
Small children admire the kittens held in their sisters pinafore, while the mother-cat looks on apprehensively

Pauline Chase / Postcard
Pauline Chase, actress, notable for playing the part of Barries Peter Pan

Daimlers First Model
Gottlib Daimlers first model

Sacha Guitry / Journal
SACHA GUITRY French actor

Dolphins / Trans. Zoo. 1885
Two varieties of dolphin : DELPHINUS DELPHIS (top) DELPHINUS TURSIO

Muybridge / Animals / Motion
EADWEARD MUYUBRIDGE English photographer circa 1885

Grover Cleveland 19C
GROVER CLEVELAND 22nd and 24th US President (1885-89, 1893-97)

Battle of Pirot / 1885
Retreating, following their defeat at Slivinitza, Serbian forces are again defeated by the pursuing Bulgarians at Pirot

Hugos Funeral Bier
Funeral of VICTOR HUGO in Paris: the Bier at the Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees. A huge crowd has gathered to see the spectacle and mourn

Princess Bibescos Plane
The aeroplane of Princess Marthe Bibesco of Romania (1885 - 1973) causes quite a stir upon landing in England

Cut Knife Hill
RIEL REBELLION Colonel Otter attacking the Riel rebels at Cut Knife Hill. Armed with only 2 cannons he was soon forced to retreat

Prince Hassan
PRINCE HASSAN Egyptian statesman, brother of the khedive Tewfik, high commissioner of the Egyptian government in the Sudan

Sea Serpent Rears Up
An ugly winged serpent of the sea rears up to confront a startled sailor who lets go the ships wheel in fright

Alfonso XII in Madrid
ALFONSO XII, KING OF SPAIN SCENES AND EVENTS Loyal crowds cheer & greet the king in Madrid by throwing wreaths from balconies along the route

Anarchist Demo, Chicago2
An anarchist demo outside the Board of Trade, Chicago, is turned back by the police with a massive show of force

Social / Nijni Novgorod
A working class restaurant in Nijni Novgorod (with outdoor seating in the shade)

In the Nursery
The nursemaid baths the youngest, while three older children play

Pilgrims at the Grotto
Pilgrims at the grotto - priests, peasants and fashionably dressed folk

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