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Early Motoring - The First Motor Bicycle in the world, constructed by Daimler and Maybach in 1885. 1885
A London bus driver driving his horse-drawn open-top bus. Date: 1885
A costermongerA London costermonger and his girl on their cart selling fruit and vegetables. Date: 1885
A street organ & organ grinderTwo young girls dancing in a London street to the strains of the street organ. Date: 1885
A hansom cab driverA lady being driven through London in a hansom cab. Date: 1885
A hot potato sellerHot potatoes. A hot potato salesman plying his trade on a London street. Date: 1885
A London shoeblackA shoeblack working on the Embankment, London, shinig the shoes of a gentleman. Date: 1885
Religious verse 1885Religious verse, Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart. psalm xxvii 1885
William Terriss as Romeo - The Theatre MagazineWilliam Terriss, actor, as Romeo - The Theatre Magazine, January 1885. 1885
W J Hill and Ws Penley - Theatre MagazineW J Hill and Ws Penley, actors, in The Private Secretary - The Theatre Magazine, February 1885. 1885
Thomas Thorne in Saints and Sinners - Theatre MagazineThomas Thorne, actor, in Saints and Sinners - The Theatre Magazine, March 1885. 1885
Mr Moy Thomas - The Theatre MagazineMr William Moy Thomas, English journalist, literary editor, drama critic and novelist - The Theatre Magazine, July 1885. 1885
Mr and Mrs Bancroft - The Theatre Magazine, August 1885. 1885
Miss Laura Linder - The Theatre MagazineMiss Laura Linder, actress - The Theatre Magazine, November 1885. 1885
Miss Florence West in Called Back - The Theatre MagazineMiss Florence West, actress, in Called Back - The Theatre Magazine, September 1885. 1885
Miss Jessie Bond in Gilbert and Sullivans The SorcererMiss Jessie Bond, actress and singer, in Gilbert and Sullivans The Sorcerer - The Theatre Magazine, February 1885. 1885
Miss Eastlake in Hoodman Blind - The Theatre MagazineMiss Mary Eastlake, actress, in Hoodman Blind - in The Theatre Magazine, December 1885. 1885
Miss Florence Warden - The Theatre MagazineMiss Florence Warden, actress - in The Theatre Magazine, June 1885. 1885
Miss Eleanor Calhoun in Diplomacy - The Theatre MagazineMiss Eleanor Calhoun, actress, in Diplomacy - in The Theatre Magazine, March 1885. 1885
Johns Clarke in The Rivals - The Theatre MagazineJohns Clarke, actor, in The Rivals - in The Theatre Magazine, September 1885. 1885
George Barrett in Hoodman Blind - The Theatre MagazineGeorge Barrett, actor, in Hoodman Blind - in The Theatre Magazine, November 1885. 1885
Ellen Lancaster-Wallis in Adrienne Lecouvreur - in The Theatre Magazine, October 1885. 1885
E L Blanchard - The Theatre magazineE L Blanchard - English playwright, in The Theatre Magazine, October 1885. 1885
Charles Warner - The Theatre magazineCharles Warner - English actor, in The Theatre Magazine, December 1885. 1885
Jumbo the elephantJumbo the African elephant pictured at the gardens of the Zoological Society, Regents Park, around the time he was purchased by American showman P.T Barnum. Date: 1885
Mortier de 270 mm modele 1885 - LH imageA Mortier de 270 mm modele 1885 being loaded at the Bois de Givry south of Auxerre. (The LH image of a stereo pair arranged for a crossed eye viewer)
Mortier de 270 mm modele 1885 - RH imageA Mortier de 270 mm modele 1885 being loaded at the Bois de Givry south of Auxerre. (The RH image of a stereo pair arranged for a crossed eye viewer)
Mortier de 270 mm modele 1885 - Stereo pairA Mortier de 270 mm modele 1885 being loaded at the Bois de Givry south of Auxerre. (A stereo pair arranged for a crossed eye viewer)
Mortier de 270 mm modele 1885 artillery pieceMortier de 270 mm modele 1885. A heavy mortar of the French artillery forces. Date: circa 1917
Exterior of National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London. Date: 1885
Edward, Prince of Wales, and Lord Cork, with the Royal Stag Hounds Date: 1885
Captain Frederick Gustavus Burnaby, 1842-1885, balloonist
Illustrated London News, Harrild & Sons roller printer 1885 Illustrated LondonA Souvenir from The Illustrated London News, patent printing machine at the International Exhibition of Inventions. Date: 1885
International Exhibition - John Brinsmead & Sons pianos 1885 InternationalInternational Exhibition of Inventions, held in South Kensington, showing John Brinsmead & Sons pianoforters. Date: 1885
Kirkgate, covered market 1885Kirkgate, largest covered market in Europe. Date: 1885
Marshalls Flax Mill factory 1885Preparing flax for spinning looms. Date: 1885
Leeds - market for general produce 1885Open air market, selling Date: 1885
Briggate - Leeds, Yorkshire 1885Briggate, wide street running north to south through the centre of Leeds. Date: 1885
Street trade - knife grinderknife grinder on the streets. Date: 1885
DOMESTIC ELECTRICITYBefore mains electricity became available, those who could afford it installed their own electricity power plants, generally in the cellar, as here. Date: 1885
PORCUPINE MEXICAN TREEMexican Tree Porcupine (synetheres prehensilis) in an aquarium at Le Havre. Date: 1885
Pond in springThe pond in spring, with wild flowers, blossom and a swooping swift. Date: 1885
AutumnThe pond in autumn, with waterfowl among the reeds. Date: 1885
GIRL WATCHES ROBINA girl watches a robin who has perched on the windowsill. Date: circa 1885
STEVENSON / POEMSPicture Books in Winter: Summer fading, winter comes; Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs, Window robins, winter rooks, & the picture story books. Date: First published: 1885
STEVENSON / POEMS / FLOWERSThe Flowers: All the names I know from nurse: Gardeners garters, Shepherds purse... Date: First published: 1885
Exterior of the International Inventions Exhibition 1885A crowd gathers to watch the spectacular fountain displays at the International Inventions Exhibition, held in South Kensington, London. Date: 1885
Girls paddling clothes 1885A girl paddling wears a half Scottish half nautical costume of tartan kilt & Tam-OShanter teamed with a sailor blouse. Two ribbon rosettes are pinned to her kilt. Date: 1885
