1886 Collection (page 15)

Foujita and Friends
LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA, Japanese painter and engraver (left), at a cabaret club with one of his outrageous models, Kiki of Montparnasse (centre), who was also Man Rays lover. Date: 1886 - 1968

Rotherham, Yorkshire
Some inhabitants of Rotherham, Yorkshire, stand about in the street doing nothing in particular. Date: 1886

The unemployed in the East End, London
The unemployed in the East End of London wait outside Mansion House. There is a notice saying - Mansion House Fund Notice - and the men are applicants for the relief fund

Japanese Arm Wrestling
LEONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA, Japanese painter and engraver (back right, with glasses and fringe), watching a game of arm wrestling, a favourite Japanese sport. Date: 1886 - 1968

Hugh Stowell Brown
HUGH STOWELL BROWN Engine driver who became a Baptist minister at Liverpool, known for his lectures to working men. Date: 1823 - 1886

Clemenceau Photo
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman, photographed at his fireside in 1886 Date: 1841 - 1929

Tower Bridge Open
The famous Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge, London, was designed by Horace Jones, who died in 1887, before it was completed. Sir John Wolfe- Barry completed it in 1894. Date: built 1886 - 1894

Tower Bridge 1939
The famous Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge, London, was designed by Horace Jones, who died in 1887, before it was completed. Sir John Wolfe- Barry completed it in 1894. Date: built 1886 - 1894

Gladstone - the return of the vanquished
The return of the vanquished! Cartoon of William Gladstone on the front cover of Funny Folks, after the defeat of his Irish Home Rule bill. Date: 1886

Two illustrations, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing (1) Polly riding on the back of her cousin Hickory Hunt, as they pretend to make for a desert island in a storm

Original Dodge City Cowboy Band
The Original Dodge City Cowboy Band - one of the highlights of the early history of Dodge City, USA. Tame buffalo ran loose and often followed the band on parade

Title page design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing a little girl sitting on a chair with a doll on her lap. 1886

Illustration, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing Polly being is held aloft by a dark-faced miner called Brother Step-and-Fetch-It

Frontispiece design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing a little girl in a blue dress with a doll in each hand. 1886

The great railway revolution
Scenes and incidents showing the conflict waged in the southwest between the forces of honest industry and the agents of the arch-tyrant Jay Gould. Date: 1886

The beggars of New York
Cynical view of New York beggars who apparently pretend to be blind and hire babies to attract more sympathy, then go home or to the nearest eatery for a slap-up dinner. Date: 1886

Pet dog interrupts Romeo and Juliet theatre production
The favourite dog of a star actress disturbs her death scene in Romeo and Juliet. Date: 1886

American train robbery on Louisville. New Albany and Chicago railroad; the criminal shoots the baggage master. Date: 5th August 1886

Train robbers in America
Train robbers steal $12000 in New Mexico

Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1886
The entrance to Stellenbosch, Cape colony, South Africa. Date: 1886

Burton workhouse 1886. tif
Bird s-eye view of the proposed new workhouse building erected in 1886 on Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent. The scheme - a pavilion block layout - was designed by J.H. Morton. Date: 1886

Tornado over turns house, 1886
The overturning action of tornadoes on buildings in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The neighbours, who took the precaution of boarding their windows up, seem to have come off better. Date: April 15th 1886

Wandsworth & Clapham Dispensary and Relief Station
Architects drawing of the Wandsworth & Clapham Unions new relief offices on Latchmere Road, Battersea. The building, erected in 1886, was designed by T.W. Aldwinckle. Date: 1886

Wandsworth Workhouse Chapel
Architects drawing of the interior of the chapel at the Wandsworth & Clapham Unions new workhouse on Garratt Lane, Wandsworth. The building, erected in 1886, was designed by T.W. Aldwinckle

Thief steals gentlemans watch
A fashionable young man in Cincinnati is prevented by the cowardice of female friends from collaring the thief who stole his watch

Mexican raid in Texas
The town of Collins, near Corpus Christi, Texas, is surprised and stood up by a desperate anf cowardly gang of greaser horse-thieves. Date: 1886

Female boxer
" The modern girl taught to prefer a bout with the gloves, to a scratch with her finger nails". 1. Her first lesson. 2. Fair professionals. 3. Training under instructions of a champion. 4

Yeoman cavalry competition for the Loyd Lindsay Cup
Manoeuvres of the squads of yeomanry cavalry engaged in the competition for the Loyd Lindsay prize at Wimbledon; they have to ride, four together, two of them dismount

Richard March Hoe
General RICHARD MARCH HOE American inventor of printing machinery, including the rotary or lightning press 1847, the web press and the web-perfecting press. Date: 1812 - 1886

Chester Arthur
General CHESTER ARTHUR President of the United States of America, at the time of his election. Date: 1830 - 1886

French Soldiers-Bridge
French civil engineering corps construct a temporary wooden bridge out of staves and brushwood on a training mission. Date: 1886

Working Class Mp- Satire
ELEVATION (Wife of newly-elected Working-man MP): " Ow D e Do, Mrs Fuzbush? Though I ham a Lady, won t change my manners Date: 1886

Samuel Morley / Col Lith
SAMUEL MORLEY Statesman and philanthropist Date: 1809 - 1886

American Officers Dress
JOHN ALEXANDER LOGAN military commander in the U.S. Army Date: 1826 - 1886

Voodoo Charm
A Louisiana planter finds a Voodoo charm, much to the alarm of his black workers who tell him if he takes the steamboat to New Orleans, it will surely sink (it didn t !) Date: 1886

Queen Victoria opening Parliament, processing through Westminster Palace on her way to the House of Lords. Date: 1886

Nile Paddle Steamer
Stern-wheeler paddle steamer for use on the Nile, built in England by the Yarrow company. Date: 1886

Making Macaroni
Making macaroni in Napoli - the strings of paste hanging out to dry Date: 1886

Frank Dobson
FRANK OWEN DOBSON English sculptor, with one of his sculptures of a woman. Date: 1886 - 1963

Horse in Sling
A horse is placed in a sling by the vet, in order that he can examine and treat it more easily. Date: 1886

The Squires Ball
THE SQUIREs BALL dance in a country house Date: 1886

The Colonial and Indian Exhibition
The Gwalior gateway, entrance to the courtyard of the Indian Palace, during the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, held in South Kensington, London during Queen Victorias golden jubilee year

The Irish parliamentary party
The Irish Parliamentary party (also called the Irish Party or Home Rule Party) was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell

Malby family group photo in their garden
Members of the Malby family (five adults and a baby) pose for a group photo in their garden at Woodford, Essex. On the far right is Reginald Malby (1882-1924)

Waifs and strays of London
A group of London waifs and strays or street arabs

Childrens Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary
A childrens ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The children sleep in metal-framed cots

Union Workhouse, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
In 1884, the Burton-upon-Trent Union opened a new workhouse on Belvedere Road at Outwoods. The building was designed by JH Morton of South Shields and built by the Messrs Walker and Slater of Derby

Wandsworth Union Infirmary, St Johns Hill, London
Entrance to Wandsworth Union workhouse infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. Originally opened in 1840 as the Wandsworth workhouse, it was designed by George Ledwell Taylor

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