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Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, MiddlesexThe entrance to the Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. The site began life as the Northern Convalescent Fever Hospital (or Northern Hospital)
Pussys PictureA young girl shows her cat her likeness in a picture-book, but the cat shows little if any interest
Victoria / Portrait 1887QUEEN VICTORIA Portrait in 1887
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Self-portrait. Bust with brownVincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Dutch post-Impressionist painter. Self-portrait. Bust with brown jacket and gray hat. Oil on pasteboard. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands
Advert for Beechams Pills 1887What are the Wild Waves saying ? Try BREECHAMs PILLS! 1887
Waifs and Strays Society Home, Sunny Side, Frome, SomersetBoys and staff outside the Home for Boys, at Sunny Side (or Sunnyside), Frome, opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1887. Date: circa 1893
Aerial view of Newcastle, Jamaica, West Indies. 1887
Compositor at WorksAn American compositor at work in the days of manual type setting. Date: 1887
Aston Villa win the F. A Cup, 1887Aston Villa win the F.A Cup, 1887: the winning team. Date: 1887
Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon 1887A page of vignettes from the 1887 Wimbledon Championships in London SW19 including the champion H.F. Lawford, E. Renshaw, C.Cole and that years ladies winner taking centre page, Miss Lottie Dod
The Man Who Bid Half-A-Guinea At Tattersall s, by H. M. BatA humorous illustration showing a man who has caused havoc at the races. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander
Royal Irish Constabulary going by sea to enforce evictionsMembers of the Royal Irish Constabulary going in open sailing boats called hookers to enforce evictions on the Islands of the West Coast of Ireland
The first motorcycleInvention by Edward Butler, created in 1887
Costa Rica Mountain RoadView on the road between Port Limon and San Jose
VICTORIAs JUBILEE 1887Victoria depicted with her loyal lion - the workman with his clay pipe and side of beef - and her unicorn - the upper class with its cigars and champagne
Jenny Lind / Punch 1850JENNY LIND Swedish singer she bowls over the audiences of America
Mackonochie / Vfair 1870ALEXANDER HERIOT MACKONOCHIE Ritualist clergyman
Chiang Kai-Shek & WifeCHIANG KAI-SHEK Chinese general and politician with his wife
Boris Karloff / UniversalBORIS KARLOFF British actor who appeared in American films, most notably as the monster in Frankenstein (1931)
Cowboys / Saloon BrawlA brawl in cattle town - cowboys get into a fight in a saloon. Aside from guns being fired, chairs are thrown and cracked over peoples heads
The late Charles DarwinArticle on Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) with illustrations of his statue at the Natural History Museum, the exterior of his house at Down, near Beckenham, his study and green-house
Elgars BirthplaceSIR EDWARD ELGAR This small cottage in Broadheath, Worcestershire was the birthplace of Elgar. He was born here in June 1887. Date: 1857 - 1934
CRAIK (1826 - 1887)DINAH MARIA CRAIK writer, wearing black satin dress and lace cap Date: 1826 - 1887
Sheila Kaye-Smith - 3SHEILA KAYE-SMITH Writer, notably of novels about Sussex such as Sussex Gorse. Date: 1887 - 1956
GIRL / MOTHERs POSY 1887A little girl prepares a posy for her mother
Agneta Ramsay / Punch 1887AGNETA FRANCES RAMSAY Fellow-founder of Girton College, Cambridge, honoured by Mr Punch, June 1887
Stage Effects / PromptCross-section of the stage (and below) at l Opera, Paris, showing the Prompt in his box
Lionel L. Cohen, Vanity Fair, LibLIONEL LOUIS COHEN (1832-1887) English financier, politician, and communal worker. Trustee and later manager of the London Stock Exchange. MP for Paddington North
Throwing snowballsA group of cheeky monks, step outside of their monastery to throw snowballs and unsuspecting passers-by
Royal PlaythingsAn advertisement by F.Ad. Richter of Fenchurch Street, London for real stone building blocks, as played with by the Royal children
Zodiac / Taurus (Maxims)portrayed as a bull in a china shop (although the china shop is seemingly a combination of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum)
Sister Louisa Mackay, of Canterbury (Kent) hospital
Sister Edith King, of Netley Hospital, Hampshire
Victoria / Coronat / JubileeTwo scenes from Queen Victorias reign: 1. her coronation, 1837 2. Golden Jubilee procession, 1887
Verdi / Otello / Liebig CardOtello arrives in Cyprus, a triumphant hero
LIGHTING AT L OPERA 1887The illumination of the new stage lighting and gas and electric lights at l Opera, Paris
May Queen and SweepThe Queen of the May is presented with a bouquet of flowers by a chimney sweep
Cowboys in CampAn outlying camp
Country Letter BoxA boy stretches to post a letter in the box at Bowlers Green, Surrey : this was before all letter-boxes were painted red
Remington / Cowboys LassoCowboys roping with lassos in a horse-corral
Remington / CowboyexploreAn exploring outfit - two cowboys on horseback with a spare horse to carry extra supplies
Sheila Kaye-SmithSHEILA KAYE-SMITH Writer; known especially for her novels set in Sussex
Chrysanthemum / Eng. Dic. GnThree new chrysanthemums
Whaling / Faroe IslandsThe slaughter Whaling in the Faroe Islands
Horse Racing / JockeysBritish Jockey
Newquay DocksNewquay Harbour
BORODINALEKSANDR PORFIRYEVICH BORODIN Russian composer, and chemist
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough AssociationNotice, Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, Victoria House, Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW. Free supplies of water for man and beast in the streets of London. 1887