1888 Collection (page 16)

Copenhagen Quayside
Bag Borsen, old houses by the waterside. Date: 1888

Cabhorse Slips on Ice
A cab-horse slips on the icy streets of wintry Copenhagen - passers-by, including a policeman and a soldier - cope with the situation while the passengers dismount. Date: 1888

Copenhagen Tivoli Gdns
The Koncertsal (concert hall) in the Tivoli Gardens. Date: 1888

Tivoli Gardens Spectacle
An evening show at the Pantomimetheater in the Tivoli Gardens attracts a large crowd. Date: 1888

Bank, Copenhagen
Inside one of Copenhagens leading banks ( sparekassen ) whose majestic architecture reflects the importance of money in the life of the city. Date: 1888

Steam Tram, Copenhagen
On a fine day, who would not wish to travel on the open coach of this steam tram through the streets of Copenhagen from the Triangle to Klampenborg ? Date: 1888

Copenhagen Station
The Hovebarnegarden - the splendid vault of the central railway station of Copenhagen. Date: 1888

Tivoli Restaurant
Visitors to Copenhagens Tivoli Gardens patronise the Bazar Restaurant. Date: 1888

Copenhagen Park Sunday
Sunday afternoon in the Oster Glacis, Copenhagen - couples and families sprawl on the grass, flirting, drinking, telling stories, gossiping or playing games. Date: 1888

Market, Nytorv
The street market in Kongens Nytorv on a cold winters day - tradespeople hope for business, a policeman strolls leisurely past... Date: 1888

Children in a Park
Walking with his sister and mama in the Frederiksberg Have, Copenhagen, a sailor- suited boy asks to buy something - we can t see what - from a girl with a plait. Date: 1888

Horse Bus, Denmark
A horse bus makes its way through the slushy Amagertorv, Copenhagen, at Juletid (Yuletide) : a pedestrian carries home a Christmas tree. Date: 1888

Royal Stables Copenhagen
The Royal Stables, Copenhagen - grooms and coachmen tend and inspect the horses. Date: 1888

Jean Baptiste Godin
JEAN BAPTISTE GODIN French socialist Date: 1817 - 1888

Military / Scenes / Barracks
The monthly Quadrille dance of the Sergeants of the 9th Royal Lancers, held in the Sergeants Mess. Date: 1888

Paisley Costume 1888
Brown wool costume with embroidered paisley border: under-skirt & wrap over tunic & bodice which buttons on one side, 3/4 length slightly puffed sleeves. Date: 1888

1888 Football Match
Two players move to head the football. Date: 1888

Play / Strindberg / Julie
Play/Strindberg/Julie

USA / Yellowstone Canyon
Yellowstone Park: the Grand Canyon, viewed from the Great Falls Date: 1888

Tennis at Country House
Watching a game from the terrace of an English country house Date: 1888

Sempstresses in Attic
Four sempstresses in a London attic sitting at a table; one naps with her head on the table. Date: 1888

Aerial Velocipede
An Aerial Velocipede Date: 1888

Hospital Ward / 1888
A nurse carries a cup of tea to a patient in the one of the wards in London Hospital, Whitechapel Date: 1888

Excavations at Troy
An interesting sketch showing the aftermath of Schliemanns excavations at the site of Troy. He had actually cut through Homerian levels and revealed earlier foundations! Date: 1888

Belgian Cognac Label
A Belgian cognac label. Date: 1888

Bismarck Speaks Peace
Bismarck presents himself as a man of peace, holding out an olive branch... but he still wears his spiked helmet, and carries a sword... Date: 1888

Egypt Hunt Breakfast 19C
A hunt breakfast. Date: 1888

ALCOTT (1832 - 1888)
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT American writer Date: 1832 - 1888

Glasgow International Exhibition, the Bishops Palace
The Glasgow International Exhibition: the Bishops Palace

Prince Oscar of Sweden and his fiance, Miss E. Munck
Portraits of Prince Oscar of Sweden and his bride-to-be, Miss Ebba Henrietta Munck, a lady-in-waiting to the Crown Princess

Ruins of Bishops Palace, St Davids, South Wales
Part of the ruins of the medieval Bishops Palace, St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, with stream and bridge alongside

Dorset Street, Spitalfields, East End of London
A view of Dorset Street, Spitalfields, East End of London - sometimes referred to as The Worst Street in London. Women and children sit or stand on the pavements and the road is strewn with rubbish

Sunday afternoon, Victoria Park
A Sunday afternoon lecture in Victoria Park, London. A well-dressed crowd listen to a speaker from the nearby Oxford House

Christmas Carols / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper, having a strange aversion to Christmas Carols, empties a jug of cold water over a Carol party at his door - the party being his own children!

Clarksville, Georgia
Street Scene in Clarksville, Georgia - July, 1888

G&S The Yeomen of the Guard recording 1929
Advertisement for a complete recording of Gilbert and Sullivans opera, The Yeomen of the Guard, which premiered in 1888. A His Masters Voice electrical recording

Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London
The impressive front of the Natural History Museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse - built and opened in 1888

Travels of General Baker
Crowds gather outside the hotel in Lille where General Baker is staying

The two childhoods
An elderly woman and young child sit helplessly in their chairs, both staring out blankly at the world around them

Carnival games
A group of young boys and men throw balls, aiming them at the heads of the poor men who have the unlucky job of acting as the targets

Admiring a baby
Two elderly men admire a small infant, who seems very content with all the attention

A party in France
A smartly-dressed gentleman looks surprised and rather terrified at something that is out of view; a number of guests stare at him disapprovingly, unimpressed that he is making a scene

An altercation
A lady flings her arms around her lover, shielding him from the other gentleman who seems to be bringing unwelcome news. It seems that three definitely is a crowd

Charles Monselet / Gill
Charles Monselet (1825-1888), French journalist, novelist, poet and dramatist, nicknamed king gastronomes

Martin Nadaud / Gill
Martin Nadaud (1815-1898) rose from humble beginnings, becoming a revolutionary and Member of Parliament. An advocate of public transport and public services

Andr-Saturnin Morin / Gill
Andr-Saturnin Morin (1807-1888) French anti-religious writer

Union Workhouse and Infirmary, Birmingham
Aerial view of the Birmingham Union workhouse and infirmary on Dudley Road, Birmingham. The workhouse, opened in 1852, is the cross-shaped building just above right of centre of the picture

West Bromwich Albion Football Team - 1888
The West Bromwich Albion Football team, winners of the Football Association Cup in 1888, beating Preston North End 2-1 in the final. They are pictures with a Mr J C Newbury - A Good Friend of the Team

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