1888 Collection (page 19)

Dr and Mina Crandon
Mina and Dr Crandon photographed during a visit to England

New Year Letter - 2
A Belgian girls traditional New Year Letter to her godmother

Young Victorian Girl
Young Victorian girl holding her green balloon

USA Savannah Ga
General view of the town : I can t imagine what that tall tower is

The Dispensary
Pharmacist organising medicine in the dispensary at the London Hospital

Weston-Super-Mare - 1888
Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset

Italy Rome Street Scene
Gli Omnibus - Boarding a horse-bus in the streets of Rome

Germany Braunfels
Schloss Braunfels, home of the Prinzessin von Solms - one of those fabulously picturesque German castles

Germany Potsdam
The marble palace, residence of the emperor

Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd, in the Antarctic, c. 1929
Photograph of Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd (1888-1957) setting out on skis from his polar exploration ship City of New York, c.1929

Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd, Antarctica, c. 1929
Photograph of Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd (1888-1957), the American explorer, pictured in his cold weather furs and with his dog Igloo ; Antarctica, c.1929

John Kenneth Mackenzie
JOHN KENNETH MACKENZIE Scottish medical missionary

Stanley and Tippoo Tib leaving Matadi, 1887
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre right on horse) and Tippoo Tib (1837-1905) (right of Stanley, with sword) leaving Matadi, on the Congo river, 1887

Meeting of Emin Pasha and Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Kavalli
Emin Pasha (1840-1892) and Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) at Kavalli, Central Africa, April 1888. Emin Pasha, the German doctor, explorer

Sir Henry Morton Stanley leaving Yambuya Camp during the Emi
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on right, wearing dark jacket) setting out from Yambuya Camp on the 28th June 1887 during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Lake Vyrnwy Dam
A young couple take in the magificient Lake Vyrnwy Dam, Powys Wales, from their motorcycle and sidecar. The lake was created when the dam was built 1881 - 1888

Decoration Scandals 2
The decoration scandals (the usual " honours for cash" naughtiness) - drag on from last year : scene during the trial of Wilson at Paris

Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596)
Engraving of Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596), Elizabethan explorer and seafarer. In 1577 he and his crew became the first Englishmen to circumnavigate the globe

Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595)
Engraving of Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595); Elizabethan seafarer, shipbuilder, MP, Treasurer of the Navy. In 1588 he was Rear-Admiral of the English fleet

Grey Owls Cabin, Saskatchewan, 1934
Photograph of Grey Owls Cabin; Beaver Lodge, Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1934. Grey Owl (1888-1938), born Archibald Stansfield Belaney in Sussex

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624)
Engraving of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624), Lord High Admiral. As Lord Howard of Effingham, he was in command of the English Fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588

King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598)
Engraving of King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598)

Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535-1594)
Engraving of Sir Martin Frobisher (c.1535-1594), Elizabethan explorer and seafarer. He was knighted in 1588 for his action against the Spanish Armada as Captain of the Triumph

SS New York, 1898
Photograph of the passenger liner, SS New York, built 1888 and acquired by the United States Government in 1898

The Tercentenary of the Spanish Armada, At Plymouth, 1888
Engraving of the celebrations in Plymouth to mark the Tercentenary of the Spanish Armada in 1888. On the left can be seen the historical procession through the city and at centre right

Little Girl Paints 1888
A little girl plays with her paints

Girl Meets Crab
A little girl meets a large crab on the shore

Toddler in Meadow 1888
A toddler in a meadow

Grandmother / 3 Children
A grandmother dressed in black talks to her three grandchildren with a book open on her lap

Womens Room in Mosque
Women are permitted to worship in the mosques : separate rooms are provided for them, as here in the Abd-el-Rahman mosque at Algiers

Achille Bazaine (Holl)
ACHILLE-FRANCOIS BAZAINE French soldier in Crimea, Mexico, Italy, but defeated in war with Prussia, court- martialled, imprisoned : escaped, lived in exile

The Great Eastern steam ship under construction
The Great Eastern steam-ship on the stocks at Millwall shipyard. Built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, at the time of her launch in 1858, she was the largest steam ship in the world

Science / Pasteur / Institut
L Institut Pasteur, Paris. Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, was the Director between 1888-95

Archibald Levin Smith
ARCHIBALD LEVIN SMITH English judge (here shown as 3rd commissioner in the case between the Times and Charles Stewart Parnell & other Irish nationalists in 1888)

Albert Hall Gymnastics
The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls puts on a display at the Royal Albert Hall; here, all the girls raise their right arms simultaneously

Crown Prince of Germany
FRIEDRICH WILHELM The future Friedrich III of Germany while still Crown Prince of Germany. Married to Princess Vicky of GB he died after ruling only 3 months

The Flying Scotsman of 1888 and 1938 at Sevenage
To celebrate the jubilee of the railway race to Scotland, the Flying Scotsman of 1888 and 1938

Great Dane (Dalziel)
M Del Riegos Cid Campreador, a ne specimen of a tan Great Dane

Patient under Anaestheti
Patient being put under anaesthetic before an operation

Royal Commission Sport
A Royal Commission on Sport, headed by viscount Richard Cross, made important recommendations for the proper management of British sport. Note prince of Wales low R. Date: 1888

Kitten in a Meadow
A small girl plays with her kitten in a meadow

Nepal Kanchenjunga
The Chola Pass, with Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, first climbed in 1955

Watching the Boats
A young woman takes a rest from rowing to look out to the fishing boats sailing upon a calm sea

Sunset at Sea 1888
The sun sinks beneath the horizon of a calm sea

Harvesting Tokay Wine
HUNGARY gathering the grapes for Tokay wine

John Henry Walsh
JOHN HENRY WALSH sporting writer under the nom- de-plume Stonehenge, editor of The Field. In 1875

Dancer & Bombay Staff
A dancer performs before a member of the Bombay Staff Corps. It was the disapproval of the British in India which drove Indian dance styles to the brink of extinction

Friedrich & Vicky 1858
FRIEDRICH WILHELM Out horse riding with his young wife Victoria (the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert)

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