Flat Earth map of the world showing it to be a planeA MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING IT TO BE A PLANE - and those of us who suppose it to be a globe are clearly mistaken. Date: 1893
Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893Advertisement for The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. which claimed to offer a cure for a wide variety of ailments. This led to a court case on grounds of deception & a landmark ruling
Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty struggleTHE FINAL PROBLEM The death of Sherlock Holmes; Holmes & Moriarty struggle at the Reichenbach Falls: apparently, both are killed. Date: First published: 1893
An Enthusiastic LawyerBRITAIN A barrister in court is carried away by his feelings, to the astonishment of his colleagues
Dorothy Parker / Iln 1930DOROTHY PARKER American writer
Map Siam / Thailand 1893Map showing the Kingdom of Siam, now Thailand
Queen Victoria with King George and Queen Mary, 1893Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, with her grandson King George V and his wife Queen Mary, pictured at Osborne House, 1893
Chicago World Fair 1893View from the air of the Chicago World Fair
Gladstone / Home Rule BillThe House of Commons, February 13 1893. William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, introduces the Second Home Rule Bill
Mayakovsky (Seated)VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY - Russian poet and supporter of the Communist party in Russia (this photograph is dated 1927)
Barton Swing BridgeThe Barton Swing Aqueduct is a feat of Victorian civil engineering, at Barton upon Irwell, England. It carries the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. Date: completed 1893
Dursley-Pedersen BikeThe Dursley-Pedersen cantilever bicycle
Guy de Maupassant, French writerGuy de Maupassant ( Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant ), French writer of novels, short stories and poems
In the Old Belfry -- bellringers in action. 1893
Victorian Train StationThe little railway station at Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland, a typical small late Victorian station. Date: 1893
Wedding of George VWedding of King George V, then Duke of York, to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary on 6 July 1893. The couple are attended by numerous bridesmaids
Tsar Alexander III and familyTsar Alexander III (1845-1894) at the Livadia Palace, Yalta with his family. From left; the Tsarevich Nicholas (later Tsar Nicholas II), Grand Prince Georgi Alexandrovich, Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna
Mayakovsky (H / S)Mayakovsky (H/S)
Vladimir MayakovskyVLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY Russian poet, futurist : supported communism from 1907, after 1917 sought to depoetize poetry by use of technical innovations
Men Evening Dress 1893Three variations of evening dress for 1893-4: dress tail coats with roll collar or step collar & a dress jacket. One man wears a black waistcoat & pumps the others wear white
Golf at Wimbledon 1893A group of male golfers putt out during a round at Wimbledon. Date: 1893
PWLLHELI - 1893Pwllheli, Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd
Aussie Cricketers 1893The Eighth Australian Cricketing Team of 1893 pose in their cricket whites and a variety of caps and blazers
Restaurant Chef / MarchettRestaurant chefs at work
PROFESSOR MORIARTYTHE FINAL PROBLEM The evil professor Moriarty; named by Holmes the Napoleon of Crime'. Date: First published: 1893
Scottish Toast 1893Scotsmen make a toast with thistle shaped glasses full of John Robertson & Sons whisky Date: 1893
Kensington Infirmary, West LondonThe entrance to Kensington Infirmary on Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road) in West London. The infirmary, designed by Thomas W Aldwinckle, was built in 1893 by the poor law parish of St Mary Abbots
Airing Court at Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, SurreyChildren and nurses enjoy playing with toys in an airing court at the Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London)
Pier Head Station, Liverpool Docks, 1893Engraving showing the Pier Head Station of the Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway, 1893. This passenger railway, which ran for seven miles through Liverpools docks
J-M Charcot / MaitresJEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist
Excalibur / BeardsleyArthur learns of the sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake
Holmes & Watson / In LabTHE NAVAL TREATY Holmes busy with his chemistry apparatus at Baker St. watched by Dr. Watson
Mormon TempleThe Mormon Temple, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah built 1893 at a cost of nearly $4 million !!!
Puccini Mascagni FrancheGIACOMO PUCCINI with Mascagni (left) and Franchetti (centre) at Milan in 1893
NANSENs FRAM (COLOUR)his ship, the Fram
Queen Victoria & Empress Frederick of PrussiaQueen Victoria seated, together with her eldest daughter, Victoria, (affectionately known as Vicky ), Empress Frederick of Prussia, mother to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Taken 1893
Daisy Bell Waltz by Karl KapsPromotional music sheet for the Daisy Bell Waltz by Karl Kaps, based on the popular song Daisy Bell by Harry Dacres famous song
Peter Jones, LondonMR. PETER JONES, GENERAL DRAPER, SILK MERCER, OUT FITTER AND FURNISHER. The Sloane Square shopping emporium in the late 19th century
Tower Bridge from the south west, March 1893 Date: 1893
Wedding of George, Duke of York, and Princess Mary of TeckThe Wedding of Prince George, Duke of York (later King George V), and Princess Mary of Teck on 6th July 1893 at the Chapel Royal, St. Jamess Palace in London
Royal wedding 1893 - Queen Victoria congratulates the bridePrincess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953) receives congratulations from her husbands grandmother, Queen Victoria
Statue of ErosThe famous statue of the Greek god of love, Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert in 1893. It was originally called the Shaftesbury Monument. Date: 1893
Childrens Ward, Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, SurreyChildren in cots and nurses in a ward of the Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London). The hospital was opened in 1893 as a fever hospital by the Metropolitan Asylums Board
Thailand / Bangkok 1893Bangkok: viewed across the river
Coventinas well (Roman) Carrawborough, Northumberland Date: 1893
Herbert VaughanHerbert Alfred Vaughan (1832 1903), English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1892 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1893
Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). Engraving. ColoredLeo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Engraving by Knesing in The Catalan Illustration, 1893. Colored
Illustration, A Song of the English, LighthouseIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
