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The Workers May-Pole, design for a socialist posterThe Workers May-Pole, a design for a socialist poster, with a central allegorical figure, and banners and ribbons labelled with abstract ideas such as Leisure, Solidarity and Humanity. Date: 1894
Three young Victorian women baring their bottoms, circa 1894. circa 1894
King Edward VIIIEDWARD VIII Portrait of King Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor photogrpahed in full dress uniform
Mount Pleasant Hotel, Kings Cross, LondonThe Mount Pleasant Hotel at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. The building was originally erected in 1894 as one of Londons six Rowton Houses - large
Pharmacy of the FutureEMIL ADOLF VON BEHRING German bacteriologist who won Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1901
Eggs of 24 BirdsEggs of two dozen birds - key inclosed
Gertrude Bell aged 26Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) aged 26 in 1894. Date: 1894
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia; a portrait in honour of his wedding to Alexandra Feodorovna on the 26th November 1894 Date: 1894
Opening of Tower BridgeAn invitation to the opening of Tower Bridge from the corporation of the City of London
Singer in BulgariaThis Bulgarian lady, like her husband and her daughter, is wearing her flamboyant regional costume as she treadles away at her Singer
Madame Sarah Bernhardt as Theodora - photograph by DowneyMadame Sarah Bernhardt as Theodora - photograph by Messrs Downey. Date: 1894
Advert for United Kingdom Tea Company 1894Asian man pours tea from a china tea-pot. Date: 1894
Plants / Galanthus NivalisSnowdrop Depicted with Leucajum Aestivum : Snowflake
King Edward VIII as Admiral of the Fleet by John St. HelierKing Edward VIII (1894-1972), later Duke of Windsor, painted by John St. Helier Lander in the robes of Admiral of the Fleet and as Sovereign of The Order of the Garter
Royal group taken at Palais Edinburgh, CoburgRoyal group taken at the Palais Edinburgh, Coburg in 1894. From left: Arthur, Duke of Connaught, Duke Alfred of Coburg, Queen Victoria, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, Victoria
Major Frank Bernard Halford CBE FRAeS (1894-1955)Major Frank Bernard Halford, CBE, FRAeS, 1894-1955, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1951 to 1952, in front of the prototype de Havilland Comet airliner. Date: 1955
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
Paris Notre DameA trio of gargoyles
Aston Villa F. C in 1894Team photograph of Aston Villa in First Division champions in 1894. Formed in 1874 by members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel in Aston, Birmingham
TED KID LEWISTed Kid Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), British-born World Welterweight Champion in 1915, 1916 and from 1917 - 1919. His nickname was the Aldgate Sphinx
Christina Rossetti / 1866CHRISTINA ROSSETTI English poet
Tower Bridge / ScaffoldingDismantling the scaffolding on the eve of completion
Jungle Book. Mowgli. BalooBaloo the bear, with Mowgli seated on his back, runs with wolves whilst Shere Khan the tiger watches in the background
Turbinia - steam turbine-powered steamshipTurbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time
MAPS / WORLD / 1894World map showing the European colonies
In the Stalls at the Empire Theatre, 1894Engraving showing three theatre-goers heading for their seats, in the stalls, at the Empire Theatre, 1894. All these people are depicted wearing formal, evening attire for their trip to the theatre
Edward VIII HuntingEDWARD VIII, When Prince of Wales, photographed in India with some of the Bag after a successful days Pig Sticking (hunting wild boar)
Edward VIII & PatailasEDWARD VIII When Prince of Wales, meeting Pataila soldiers who lost limbs whilst on active service during World War One
Stevenson / Yacht CascoROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer sailing to the South Seas on the schooner yacht Casco
Jb Priestley / Photo 1930JOHN BOYNTON (JB) PRIESTLEY English writer
Adolphe SaxADOLPHE SAX French inventor of musical instruments
Stevenson Last PhotoROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON the Scottish novelist at Vailima - this is said to be the last portrait taken of him
Massenet / Thais / FirstSybil Sanderson and Charles Delmas in the first production of this opera which tells of an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit
Emanuel LaskerEMANUEL LASKER German mathematician, philosopher & chess master, defeated Steinitz in 1894 and retained title till defeated by Capablanca in 1921
Edward VIII in NepalEDWARD VIII As Prince of Wales, travelling by elephant in Nepal
Mowgli & Wolves. JungleShere Khan the tiger watches Mowgli with his wolf family
Rubinstein Plays PianoANTON RUBINSTEIN over-enthusiastic pianist plays a tune. So caught up in his performance he is lifted bodily from the stool, long hair & coat-tails flying
Excalibur / BeardsleyArthur learns of the sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake
Doyle / Skiing / Alps 1894SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE In comical pose on skis in the Alps, with female companion
Housemaid Carries CoalsThe housemaid brings up a scuttle full of coal
Stevenson WritingROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish novelist writing
Lilienthal AirborneOtto LILIENTHAL in flight on hill near Ruthenow/Neustadt, Germany
Wedding Bells of the 1913 Season Freda Dudley WardWinifred Birkin on her wedding day arriving at St. Margaret s, Westminster for her marriage to William Dudley Ward. Winifred, better known as Freda Dudley Ward (1894-1983)
2nd Regiment of Life GuardsA group of 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Date: 1894
Buffalo Bill Cody racing in Munich, GermanyWilliam Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917), American soldier, bison hunter and Wild West showman, seen here at Munich, Germany, racing on horseback against the cyclist Fischer
How the elephant crosses a riverA man, somewhere in the Asian subcontinent, crosses a river standing on the back of an elephant. The man has rudimentary reins attached to the elephants tusks
City of London Workhouse, Bow Road, East LondonSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road in East London, the City of London Union Workhouse opened in 1849. The palatial building, designed by Richard Tress
Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath, SussexBrighton County Borough Asylum at Haywards Heath opened in 1857 as the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum. It became the East Sussex Asylum in 1894 then from 1903-1914 was known as the Brighton County