1898 Collection (page 23)

Mediumship / Muller
A Martian script received by Catherine Muller (ka Helene Smith ) in seance at Geneva; it consists of a letter to her Martian friend Astane Date: 3 October 1898

Main entrance, Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham
View of the main entrance of Pinewood Sanatorium at Bagshot Sands, near Wokingham, Berkshire, originally opened in 1898 as the London Open Air Sanatorium by the National Association for

Stick Drill, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
Boys perform an exercise known as stick drill at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. They are all wearing identical uniform

Main building, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
A view of the main building at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. A young Charlie Chaplin was briefly a resident of the Schools in 1898

Dining Hall, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
View of the Dining Hall at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London, with boys and girls segregated at separate tables. Each table seated 10 boys or girls

Kitchens, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
Staff and inmate helpers in the kitchens at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. Kitchen fittings include a large cooking range and two coppers

Fire Drill at Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
A Fire Drill taking place at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. A long canvas escape chute is connected to a second-floor window

The Lake, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
Boys and a teacher beside the lake on a sunny day at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London

Boys Playground, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
View of the Boys Playground at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. It is evidently playtime -- a few teachers supervise the large crowd of boys

W. E. Gladstone
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE (1809-1898) Liberal MP, statesman and Prime Minister

The Funeral of Gladstone
The funeral procession approaches the west door of Westminster Abbey, London

Horse and carriage, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A rather impressive looking horse and open carriage, with its smartly dressed driver, parked outside a building in Quay Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Gymnasium, Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent
The gymnasium and physiotherapy department at Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent. A wide range of equipment includes an exercise bicycle, a ships wheel, and part of a bus

Greece, Crete - Arrival of Prince George
Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands. A Greek force arrived to annex the island in 1897 and the Great Powers acted

The Napoleon of Finance

Foreign Relations

In The Stocks

Bobs

Trsat, Rijeka - Croatia
Trsat (Tersatto) - part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia. It has a historic castle or fortress in a strategic location and several historic churches

Colour Sergeant - Duke of Wellingtons Regiment
Colour Sergeant of The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding) 2nd Battalion. The medal he is wearing is the British South Africa Companys medal with the Mashonaland 1897 Bar

Cover design for The Poster, June 1898
Cover design for The Poster, An Illustrated Monthly Chronicle, June 1898, Volume I, Number I, price sixpence. A young woman with luxurious ginger hair holds a flower and looks dreamy

The Poster, an illustrated monthly chronicle
Front cover of The Poster, an illustrated monthly chronicle, from August - September 1898, featuring a lithograph of three obsequious waiters and a rather disdainful-looking woman in red

Anthony Rvillon / Gill
Anthony Rvillon (1832-1898) French journalist, writer and politician

German Theatrical show - Constantinople
An unusual German postcard depicting a grand theatrical spectacular involving a cast of thousands based in a representation of Constantinople!

Sun Platform at Princess Marys Hospital, Margate, Kent
Children being treated on a sun platform at the Princess Marys Hospital, Wilderness Road, Margate, Kent. The site, originally known as Eastcliff House

Trabzon - Armenian Church and Convent
The Armenian Church and Convent - Kaimakli - at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province

Art Nouveau postcard - Salomko
Fantastic stylised Art Nouveau postcard design by Sergei de Salomko (1859 - 1926) featuring a woman in the guise of an ancient queen, complete with crown and exotic platted and bejewellery hair

Ernest Hamel / Gill
Ernest Hamel (1826-1898) lawyer, writer and historian relating especially to the French Revolution and the Empire - is the author of a monumental biography of Robespierre

Eugene Delattre / Demare
Eugene Delattre (1830-1898). French lawyer, politician, writer

Mendi expedition, Sierra Leone. Palaver hut used as mess
A palaver hut at Mafweh in Sierra Leone, West Africa commandeered as a mess house by the West Indian Regiment during the Mendi expedition of 1898

Driving cattle captured from the enemy, Sierra Leone
A scene in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the Mendi expedition showing troops of the 3rd Battalion, West India Regiment helping to drive cattle captured from the enemy

Freetown, Sierra Leone, pictured in 1898 during the Hut Tax War, an insurrection by the native population which was put down by West Indian troops in what was known as the Mendi expedition

Mendi Expedition. The native method of firing a cannon
The native method of firing a cannon (lighting it and sprinting away) during the Mendi expedition in Sierra Leone, West Africa in 1898

Sierra Leone Frontier Police
Photograph of Sierra Leone frontier police who joined with the Mendi expedition of West Indian Regiment troops to put down the insurrection of the native population in what is known as the Hut Tax

The West Indian troops rushing the stockade at Bongeh
A scene in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the Mendi expedition showing troops of the 3rd Battalion, West India Regiment rushing the stockade at Bongeh

On the march. Crossing a bridge during the Mendi expedition
Scene depicting troops of the West Indian regiment crossing a palm tree bridge during the Mendi expedition in Sierra Leone in 1898. Date: 1898

Eugene Henri Brisson / Gill
Eugene Henri Brisson (1835-1912) French statesman, Prime Minister of France for a short period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898. Date: 1835-1912

Cortes & Queen 1898
The Spanish Queen delivers a message to Cortes on the outbreak of the Hispano- American War

William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) with his new gun

The Tsaritsa Alexandra with her two eldest daughters
Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt as Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna in 1898, with her two eldest daughters Olga (in the chair) and Tatiana. Alix married Tsar Nicholas II in November 1894

Confirmation of Princess Margaret of Connaught
The confirmation of Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882-1920), elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught in the private chapel at Windsor in March 1898

A Royal Group from Balmoral
A royal group at Balmoral, Scotland in 1898 showing, from left; Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, The Princess Leiningen, Princess Victoria of Wales, Queen Victoria, Princess Henry of Prussia

The Lake at the Earls Court Exhibition, 1898
Photograph showing the lake and assorted buildings at the Earls Court Exhibition of 1898. The lake was surrounded by thousands of pearl and amber-coloured lights

Prince Otto von Bismarck, c. 1898
Engraved portrait of Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), the Prusso-German statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire, pictured c.1898

Prince Otto von Bismarck in his study, 1882
Engraving showing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), the Prusso-German statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire, pictured in his study, c.1882

Prince Otto von Bismarck, 1870
Engraved portrait of Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), the Prusso-German statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire, pictured in 1870

Prince Otto von Bismarck at Sedan, Franco-Prussian War, 1870
Engraving showing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), the Prusso-German statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire

William Black (1841-1898)
Photographic portrait of William Black (1841-1898), the Scottish journalist and author, pictured c.1880

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