1901 Collection (page 20)

Venice, Italy - Rio SanTrovaso and Palace
Rio San Trovaso and palace, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1901

Torcello, Italy. Superb illustration by Manuel Wielandt in The Veneto Region of Italy series Date: 1901

St. Marks Square - Venice - the Duomo and Campanile
St. Marks Square - Venice - the Basilica and Campanile (prior to its collapse in 1902).. Date: circa 1901

Venice, Italy - The Public Gardens
Venice, Italy - Boats moored alongside the Public Gardens (Giardino Pubblico). Date: circa 1901

Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Rontg
Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Discovered Roentgen rays or X-ray (1895). In 1901 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

Flying Scotsman 1960S
The London and North Eastern Railways Flying Scotsman express. Date: 1966

The Dance of the Forty-One, Mexico -- a notorious society scandal uncovered by a police raid on a private residence on 17 November 1901, where a group of men were dancing

Fort Boma, Tabora, Tanzania, East Africa
Fort Boma, a new fort under construction at Tabora, German East Africa (now Tanzania). The building, viewed here from the west, is still in use today. Date: circa 1901

Princess Mary, Prince Edward and Prince Albert
Photograph showing (from left): Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood only daughter, (1897 1965), Prince Edward of Wales (future Edward VIII) and Duke of Windsor, (1894 1972)

John Kemp Starley
JOHN KEMP STARLEY inventor of the safety bicycle [do not confuse with James Starley who invented spoked bicycle wheels !) Date: 1855 - 1901

Marriage of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
The Marriage of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962) and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876-1934) on 7th February 1901 in The Hague. Date: 1926

Royal Wedding 1935 -- Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, later Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004), waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the occasion of their wedding

Cricket at Bramall Lane 1901
A scene from the County Championship match between Yorkshire and Kent at the Bramall Lane ground in Sheffield, a match won by Yorkshire, who went on to become County champions that season

The last resting place of Queen Victoria
The mausoleum at Frogmore, the burial place of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. Date: 1901

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey
Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire, ruling from 31 August 1876 until he was deposed on 27 April 1909

St Lukes Military Hospital, Halifax, West Yorkshire
St Lukes Hospital at Skircoat, Halifax, West Yorkshire, during its First World War occupation as a military hospital. It opened in 1901 as the Halifax Union workhouse infirmary

Queen Victoria, c. 1890
Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, pictured knitting c.1890

Q Victoria / Players / 46 / 50
QUEEN VICTORIA Reigned 1837 - 1901

Train at Battersea
A view from the top of the gasometer at Battersea showing the junction of railway lines outside Victoria Station and the river Thames on the left below Chelsea Bridge

Flying Scotsman 1930S
The London and North Eastern Railways Flying Scotsman express, drawn by the A4 Pacific Union of South Africa leaves Kings Cross and heads for Edinburgh

Zig-Zag Fag Papers
Splendid wrapper for a packet of Zig-Zag cigarette papers, winner of many gold medals

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