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1901 Collection (page 45)

Background image1901 Collection: Sir Walter Besant

Sir Walter Besant
SIR WALTER BESANT English novelist

Background image1901 Collection: Fall of Blood

Fall of Blood
FALL OF BLOOD Crimson rain causes panic among the people of Sicily, and many parts of Italy; it is however simply dust from the Sahara desert

Background image1901 Collection: MARTIANS

MARTIANS
The inhabitants of Mars seek to communicate with the Earth (apparently their technology isn t as advanced as Wells supposed)

Background image1901 Collection: Sport / Unconventional

Sport / Unconventional
THE ROPED-HEAD GAME A Bavarian contest, in which two men seek each to pull the other with the rope which links both their necks

Background image1901 Collection: Sport / Football

Sport / Football
Supporters leaving the ground after a game at the home of Notts County

Background image1901 Collection: Edward Vii / Downey 1901

Edward Vii / Downey 1901
Edward Vii, British Royalty as Prince of Wales in 1901

Background image1901 Collection: Train at Speed Photo

Train at Speed Photo
A steam passenger train travelling at speed

Background image1901 Collection: Paris / Eiffel Tower 1901

Paris / Eiffel Tower 1901
SANTOS-DUMONT successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize

Background image1901 Collection: EYRE (1815 - 1901)

EYRE (1815 - 1901)
EDWARD JOHN EYRE - Australian explorer and governor of Jamaica

Background image1901 Collection: Queen Vic / Paris Panel

Queen Vic / Paris Panel
QUEEN VICTORIA In Cannes, May 1890

Background image1901 Collection: FERMI ( 1901 - 1954 )

FERMI ( 1901 - 1954 )
ENRICO FERMI - Italian physicist

Background image1901 Collection: Kate Greenaway, illustrator of childrens books

Kate Greenaway, illustrator of childrens books
Kate (Catherine) Greenaway (1846-1901), English illustrator of childrens books, and writer

Background image1901 Collection: Futuristic air transport, with a traffic policeman

Futuristic air transport, with a traffic policeman
A futuristic air transport scene. A traffic policeman, in his own mini-airship, directs international air traffic

Background image1901 Collection: Arnold Bocklin

Arnold Bocklin
ARNOLD BOCKLIN Swiss artist

Background image1901 Collection: Trains at Redhill

Trains at Redhill
A goods train waits on one track to let the passenger train go through, while a third train approaches through the station at Redhill, Surrey

Background image1901 Collection: Rontgen / Hodgson / Lab

Rontgen / Hodgson / Lab
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen German physicist, discovered X-rays, 1895, Nobel prizewinner, 1901, in his laboratory

Background image1901 Collection: Rontgen Os Maitres

Rontgen Os Maitres
WILHELM CONRAD RONTGEN German physicist, discovered X-rays, 1895 Nobel prizewinner, 1901

Background image1901 Collection: Rontgen Obel 1901

Rontgen Obel 1901
WILHELM CONRAD RONTGEN German physicist, discovered X-rays, 1895 Nobel prizewinner, 1901

Background image1901 Collection: DAVIES (1830-1901)

DAVIES (1830-1901)
Emily Davies educator, mistress of Girton College, Cambridge

Background image1901 Collection: Queen Victoria in her Osborne House sitting room

Queen Victoria in her Osborne House sitting room
Queen Victoria in her sitting room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight



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