1903 Collection (page 45)

Customs / Africa
Warriors of the Ivory Coast run through their village performing the tam-tam, or war dance, prior to attacking their enemies

London Wall Newgate 1903
A 20-metre length of Londons Roman Wall, discovered when Newgate Prison was demolished, and subsequently demolished in its turn

American sea serpent, satirical depiction
The American sea serpent, with the stars and stripes on its body -- a satirical depiction

French cross-country race at Saint Cloud
A French national cross-country race at Saint-Cloud -- Never has one seen a grander sporting spectacle than these 309 runners - solid chaps with bulging muscles

A player falls during a football match -- is it a foul?

Electrostatic Generator
Electrostatic generator by James Wimshurst (1832 - 1903)

Travel / Emigration / Canada
Immigrants disembarking at Quebec, Canada

Medieval Christmas
Young woman in Saxon or Medieval dress carrying a basket of gifts through a snow-lined street. A turkey seller can be seen behind her

Nordenskjold / Petit Jnl
Otto Nordenskjold, Swedish explorer, is rescued by the Argentine ship Uruguay in the Antarctic after his own ship was crushed by ice

Boat Race Barnes Bridge
The boat race as viewed from Barnes Bridge

Women Hauling Coal Wagon
Women hauling a coal wagon in a French coal-mine

PETER I, (1915)
PETER I, KING OF SERBIA King of Serbia (1903-21) here during World War One

3rd Marq / Salisbury / Tobin
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne 3rd Marquis of Salisbury English Mp and Prime Minister

Turks Attack Marriage
At Bolitza, occupying Turks fire on orthodox marriage procession

Ernest Wilfrid Legouve
ERNEST WILFRID LEGOUVE French writer, lectured on the moral history of women

Tsar Meets Kaiser / 1903
Russian Tsar Nicholas II meets German Kaiser Wilhelm II. France watches mistrustfully through the window

Richard Jordan Gatling
RICHARD JORDAN GATLING American inventor of agricultural implements and (more famously) the revolving battery gun

Duel as Spectacle
The duel as media spectacle - recorded by the photographer and the artist, and spectators come hurrying up

Mission Arrives in Chad
The arrival of a French mission at Lake Chad

Louie Freear / 1903
LOUIE FREEAR Actress, in The Lady Slavey

Vane Featherstone / 1903
VANE FEATHERSTONE Actress, in The Price of Peace

Winifred Emery / 1903
WINIFRED EMERY English actress, seen here with her husband Cyril Maude in School for Scandal

Charles Coffin / 1903
CHARLES HAYDEN COFFIN Actor, wearing an 18th century costume for The Country Girl

F Collingbourne / 1903
MISS F COLLINGBOURNE Actress, in San Toy

Miriam Clements / 1903
Miriam Clements Actress

Arthur Bourchier / Bishop
ARTHUR BOURCHIER English actor in The Bishops Move

Jessie Bateman / Blankleys
JESSIE BATEMAN Actress, in The Man from Blankley s

Lewis Waller / Players 03
LEWIS WALLER (William Waller Lewis) English actor-manager in The Three Musketeers

Beerbohm Tree / Herod 1903
Sir HERBERT DRAPER BEERBOHM TREE English actor-manager in the role of Herod

Fred Terry / Players 1903
FRED TERRY English actor in Change Alley

Ellaline Terriss / 1903
ELLALINE TERRISS English actress in Bluebell in Fairyland

Ellen Terry / Players 1903
Dame ELLEN ALICE TERRY English actress, in the role of Catherine of Aragon in Shakespeares Henry VIII

Marie Studholme / Players
MARIE STUDHOLME Actress, in The Toreador

Harry Irving / Ayli 1903
HARRY BRODRIBB IRVING English actor-manager in Shakespeares As You Like It. Son of Sir Henry Irving

Jane Hading / Players 1903
JANE HADING French actress

Weedon Grossmith / 1903
WEEDON GROSSMITH Writer and actor, in The New Boy

Evie Greene / Kitty 1903
EVIE GREENE Actress in Kitty Grey

3rd Marq / Salisbury / Cdv
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne 3rd Marquis of Salisbury English Mp and Prime Minister

Bernhardt / Iseyl 1903
SARAH BERNHARDT French actress in Iseyl

Lena Ashwell / 1903
LENA ASHWELL Actress, in Bonnie Dundee

Scott / Comet Plane
Charles William Anderson Scott and his Comet: he made several record flights

Edward Vii / P Journal 03
Edward VII attends the Paris Opera, not so much for love of the music as to demonstrate his wish for friendly relations between Britain and France

Albert I / Belgium / Postcd
ALBERT I King of Belgium (1909-34) with his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria, and their children Leopold (b 1901), Charles (b 1903) and Marie-Jose (b 1906)

Charles of Belgium
CHARLES, COUNT OF FLANDERS Son of Albert I, King of Belgium

Edward Vii / Rire 1903
EDWARD VII With Emile Loubet, President of France, at the time of the signing of an Entente Cordiale with Britain

Nikola I / Montenegro 1903
NIKOLA I Ruler of Montenegro (Yugoslavia)

Pirbright / Henry De Worms
HENRY de WORMS 1st BARON PIRBRIGHT Politician

Ploughing in 1903
Ploughing with a pair of horses

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