1905 Collection (page 10)

Provincial City Street
An old street in a provincial city - the Shambles, York

Arras Cattle Market 1905
The cattle market in the Place Victor Hugo, Arras, northern France

Horse & Arab Rider C1905
An Arab in the desert on his rearing horse

Bandstand, Leicester
Round the bandstand in Victoria Park, Leicester

Youth Learns Fear / Grimm
A boy fearlessly encounters two giant black cats on his journey to discover the meaning of fear Date: circa 1905

Dinner at Simpsons C1905
Dining at fashionable Simpsons restaurant in the Strand : the Gentlemens Dining Room

Llanfair Pg
The churchyard at LLANFAIR- PWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLL -LLANDISILIOGOGOGOCH (Church of St Mary white hazel hollow near the rapid whirlpool - Tysilios church of red cave.)

Lloyd George in 1905
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE President of the Board of Trade

Fujiyama (Liebig)
The most painted and photographed volcano in the world - Mount Fuji

Donkey Ride / Margate
Children prepared for a donkey ride

Gb Shaw / Munsey 1905
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Irish writer Sitting down leaning on the arm of a chair

Afternoon tea in a fashionable French home

Oxford / Punting C1905
Oxford: punting near Magdalen College bridge

MFB (later LCC / LFB) Hampstead fire station
Built originally for the MFB in 1868, Hampstead fire station was located at 49 Heath Street. It became the responsibility of the London County Council in 1889 upon the LCCs creation

City of London Union Workhouse Infirmary, Bow Road
Situated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary later St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse. Date: 1905

Girl Undressing - Bed - 1905
A little girl undressing for bed. Date: 1905

Swinoujscie, Poland (formerly Swinemunde in Prussia)
Bathers with their marvelous wickerwork seats on the beach at the Baltic Sea Coastal resort of Swinoujscie, Poland (formerly Swinemunde in German Prussia) Date: 1905

Old railway track at Winsford, Cheshire
Bullhead rail on stone sleepers at Over & Wharton (Winsford, Cheshire) on the LNWR. Possibly a re-use of redundant tramway blocks? Date: 1905

Rossetti Studios (right) at 72 Flood Street, Chelsea, London. Edward Holland built this block containing seven purpose-built artist studios, completed around 1896

Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - The Caged Russian Bear
A spectacular Russo-Japanese War propaganda postcard - The Caged Russian Bear peered at by Japanese children, women and soldiers in uniform. Date: circa 1905

Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (18821944) of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg - the seventh child and fourth son of King George I of Greece

The Queens Hotel, Leicester Square, London. We can date this photograph very accurately as the billboard shows that Adeline Genee was appearing as Swanilda in " Coppelia" at the Empire

American Samoa - Pago Pago - production of copra
Pago Pago, Capital of American Samoa - the cultivation of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) for the production of copra, the dried flesh of the coconut

Kitty Lord music hall vocalist. Began working life as a servant and progressed to living in a house in Regents Park. Performed worldwide between 1894 and 1915 including Egypt and Argentina

Sisters Warwick music hall trick cyclists
The Sisters Warwick music hall trick and acrobatic cyclists. Five women dressed in knee length full white skirts with short white jackets, large hats with decorative veiling and flat shoes

Madama Soffritti weightlifter
Madama Soffritti pictured with weights and bar bells. Wearing Roman sandals, leather wrist guards, a silk knickerbocker costume, necklace and ear-rings. Date: circa 1905

Vesta Tilley music hall male impersonator 1864-1952
Vesta Tilley (Matilda Alice Powles) male impersonator, actress and pantomime star. Dressed in costume as an Eton schoolboy with bum-freezer jacket and top hat

St. Mary's Dominican Convent, Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
The South View of St. Mary's Dominican Convent, Cabra, an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Date: 1905

HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger class
Royal Navy - HMS Encounter, a 2nd-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class, operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), as HMAS Encounter

Deaf and Dumb Finger Alphabet
A chart of the finger-spelling alphabet used by many deaf people. Date: circa 1905

St Michaels Convent, Waterlooville - Refuge & Laundry
The refuge and laundry buildings at St Michaels Convent, Waterlooville, Hampshire, established to receive penitents and young girls in moral danger. Date: circa 1905

Rival Chinese magicians Chung Ling Soo & Ching Ling Foo
Rival Chinese magicians, Chung Ling Soo (real name, Billy Robinson) seen top putting his wife Suee Seen (aka Olive or Dot ) into a cannon as part of his act at the London Hippodrome

Mrs Arthur Cadogan with her pet boa-constrictor
The Latest Cult - strange pets. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan looking very relaxed and elegant, wearing her pet boa-constrictor as a fashion accessory it seems. Date: 1905

Advert, Walter Mitchell & Sons, Ayr, Scotland
Advert for Walter Mitchell & Sons, Food Provisions, Ayr, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Mackie & Thomson, Shipbuilders, Govan, Glasgow
Advert for Mackie & Thomson, Shipbuilders, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Leckie, Graham & Co, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert, Leckie, Graham & Co, Saddlery, Harness, Bags and Trunks, Renfield Street and Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Laidlaw & Fairgrieve, Galashiels, Scotland
Advert for Laidlaw & Fairgrieve, Yarn Spinners, Ladhope Mills, Galashiels, Scotland. 1905

Advert, The Leith, Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Company
Advert for The Leith, Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Company Ltd, Passenger and Cargo Ships, Bernard Street, Leith, Scotland. 1905

Story of the Bengal Partition and its reversal
Page from The Graphic showing two maps of North East India. The top map shows Bengal partitioned in 1905, when a large part of its former area in the east was united with Assam to form the new

Chelsea Football Club team 1905-1906
Chelsea Football Club team and management, season of 1905-1906 (names below the photo). Date: 1905-1906

Natal Line of Steamers, passenger ships, London to Natal direct, sailings every ten days. 1905

Sir Edward Elgar, English composer
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), English composer at the time of the performance of his oratorio The Dream of Gerontius at the Worcester Music Festival. 1905

Maori greeting - rubbing noses Maori greeting - Te Hongi - rubbing noses
Maori greeting - rubbing noses

Central African cannibal
Pahouins of Central Africa tuck in to a fellow creature. Date: 1905

British Edwardian bathing beauties
1905

W T Stead (1849-1912) - English Newspaper Editor and pioneer of investigative journalism in the Victorian era. Championed the raising of the age of consent from 13 to 16. Date: 1905

The Grocers School viewed from Hackney Downs - Downs Park Road Lower Clapton, North London. Renamed Hackney Downs School in 1906

BAREFOOT GIRL / BREAD 1905
A generous girl gives a poor street girl some bread outside a bakers shop Date: 1905

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