27th Collection (page 5)

Wine-bottles in place of crosses
Illustration by Frederic Villiers showing French soldiers marking the graves of their fallen comrades by wine bottles filled with names and particulars

Franco-Prussian War. The Bridge at Corbeil, blown up by the F
In order to stop the Prussian advance the French troops destroyed strategically placed bridges. In early October 1870 the French were surrounded by the Prussians

Madame Curie visiting a war hospital
Photograph showing Marie Curie, discoverer of radium, visiting the British field-hospital at Furnes where she took X-rays of all cases

Fishing Up Lost Anchors, June 1885
Engraving of fishermen retrieving a lost anchor, from the Illustrated London News, 27th June 1885. Lost anchors often proved hazardous to fishermens nets

A Mid-day rest
Sandwich-men, some wearing advertising placards having a break in the Strand, London. Date: December 27th 1884

Benjamin Disraeli at the Carlton Club Banquet, 1878
Engraving showing Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), giving a speech at a Carlton Club Banquet held in his honour, 27th July 1878

Mine crater
Aerial view of a crater formed by a mine explosion on the Western Front, 1915

Dwight D Eisenhower arriving in London, 1959
Photograph showing Dwight D Eisenhower (1890-1969), then President of the USA, walking down the aircraft steps on arrival at London Airport, 27th August 1959

Herbert Hoover with his wife at their home in Washington
The Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Mr Herbert Hoover and his wife in the Washington House. Born in 1874 he was involved in the relief activities in World War I

National Guard ambulance department
Platoons of the National Guard Ambulance department of St. Bartholomews Hospital

French Minister / Berlin
Poncet, Laval & Briand at Berlin - the first French ministers to visit there since 1878

The civil war in America: attack on the Confederate batterie
Attack on the Confederate batteries at Bull Run by the 27th and 14th New York regiments. The battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the civil war, seen here from the Confederate side

The Engagement Ring
Engraving from 1895 showing a young woman sat in a chair by the fire admiring the engagement ring on her left hand. The room she is sitting in has a typically ornate late-Victorian interior

Birds Eye view of London Docks
A Birds Eye View of the London Docks. Started in 1802 and completed in 1805, they covered 90 acres, with 20 warehouses of 259 floors, 18 sheds, 17 vaults and 6 quays

The honeymoon carriage on the Midland railway
The compartment for newly wedded couples by the Midland Railway Company on selected trains. The carriage is unofficially termed the honeymoon carriage but can be reserved for the price of two first

Arrival of the workmens train
Arrival of the workmens penny train at the Victoria Station showing men waiting to cram onboard the train to transport them for a days work

Railway of the future
The railway of the future, travelling 300 miles an hour. Mr E. W Chalmers Kearneys working model of his high speed railway, where, he claimed, 300 mph could be obtained in safety

Father Christmas Enters by the City Gate
Illustration by J.R Skelton from the Sphere, November 27th, 1922 showing Father Christmas entering by the city gate in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. A large group of excited children precede him

Reichstag Fire
The Reichstag destroyed by fire

Capture of Robert / 1106
Duke Robert Curthose is captured by Baudri after attempting to break the siege at Tinchebrai, started by the rival claimant to Normandy, his brother Henry

William Howard Taft
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT 27th US President (1909-13)

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