Images Dated 1st August 2015 (#40)

General Alexis Nicholaievitch Kuropatkin
Alexei Nikolaievitch Kuropatkin (1848-1925), Russian Imperial Minister of War (1898-1904), active in the Russo-Japanese War. Pictured here on the front cover of The Tatler at that time. Date: 1904

Royal Wedding 1904 - wedding group
Wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany, pictured with their bridesmaids from left, Princess Mary of Wales, Princess Mary of Teck, Princess Patricia of Connaught

The Duke of Connaught and family as hockey players
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught with their daughters, Princess Margaret (Daisy, later Crown Princess of Sweden) and Princess Patricia (later Lady Patricia Ramsey)

Royal Wedding 1904 - wedding dress of Alice of Albany
The wedding gown of Princess Alice of Albany who married Prince Alexander of Teck in 1904. Made from soft, flexible satin mouselline, the skirt, supplemented with a very long train

The Queen of the Jaguars and her Trained Troupe
Madame Morelli pictured with her jaguars, part of Bostocks famous menagerie. Date: 1904

Royal Wedding 1904 -- Houses of Albany and Teck
Princess Alice of Albany, later Countess of Athlone (1883-1981) and Prince Alexander of Teck, later Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874-1957), photographed on their wedding day

Royal Wedding 1904 -- Albany and Teck wedding gifts
A display of some of the wedding gifts given to Princess Alice of Albany, later Countess of Athlone (1883-1981) and Prince Alexander of Teck, later Alexander Cambridge

Royal Wedding 1904 -- Albany and Teck wedding meal
Wedding breakfast and luncheon table set out in the state dining room at Windsor Castle, for the wedding of Princess Alice of Albany

Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge with four children
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (Duchess of Teck) with her four children, including May (lower right), who became Queen Mary. The boys were Adolphus, Francis and Alexander. Date: circa 1880s

Princess Alice of Albany
PRINCESS ALICE OF ALBANY COUNTESS of ATHLONE (1883 - 1981) Granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wife of Prince Alexander of Teck. Pictured at the time of her marriage. Date: 1904

Roman massacre of Druids
Roman forces led by Suetonius Paulinus massacre the druids on the island of Mona (Anglesey) Date: 61 A.D

First electric cab licensed in London
The first electric cab ever licensed in London in 1897. Called Berseys after the manager of the Electric Cab Company, they were nicknamed hummingbirds due to the sound they made. Date: 1904

Nursery Rhymes -- couple arguing, blacksmith
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an elderly couple argue in a bare room, with bags of gold and silver on the floor

Nursery Rhymes -- goblin and bats, bird stealing pipe
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a goblin and bats flying about the night sky by moonlight. Below -- a bird steals a plump mans pipe. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- daffodil lady, giant on sea shore
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a lady dressed as a daffodil is pulled along by three white mice. Below -- an ugly giant stands on the sea shore

Nursery Rhymes -- Little Polly Flinders sat among the cinders. Date: circa 1920s

Nursery Rhymes -- man on horse, royal scene
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a black man riding a horse down the street. Below -- a royal scene. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- two birds, man and chimney
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a white cockatoo and a black crow. Below -- a man clings to a chimney. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations. A man in a room full of mice reaches for a plate of meat on a shelf. A bridegroom wheels his bride along the road in a wheelbarrow. A frog eats a worm

Nursery Rhymes -- Jack Sprat, man in forest
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean. Below -- a man in a forest in a green costume. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Babes in the Wood. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- baby and drummer, lion
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a royal baby in a cradle is entertained by a drummer. Below -- an old lion lies on the ground. Date: early 20th century

Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Mgarr, Malta
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes at Mgarr (or Imgarr - formerly known as Mgiarro), a small town in the northwest of the mainland of Malta. Date: circa 1910s

Gruyeres, Switzerland - The Street Date: circa 1903

Flower Seller - Cote D Azur - Nice Date: circa 1910s

Young Japanese Nurse Date: circa 1910s

Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, Hyde Park
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing the Duke of Connaught and Colonel Laurie (Assistant Police Commissioner) on a dais in Hyde Park

Japanese women sorting grain
Japanese women sort, grade and winnow grain. Date: circa 1910s

Japanese shop selling pots and pottery Date: circa 1910s

Pegli, Genoa - Italy - The Beach
The beach at Pegli, a middle-high-class neighbourhood in the west of Genoa, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

The Royal Bombay Yacht Club
The Royal Bombay (Mumbai) Yacht Club, India Date: 1910s

Peshawar - North West Frontier Province - The Fort and a general view of the city. Date: 1910s

Ivory Coast - Grand Lahou Lagoon
Southern Ivory Coast - Petrol tugboat on the Grand Lahou Lagoon Date: 1911

Morocco - Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen (Chaouen / Accawn / Chauen / Xauen) - a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name, and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue

Mahdis Tomb - Omdurman, Sudan
The Mahdis Tomb - Omdurman, Sudan. Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad, self- declared Mahdi in 1881. In his reform of Islam he replaced the pilgrimage to Mecca with the obligation to serve in the holy war

Turin, Italy - Village and Medieval Castle Date: circa 1910s

Hindu Temple - Bali, Indonesia
Hindu Temple on the Island of Bali, Indonesia Date: circa 1930s

Polo at Hurlingham
The opening match of the polo club at Hurlingham. Date: 1874

Met Police centenary celebrations, Buckingham Palace
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) on horseback

Switzerland - Finhaut from Tete Noire
View of Finhaut from the Tete Noire and the Trient Glacier, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Met Police centenary celebrations, Buckingham Palace
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing uniformed police officers marching in formation in front of Buckingham Palace, watched by crowds of spectators

Royalty at Hurlingham: the social side of the polo test, 1921
The royal party at the international polo match: the Prince of Wales(later Edward VIII then Duke of Windsor)(second from left in the front row), King George V(fourth from the left), Queen Alexandra

Met Police centenary celebrations, two elderly veterans
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing two elderly veterans of the police force, with others, as spectators of the parade in Hyde Park, Central London

Met Police centenary celebrations, two elderly veterans
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing two elderly veterans of the police force, with others, as spectators of the parade in Hyde Park, Central London

Moldova - Old barn, well and storks
Moldova - a family of storks have nested on the top of a steep-roofed delapidated farm barn, next to a lever well. Date: circa 1920s

Smiths Bank - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Charles III Gallery Date: circa 1910s

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey
Portrait of Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918). Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 until his death in 1918

Senegal - Dry Dock at Dakar Date: 1910s

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