Dr Otto Herschan Collection (page 2)

Plough Inn
1865: A London tram reaches the Clapham terminus of the Clapham - Westminster horse tramway. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Penny Farthing
circa 1865: Mr Ws Tree with his penny farthing bicycle. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Melody
A Victorian musician composing a song on a type of lute, 1858. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Big Ben
circa 1865: The Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace on the Thames Embankment, London, built in 1840 - 1965 by Charles Barry and A W Pugin. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Victorian Life
1860: A relaxed scene in a Victorian living room. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Coffee Break
1858: A group of Victorian ladies enjoying a chat and a cup of coffee. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Arcadian Gardens
1862: The Arcadian garden in South Kensington, London, part of an exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Not Bad
circa 1855: A woman in a short fitted jacket with a basque worn over a crinoline admires herself in a mirror. (Photo by G. H. Martyn/Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Young Fashion
circa 1865: A young woman reads a book while a young girl looks over her shoulder. She is wearing a short dress with a ruched overskirt over a frilled underskirt worn with ankle length boots

Tailoring
1860: A woman kneeling to mend anothers skirt. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Family Life
1867: A Victorian family sitting outside their country home. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Snowdonia Railway
1870: Trains at Tan-y-Bwlch station on the Festiniog (Ffestiniog) Railway, Snowdonia, North Wales. (Photo by E. Sevent/Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Gentleman
1858: A gentleman of the mid 19th century with top-hat, high-collar and cravat. (Photo by Maull & Polyblank/Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

York Station
circa 1858: Carriages in the sidings at York railway station which is built just inside the city walls with York Minster in the background. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Coracles
1856: Two men carrying their coracles - wicker boats covered with watertight fabric - on their shoulders. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

On The Rocks
circa 1870: Fully-dressed Victorian holidaymakers sunbathing on a rocky shore. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Yarmouth Sands
circa 1875: Holidaymakers on Great Yarmouth Sands, Norfolk. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Victorian Cyclist
circa 1870: Captain W Horton Hutchins of Cardiff Bicycle Club with his penny farthing bicycle, a popular vehicle during the Victorian era. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Gas Explosion
1862: Timber struts over a middle level sewer have collapsed after a gas explosion during construction, Church Street, Shoreditch, London. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Sewer Cutting
1862: Construction of the middle level sewer on Church Street, Shoreditch, east London. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Browning
1848: English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861), wife of Robert Browning. (Photo by Elliott & Fry/Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Baptismal Font
circa 1860: A Victorian Christening ceremony with parents and god-parents at the baptism font. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Red Riding Hood
1858: Little Red Riding Hood knocks on the door of her grandmothers cottage, from the fairy tale by the brothers Grimm. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Victorian Bathers
1870: Victorians bathing at a British seaside resort. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Football Team
1860: Members of the Royal Engineers Football Team in India. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Broadway NYC
1862: Broadway, New York, during the American Civil War. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Ralph Waldo Emerson
circa 1870: American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) who was among the leaders of the transcendental movement in Boston. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Crystal Palace
1856: An ornate fountain surrounded by plants in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, London, the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Big Pong
circa 1862: Timber struts over a middle level sewer have collapsed after a gas explosion during construction in Church Street, Shoreditch, London. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Family Life
1875: A Victorian family and their two maids pose on the doorstep of their house. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Naples 1861
1861: A Piedmontese frigate in the port of Naples at the time of the occupation by Garibaldis troops. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Brindisi Station
1866: A train waiting at a platform in Brindisi, southern Italy. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Early Settlers
1867: The building of the railway bridge over the river at Salt Lake City in Utah with the beginnings of a settlement by the Mormon sect evident. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Railway History
1870: The Rigi railway engine. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Railway History
1870: The Rigi Railway Train making its way across a suspended piece of track in a mountainous region. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Parlour Music
circa 1860: A woman plays the piano in a Victorian parlour. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Home Of Shakespeare
circa 1880: Exterior of the cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon where the English dramatist, William Shakespeare (1864 - 1616) was born. (Photo by Francis Frith/Getty Images)

Louisiana City
circa 1870: The docks of New Orleans, a major port on the Mississippi River, Louisiana. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Scots Flyer
1874: The Scots Flyer of the 70 s. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Victorian Travel
1869: Passengers waiting for a train on a railway platform. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Rail Works
1875: Men at work in the Great Western Railway works in Swindon. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Michael Faraday
circa 1850: English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867) holding up the bar of his heavy glass. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Victorian Dress
1859: A Victorian gown with a hooped skirt and high collar. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Fox Hunt
1868: A fox hunting party gathered in a field. (Photo by Robinson/Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Family Picnic
1869: A family enjoying a picnic in the countryside. (Photo by Francis Hollyer/Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Danish Tram Train
1864: Boarding a horse drawn tram in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Suez Canal Finished
17th November 1869: Sailing ships at the opening ceremony of the Suez Canal. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Victorian Gents
1850: A Victorian man arm in arm with a friend. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

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