1903 Collection

A Game of Bowls, Britain, 1903
Photograph showing an English gentleman about to deliver his bowl during a game of lawn bowling, 1903. Fellow players and spectators closely watch his technique

RMS Carpathia, 1903
Photograph of the Cunard Lines RMS Carpathia, launched by the Swan Hunter Shipyard, in 1902

Whipps Cross Hospital, Essex
Part of Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex. Several patients can be see in beds on the open balconies. The hospital was opened in 1903 by the West Ham Union for the sick poor in the area

Pope Pius X in Tiara
Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority

Marie Curie
Born in Poland in 1867, after receiving her secondary education she worked as a governess for eight years

Lacrosse
A run up the field. From a postcard published by CW Faulkner Date: 1903

Pope Pius X Photo
POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint

Thames Sailing Barge
A Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial sailing boat once common on the River Thames in London

West Ham Infirmary, Whipps Cross, Essex
West Ham Infirmary, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex, viewed across a small lake

George Gissing / 1895 Phot
GEORGE ROBERT GISSING English novelist

Imperial Institute, London
The Imperial Institute, London

The Village, Codicote, Hertfordshire
The Village, Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. Showing the George & Dragon Hotel Date: 1903

Oxford / Lincoln College
Oxford: Lincoln College, with Exeter College alongside Date: circa 1903

Wright 1903 Photo
Orville Wright, watched anxiously by his brother Wilbur, achieves the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

GWR Milnes-Daimler omnibus, 1904
The bus is pictured at Mullion, between Helston and The Lizard. This was the route of the first GWR bus service which began in 1903

ANIMAL / OKAPI 1903
Okapia Johnstoni. Date: 1903

Leyton Cricket Ground
Essex host 1902 champions Yorkshire in a County Championship cricket match at the Leyton Ground, East London

King Edward VII Mine, South Condurrow, Camborne, Cornwall. 27th November 1903
Students working underground at an unknown depth at King Edward VII mine, South Condurrow, Camborne, Cornwall. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Tooting Bec Asylum, Surrey
A woman pushes a pram at the entrance to the Tooting Bec Asylum at Tooting Graveney, erected in 1899-1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Welsh women road builders, South Wales
A group of twenty Welsh women road builders in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, holding their spades. They built the road to Hook in 1903-4 to facilitate transport to the colliery

Buffalo Bills Wild West
Promotional postcard for Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders of the World featuring the Union Jack flag and the Stars and Stripes

Connel Ferry Bridge
The Connel Ferry Bridge, the worlds 2nd largest steel cantilever bridge, Argyllshire, Scotland, opened in 1903. The Ballachulish railway line closed in 1966

Southampton High Street
The high Street, with a tram and a number of open carriages

London arms and seals
The Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries

Altrincham Railway Station - Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Date: 1903

JUNGLE BOOK, 1903. Mowgli and the lone wolf. Illustration by Edward and Maurice Detmold for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, 1903

BOLSHEVIK MEETING, 1903. Vladimir Lenin at the Second Congress of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1903. Painting, 20th century

Roosevelt and Muir, C1903
ROOSEVELT AND MUIR, c1903. President Theodore Roosevelt, center, and John Muir, with long beard, next to the President, at the foot of a redwood tree in California, c1903

The Fat Boy of Peckham and his father
John Trundley, or sometimes, Trunley (1898 - 1944)

STIEGLITZ: NEW YORK, 1903. Horses and carriages on a snowy street in New York City. Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, 1903

Delhi Durbar Elephants
State elephants of the Maharajah of Gwalior superbly decorated for the Delhi Durbar

1903 Wright Flyer on display in the Science Museum, London
The original 1903 Wright Flyer lent by Orville Wright for display at the Science Museum, London. Date: circa 1907

The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, the Adventure of the Norwood Builder, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle

Boys hockey
Scene from a boys hockey match. Bullying off. Date: 1903

Perfume bottles, from thes Maw & Sons catalogue Date: 1903

Tortoiseshell Persians
Two Persian cats, one tortoiseshell and one tortoiseshell-and-white, sit together. Date: 1903

USA, Alabama, Monroeville. Home of writers Truman Capote and Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Old Courthouse, b.1903, interior

Whipps Cross Hospital, Essex
Entrance to Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex. Several patients can be see in beds on the open balconies. The hospital was opened in 1903 by the West Ham Union for the sick poor in the area

Stobhill Hospital, Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland
Stobhill Hospital was erected in 1903-4 at Springburn, Glasgow, by the citys poor law authority. It provided around 2000 beds for the infirm and chronically sick poor, and for children

Ewell Epileptic Colony, Epsom, Surrey
Lime Villa at the Ewell Epileptic Colony, Hook Road, Epsom, Surrey. The colony, opened in 1903 by the London County Council, was later known as Ewell Mental Hospital and then as St Ebbas Hospital

Union Workhouse, Bagthorpe, Nottingham
Front entrance of the Nottingham Union Workhouse at Bagthorpe, Nottingham, with staff seated outside

This cost a pretty figure by Merlin Enabnit
Pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) posed provocatively in her underwear while examining a string of pearls. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

1903-Trouble; 1930-Reliability: The Motor cars wonderful ad
Six photographs illustrating the development of the motor car over a period of 27 years starting with the old Siddeley of 1903 next to its latest descendant of the time

Sport / Rugby
a successful tackle

Vladimir Horowitz / Hrand
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ American pianist, born in Russia

Douglas-Home / Alec
SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME British Prime Minister (Conservative) 1963-4

Felixstowe, the Beach
The beach at Felixstowe, Suffolk, with its row of beach huts

Boys Brigade Boy C1903
A boy in his Boys Brigade uniform, posing for a studio photograph with a garden backdrop

Sher. Holmes Thinking
THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN Sherlock Holmes studies the case at his desk

Henley Regatta 1903
By the river during the Henley Regatta. Date: 1903

Autocar Poster -- Circuit des Ardennes race
Autocar Poster -- British driver Charles Jarrott winning the Circuit des Ardennes race in the famous 70 Panhard. His average speed during the race was 54 mph. Date: 1903

The Haunted Wood C1903

George Gissing
GEORGE GISSING George Robert Gissing, English novelist

Father Christmas
A really creepy French Father Christmas surprisingly doesn t terrify two young girls

Corry / Vanity Fair 1877
MONTAGU WILLIAM LOWRY CORRY BARON ROWTON Statesman and philanthropist, Disraelis private secretary

1st Petrol Fire-Engine
A combination fire-fighting engine, with chemical fire extinguishing apparatus and a fire-escape ladder. This model was the first petrol motor fire-engine in the world

Hector Macdonald
Sir HECTOR MACDONALD British military, notably in South Africa

Events / Exploration / Polar
Sledge party planting British flag. Shackleton, Scott and Wilson Discovery exploration of the Antarctic

The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini, Romagna, Italy
The Tempio Malatestiano (Italian Malatesta Temple) - the cathedral church of Rimini, Italy. The upper part of the facade, which was supposed to include a gable end, was never finished Date: 1903

London Bridge over the River Thames, London, now situated at Lake Havasu City, Arizona. It was purchased in 1968 by Robert McCulloch and re-opened in America in 1971. Date: 1903

Eyeglasses for chickens patent, 1903 C024 / 3600
Eyeglasses for chickens patent, 1903. Artwork of a device designed by Andrew Jackson Jr. to protect the eyes of chickens from aggressive pecking by other chickens

BOSTON MAP, 1903. A map of Boston, Massachusetts. Engraving, 1903

Training Ship Exmouth
The Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays, Essex

Measuring up an end of Bowls, 1903
Photograph showing the measuring from a jack during a game of bowls, Britain, 1903

SS Norman arriving at Southampton, 1903
Photograph of the SS Norman arriving at Ocean Quay, Southampton, 14th March 1903. Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary, was on board the Norman arriving back from a foreign tour

Motor Bus London 1903
A Motor Bus causes considerable interest on a London Street. Bus owners faced the competition posed by the electrification of the tramways with motor buses

Oxford / Christ Church
Oxford: Christ Church College Tom Quadrangle

Woman in a Kent Garden
A Kentish Garden A woman picks flowers from large herbaceous borders in a typical English garden

Warner / Cricketer
Sir Pelham Francis Warner ( Plum ), English cricketer (1873-1963)

Oxford / Exeter Quad 1903
Oxford: Exeter College Quadrangle

Gaumont Projector 1903
Gaumont projector, adaptable to both still and moving pictures, Date: 1903

Jack London / Call of Wild
Buck, sitting on the porch of Judge Millers house

Jack London / Call of Wild
Bucks encounter with a frightened wolf

Boats at Molesey Lock
Boats and boaters at Molesey Lock on the Thames at Surrey. Though larger vessels must use the lock on the right, smaller boats can be hauled over the rollers, to the left

Herbert Spencer / 1888 Pho
HERBERT SPENCER sociologist & philosopher

Pope Pius X (Van. Fair)
POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint

Hector Macdonald
Sir HECTOR MACDONALD British military, notably in South Africa

Events / Exploration / Polar
The Discovery frozen in during the Scott, Shackleton and Wilson exploration of the Antarctic

Queens Park Rangers FC football team, in green and white stripes: Miles (Trainer), Foster (Director), Murphy, Cross, Collins (Captain), Downing, White, Singleton, McLean (Assistant Trainer)

The Parley, 1903, by Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
Frederic Remington (1861-1909). American painter. The Parley, 1903

Bigger Bank, Walney Island, Cumbria
Bigger Bank, Walney Island, near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Showing the Pavilion Date: 1903

Hare coursing. Waterloo Cup
Two greyhounds chasing a hare during the Waterloo Cup, a blood sport abolished in 2005. Date: 1903

The Duke of Roxburghe and Miss May Goelet
America and the Peerage - Miss Mary ( May ) Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr, 8th Duke of Roxburghe in 1903

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Step back in time to the year 1903, a remarkable era filled with significant events and notable figures. The RMS Carpathia sails through stormy seas, forever etched in history for its heroic rescue of Titanic survivors just nine years later. In Britain, a game of bowls brings communities together, showcasing the spirit of camaraderie that still resonates today. Pope Pius X dons his majestic tiara, symbolizing his influential reign as head of the Catholic Church during this pivotal year. Meanwhile, Marie Curie's groundbreaking research paves the way for scientific discoveries that would shape our understanding of radioactivity. Whipps Cross Hospital stands tall in Essex, providing essential healthcare services to those in need. The GWR Milnes-Daimler omnibus takes to the streets, revolutionizing public transportation and offering convenience like never before. At the Imperial Institute in London, knowledge is celebrated and shared among scholars from around the world. In an iconic photograph captured circa 1903, Roosevelt and Muir stand side by side—a testament to their dedication towards preserving nature's wonders for future generations. Welsh women road builders showcase their strength and resilience as they contribute to South Wales' infrastructure development. The Connel Ferry Bridge connects communities over turbulent waters—an engineering marvel that fosters unity amidst challenging circumstances. Another glimpse into Pope Pius X's life reveals his profound influence on millions worldwide through faith and leadership. Lastly, George Gissing's timeless portrait from 1895 reminds us of literary brilliance that transcends time—his works continue to captivate readers even decades later. " Note.