Attention Collection (page 3)

OUT FOR AN AIRING
Out for an airing the nursemaid takes baby for an airing in the park - but her attention is distracted... Date: 1849

PEPYS WIFE PAINTED
Samuel Pepys pays little attention while artist paints portrait of his wife. Date: 19th C

Tourists and guardsman, Windsor
Four mature lady Japanese tourists pose for a photograph beside an Irish Guard on sentry duty outside Windsor Castle, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Liechtensteins Oldest Soldier. Date: 1920s

Kitsch French romantic postcard
Your eyes shun me, but I feel all your movements. Suddenly I can sense your slightest feelings. Kitsch French romantic postcard with some wonderfully-vivid and vibrant colouration

Scandalous Frocks 1908
Brazen women cause a scandal at the French races in their decollete gowns which use transparent fabrics over the chest in order to conform to the fashion for high collars

Late Victorian 1890s Greetings Card Boy Boys
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Boy scouts at camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, May 1935. Date: 1935

Guard on sentry duty, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Male and female police officers at an inspection parade
Police officers (including one woman) taking part in an inspection parade, Met Police, London. Date: circa early 1960s

Sir George Sinclair inspecting UK policewomen, Cyprus
Sir George Sinclair (1912-2005), Deputy Governor of Cyprus (1955-1960), during an inspection of 53 UK women police officers on their arrival at training school in Cyprus in April 1957

Old Maid / Coquette Dream
The Old Coquettes Dream: an old maid remembers how nice it was to be the centre of attention... Date: circa 1835

Russian soldiers, Russia, WW1
A group of Russian soldiers who have volunteered for the front during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

German soldier standing to attention, WW1
German soldier standing to attention with bayoneted rifle. Date: 1914-1918

Boys of Barberton Scout Troop, South Africa, being inspected by the British Consul at Lourenco Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique

Oman - Northern Frontier Policeman Date: circa 1950

British Indian Army - Hindustani Jats, NWFP Date: circa 1920s

Boys Dining Room at Hollybrook House, Southampton
Boys on duty stand to attention in the dining room at the Southampton Unions Hollybrook House childrens home. The home housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: Date unknown

London AFS fireman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2
London AFS fireman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz

London AFS firewoman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2
London AFS firewoman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz

German Skutari Detachment inspection, Albania, WW1
The German Skutari Detachment during an inspection of troops, Scutari, Albania, First World War. Date: circa 1914

A Kenyan Askari - Nairobi, Kenya (then British East Africa), standing to rigid attention in full ceremonial costume Date: 1918

Dr Slade the spirit medium
The trial of Henry Slade, the medium who was said to communicate with spirits by a slate board. Top sketch shows Mr G. Leis, counsel for the Prosecution and bottom image shows Professor E

Norsemen in France
Paris is besieged unsuccess- -fully by the Norsemen; Count Eudes and bishop Goslin defend the city and the Vikings are paid to turn their attention to Bourgogne

A man and his camel in Egypt
An Egyptian man has his ear bitten by his camel -- possibly a sign of affection? Date: early 20th century

Pier, landing of King George V, Aden
Pier, steamer point, and landing of King George V to inspect the troops around the time of his Coronation, at the British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). circa 1911

Leaders of Central Powers in field inspection, WW1
King Ludwig III of Bavaria, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and others inspecting part of the German flying corps, photographed by a prisoner. Date: circa 1917

Sir J Byrne inspecting Nairobi Defence Force, East Africa
Brigadier Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne (1874-1942), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Kenya (1931-1936) inspecting the Nairobi Defence Force, Kenya, East Africa. 1930s

The Nose Game - Aggressive Nose C10, Denotes Force of Character. 1927

The Battle of Flowers, Italy -- a young womans beauty and some red flowers in competition for attention. 1923

George VI on board HMS Duke of York, Scapa Flow, WW2
King George VI on the quarterdeck of HMS Duke of York, Scapa Flow, WW2. With him are Rear-Admiral J G Glennie, Rear-Admiral R L Burnett, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Moore

North West Frontier Province - Picket of Afghan Infantry at the boundary line between the British and Afghan Territory. Date: circa 1910s

Ambulance team on parade, Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1
Ambulance team on parade at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

Music cover, Hold Your Hats On! WW2
Music cover, Hold Your Hats On! (Too-dle-oo-dle-oo), words by Sonny Miller, music by Richard Addinsell, from the Army Film Unit production, Troopship, during the Second World War. 1942

Florence Upton playing cards - The Enemy. circa 1900s

Florence Upton playing cards - Drilling. circa 1900s

Mottos - Attention - B/W Toy Soldiers at Attention. Part of Box 134 Boswell Collection - Mottos. Date: circa 1895

The Coronation Procession reaches Horse Guards Parade
The Coronation Procession (for Edward VII) reaches Horse Guards Parade on 9th August, 1902. A procession of carriages carried British and overseas dignitaries and was followed by the Kings equerries

Music cover, The Chocolate Soldiers Daughter, words and music by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. 1938

Women police officers on parade at Peel House, London
A group of women police officers, some of them sergeants, and some wearing medals, on parade in the yard of Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London. Date: 1929

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Dispensary
A nurse provides medical attention to an inmate of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. The room contains medical equipment, an adjustable chair and jars of chemical solutions

Duchessa Di Galliera
La duchessa di GALLIERA Italian aristocrat, who died in Paris but would doubtless have other claims on our attention if we knew more about her. Date: ? - 1888

13th Earl of Eglinton
ARCHIBALD WILLIAM, thirteenth earl of EGLINTON, Scottish statesman whose chief claim on our attention was the famous tournament (of which we have splendid illustrations). Date: 1812 - 1861

Austen / Northanger Abbey
Catherine Morland attracts the attention of the Captain... Date: First published: 1818

Cartoon, Trying to stop a taxi. A man tries to attract the attention of a cabbie in a Paris street. He comments that it was hard enough trying to stop the Boche for four years

Boating in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris
This couple boating on the lake in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, seem to be attracting a surprising amount of attention, including a vendor of things to eat... Date: 1905

Codys Kite at Contest
At the First International Kite Competition, on the South Downs near Worthing, sussex : Codys kite enjoys police protection and the attention of a gent in a top hat. Date: 25 June 1903

Mannequins at Races - 2
Two mannequins, dressed in a leading couturiers latest creations, arrive at Longchamps racecourse on Grand Prix day, attracting considerable attention 1910

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