Audience Collection (page 17)

Beauty Contest 1956
A beauty contest in Cliftonville, near Margate, Kent. Date: 1956

Bandstand at Eastbourne
An audience gathers around the bandstand on the front at Eastbourne in Sussex

Armstrongs hydro-electric machine
Hydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s

Television in the comfort of your own home
The latest type of home receiver for vision and sound, with a fluorescent screen 8 by 6 inches, displaying a picture of Mickey Mouse

Dutch in the Congo
Don Alvaro, the king of Congo, gives audience to a party of Dutch travelers

Lumiere Theatre Paris
People are entranced by what they see at the Lumiere Theatre in Paris, France

Louis & Ministers
Bowing and scraping are very much in order when Louis is gracious enough to grant an audience to his ministers

Royal Institut n Lecture
A lecture in progress at the Royal Institution, London

Grand Centrifugal Ride
The Grand Centrifugal railway was an early type of rollercoater, in which participants sat in sledges / carriages which went down a ramp and around two circles

India / Delhi / Palace
The Royal Palace of the Mughal emperors : the Hall of Audience

Fash. Ger. Theatre Goers
Fashionable patrons of the theatre. He sits with his hat on while she scans the audience for friends and foes with her opera-glass

Trapeze Man / Music Sheet
The legendary man on the flying trapeze: except for the fact that hes safely on the ground in this picture

Talmas Audience
French actor TALMA, by sheer will-power, sees his audience divested of their clothes and transformed into skeletons, which he claims inspires his finest performances

AUCTIONEER
THE SPECIOUS ORATOR " Will your Ladyship do me the honor to say 50, 000?" The auctioneer, James Christie, surveys his audience"

Papal Audience 1898
Pope Leo XIII gives audience to a lady, while a cardinal sits nearby looking rather bored, and another religious person scratches his chin in a puzzled kind of way

Sophie Tucker / Nerman
SOPHIE TUCKER (Sophia Abuza) American vaudeville singer with occasional film roles

Vaudeville Theatre / Paris
Vaudeville Theatre, Paris An interior view showing the audience enjoying a performance

Comedy Audience
JOHN BULL AT A COMEDY The audience in stitches one of a set of two

Tragedy Audience
THE EFFECTS OF TRAGEDY The audience reduced to tears one of a set of two

National Circus / France
An interior view of the Cirque National in the Champs Elysees, Paris. You can see the magnificent roof as a woman stands on a horses back & canters round the ring

Dickens / Liverpool Inst
CHARLES DICKENS Giving an address at the Liverpool Mechanics Institution, in 1844

Chariot Racing
A chariot race under way at the Circus Maximus, Rome. An enthusiastic audience watch enthralled

Jack Dempsey, Boxer 1921
Jack Dempsey (1895 - 1983) pictured before defending his heavyweight crown against Carpentier on July 2 1921. Dempsey won in front of 90, 000 fans and a live radio audience

Southcotts Box
JOANNA SOUTHCOTT Southcotts box, opened by Harry Price before a large audience in 1927; expected to contain amazing revelations, only rubbish was found

Fakir hanging over a fire, India
A fakir in India hangs over a fire for three hours without manifesting any signs of pain

Mormon children of Brigham Young at the theatre
The many children of the Mormon leader, Brigham Young, attend the Mormon Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Mormon wives of Brigham Young at the theatre
The many wives of the Mormon leader, Brigham Young, attending the Mormon Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Hindu snake charmer
A Hindu snake charmer

Paris Street Magician
A Parisian street magician entertains the crowd, performing a trick with a member of the audience, or his assistant, and a large baton

Audience, Vallotton
An enthusiastic audience

Mckinley / Petit Parisien
WILLIAM MCKINLEY 25th US President at his 1901 inauguration in Washington

Country Dance in Village
Rural Sport -- Dr Syntax watches country people dancing in an English Village

Philip Hermon / Grave Eng
PHILIP HERMON Quaker, preaching

Shakespeare / Reading Eliz
SHAKESPEARE Playwright reading his works to Queen Elizabeth and others

Gottfried Von Strasburg
GOTTFRIED VON STRASBURG German minnesinger, with an enthusiastic audience

Jousts at Westminster Abbey

Faraday / Lecture / Children
Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist, lectures to an audience of children

The Showman
A street entertainer sets up his stand, while his assistant blows his trumpet to attract an audience

Dutch in Congo 1642
Don Alvaro, king of Kongo, gives audience to a Dutch delegation Date: 1642

Meyerbeer / Prophete / 3
The audience at the Paris Opera watch the dramatic scene in Act Four, where John of Leyden, claiming divine origin, is about to be crowned when he is recognised by his mother

James Graham, Quack Doc
James Graham, famous Scottish quack doctor, delivers a lecture to an audience. In December 1783, Graham claimed that he knew the secret to living to the age of 150

The Theatre - Pompeii
Pompeii Yesterday and Today The Theatre

Whos out Front ?
Whos out front ? - two dancers look through the peep- hole to see whether their admirers are in the audience

Fridthjof & Ingeborg
In order to see Ingeborg, his beloved, Fridthjof visits the court of her husband, King Ring, disguised as a salt miner. Ingeborg recognises him

Panto Audience 1890
A party of children enjoy the panto at Drury Lane Theatre, London

London Institution 1820
London Institution with a meeting taking place

Guignol Audience, Paris
An enraptured audience at a Guignol show in a Paris park

Dancer and Admirers
A dancer looks at the audience, while two men have eyes only for her

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