Excitement Collection

Catford Evacuees
A group of excited evacuee schoolchildren wait with their nurses on the platform of Catford train station in south east London. (Note the barrage balloon behind them)

Ben-Hur, chariot race scene, book by General Lew Wallace
Ben-Hur, chariot race scene, jacket design of the book by General Lew Wallace, published by Sears, Roebuck and Co, Chicago, USA. 20th century

1950s Cinema - Childrens Saturday Matinee. Boys and girls looking up at the screen and laughing. Two of the boys are wearing ABC badges -- the name of the cinema. Date: 1954

Coronation 1953, the royal box at Ascot
A scene of excitement in the royal box at Royal Ascot when the Queens colt, Choir Boy, won the Royal Hunt Cup on 17 June 1953, a fortnight after the Coronation

An Intimate backstage moment - Paris Revue, France
An Intimate backstage moment behind the scenes of a Paris Cabaret Revue, France Date: circa 1910s

Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert
Undated coloured poster for Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert featuring illustrations of his tricks and performances. HPF/5B/18

Communist Demo 1931
Communist demonstration in Hyde Park : the intense excitement of the crowd reflects the inflammatory oratory of the speakers

Waterloo Station, Night
An engine drivers view of the station as he approaches it at night - a picture which catches some of the excitement of rail travel in the golden age of steam !

Christmas Morning by Margaret Tempest. circa 1910s

Playing Card Back - Bathers - Orange and White - Art Deco Date: 1920s

Illustration, Peter, the fox terrier, discovers a fox (White-Ear) has been hiding in the bed. Date: 1912

Motor racing in the 1950s
Reg Parnells maiden BRM V16 win Goodwood, England, 30th September 1950. Date: 1950

Kings College students on buses
Kings College students in high spirits, on two buses which are about to leave the Strand campus for Wormwood Scrubs (an open space in west London, not the prison!) for a football match

Playing Card Back - Bathers - Green and White - Art Deco Date: 1920s

Market Reports - Commodity Market
Market Reports - A Fall in Copper created some excitement! 1903

Healthy Recreation
A young woman prepares to take a putt whilst out playing golf with a female companion. A small boy stands behind acting as caddie for the day, looking away in to the distance

Market Reports Series - Sugar in Good Demand
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series

English Regency naval captain is mobbed at an inn
An English Regency naval captain with news of victory is met by an excited crowd at an inn. Captain Bowsprit waves his bicorne and a captured French flag from a post chaise

Jose Maria Urquinaona (1814-1883). Spanish clergyman, bishop of the Canary Islands (1868-1878) and Barcelona (1878-1883). Senator for the Archbishopric of Tarragona in 1881-1882 and 1882-1883

Excitement of Christmas - Illustration of a child enthralled by Christmas decorations. Artist: Anon. Date: 1927

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Jacob Milling postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. An exceptional handwritten postcard postmarked 11pm on 9 April 1912 sent by Second Class passenger Jacob Christian Milling (1863?1912)

White City Greyhounds
Advert promoting the White City Greyhound Racing Club. Date: 1932

Racing at Kempton Park
A low-angled shot captures both spectators and competitors at the Easter Saturday horserace at Kempton Park. Date: 1932

Soccer Action
Coventry City's goal-keeper colliding with a Fulham player during a soccer match at Craven Cottage. Date: 1931

Celebration of Mandela's release
A young black woman raises a bottle of champagne in the air in front of a large image of Nelson Mandela as the whole crowd celebrates his release after twenty-seven years in prison

The Finish of the Mile Race- A Dead Heat
A number of exhausted young male runners battle it out as they near the finishing line

Riding carousel at fairground
Visitors at a packed fairground enjoy riding the carousel, price one shilling. Date: circa 1950s

Excited race-goers
Race-goers caught up in the excitement of the moment. Date: circa 1930s

Elder Sister and younger siblings - Christmas morning
1910

A Lady excited by the ring of Loves Telephone
circa 1910s

Popping Corn in Hearth Date: 1948

Stewardess at Work Date: 1950

Nulli Secundus 2
British Army Dirigible No 2 Nulli Secundus II / 2 Airship Flying at Farnborough 24 July 1908 Date: 1908

La Boheme - Puccini - Act II - Toy Seller and Children
La Boheme by G. Giacosa and L. Illica with music by Giacomo Puccini - a scene from the premiere performance showing the original stage props in action

Children watch snow through window at Christmas, French card
French Christmas card featuring three children looking through a window at snow falling through the window outside. On the window sill or ledge are four perfectly wrapped presents. Date: c.1950s

Grand National at Aintree by Gilbert Holiday
The steeplechase horse race, the Grand National, run at Aintree

First ride of Pony Express, Missouri to California, USA
Depiction of the first ride of Pony Express, from St Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, USA, on 3 April 1860

Incident at East Surrey Grove, SE London, 7 May 1955

Olympics / 1896 Winners
Parade of the winning athletes

Cover design, The Golden West -- 12 complete stories for seven pence. circa 1927

Father Christmas with children
A Merry Xmas - Here is Every Joy! Three children in their nightwear aid Father Christmas in his delivery of presents by pulling on the belt of his cloak. Date: c.1920

Caricature of Augustus Harris and Henry Pettitt
Caricature of Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, and Henry Alfred Pettitt (1848-1893), British actor and dramatist -- Never mind, Pettitt

Paris Police / Hit & Run
The Paris police give chase and fire at the tyres of a car involved in a hit and run incident in the rue des Archives. Date: 1925

Garibaldi / Nine Elms Stn
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI Italian patriot receiving an address at Nine Elms railway station during his visit to London Date: 1807 - 1882

Three children and dog on a Christmas card
Three children and a dog on a Christmas card, admiring a decorated tree. Date: circa 1890s

Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, USA
A world premiere of a film taking place at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

The Prize Fight, 1814 and 1914
Depictions of the Prize Fight, of 1814 (above) and of 1914 (below). In the earlier version there is as much fighting in the crowd as there is in the boxing ring. Date: July 1914

Street scene with fire engine
Street scene with people watching a fire engine in action

Comic Postcard - Housewives Choice! A queue of young ladies excitedly wait their turn to meet their new pop music idol at the stage door. Date: circa 1950s

Balloon descent, Beuvri near Bethune, France
View of the Plaine de Beuvri (or Beuvry) near the town of Bethune in Artois, north of Paris

Balloon descent, Chateau de Beuvri, France
Balloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin in front of the Chateau de Beuvry, near Bethune. They had ascended from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, earlier the same day

Balloon descent, Prairie de Nesle, France
Balloon descent of Charles and Robert onto the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, surrounded by various witnesses, including an English gentleman, Mr Fares, who was the first to greet M Charles

Return of a balloon, Paris
The ceremonial return of a balloon to Paris, with various people of distinction. Charles and Robert made the ascent from the Tuileries Gardens the previous day. 2 December 1783

Balloon ascending with Sadler and Paget
A balloon ascending with Mr Sadler and Captain Paget of the Royal Navy from the gardens of the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, London, watched by a crowd of spectators. 12 August 1811

William Fox presents Bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen
William Fox presents bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen episodes : Episode nine hurled from the clouds

Market Reports Series - Sugar in Good Demand
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series

Stock Exchange Notes (2 / 4) - Bull Market
Stock Exchange Notes - Unexpected Bull movements created great excitement! 1903

Red Arrows display at St Mawgan Air Day, Cornwall
The Red Arrows (RAF aerobatic team) taking part in a display at the St Mawgan Air Day, Cornwall. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1980s

The Queens Excitement over the Struggle in the Stadium: Th
The image depicts a scene from the the 1908 Olympics held in London

The Abominable Clubman by Wyndham Robinson
Amusing, Festival of Britain themed cartoon, showing crowds rushing to see the sights of the Festival of Britain, while a toffish clubman shouts above the melee

Street tea party, Battersea - King George Vs Silver Jubilee
A street tea-party in Battersea, London, celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V. 1935

Rich Wotherspoon with other blind boy scouts
Boys of the 2nd Berkley Boy Scout Troop, California, December 8 cluster round to feel the Eagle Scout badge of Rich Wotherspoon, 20. All the boys in the picture are blind

Childrens tea party - King George Vs Silver Jubilee
One of the many tea-parties held in the streets of London for poor children, in celebration of the Silver Jubilee of King George V. 1935

Camels Fighting C1845
Two camels fight while two men watch in excitement: they have probably taken a bet on the outcome. Date: circa 1845

Country Children / Trains
Four children in the country, watching a train go by. Date: 1894

Santa Filling Stockings
" He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, & filled all the stockings..." Date: First published: 1823

Two boys on a home-made go-kart
Two boys enjoying a ride on a home-made go-kart in Horley, Surrey. They are travelling at such a speed that the photograph is blurred!

Man and three children on a toboggan in the snow
A man and three children sliding downhill on a toboggan in the snow

Christmas Morning by Muriel Dawson
Two little boys, who look like twins, engrossed in emptying their stockings of toys on Christmas morning

Christmas cracker box design
A jolly design for a box of Christmas crackers featuring three children; two are taking wicked enjoyment in pulling a cracker and frightening an innocent looking little blonde girl

Enthronement of Archbishop Lang
A crowd scene at the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864-1945)

Piccadilly Circus, London, on Derby Day
Traffic on the morning of Derby Day in Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus, London

The Holy Carpet
The start of the great annual Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca

Brighton Rough Sea
Rough seas add excitement to the outings of riders and walkers on the sea front at Brighton, Sussex

Dr Syntax / Setting out 2
Dr Syntax setting out on his second tour

American Civil war. The War excitement in New York
As the war progressed, thirst for news grew. Recruitment drives for the Union army concentrated on skilled and fit firemen, who had their own regiment, the New York Zouaves

Irish Jaunting Car 1909
American tourists in Ireland enjoy the excitement of a spin in a jaunting car

Excitement at Bordeaux
Excitement in Bordeaux at the news from Paris

Happy Evacuees 1940S
Not all evacuees were sad to leave the city for the country. Here are two boys (brothers), grinning with excitement in anticipation of the adventures to come

Irish Whiskey Parlour
Dogs, geese and a pig contribute to the excitement in an Irish whiskey parlour

Lajos Kossuth / 1851 Visit
LAJOS KOSSUTH Hungarian patriot and statesman on his arrival in England in 1851, here leaving the dock area at Southampton to begin his visit

Leaving Factory at Run
A young man leaves the shipyard at a run

Boys on a Go-Kart
Four boys on a home-made go-kart made out of a box which once contained frozen lamb tongues, in Horley, Surrey. Two of the boys are the photographers own and they are all having fun

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