Listening Collection (page 2)

Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosophe
Socrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Socrates in prison before being sentenced to death. Colored engraving

Enver Hoxha's speech in Mallakast; Albania
A huge crowd gather in Mallakast;to hear the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha speak to the people from a balcony, along with other officials. Date: c. 1970s

Ray Bernard, left-wing campaigner, giving a speech
Ray Bernard, a left-wing political campaigner, giving a speech in the street. Various people have stopped to listen. Date: circa 1950s

David Owen, Labour and SDP politician
David Owen (David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, b 1938), British politician, served as Foreign Secretary (1977-1979) for the Labour government

Aneurin Bevan, sitting in an audience
Aneurin Bevan, also known as Nye Bevan (1897-1960), Welsh Labour politician. He served as Minister of Health in the mid-20th century

The Ferrer trial in Barcelona
Francisco Ferrer was accused of having taken a leading part in the Barcelona rebellion. The photograph shows Ferrer, top left

Crowd listening to live music on the bandstand in Battersea Park, London. Date: late 1890s

DEVONSHIRE
SPENCER COMPTON CAVENDISH 8TH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE (1833 - 1908), Politician, speaking in the House of Lords on 9 February 1892 on the death of Prince Albert Victor. Date: 1892

Comic postcard, Two women listen to radio - Housewives Choice Date: 20th century

Monitoring radio stations for news to rush to editors Date: 1941

Comic postcard, Man listening to the radio Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Maid and mistress Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scene in a court of law Date: 20th century

Advertisement for Western Electric wireless receiving apparatus showing a family listening to a loud speaker which was the same as used at the opening ceremony of the British Empire Exhibition in

English gentleman and ladies listening to a harpist at a ball in a stately home. Two lovers flirt in a corner, and four people play cards in another room

Ada Blanche in The Telephone Girl at the Grand Theatre, Islington in 1896. Date: 1896

McMichael Radio used to receive weather reports
Demonstrating the McMichael Radio, used to receive weather reports at 23, 000 feet on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933

Sailors listening to a Canta-Storia, Naples, Italy
Sailors listening to a Canta-Storia, a long narrative song, on the quay at Naples, Italy, with Vesuvius smoking in the background. Date: early 19th century

Charlatan speaking to group of people in Rome, Italy
A charlatan, probably a quack doctor, speaking to a group of people in a street in Rome, Italy. Date: early 19th century

John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness, by Giotto
John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness, detail from a painting by Giotto

Jean Froissart reading to Gaston de Foix after supper
Jean Froissart reading from his Chronicles at the court of Gaston de Foix at Orthez, south-west France, after supper. 1388

Listening man
Black & white illustration of man cupping ear to listen

Seeing & Listening
Black & white illustration

Outbreak of WWII Parisian greengrocer listens to the news
September, 1939. A greengrocer from Montmartre in Paris enjoys a quiet supper behind his shop and switches on the radio to listen to the news. Date: 1939

Scarborough Beach, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
People promenading and listening to the band at Scarborough Beach, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1908

Listening to the phonograph
Men in top hats listening to the recently invented phonograph. 1893

Viscountess Weymouth listening to music -- A Camerhapsody to Classic Jazz (Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue) -- part of an exhibition at 28 Old Burlington Street, London. Date: 1930

Columbus at the La Rabida Monastery in Palos Spain 1475. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) sits talking to his young son Diego

Mary Queen of Scots and her chamberlain, Chatelard
Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) and her chamberlain, Pierre de Bocosel de Chatelard (or Chastelard, 1540-1562). 16th century

Wireless signals from the Eiffel Tower giving Greenwich time
Greenwich time communicated via wireless to a London home by means of an installation on the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The time could be received by anyone with the requisite receiving mechanism within

Loves phonograph
Victorian illustration depicting fairies listening to Edisons wax cylinder phonograph introduced at the end of the 19th century. Date: 1898

WW2 - Western Front - German Barracks interior - Soldiers listening to their radio. Date: 1941

Advert for Pianola Piano 1919
Evening scene with people listening to music on the piano. Date: 1919

Chamber Music Concert

AHASUERUS / XERXES I / PERSI
AHASUERUS or XERXES I the Great King of Persia (486-465 BC), who features in the Book of Esther, and fought against the Greeks Date: 519? - 465 BC

CONCERT IN BERLIN PRISON
Prisoners listening to a concert in a Berlin prison

LISTENING FOR BELLS
Standing on the doorstep listening for the bells ringing out the Old Year and ringing in the New Date: 1887

Magazine cover, dog and radio - His Masters Voice. Date: 1924

St Paul preaching in the synagogue at Thessalonica, as described in the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 17. Date: 1st century AD

Opening session of the First State Duma, Russia
The opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws. Date: April 1906

Bandstand at Ocean Park, California, USA
Bandstand with band playing at Ocean Park, California, USA. Date: circa 1904

Small boy busking with his violin for an audience in Dublin
A small boy busking with his violin for an audience in Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland. He wears a tee shirt and shorts Date: 1992

Doney ears, Ireland
A donkeys ears poke over a corrugated iron fence outside a cottage in Country Clare, Ireland. Date: 1990

Fishermen, Algarve, Portugal
A group of shore fishermen chat beside the wind-whipped Atlantic waves of the Algarve coast, Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

St. Ives, Cornwall - A Salvation Army open air meeting on the slipway, where hundreds would gather to sing favourite hymns and listen to the gospel on a Sunday evening. Date: circa 1940s

Bottlenose Dolphin - listening to music with headphones - underwater - with air bubbles (Tursiops truncatus). Digitally manipulated image

Lenin giving speech from balcony, St Petersburg, Russia
Lenin giving a speech from the balcony of the Kshesinskaya Palace, St Petersburg, Russia, in the year of the Russian Revolution. Date: 4 July 1917

Listening to a Phonograph, South Africa, c. 1902
Illustration showing two Europeans demonstrating their phonograph (music machine) to a group of suitably impressed native South Africans, c.1902. Date: 29/03/1902

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