Listening Collection (page 7)

Listening to royal wedding ceremony broadcast, 1947
Crowds lining the processional route for the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947

Ta ra ra boom de ay - the popular favourite
Mr. Punch shields his ears against the din of the popular music hall hit Ta ra ra boom de ay, sung, played and whilsted in the street by all and sundry. Date: 1892

Piper in Brittany 1905
A blind piper plays on the street, with his hat hanging from his arm for coins. Date: 1905

Lady on the Phone
Lady Listening on Phone Date: 1925

Mother & Children C1875
Mother sits on a window seat and reads a story to her three children. Date: circa 1875

At a Book Exhibition
A group of anonymous people whose only claim to fame is that they were photographed by Henry Grant at some kind of book exhibition; they seem to be listening to someone... Date: 1950s

Listening Theatrephone
Ladies listening to the Theatrephone, piping in music from concert halls, drama from theatres, singing from opera houses... Date: 1892

Racial / Japan / Musicians
Three Japanese musicians playing stringed and percussion instruments, with three men listening in the background Date: late 19th century

Sixth form lecture theatre, Rosebery County School
6th form lecture theatre at Rosebery County School (probably the one at Epsom, Surrey). Date: 1968

Sixth form lecture theatre
View of a sixth form lecture theatre, with the male lecturer speaking to a full audience of students. Date: 1967

Met Police officer on his car radio
A Metropolitan Police officer stands by his car with the door open, about to speak on his car radio

Doctor with stethoscope examines boy
A general practitioner (Dr Meredith) listens with his stethoscope to a boys chest in a rather unconventional looking surgery with tapestries on the walls

The Gallery of the Steam Bath during a concert
The Gallery of the R hira Steam Bath during a concert - Algiers, Algeria

Distributor of free water - Constantinople
A distributor of free water - Constantinople, Turkey - he is listening out for the call of the thirsty man

Large crowd listens to Mussolini
A wonderful shot of a large crowd in Rome, Italy listening to a speech by Benito Mussolini. Date: December, 1927

Poster advertising Canuto Berea musical instruments
Poster advertising Canuto Berea y Compagnia for musical instruments, in particular pianos, based in La Coruna, Spain. A classical scene is depicted

Mans Best Friend
A small puppy yawns while sitting in front of an old-fashioned wireless radio set

Dwight D Eisenhower
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER - Thirty- fourth President of the United States in 1954. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

French soldier in a trench 1915
French soldier in a listening post in the French line on Vimy Ridge using a periscope on the French front during World War I in December 1915. This post was retaken by the Germans in 1916

Universal Exhibition, Paris
Members of the public testing out telephones and phonographs at the L Exposition Universelle in Paris

A stormy night at the listening in
Cartoon, A stormy night at the listening in. A building saved by the wireless aerial during an equinoctial gale. Please note

Wherefore art thou radio
Cartoon, Wherefore art thou radio. It is suggested that 2LO should devote a week to amatory music in the spring. A lovestruck couple listening to the wireless radio

The General Strike: Listening to speakers in Hyde Park
Labours May Day in London: Listening to the open-air speaker in Hyde Park during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

Listening In
That aerial vibration. A bird pecking on the aerial of a man using a homemade radio set. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Turkish troops listening to the Sheikh-Ul-Islams proclamation in Constantinople

Listening to Wireless
A French mother listens to a wireless concert through her headphones Date: 1923

Seamans Mission Chaplain on a merchant ship, 1906
Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Chaplain sitting on a merchant ship, sharing his tobacco with the crew, 1906. Mission boats were at work in many of the worlds largest ports, at this time

Mission to Seamen Chaplain distributing Papers, 1906
Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Chaplain distributing papers and magazines to a merchant ship crew, on their vessel, 1906

California, SAn Francisco. Political meeting at san Francisc
Crowd of people listening to political speakers, flying the stars and stripes, the American flag

Zionist Lecture in the East End of London, 1904
Illustration showing Jewish immigrants listening to a Zionist lecture in the East End of London, 1904. It was reported that the lecture was given in Yiddish

Listening for sounds of counter-mining
British soldier using a microphone to listen for evidence of enemy counter-mining underground. Underground mines became a major feature of warfare on the Western Front during World War I with miners

A Poste D ecoute
A French listening-post for early detection of enemy aircraft

Mission to Seamen Service on board a Barge, 1906
Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Service being held on the deck of a barge, 1906. Mission boats were at work in many of the worlds largest ports, at this time

Dr Syntax Soliloquising
Doctor Syntax gazes out at the countryside and soliloquises, while two dogs sit listening to him and an old woman spins

Humanitarian Deism
A speaker in Hyde Park, at Speakers Corner orates to a listening crowd in 1912. Since 1872, people have been allowed to speak at Speakers Corner on any subject they want

Mckinley, 5 Min. Silence
WILLIAM MCKINLEY Photograph taken on Broadway during the Presidents funeral. People stand in silent tribute, listening to the tolling bells

St Hilda & Caedmon
SAINT HILDA OF WHITBY Anglo-Saxon abbess, receiving a visit from Caedmon

Kalinin / Red Army / 1920
MIKHAIL IVANOVICH KALININ Russian politician presenting a banner to a Red Army regiment in 1920

Listening to Radio
Three women and a boy listen to the radio in 1923 - its such a novelty, they all sit gazing at the source of the sound

Gounod / Vanity Fair
CHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composer listening to Emotional Music

Oxford Uni Exam 1842
Exercise at Oxford for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, with the Revd Professor Hampden DD in the Chair

Girl Prays / Angels Listen
Two angels listen while a child kneels on her bed and says her evening prayers

Pensioners at Church
Pensioners of the Hospital of Grey Friars listening to prayers and psalms (from Thackerays " The Newcomes" )

Victoria / Albert / Mendelss
FELIX MENDELSSOHN the German composer listens appreciatively to Prince Albert playing the organ at Buckingham Palace in 1842, while Queen Victoria sits by

Dreamy Teenager
A dreamy teenage girl sits on her bed, sipping coffee, flicking through her magazine and listening to her Ekco 9 Octave radiogram, heart- shaped ashtray on the carpet

St Paul preaching at Athens, as described in the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 17

Herodotus / Muse / Leutemann
HERODOTUS Greek historian reading his works to the Greek people

Catherine / Aragon / Trial
The trial of the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon which ends in divorce

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