Listening Collection (page 8)

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

Disraeli / Speech / 1853
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield, giving a speech in the House of Commons in 1853: " I am myself a gentleman of the Press"

Justus Liebig / 5 of 6
JUSTUS VON LIEBIG German scientist lecturing at Munich University

Victoria / Disraeli / Salisb
Victoria receives Disraeli and Salisbury on their return from the Berlin Congress

Victoria / Gladstone / 1871
Victoria advised by Gladstone to abolish purchase of commissions in the army

Anarchists Plot / 1892
Reckoning without their host Anarchists plot, oblivious to a listening policeman

Campbell-Bannerman / Van F
SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN Politician, listening to a speech in Parliament

Thomas Edison / Ilz C1900
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Testing his Phonograph, circa 1900

Chester Conklin / Flashes
CHESTER CONKLIN American silent film actor who appeared in Keystone and Sennett comedies

Grand National Results
A group gathered round a wireless to hear the results of the Grand National

Trench Listening Post
A French " listening post" in " No Mans Land" where soldiers took turns to listen out for surprise enemy attacks

Night in a Shell Crater
Four British soldiers at a listening post in a shell crater in No Mans Land near Lagnicourt

Wwi / Listening Post / Snow
A listening-post in the snow

Children Listen to Radio
Three children at the Babies Hotel, Clapham Common, London, listen intently to the radio at home, whilst Teddy seems distracted

Phil Soc Chapel 1809
with a philanthropic congregation listening to a philanthropic sermon

Listening to Beethoven
Listening to a piece by Beethoven for violin and piano

WAGNER / LIEBIG / 1 / 1821
RICHARD WAGNER German composer as a boy, in 1821: his parents listen as he plays his first compositions Date: 1813 - 1883

Listening to Sermon
Listening to the sermon in a Church of England church

Trench Entertainment
British soldiers off duty, smoking and listening to an accordion at the front, somewhere in Flanders

Listening-In 1924
A Dutch listener listens to the radio through headphones

Mother Plays / Son Listens
A little boy stands listening to his mother playing Willies Song

Children / Fireside Story
Two children at the fireside, listening to a fairy tale told by their mother

Girl / Telegraph Songs
A little girl in a meadow listening to telegraph songs by a telegraph pole

Listening to Gramophone
The Aeolian Vocalion enjoyed by the family - especially with the Graduola attachment which allows you to vary every performance, note by note, in harmony with your mood !

Grand National on Radio
An excited audience listen to a broadcast of the Grand National (horse race) on the wireless

Racial Types / Gipsies
A gipsy encampment. Gipsy people are gathered around the fire listening to one of them playing music. Date: 1864

Africans with Pelele
Three Congo natives with lip plates (pelele), listening to a radio broadcast in West Africa

Lenin Speaks at Meeting
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman stands up to address a large meeting

Dr Johnson / Hold Court
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Holding court

Bismarck / Rohling / Page 35
Bismarck with Kaiser Friedrich

Erasmus / Altmann
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch Humanist

Myth / Arabian Nights
Scheherazade, Dinarzade and the Sultan

Classroom Scene 1883
A group of female students discuss a piece of school work

Futuristic home, with chores done automatically
A futuristic home, with chores done automatically. The housewifes life will be an easy one in which she can sit back, read the paper and listen to music

Patrick Henry speaking against the Stamp Act
Patrick Henry, in the Virginia House of Burgesses, introduces radical resolutions opposing the Stamp Act, warning King George III that he could go the way of Caesar and Charles I

Wagner / Tid / Bayreuth
RICHARD WAGNER German musician, playing to friends at Bayreuth

A family at home, gathered round the piano
A family enjoying a cosy evening at home, gathered round the piano

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