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Background imageLook Out Collection: Smugglers Unload Goods

Smugglers Unload Goods
A band of smugglers unload their cargo of contraband into a secluded coastal cave, constantly checking for any nearby customs men

Background imageLook Out Collection: Wales / Porthcawl

Wales / Porthcawl
The view along the breakwater and the Coastguards Lookout, at Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, Wales. Date: 1960s

Background imageLook Out Collection: Lookout man operating signalling lamp, Croydon Airport

Lookout man operating signalling lamp, Croydon Airport
Lookout man operating signalling lamp from the Control Tower, Croydon Airport Date: 1930s

Background imageLook Out Collection: Look-out in 1917

Look-out in 1917
A soldier in a look-out post in a trench using a camouflaged periscope to keep watch on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Background imageLook Out Collection: WW2 Royal Navy Petty Officer And Lookout

WW2 Royal Navy Petty Officer And Lookout
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a look-out watching all directions from his crow's nest

Background imageLook Out Collection: Middle Ages. Ship of the eleventh and twelfth centuries

Middle Ages. Ship of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Background imageLook Out Collection: Middle Ages. Ship of the 13th and 14th centuries

Middle Ages. Ship of the 13th and 14th centuries
Middle Ages. Ship of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Background imageLook Out Collection: Hunting Zeppelins

Hunting Zeppelins
A child seated on a chimney pot on the look-out for Zeppelins. Artist: Flora White Date: 1916

Background imageLook Out Collection: HMS Lookout, British destroyer, WW1

HMS Lookout, British destroyer, WW1
HMS Lookout, British Laforey-class torpedo boat destroyer, launched 1914, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1922. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageLook Out Collection: Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming

Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming - rushing Yellowstone Falls, from Lookout Point Date: 1952

Background imageLook Out Collection: Union soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee

Union soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee. Print shows soldier holding American flag at tip of Point Lookout as some soldiers aim their rifles below and others rest. Date between 1863 and 1880?

Background imageLook Out Collection: Union drummer boy John Clem at Point Lookout, Tennessee

Union drummer boy John Clem at Point Lookout, Tennessee. Print shows boy holding bayoneted rifle in battle, with Point Lookout in the distance. Date between 1863 and 1880?

Background imageLook Out Collection: Moccasin Bend from Lookout Mountain

Moccasin Bend from Lookout Mountain. Date c1902

Background imageLook Out Collection: Battle of Lookout Mountain--November 24 1863 - 4 & 14 Cor

Battle of Lookout Mountain--November 24 1863 - 4 & 14 Corps, Army of the Cumberland & Gearys Div. o. 12 Corps, & 11 & 15 Corps A.O.T. Tenn. engaged. Date c1889

Background imageLook Out Collection: Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain. Print shows buildings on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Date c1883 Mar. 9

Background imageLook Out Collection: Point Lookout, Md - View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U. S. Ge

Point Lookout, Md - View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U. S. Ge
Point Lookout, Md - View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U.S. Genl. Depot for prisoners of war. Date c1864 Mar. 2. Point Lookout, Md - View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U.S. Genl

Background imageLook Out Collection: Dwejra Tower

Dwejra Tower, lookout post for the Knights of St John, Dwejra Bay Date: 2011

Background imageLook Out Collection: Maltese watch-tower

Maltese watch-tower on limestone cliffs above Gnejna Bay. Originally a lookout post for raiding corsairs / Ottoman Turks, c. 1550 Date: 2011

Background imageLook Out Collection: Sea Scout on lookout duty at the coast

Sea Scout on lookout duty at the coast
A Sea Scout on lookout duty at the coast during the First World War period, standing outside his hut. circa 1914-1918

Background imageLook Out Collection: German Naval Corps on Belgian coast, WW1

German Naval Corps on Belgian coast, WW1
German Naval Corps of a Marine Artillery Regiment keeping watch against enemy attack on the Belgian coast during the First World War. They are on the sea wall, armed with machine guns

Background imageLook Out Collection: Waiting For Master

Waiting For Master
A Lovely white horse and a faithful hound await the return of their master, possibly from a hard days toil in the fields. Date: circa 1904

Background imageLook Out Collection: Duncon Picquit - Shimla, India

Duncon Picquit - Shimla, India
Duncon Picquit (Duncan Picket) - a small hilltop fortification on the outskirts of Shimla (Simla), India. Possibly named after British General in Shimal in the early 19th century - General Duncan

Background imageLook Out Collection: The amphibious periscope 1915

The amphibious periscope 1915
Different ways of using a periscope in The First War World. British soldier looking through periscope in the trenches, an officer using a periscope on board a german submarine. Date: 1915

Background imageLook Out Collection: From Bluebeard by Katharine Cameron

From Bluebeard by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Background imageLook Out Collection: Capri, Italy - Castello Barbarossa

Capri, Italy - Castello Barbarossa Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLook Out Collection: US War Bonds

US War Bonds
Fire Away! Buy Extra Bonds. A plea to purchase war bonds, issued by the US Treasury Department War Finance Division. The card is in honour of the USS Dorrado

Background imageLook Out Collection: Lifeboat, Freeport, Long Island

Lifeboat, Freeport, Long Island
Lifeboat, Point, Lookout, Freeport, Long Island Date: c. 1910s

Background imageLook Out Collection: Caleches at the Lookout, Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada

Caleches at the Lookout, Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada
Caleches (small open carriages) at the Lookout, Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada

Background imageLook Out Collection: Picnic Point, Queensland, Australia

Picnic Point, Queensland, Australia
Toowoomba - Queensland, Australia. The magnificent view from Picnic Point

Background imageLook Out Collection: French soldier in a trench 1915

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

Background imageLook Out Collection: Battle of the Aisne 1918

Battle of the Aisne 1918
French artillery observation post near Vendresse during the Battle of the Aisne on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1918

Background imageLook Out Collection: The Federal Position at Chatanooga; American Civil War, 1863

The Federal Position at Chatanooga; American Civil War, 1863
Panorama of the Federal Army lines and Tennessee River at Chatanooga, viewed from the lower ridge of Lookout Mountain, 1863

Background imageLook Out Collection: A Look Out Up the Mast

A Look Out Up the Mast
Engraving showing a Royal Navy seaman up the mast of a Cruiser, keeping a lookout for the enemy with a telescope, 1890. In the background some signals have been run up another mast

Background imageLook Out Collection: Robin Hood Keeping Watch

Robin Hood Keeping Watch
Robin Hood keeping a lookout for his enemy, Guy of Gisbourne, from a safe distance

Background imageLook Out Collection: Venetian man with gondola

Venetian man with gondola
A Venetian man on the lookout for some tourists to travel in his gondola

Background imageLook Out Collection: U-Boat Crew on Lookout

U-Boat Crew on Lookout
A German U-boat crew look out for enemy ships

Background imageLook Out Collection: Boer / Rhodes at Kimberley

Boer / Rhodes at Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes watching the effect of the Long Cecil gun on the enemy trenches

Background imageLook Out Collection: Watch boy standing at the entrance to a mine

Watch boy standing at the entrance to a mine
A watch boy standing at the entrance to a mine, keeping a lookout to avoid any accidents on converging tracks


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