Lookout Collection

Hussar Scout in France - WWI
Hussar Scout on the look-out in France - WWI Date: circa 1915

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

Young hunter of the Moi tribal people - Vietnam
Young hunter of the Moi tribal people on the lookout - Vietnam - carrying a very impressive 9and somewhat terrifying) crossbow. Date: 1906

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - The Pali Scenic Battle Ground. The Pali Lookout is a site of deep historical significance. Named Pali meaning " cliff" in Hawaiian

WW2 - Firing a depth charge at a u-boat from a corvette
WW2 - (1/3) Corvettes and Convoys - the little ships which are grappling with the u-boat menace. Firing a depth charge at a submerged submarine from a corvette - officers scan the sea for signs of

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, List of First Class Passengers
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Rare First Class passenger list that survived the sinking in the pocket of George Brereton. He was a professional gambler

The Home Front, WW2 Lookout
A front cover illustration for a WW2 children's book, The Home Front, a Tuck book by Hilde Marchant. The image shows a lookout standing on a roof top trying to spot enemy raiding planes

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

RAF lookout on flight deck of aircraft carrier, WW2
RAF lookout on flight deck of aircraft carrier Date: circa 1941

Springbok Hunting, South Africa
Various depictions of the process of Springbok hunting by Bushmen in South Africa. We see their camps, lookout spots, methods of using bow and arrow or dogs, stalking ostriches

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

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

The Lookout by Mabel Gear

Poster, Lookout for the Platform, WW2
Poster, Lookout for the Platform -- before alighting in the blackout, make sure the train is in the station, make sure you are on the platform side of the train. 1941

Fire Station engine house no. 4, Sacramento, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

On the lookout for German U-Boats, WW1
On the lookout for German U-Boats during the First World War. 1914-1918

Lookout -- design for Zambrene Trench Coats, WW1
Lookout -- design for Zambrene Trench Coats, by Frank Brangwyn, First World War. The London-based Zambrene were makers of officers trench coats. 1914-1918

Hairpin bends, Denver Mountain Parks, Colorado, USA
Famous double hairpin bends on the road to Lookout Mountain, Denver Mountain Parks, Colorado, USA. Date: 1920

Soolbad Schwartau, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Lookout tower, Friedrich August Salt Baths, Soolbad Schwartau, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Date: circa 1910

RAF gunners keeping watch at their posts during a raid Date: circa 1940

Bonnie Prince Charlie in hiding in the moors of Scotland
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788) - the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain in hiding in a cave in Scotland

A defending Soldier watching the enemy from a Castle
A defending Soldier watching the enemy from behind a Castles battlements. early 14th century

Aide de camp keeps a lookout

Pittenweem, Fife, harbour master
Harbourmaster of Pittenweem harbour watches boat movements from the harbourmasters office on the quayside. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Harbourmaster, Pittenweem, Scotland
Harbourmaster of Pittenweem harbour, Fife, Scotland, watches from the harbourmasters office on the quayside

Nervi, a former fishing village in Liguria, Italy. Gropallo tower, built in the 16th-century as a lookout watchtower for pirates. Date: circa 1902

Illegal Printing Press - Revolution of 1905 - Russia
The Revolution of 1905 in Russia - Illegal Printing Press in operation - The lookout issues a warning that the Tsarist Police are approaching

Road safety poster, Keep a Good Look-Out! Two children take care when trying to cross a country road

Cartagena, Colombia - Old City Walls
Cartagena (de Indias), Colombia on the Northern Caribbean Sea Coast. The stone walls of the old city. Date: circa 1920s

Fire Station, Victoria Street, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
Fire Station, Victoria Street, Nairobi, Kenya, British East Africa. Date: circa 1915

Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa
Lookout post in Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa, viewed from Treetops, Nyeri. Date: circa 1950

British soldiers in captured German trench, WW1
British soldiers in captured German trench at Ovillers la Boiselle, Somme, France, WW1. 1914-1918

Walkway and Lookout point - Niagara Falls, USA Date: circa 1890

Watching the skies for the enemy
Ernest Ellis, of the Local Defence Volunteers (later known as the Home Guard), on the lookout for enemy aircraft in Charlwood, Surrey. The L.D.V

Lookout balcony, Marin County, California, USA
People on a lookout balcony on the Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway, Marin County, California, USA. Date: circa 1925

Russian soldiers up a tree, eastern front, Russia, WW1
Russian soldiers up a tree used as a lookout post on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Tower, Stamford in the Catskills, New York State, USA
Viewing tower on Mount Utsayantha, Stamford in the Catskills, New York State, USA. circa 1910s

Christopher Columbus nears the New World
Christopher Columbus about to set his eyes on the New World for the first time, after his perilous journey across the Atlantic Ocean, sighting the Bahamas archipelago on 12th October, 1492

Governors lookout, scout camp site, Gibraltar. Date: 1979

View of town and harbour, Gibraltar
View of the town and harbour, Gibraltar. Date: 1979

View from Governors lookout, Gibraltar
View from the Governors lookout, showing Gibraltar and harbour. Date: 1979

Observation by Bairnsfather
Observation " Ave a squint through these ere Bill, you can see one of the -----s eatin a sausage as clear as anythin " A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather featuring Old Bill on observation

Allied soldier on lookout duty, Western Front, WW1
An Allied soldier from a South African regiment on lookout duty on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British lookout soldier in trench, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier on lookout duties in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German lookout post, Mametz Wood, Western Front, WW1
A German lookout post in Mametz Wood, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Sino-Japanese War
A Japanese border guard on look-out duty uses binoculars to watch a village on the Chinese frontier during the 1937 - 1945 Sino-Japanese War Date: 1937-1945

Naval reservist on duty, Sidmouth beacon light, WW1
A fisherman who is a naval reservist on night duty under the Sidmouth beacon light in the early weeks of the First World War

Hoover Dam, Nevada, USA - Nearing completion
Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Nevada, USA - Nearing completion Date: 1935

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