Observation Collection

Dropping from a Kite Balloon 1917
A British observer drops from the car of a kite balloon, attached to the parachute which is hanging over the side of the basket. His colleague has already jumped and is on his way to the ground

State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, Illinois, USA
Interior view of a cell block at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, near Joliet, Illinois, USA. The prison was designed using the panopticon principle promoted by Jeremy Bentham

Camera Obscura 1817
CAMERA OBSCURA the various components of an observation hut or kiosk housing the device

Butterflies from the Amazon by H. W. Bates
A page (p 144) from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Coloured sketches of insects on Page 35 from Bates notebook 1. Bates was a renowned Victorian entomologist

The astronomers waiting for the eclipse
The eclipse expedition in India to observe the total eclipse of the sun. Mr. Norman Lockyer is shown seated a little to the left beneath the umbrella

German Uses Binoculars
German soldier on observation duty using binoculars

Aerial view, Clairmarais aerodrome, Northern France, WW1
Aerial view of part of Clairmarais aerodrome, Pas de Calais, Northern France, with handwritten annotations, showing buildings and aeroplanes. Date: 1918

Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, Scotland
Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, Fort William, Scotland Date: 1908

Aerial view of trenches, West Flanders, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of front line trenches near Kemmel and Wulvergem, West Flanders, Belgium, on 8 May 1918. Date: 1918

WW2 - Surcouf Submarine of the Free French Navy. The largest submarine ever built until surpassed by the first Japanese I-400-class submarine in 1943

Culebra Cut viewed from Observation Platform, Y.M.C.A. Building, Culebra, Panama Canal

A German Zeppelins observation car photographed on display as part of a public exhibition of dirigible wreckage collected from across Britain

A British Advanced observation post
A ruined house is used as an advanced observation post by British officers. Situated close to German lines, the officers relay information back about the accuracy of artillery fire

Observation - Picket watching Salmah from the Worm, WW1
The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. Observation - Picket watching Salmah from the Worm, North West corner of Gloucester Wood, Winter 1917-1918

Aerial photography by G. H. Davis
Aerial photography by the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the RAF: details of cameras and methods in use during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Plate 7a from Histoire naturelle? (1789)
Plate 7a, Mineralogie [unfinished] from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines

Belgian Air Force 2
Willy Coppens de Houthuist (born 1892) fights in World War One, specialising in shooting down German observation balloons, of which he destroys 35 ! Date: 1916+

WW1 - Royal Air Force - Pilots and Observers mark targets
WW1 - Royal Air Force - Pilots and Observers mark enemy german targets and positions. Date: circa 1918

Sus moupinensis, wild hog
Plate 80 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) & Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900)

Mr Bernacchi at work
Mr Bernacchi, a member of the British 1901-4 polar expedition, at work with an electrometer

Stalingrad - Obs. Post
A Russian observation post in a ruined building

BRITISH BABY AIRSHIP 2
The British Armys Baby intended for observation and reconnaissance, depicted flying low over London

Sun God in a Chariot

Observation balloon shot down at Boyelles, 3rd February 1918

WW1 - Observation balloon in flames - Boyelles, France - 3rd February, 1918

WW2 American Forces comic postcard - I'm on Observation Duty Date: 1940s

Observation Tower, Croydon Aerodrome Continental Airport, Surrey Date: 1933

Ferris Wheel and Swedish Restaurant - St. Louis World's Fair
Ferris Wheel and Swedish Restaurant at the St. Louise World's Fair in 1904

Breguet Bre 270 A. 2
A pair of crashed Breguet Bre 270 A.2 observation / reconnaissance aircraft, after capture by German forces. Date: 1940

The Happy Age In Romainville
This coloured sketch shows a green coated young man making an observation to another man with two young women at each side, sat at the base of a tree in the countryside of Romainville, eastern Paris

Turkey. Constantinople - Leander's Tower
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Maiden's Tower or Leander's Tower (Kiz Kulesi). It was erected on a small islet at the Southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait in

Turkey. Constantinople. Galata Tower
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Galata Tower or Tower of Christ. It was buit in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople

Cunard White Star, On Watch for Nearly a Century - The British Tradition Distinguishes Cunard White Star, 13.5 x 14.25 inches

RMS Queen Mary, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar, January 1949 Date: 1949

RMS Mauretania, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar, January 1949 Date: 1949

RMS Caronia, Observation Lounge, January 1949 Date: 1949

MV Britannic, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar, January. 1949 Date: 1949

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Lounge and Bar
Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar

The Motor Picture Book, Traffic Control from the Air Date: 1930

Smoke trail of observation balloon, WW1
Smoke trail of an enemy observation balloon, First World War. 1914-1918

German battery destroyed by British artillery, WW1
German battery destroyed by British artillery, based on aeroplane observation conveyed to ground forces by wireless, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Officers and signallers have stationed themselves in a loft or attic in the upper storey of a damaged building, whose windows command a view the enermy's postion

Gunners are unable to see the targets at which they are firing, they depend on the information from the aircraft, this is a typical photograph taken during the great Allied advance on the Western

Curtiss O2C-1 Helldiver
United States Navy - Curtiss O2C-1 Helldiver, originally designated F8C-5, as fighters, but the 63 F8C-5s were re-designated as O2C-1s as Observation aircraft, as well as 30 new-build O2c-1s

Hermeskeil in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - various sights - a panorama, post office, Observation tower and St. Josephs monastery Date: circa 1910s

Glaisher and Coxwell balloon flight, 1862
Aeronaut Henry Coxwell and meteorologist James Glaisher prepare the balloon car ready for one of their scientific observation expeditions. Date: 17th July 1862

Aerial photography in World War One
A illustrated explanation of the uses of and how aerial photography worked in World War One. Aerial photography was introduced as an additional means of observation

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