Sight Collection (page 4)

One-eyed man roasting chestnuts at market
One-eyed pipe-smoking man roasting chestnuts at a street market with car passing behind him. Date: 1930s

YEW TREE BIRD
With its giant tail arched high across the road, this giant bird is really a remarkable trimmed yew tree, a familiar sight in North Cadbury, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

Italy - Laboratorio di precisione, Roma - Precision Optics
Italy - Laboratorio di Precisione, Roma - Precision Optics made in Rome - produced optical instruments used in WW1 - suppliers to the Royal family in Italy Date: circa 1906

The Fleet in Japan - Attack Under Cover - A British Naval Officer enjoying the delights of Japan behind a paper umbrella. Date: 1906

Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier - RNIB postcard
Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier looking back on his past life and the activities he is unable to continue to pursue due to his lost sight - Fund-raising postcard for the Home Teaching Branch of

John A Collins - Lancashire Industrialist and Inventor
John A Collins - Lancashire Engineer, Industrialist and Inventor. Produced bicycle bags (Cykewear Limited) with a distinctive red dot in the centre

Souvenir of Scarborough - Elderly Widow - looking through her Lorgnette spectacles to little a-veil... Date: circa 1890s

The Great Headless Radical Party Elephant
The Great Headless Radical Party - The sort of thing no fellow can understand!. Joseph Chamberlain mocking the ruling government, labelled the Radical Party )

Comic Postcard - Romance at Piccadilly Circus " I meant t ge on the tube at Piccadilly last night, but I Got Off there instead!

Hawker High Speed Fury Fighter Plane
The Hawker Fury was a British Biplane Fighter aircraft used by the RAF in the1930s. The specific High Speed Fury pictured on this promotional card was an experimental prototype which was subsequently

Blind Musician, Bermuda with three young children persussionists accompanying his banjo playing. All are wearing remarkable costumes (which must have been seriously hot!). Date: circa 1909

Father I have sinned against Heaven and in thy sight
Luke - Chapter 15 - The Parable of the Lost Son: " And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight

SPAIN. M鲩da. Roman Theatre. Sight of the stands
SPAIN. M鲩 da. Roman Theatre. Sight of the stands and the stage of the theater. Roman art

PALMAROLI GONZALEZ, Vicente (1834-1896). At sight

Paris. 1889 Universal Exhibition. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Making Glass Eyes
A woman making glass eyes. Date: early 1930s

Blind Craftsman 1930S
A blind man making a tray at St. Dunstans school established in 1915 to provide essential training and rehabilitation for ex-Service men blinded during warfare &c. Date: early 1930s

Cincinnatus Roosevelt - but no summons in sight!. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as Cincinnatus, looking old and weary, full length, standing at a plow labeled The Outlook

The only man in sight. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan standing on the veranda of the Hotel Jefferson attracting the attention of several women labeled Penn Democracy, Illinois Democracy

Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Guards in Whitehall
Illustration for the masthead of The Bystander magazine featuring a chic 1920s woman visiting the mounted Guards at their sentry post in Whitehall, a popular London tourist sight. Date: 1927

Christ restoring sight to the blind man. Date c1873

Japanese woman wearing wire spectacles. Ukiyo-e print illustration showing a woman seated at a table dressed in a kimono and wearing eyeglasses. Date 1897

The first sight of the new world - Columbus discovering America. Print showing Columbus standing among crew aboard ship with distant view of land on the horizon. Date c1892 May 23

Royal Lilliputians, the only novelty in sight nothing but fun. Date c1900

Royal Lilliputians the big show : the only fun in sight. Date c1900

Royal Lilliputians the only novelty in sight : a comedy on new and original lines. Date c1900

Blind Veteran Soldier - St Dunstans Hostel
Set up in 1915, St Dunstans Hostel aided the recovery of servicemen blinded during the First World War. This is a charity postcard produced for St Dunstans showing a blinded serviceman being led by a

Boys Blind School Band - Fuzhou, China Date: 1910s

Blind motor car driver, 1904
Despite the fact Mr Sharp of Watford is totally blind, he has obtained a licence to drive a motor car. To warn other motorists, his bowler hat is inscribed with the words, Blind. Thats alright then

Spectacles with Eyes
Isometrope-Augenglaser - isometric eyeglasses, whose purpose is not immediately apparent to me, but its a striking image... Date: 1900

Croydon Office Blocks
Modern office blocks, a familiar sight in the centre of Croydon, Surrey, England. Date: 1980

Piccadilly Circus Lights
Neon signs and all the bright lights of the city at night, a familiar sight at Piccadilly Circus, central London. Date: 1950s

Indian Tram
A common sight in India, a tram packed to the gills with passengers, some of them even hanging on the outsides for dear life. This tram is destined for Jadar. Date: 1930s

St. Jamess Park London
A quiet and delightful corner of St. Jamess Park, central London, out of sight, but within sound of the roar of traffic. Date: 1939

Tram Graveyard
The sad sight of a Special London Transport trams in their graveyard (having been replaced by buses), Charlton, south east London. Date: 1950s

Cycling Peat

Furry Friends
The rare sight of a dog and rabbit sitting on a garden chair together! Date: 1930s

Blind man with guide dog crossing the road
A blind man with his guide dog crossing the road at a zebra crossing. Date: circa 1960s

Mary Bad Eyes and Papoose (baby). Date: 1912

Lord Shaftesbury moved by pauper funeral while at Harrow c. 1
An illustration depicting philanthropist Lord Shaftesbury as a youth and being moved by the sight of a pauper funeral while he was resident at Harrow School, Middlesex, in about 1816

Queen Elizabeth II - royal tour of India - Taj Mahal
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh gaze in the ornamental lake which reflects the formal beauty of the Taj Mahal behind them during the royal tour of India and Pakistan in 1961

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Blind Malay Beggar Date: circa 1910s

Making Mattresses - Blind Workers, London
The Mattressmakers Song - Postcard produced by the Greater London Fund for the Blind. The charity was formed in 1921 by Sir Arthur Pearson to co-ordinate the raising of funds to improve the lives of

Huntley & Palmers advertisement, Coronation 1953
Advertisement for Huntley & Palmers biscuits, " The Worlds Finest, " at the time of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Chantreys Famous Shot, with which he killed two woodcocks -- apparently the previous day he killed a hare and a rabbit, also with one shot. It is also claimed that he was blind in one eye

Mont St Michel, Normandy, France (5 / 6)
Mont St Michel, Normandy, France - distant view from L Ilot de Tombelaine Date: circa 1930s

Pulling Naval Gun
A strange sight in Hyde Park, London - the gun team of the Royal Naval Reserve, dragging their gun on limber beside Rotten Row. Date: 24 February 1930

Siegfried & Brunnhilde
Act three : Siegfried is enraptured at the sight of the sleeping Brunnhilde

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