Sight Collection (page 5)

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The sad sight of a Special London Transport trams in their graveyard (having been replaced by buses), Charlton, south east London.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

Charing X Road Bookshop
E. Josephs second-hand bookshop, 48A Charing Cross Road, one of several bookshops which used to be a familiar sight in central London, but now gradually disappearing. Date: 1960s

Faithful John / Crane
Faithful John catches sight of three ravens flying overhead. Date: 1880

Surveyor at work with a theodolite
A surveyor at work with a theodolite level

Shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out
A shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out -- the bales are flying off the stumps

Short-sighted signage / W H Robinson
A new kind of pub sign for the short sighted which can be winched down from its normally sky high position to a much more comfortable level for those with less than perfect eyesight

Typical scene in Mexico
A typical sight in Mexico. A young lad riding his donley along the edge of a field or orchard

Blind Trainer with a Monkey (riding a white dog) - India
A blind monkey trainer with his small dressed monkey, who rides a white dog - India

Information poster showing enemy uniforms
Information poster showing two enemy German uniforms: a parachutist and a soldier. Spot at Sight Chart No. 1

Waterloo Place
Duke of Yorks column and St Jamess Park ahead, Pall Mall off to the right, Trafalgar Square out of sight on the left : the prominent building is the United Service Club

Deptford & Greenwich
Distant view of the Thames at Deptford and Greenwich : if our Library had existed at this time, it would be out of sight to the right of this view

Lear / Nonsense / Troy
There was an old person of Troy, whose drink was warm brandy and soy, Which he took with a spoon, by the light of the moon, in sight of the city of Troy

The Titanics crew catch sight of their relatives and friend
Rescued crew and passengers returning home to England on the Carpathia

The Write of Way
Cartoon, The Write of Way. Love at first sight as a couple propose and accept by writing in the sky with an plane and on the ground in a car

Zeppelingitis
A gentleman is shocked and alarmed at the sight of a large roll or ream of paper being delivered to the offices of The Graphic and The Bystander during WWI

A Christmas Visitor
A woman is interrupted from her Christmas decorations by the sight of her husband returning home from the war. A truly filmic moment

The Magic Interlude
Three children are interrupted from a game of tennis by an aeroplane buzzing high in the sky on an afternoon late in World War I, by which time aircraft were a familiar sight in the sky

Emigration. The land of Promise. Emigrants Catching their Fi
Moving illustration showing in close up the expressions on the faces of young emigrants as their ship enters the St Lawrence River and the passengers catch their fist sight of Canadian land

Work School for Blind
Men and women at a work school for the blind in Euston Road, London; some read Braille books, one man weaves baskets

Emigrants sighting land, 1871
Engraving showing a scene on the deck of an emigrant ship, as the passengers sight land, 1871. In the foreground a lady is sewing and a family with very young children look anxiously towards land

The dramatic position of two engines after colliding near Lu
A dramatic sight after two engines collided travelling near Ludhiana, India, resulting in 20 fatalities

Advert / Sarsaparilla 1892
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Italian navigator catches sight of the land where Ayers Sarsparilla is made!

Vanderbilt Carriage
The private carriage of the Vanderbilt family is a familiar sight on New Yorks Fifth Avenue

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