Sight Collection (page 6)

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

Cape Aardvark
Orycteropus species - Cape Aardvark : despite defective sight, the aardvark survives thanks to its sense of smell, which can detect an ant or termite however concealed

Lifeboat on Roadside
Shiver my timbers! What a strange roadside sight! Once the pride of Falmouth, Cornwall, this old lifeboat lay for many years in quiet country lane in Surrey

The Old and the New Rubbing Wheels : Coaching Days and Moto
A street scene from 1927 showing a the Old Berkeley, a stage coach operated by Messrs. Claud F. Goddard and Bertram Mills from London to Box Hill through the summer

Pilgrims Progress 6
At the sight of the cross, Christian loses his burden of sins, and is light and gladsome and of a merry heart

Crystal Palace Fountains
No palace is complete without fountains, and visitors to the Crystal Palace are delighted with a sight to rival Versailles

Baby Safe from Snakes
How to safeguard your baby from dangerous snakes whilst the infant is out of your sight. Suspend in a basket out of harms way

Inventions great and small: shaving in public
Amusing photograph of a man shaving in a train carriage captioned How to beguile the morning journey, or shaving in public; a sight which may become common if a recent automatic dry-shaving apparatus

Needhams Patent Rifle
A view looking down on the loading mechanism of Needhams Patent rifle Date: 19th century

Braille Press / 1920S
A 1920s Braille press

Captured Heinkel 219S
A strange sight in a field in England: Cattle grazing amongst German Heinkel 219 aeroplanes, captured during World War Two

Braille Library
Reserve Braille library stock in the Paris, France headquarters, from which books are shipped in six languages to forty countries

Waving to Balloon / Africa
A balloonist is greeted by native Africans mounted on camels who wave toward this unusual sight

Unrest in Madrid
Men with guns are a familiar sight in the streets and markets of Madrid while the country awaits the outcome of the political upheaval

Tourist and Bobby
A tourist just off the train from Paris enjoys her first sight of the legendary London bobby who is only too happy to help her find her way to her chosen destination

Moscow / Great Bell
The Queen of Bells - a favourite tourist sight in Red Square

Sewing Machine Girl
A gentleman walking down Londons Regent Street is struck by the sight of a pretty girl operating a sewing machine in a shop window

Man in the Moon Postcard
I keep laughing and laughing all night, for I see on the Earth such fun, I wouldn t be kept out of sight, no, not to change berths with the Sun !

Eye Test at School / 1958
Young school children having their eyes tested by the matron

Man with Eye-Glass
A man of revolutionary Paris peers scornfully through his eyeglass : a hundred years later he will sport an equally affected monocle

Rounding Cape Horn
A double-headed train of the Central Pacific Railroad rounds Cape Horn, the first of the heavy climbing across the Sierra, and the first sight of California

Robins in Fields
Two robins in a country setting - for a change, with not a flake of snow in sight

Victoria / Diamond Jubilee
VICTORIAs DIAMOND JUBILEE Crowds line the streets near Buckingham Palace to catch a sight of Victorias carriage

Sinbad See Strange Sight
Sinbad sees strange sea creatures: Many large and curious fishes were swarming in the waters

Visitor in Trouble
A visitor to a country cottage finds himself in snow up to the waist within sight of his destination

Girl & Blind Boy 1867
Little girl helping a blind boy find his way

Tom Jones the Foundling
Our first sight of the foundling: Tom Jones is carried into the parlour at Mr. Allworthy s

Father Smoking a Pipe
Family alarmed by sight of father smoking a pipe

A theodolite, used for surveying

Compostella Pilgrims
The pilgrims first sight of Santiago di Compostella, looking westward from the Lugo road

Hezekiah and the Idols
Hezekiah, king of Judah, wins favour in Gods sight by destroying the idols of rival faiths

Tobits Sight Restored
Tobits sight is restored thanks to a friendly angel his son Tobias happened to meet while journeying

London / Strand 1912
A snowy view the Strand: a newspaper boy, gentlemen in top hats, a delivery van... and not a car in sight !

Crusader / See Jerusalem
The Crusaders have their first sight of Jerusalem. Overwhelmed, they kneel down and pray

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig6
Act 5 Finale : the diabolical Bertram is dismayed at the sight of Robert and Isabella, now united in love and also in higher spiritual values

Wotan and Valhalla
Wotan transfixed by the sight of Valhalla

French Sailors, Nap. Era
Crewmen on board a French warship sight a cannon on the gun deck

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