Sightseers Gallery

Longest Day at Stonehenge, Wiltshire

People gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912. This photograph shows a daybreak pilgrimage by members of The Universal Bond of the Sons of Men, or Church of the Universal Bond. This was a religious group founded in Britain in the early 20th century by George W MacGregor Reid, promoting socialist revolution, anti-imperialism and sun worship. By 1912 Reid was becoming attracted to Druidism, especially as Stonehenge was at the time regarded as a solar temple. His church began holding rituals there, and this continued until the site was given to the state in 1918. When the growing Stonehenge free festival caused the monument to be closed at midsummer in 1985, the Church faded into obscurity but has maintained a presence at the reopened solstice festivities since 2000.

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Tatler front cover, London Season Number 1958

Front cover of The Tatler, reporting on the London Season, though it would be the last year that debutantes were presented at court. As a last hoorah, the magazine features a patriotic photograph of Buckingham Palace with a march band of guards in their red tunics and bearskin hats watched by sightseers. Date: 1958

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Foreign sightseers in famous spots of Edo - Ryogoku bridge

Foreign sightseers in famous spots of Edo - Ryogoku bridge. Japanese print shows an American man and woman sightseeing at the Ryogoku bridge in Edo (Tokyo), Japan. Date 1861. Foreign sightseers in famous spots of Edo - Ryoogoku bridge. Japanese print shows an American man and woman sightseeing at the Ryoogoku bridge in Edo (Tokyo), Japan. Date 1861. Foreign sightseers in famous spots of Edo - Ryogoku bridge. Japanese print shows an American man and woman sightseeing at the Ryogoku bridge in Edo (Tokyo), Japan. Date 1861. Date:

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