Sightseers Collection

Longest Day at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
People gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912

Box Hill, Surrey
A fine view of Box Hill, Surrey, and the road which climbs up to the 700 feet top of this beauty spot, above the River Mole, named because of the many box trees on it

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy
Interior of the Pantheon in Rome, Italy, with a crowd of sightseers under the dome

Niagara Falls Date: 1950

Policeman & Young Crowd
A policeman keeps his eye on a crowd of young sightseers, keeping them on the pavement and well out of the path of the No. 8 Routemaster bus to Maida Vale, London

Sight-seeing Train - Panama Canal. Date: circa 1910

RMS Queen Mary under construction, Clydebank
The construction of RMS Queen Mary attracts sightseers to the River Clyde Date: 1930s

Sightseers West Parade Bognor. Band stand and pier
View of the busy parade, pier and sea with children and parasols Date: circa 1930

Airship Nulli Secundus Flying Over London 1907
The new British military airship Dirigible No 1, christened Nulli Secundus, soaring around the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. Date: 5th October 1907

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Karl Marx monument, Highgate Cemetery, London
The monument to Karl Marx above his grave in Highgate Cemetery, North London. Seen here on a rainy day, with sightseers holding umbrellas

Road to the Pyramids during the Season in Egypt
The road from Cairo to the pyramids at Giza clogged with traffic on a Sunday afternoon during the season in Egypt when wealthy Westerner travelled there to enjoy the warm weather, good society

MONTMARTRE FUNICULAIRE
LE FUNICULAIRE, MONTMARTRE which carries sightseers and worshippers up the Butte Montmartre to the church of Sacre Coeur Date: circa 1905

Tourism - Herculaneum
Visiting the remains of the Theatre at Herculaneum : the guide uses a burning torch to illuminate the building for the sightseers Date: circa 1830s

Armoury in the Tower of London 1857
Sightseers in the Armoury. Date: 1857

Funicular, Montmartre, Paris, France
The Funicular railway at Montmartre which carries sightseers and worshippers up the Butte Montmartre to the church of Sacre Coeur. Date: circa 1905

Niagara Falls between Canada and the USA
View of the Niagara Falls between Canada and the United States of America -- the American Fall on the left, the Horseshoe Fall on the right. Date: circa 1870

Paris / Sacre Coeur 1907
A horse bus waits at the foot of the Montmartre funiculaire, which still carries sightseers and worshippers to the church of Sacre Coeur

Valley of Rocks Hotel, Lynton, Devon, with a sightseeing coach drawn by four horses in the street outside. circa 1910

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

Dragon Rock - Port Soderick - Isle of Man. Date: circa 1910s

Bayham Abbey 2 of 6
Bayham Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery on the Kent and Sussex borders, was founded by Robert Thornham at the turn of the 12th century

Pleasure boat on the River Cam
A boat full of sightseers on the River Cam, moored in order to get a good view of any passing rowers. Date: 1911

Esplanade, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa, with people riding in a charabanc, Maid of the Mountains. Date: circa 1930s

Paris - Bastille Monum
A tram passes three sightseers in the place de la Bastille, as they admire the Colonne de Juillet, erected 1831-1840 to commemorate the revolution of 1830. Date: early 20th century

Goethe Weimar Home
J W VON GOETHE his home in the Frauenplan, Weimar, depicted during his lifetime : note the sightseers gawping at the great mans home Date: 1749 - 1832

Sugar Loaf Rock, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Sugar Loaf Rock, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: circa 1907

View of the Hassan Tower, Rabat, Morocco
View of the unfinished Hassan Tower, Rabat, Morocco, dating back to the 12th century. circa 1930

Emperor power boat, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Glass-bottomed Emperor power boat, used for showing sightseers the Submarine Gardens, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. circa 1914

Mountain Drive, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
People in a horse-drawn carriage on Mountain Drive, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Arch Rock, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA, with a tourist boat on the left. Date: circa 1900s

American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Co, USA
Advertising leaflet, American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Co, USA. offering trips in New York, Washington and Philadelphia

Group of people on shore with steamboat on the sea
A group of people standing on a rocky shore with a steamboat on the sea in the distance. Date: circa 1930s

Train on mountain summit, Caux, Switzerland
Tourists visiting a mountain summit by train near Caux, Switzerland. Showing Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) and the Savoy Alps. Date: early 20th century

Suspension bridge, Columbus Junction, Iowa, USA
Suspension bridge, known as the Swinging Bridge, at Columbus Junction, Iowa, USA

Rigi-Bahn at Schnurtobelbrucke, Switzerland
View of the Rigi-Bahn alpine railway with passengers at Schnurtobelbrucke, Switzerland. Date: 1910s

Group photo, Cliff House, San Francisco, California, USA
Group photo of people on a Lincoln Sightseeing Co motor bus near Cliff House, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Group photo, Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, USA
Group photo of sightseers outside Sutro Baths and Museum, San Francisco, California, USA. They have arrived via Gray Line Sightseeing Motor Coach, the large vehicle just behind them. 1926

Great Eastern at Holyhead, 1859
Visitors to the Great Eastern steamship at Holyhead Pier, 1859. Date: 1859

Ziethen Statue
Sightseers in Berlin admire the statue of Prussian military commander HANS JOACHIM VON ZIETHEN while dogs play in the foreground. Date: 1699 - 1786

FRANCE OO
The lac d Oo is one of the more picturesque sites in the Hautes Pyrenees, however it is probably not named from the gasps of admiration it evokes from sightseers. Date: 1836

Mt Vernon - the Tomb
sightseers at Washingtons tomb, Mount Vernon Date: -

Weber Returns to Germany
WEBERs remains are brought back to Germany from England, where he died. Hamburg harbour is filled with sightseers welcoming him back to his native land. Date: 1845

Livingstones Grave
Sightseers respectfully examine the slab marking the grave of DAVID LIVINGSTONE, Scottish missionary and traveller, whose body was brought here from Africa. Date: 1873

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

Rooter Rocks, Peak District
A party of tourists admire the Rooter or Roo Tor Rocks, in the Derbyshire Peak District Date: 1837

Scale Force, Cumbria
Sightseers admire Scale Force, Cumbria, one of the most dramatic falls of the Lake District. Date: 1833

Castle Crag, Borrowdale, Lake District
A party of sightseers admire the picturesque beauties of Castle Crag, Borrowdale, Cumbria, from the village of Grange, while their guide waits with their horses. Date: 1832

Two sightseers at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Two late Victorian sightseers at Stonehenge, Wiltshire. One man sits on a flat stone (possibly the sacrificial stone), while the other man leans on his bicycle

Visitors outside the Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany
Visitors enjoy the summer weather outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany. The building opened in 1894 to house the German parliament

North side of Roman Forum, Rome, Italy
View towards the north side of the Roman Forum, or Forum Romanum, in Rome, Italy, with sightseers walking through

Arch of Titus and Basilica of Maxentius, Rome, Italy
Side view of the Arch of Titus, with the tower of the Basilica di Massenzio (Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine) in the distance on the left

Tower Jewel Room
A Beefeater points out the glories of the Crown Jewels to a party of sightseers

The Regalia at the Tower of London, 1885
Engraving showing the display of Regalia at the Tower of London, with a Yeoman Warder keeping watch on the sightseers, 1885

French Troops in Russia
The French are among the nations who feel it their duty to intervene in Russian affairs : a freshly-arrived French contingent parades before a few sightseers

USA Catskills
Sightseers standing beneath a waterfall in the Catskill Mountains, part of the Appalachians, in New York state, then as now a popular tourist destination

Paris Sightseeing
Sightseers view Paris from the stern of a bateau-mouche : they have just passed Notre- Dame and the Ile de la Cite. The fox is not interested

Tourists at Rome
Sightseers in the Forum, Rome, at the height of the tourist season

Egyptian Court at Crys P
Visitors from the East are among the sightseers in the EGYPTIAN COURT - it would be nice to know what they think of it !

Greenwich Park / Telescope
Sightseers use a telescope to get the best view of Greenwich from Greenwich Park

Washington Circa 1850
Sightseers admire the city of Washington as seen from the portico of the Capitol. The site was chosen in 1790 by the man in whose honour it is named

Washington Sightseers
Sightseers gaze in patriotic awe at the enclosure wherein rest the remains of George Washington at Mount Vernon

Niagara Falls Anon 1
Sightseers gaze in awe at the American Falls, to which they have travelled by carriage

London policeman directing tourists
A London policeman directing tourists to their destination

Visiting Paris Catacombs
A guide takes a party of sightseers on a tour of the subterranean catacombs of Paris

Monkeys and Sightseers
A forlorn group of monkeys gaze out of their cage, as a large gathering of women stare fixedly at them - one of Dores most striking comments on London society

On a Rhine Steamer
With their hats secured to their heads by scarves, sightseers on a Rhine steamer admire the castles and other sights on either bank

Boating at Scarborough
Sightseers are taken for a row round Scarborough Bay, though the weather is not particularly inviting

Foundling Hospital Lond
Children of the Foundling Hospital, London, enjoy their meal despite the number of sightseers

Sightseers + Horseguard
Sightseers pause to admire a horse guard on sentry duty in Whitehall : unusually, he is carrying a gun

Admiring Tomb in Church
Sightseers admire the tomb of Lady Berry, in Stepney church, London

Solfatara Volcano C17Th
Sightseers at the Solfatara volcano near Naples, Italy, which coninuously sends forth streams of smoke & where sulphur and alum is made

Tower Armoury
Sightseers in the Armoury

Loch Lomond
An early paddle-steamer carries sightseers from one bonny bank to another

Horse Guards, Whitehall
Sightseers watch as troops manoeuvre on Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall : several carriages and sedan chairs can be seen

Mont St Michel / Card 3
Sightseers near the entrace gate

Bayham Abbey 6 of 6
Bayham Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery on the Kent and Sussex borders, was founded by Robert Thornham at the turn of the 12th century

Bayham Abbey 5 of 6
Bayham Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery on the Kent and Sussex borders, was founded by Robert Thornham at the turn of the 12th century

Bayham Abbey 4 of 6
Bayham Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery on the Kent and Sussex borders, was founded by Robert Thornham at the turn of the 12th century

Bayham Abbey 3 of 6
Bayham Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery on the Kent and Sussex borders, was founded by Robert Thornham at the turn of the 12th century

Bayham Abbey 1 of 6
Bayham Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery on the Kent and Sussex borders, was founded by Robert Thornham at the turn of the 12th century

Pyne - Yeoman of Guard
YEOMAN OF THE GUARD Traditionally, the sovereigns body guard : forty of them guard the prisoners in the Tower of London and pose for artists and sightseers

The Sphinx in 1813
Even in 1813 the Pyramids and the Sphinx were wonders of the world, intriguing scientists and sightseers, antiquaries and archeologists

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