Viewing Collection

1950s Cinema - Childrens Saturday Matinee. Boys and girls looking up at the screen and laughing. Two of the boys are wearing ABC badges -- the name of the cinema. Date: 1954

Interior of the R101 airship
Amenities of the giant British airship R101, showing the smoking room, a typical two-berth cabin, and passengers looking down on the lights of a city from the starboard promenade deck

Winston Churchil visiting gun sites, England, 1944
Winston Churchill visiting anti flying bomb defences in June 1944. Seen here at a gun battery in southern England. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, " The Prime Minister today

Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th Reg
An action during the Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th (Rifle) Regiment acting as snipers, 1810 (c).Watercolour attributed to Denis Dighton

INGO SWANN
Ingo Swann American psychical research subject, participating in notable remote viewing experiments

Nurses Watch Surgery
Nurses watch a surgical demonstration from a balcony

The Caledonian Market, London, 1912
Shoppers viewing stalls of goods at the Caledonian Road Market, London, on a Friday in 1912. This image shows a real mix of London society looking through china, houseware and clothes. 1912

The crew of a German submarine - First World War
The hideous crew (!) of a German U-boat Submarine, poking their head out from the viewing platform, with the periscope in front. A very direct Allied propaganda postcard

Astor as 1st Woman Mp
NANCY, LADY ASTOR Vicountess Astor, standing between Lord Balfour and Lloyd George, becomes the first woman MP, 1919

Exhibition of Fine Arts, Salon of Palais de L Industrie
Scene at the opening of the annual exhibition of fine arts in the salon of the Palais de L Industrie, Champs Elysee, Paris

Friends of the Yorkshire miner Charles Martin, who worked at Dinnington Colliery, admire an exhibition of his paintings. See picture no. 13127079 for a photograph of Martin. Date: 1912

Grenville Collins with Princess Michael of Kent
Grenville Collins (1943-) - art dealer, postcard collector and former rock band manager showing Princess Michael of Kent (nee Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz) (1945-) around an art exhibition

Sea Lions, Groudle Glen, Isle of Man - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

The Lithographer, viewing a three-colour process print Date: 1904

Les Rendez-vous De Madame De Z. Part IV
Part IV of a series of sketches which portrays a rather impatient looking gentleman sat in a hallway of the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees, a museum in Paris, looking towards his pocket watch

Punch At The Convent
This painting depicts a scene where a seated crowd of spectators, with children at the front, are viewing a traditional Punch and Judy puppet show at a convent, nuns are tending to the audience

Military Speaker
A pastel painting which shows a crowd of people listening to a military man, who is speaking from an elevated position, onlookers are also viewing from the high terrace above. Date: circa 1920

Billboards
A painting of some distant advertisement boards of some description, which many people are viewing, in a city setting. Date: circa 1915

Sea Platform
A watercolour painting of a small lantern lit viewing spot, upon a platform lined with wooden posts on the calm sea. Date: circa 1914

The Prince of Wales visits Stockholm
The Prince of Wales, Albert Edward, views the city of Stockholm, Sweden, from the Moseback elevator. Now known as the Katarina Elevator/Lift, it is a passenger lift built in 1881

George III and Royal Family viewing RA exhibition
George III and the Royal Family viewing the Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, 1788 Date: 1788

Middle Ages. Ship of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Middle Ages. Ship of the 13th and 14th centuries
Middle Ages. Ship of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Empire State Building Observatories, publicity leaflet Date: early 1950s

4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Earl of Dudley on viewing stand. Date: 2nd July 1903

Visitors to the Guildhall Art Gallery
Visitors to the Loan Collection at the art gallery at the Guildhall. Date: 1894

Interior of the old Royal Academy in Pall Mall, representing the exhibition of 1771. Date: 1771

The Trenches of Death Museum by the River Izjer, Dixmuide
The Trenches of Death formed a Belgian defensive line along the west bank of the River Izjer which was pivotal in preventing the Germans breaking through to the Channel Ports

Heating engineer viewing House of Commons chamber
Engineer in charge of heating and air-conditioning for the House of Commons viewing the chamber through a 65 foot long periscope. Date: 1950

Lady viewing prints in a portfolio. early 19th century

America - Burning Of New Lodnon
Benedict Arnold Viewing the Destruction Of New London During he American War of Independence Date: 1781

Ladies Fashion -- outdoor costume, viewing artwork. 1829

VIEWING THE VICTIMS
The people of Moscow are invited to see the bodies of those who have given their lives for the Revolution. Later they will be buried by the walls of the Kremlin. Date: November 1917

A group of Royal Academicians looking through a pile of doubtfuls for a painting to fit a space on the walls of the annual Royal Academy Exhibition, London. Date: 1887

One of the main galleries for the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1787 in London. This image shows a large crowd admiring the paintings, which cover nearly every inch of the walls. Date: 1787

Billingsgate Fish Market, London 1886
Interior of the Billingsgate Fish Market in London. Traders viewing fish and porters bringing crates of fish, on their heads, into the market. Date: 1886

At the Royal Academy 1870
Scene during the Royal Academy Exhibition at Burlington House, London. A large group of Victorian women, men and children are shown clustered around one of the paintings. Date: 1870

The Etruscan Room, British Museum, London 1847
Interior of the Etruscan Room at the British Museum, London, 1847. Visitors can be seen viewing the ancient exhibits, displayed in glass cases. Date: 1847

Egyptian Room, British Museum, London 1847
Interior of the Egyptian Room at the British Museum, London, 1847. Visitors can be seen viewing the exhibits in glass cases. Date: 1847

CHINESE ORNAMENTS
Ornaments exported from China displayed in a British auction house. They will be sold just in time for Christmas presents Date: 1930s

Carlton House - Cruikshank
Carlton House: Kate, Sue, Tom, Jerry and Logic viewing the Throne Room Date: 1821

VIEWING A HOUSE / SOLD
A family of four view their new house which still has the Sold sign outside. Date: 1970s

George, Prince of Wales in India at Amritsar, 1906
The Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary), on their tour of India, viewing the Golden Temple at Amritsar, which stands in the Pool of Immortality

The trench periscope, WW1
Photographs demonstrating the efficacy of the hyposcope (the landsmans periscope) using one here constructed by Mr C. Baker - an optician of High Holborn

New magic stereoscope for viewing carte de visite -- floral design. Date: circa 1890s

Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa
Lookout post in Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa, viewed from Treetops, Nyeri. Date: circa 1950

What the Butler Saw - end of pier entertainment. 20th century

WW1 - Russian Officer using a Periscope to get a (safer) view of the enemy above the trench Date: circa 1916

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