Watch Collection (page 15)

C W A Scott, left, and Sir Harry Brittain
C.W.A. Scott, left, and Sir Harry Brittain at a model aircraft exhibition in Selfridges watch a demonstration by Bruce Young, aged 11

Lord and Lady Londonderry watch the flying from their car as they shelter from the rain at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes

US soldiers watch as the R34 descends steeply at Mineola

Children watching a spider weave its web
A girl and boy watch in wonder as a large spider weaves its web between branches. c. 1910

Tournai. Gran Place with bell tower and cathedra, in 1881. Engraving

Twnate Canal - Rangoon - We stopped at the official tollhouse and our junior officer captain had chairs and tables set out for our tea under a huge Ginko tree

Kemmendine - basha fire - Rangoon - Fire-fighting equipment arrives promptly and Doug and I got to watch it extinguished and surrounding houses being wet down by hoses from water trucks

W for Watch
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Choice Spirit & Buck
A buck : a dissipated & dishevelled looking man of fashion with a cudgel tucked under his arm & a choice spirit in a bicorne hat. Date: 1790

Hs Foster by Spy 1907
H.S Foster wears a frock coat, double-breasted waistcoat, floral buttonhole, grey striped trousers with a front & back crease, high all round collar & a spotted cravat. Date: 1907

Street Arabs / Book Cover
Two older children watch a very small street arab with some amusement Date: 1916

Victoria and Family
Victoria and Albert look out from a window of their castle at Windsor, to watch their children at play with their hoops Date: 1850

LFB Fire Station watchroom
Fire Station watchroom, London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Shop fire in Paul Street EC2
Vast crowds gather at the scene of a large shop fire in Paul Street, City of London. The work of the Brigade always drew people to watch it at work, though this crowd is perhaps an extreme example

LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters station watchroom
The watchroom of Southwark Fire Station. Although this had a telephone switchboard serving the adjacent headquarters of the Brigade

Blitz in London -- Smith Building, SE1
Blitz in London -- the Smith Building was located next to the London Fire Brigade Headquarters on the Albert Embankment, SE1

Spectators of balloon ascent, Paris
Aux Amateurs de Physique, Vue d Optique. An image of chaos as spectators try to get over the wall without a ticket, to watch the balloon ascent of Messrs Charles

A tried watch-dog who will be retained. Illustration shows a man labeled Pension Agent holding a small club labeled Fraudulent Claims and shaking his fist at Henry C

Our British watch-dog. Illustration shows a British bulldog labeled Commercial Interests standing before a plate of food labeled American Products; he is looking across a small body of water at four

An animal keeper feeding raw meat to lions in a circus cage as spectators watch. Date c1891

The Wickersham will git yer if yer don t - watch - out!. Illustration shows a huge red flying creature labeled Wickersham holding a fork with webbing in one hand and papers labeled Trust

Watch the professor. Illustration shows an oversized man labeled Beef Trust, with skeleton face, performing a magic trick on a stage by taking Diseased Livestock

The goblin will get you if you don t watch out!. Illustration shows an employer and a group of laborers standing outside the entrance to a factory; he is directing their attention toward a notice

Advertising poster showing two men in classical dress riding four-horse teams during race while spectators in grandstand watch; two vignettes show chariot racing and horse jumping. Date c1892

Watch meeting. Snowy night scene with church. Date c1878

No more men are needed for the watch on the Rhine, but 26, 000 men are wanted to relieve the watch on the Rio Grande. Poster showing soldiers with bayonets in a river landscape. Date 1917

Tick--tick--tickle!. Date c1873

The Black Watch Monument, Aberfeldy, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Hamburg from the Watch Tower, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Black watch at bay

Watch on the Rhine

Spectators watch the balloon Le Monde ascending over an open field. Date between 1880 and 1890

The Victory Loan flyers - Watch for the airplane special. Poster showing airplanes flying over a speeding train. Date 1919

Chas. H. Yale & Sidney R. Ellis present the German dialect comedian and golden voiced singer, Al. H. Wilson in a new romantic German dialect comedy, The watch on the Rhine by Sidney R. Ellis

Sea Scouts on coast watching duty

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin over pier, Walton, Essex
At 4pm on 19 August 1931 crowds of onlookers lined the pier and promenades at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, to watch the famous Graf Zeppelin fly along the Essex coastline

Saintly sweetheart in the dreams of this slumbering soldier
" The Dream" A typical English country garden, timbered house and a saintly sweetheart inhabit the dreams of this slumbering soldier

Watchdog at Westminster Cathedral, London
A rather shaggy watchdog outside Westminster Cathedral, London. After a series of thefts from the Cathedral, London the church authorities added a watchdog to the staff

Cute doggy Valentine card
A sweet card for St Valentines Day featuring two dogs, one looking very dapper in cap and silver-starred collar, one in a dog house - To My Valentine

Watching fireworks from the balcony
Two fashionable women wearing long, figure-hugging dresses, are joined by a suited gentleman to watch a spectacular firework display from their balcony. 1937

The Wreck of the Titanic - Honour to the Brave
Page from the Sphere honouring the brave men who were part of the Titanics crew who were lost with the ship when it sank, including all the engineers (36), the band (8), the postal clerks (5)

Fire near Nine Elms, Battersea
Crowds of spectators watch a conflagration near Nine Elms, Battersea, from across the River Thames at Vauxhall Bridge, while a fire engine rushes by to try to help stop the blaze. Date: 1847

Maltese watch-tower on limestone cliffs above Gnejna Bay. Originally a lookout post for raiding corsairs / Ottoman Turks, c. 1550 Date: 2011

Watch towers at Juterbog, Brandenburg, Germany
Two watch towers, part of the 15th century city wall of Juterbog, in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. 2010

Silhouette of 2nd Lieutenant, Black Watch
Full-length silhouette of a 2nd Lieutenant of the Black Watch

Istanbul, Turkey - First British troops arrive
The First British troops to enter Constantinople (Istanbul) at the end of the First World War in 1918. Date: 1918

City gate and watch tower, Juterbog, Brandenburg, Germany
View of the city gate, with a watch tower forming part of the 15th century city wall, in Juterbog, in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. 2010

Silhouette, To Hit the Nail on the Head
To Hit the Nail on the Head -- silhouette showing three children watching their father hammer a nail into the wall

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping