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Bringing in the Xmas pudding - A Victorian family group at table watch as the cook proudly presents the steaming Christmas pudding. Date: circa 1916
Advert for Mappin & Webb pearl and diamond jewellery 1912Selection of beautiful brooches, pendants and a necklace all made of pearls, diamonds and other precious stones Date: 1912
Peace Parade in London, to celebrate the end of World War One, photograph showing representatives of 1st Black Watch leading. Date: 19 July 1919
Peace Day Celebrations - Royal Watching in Pavilion 1919The royal party George V and Mary Teck watch from the pavilion at Victoria Memorial, along the Mall, showing the view which Majesties had of the procession, as it apprroached them
GERMANY GUARDS BORDERANTI-FRENCH The watch on the Rhine - Germany protects her borders against the belligerent, warlike, aggressive French Date: 1914
CAPTAIN COOK IN TAHITIAt Tahiti, Cook and his companions watch a human sacrifice Date: 1769
Human sacrificePriests and others watch as a victim burns in ancient Scandinavia. Date: 1555
Letheringsett Church Tower, Norfolk, England, a Saxon Round (Watch) Tower, built c. 600, with a Norman church built c. 1070 by William the Conquerors doctor. Date: circa 600 A.D
Three scruffy boys watch the men digging up the road in Piccadilly
A German guard on night watch in the middle of winter. Date: 1916
Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Dog Watchcirca 1906
The Way they Live Date: 1879
Dress Watch in Gift BoX Date: 1948
Pocket Watch Date: 1941
Mom and Son in Playpen Date: 1948
Engineer Chats with Boys Date: 1950
Distracted by Butterfly Date: 1944
Texas Christian Stadium Date: 1945
Nurses in Hospital Date: 1944
Duke and Duchess of York - Ashtead Potteries, SurreyDuke and Duchess of York visiting the Ashtead Potteries, Surrey - founded to train disabled ex-servicemen in pottery. Date: 1928
Port Said, EgyptStreet scene in the Native Quarter of Port Said, Egypt with a double mule-pulled tram, a cyclist and group of schoolchildren. Date: circa 1930
Henley Regatta - River-spectators watch the actionRegatta, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire - River-spectators watch the action from a flotilla of jolly boats. Date: 1904
Types of the Black Watch 1899One of the gallant regiments represented at the Battle of Magersfontein, Kimberley, South Africa. Date: December 1899
Tower of Galata, Constantinople 1854Tower of Galata, one of the most famous monuments in the European quarter of Constantinople (now Istanbul), in 1854. This building was used both as a watch tower
Advert for Clarkes patent safety night light 1892Clarkes patent safety night light range. Date: 1892
Guarding the coast, France, 9th centurySentinels on the Atlantic coast of France keep watch for the Norsemen, who harass the country before eventually settling in Normandie, named for them. Date: early 9th century
MENDING A WRISTWATCHA man looks on as his watch is being mended Date: 1930s
SHIPS AMONG ICEBERGSSeals and sea-birds watch as Sir John Franklins Erebus and Terror sail cautiously between Arctic icebergs. Date: 1845
GIRLS WATCH DUCKSThree children on a riverbank watch ducks and their ducklings. Date: 1889
MIXED POULTRYA cock and hen watch as ducks waddle by in a farmyard. Date: circa 1860s
Frock Coated Gent 1909Sir A Osmond Williams wears a frock coat, chalk striped trousers with front creases, spats, a fawn coloured waistcoat with watch chain, all round collar & black tie. Date: 1909
FOUNTAIN / EXHIBITIONCrowds gather to watch the magnificent nocturnal display of the luminous fountain at the Exposition Universalle, Paris. Date: 1889
MALE TYPE / SMART SUITA young Frenchman in a smart grey suit waits impatiently for his ladyfriend to turn up. Date: 1922
Ladies at TournamentMedieval ladies watch a tournament. Date: second half 15th century
Dr Syntax disputing his bill with the landladyDr Syntax disputes the landladys bill while the hotel servants watch to see who will win (our money is on the landlady !). Date: 1815
Husband Leaves HomeThe stay-at-home-wife clings tearfully to her man as he sets out on a journey, checking the time on his watch to make sure he wont miss his train. Date: 1907
CROWD AT A HORSE RACEA crowd, one man in particular who is wearing glasses and has a pair of binoculars round his neck, watch expectantly as the horses approach the finish. Date: 26 May 1935
BOXING AT WONDERLANDA large crowd fills Londons Wonderland club to watch a fight. Date: 1900
GOLF AT RANELAGH 1900Elegantly dressed golfers watch a partner putt out on the sixteenth green at Ranelagh Golf Club, England. Date: 1900
FRENCH THEATREGOERSLa Loge: a colourful group of French theatregoers lounge in a box to watch the play Date: 1850
CHARLES I WATCH C17Charles Is watch. Date: 17th century
TINKER IN A CARAVANA French retameur lives in a caravan. A retameur re- silvers objects. The local children pay him a visit and watch him work. Date: circa 1920
BALL, SAINT PETERSBURGTsar Alexander III and the Tsarina watch the Quadrille dHonneur - HIS honour - at a ball at the French Embassy, St Petersburg Date: 1893
DUTCH MYSTERY PLAYA mystery play is staged in the town square of a Dutch town, attracting crowds of townsfolk, while better-off people watch from their balconies Date: 16th century
SPEAKING WATCH (INSIDES)A watch designed by M.Sivan, which contains a miniature Edison phonograph, allowing it to speak the time, by reading off a rubber disc. Date: 1894
INTERIOR OF POCKET WATCHThe internal workings of a pocket or wrist-watch, showing the complicated positioning of the wheels and catches. The watch is by LeCoutre (Swiss)
Lifeboat Horses - HastingsLifeboat horses at Hastings used to haul the lifeboat from the beach to the water; two boys watch the scene Date: 1937
AFGHANISTAN / KHYBER PASSA watch-tower in the Khyber Pass. Date: 1878