Watching Collection (#14)

Cartoon, Women watching searchlights, WW1
Cartoon, Women watching searchlights. Two Parisian ladies watch the searchlights over Montmartre. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Old man at the cinema, WW1
Cartoon, Old man at the cinema, watching a heroic war film. He turns round to the soldiers seated behind him, saying that they too have the chance to take part in such glorious scenes. 1917

Cimabue / Di Pepo / With Boy
CIMABUE alias BENCIVIENI DI PEPO Italian painter watching a boy sketching a goat Date: 1240 - 1302

De Long / Ice Breaks Up
George De Long (USA), in his ship Jeanette, proved that the Arctic Sea ice is moved by ocean currents. Watching the ice break up. Date: 24 July 1879

Strike / Military Strength
Armoured cars on Londons streets provide protection for food convoys and evoke cheers from the watching crowds Date: 1926

Better than Reality ?
Is watching television more exciting than experiencing reality ? Date: 1930

Victoria / Highland Games
Victoria and Albert in the Scottish Highlands: watching the race in the Laggan Games Date: 1847

Cricket at Eton and Harrow at Lords 1907
Silhouette of the Edwardian men and women watching cricket. Date: 1907

Martians watching scenes of life on Earth
A group of Martians watching scenes of life on Earth through special viewfinders. Date: 1906

Lady having her palm read
A lady having her palm read while others look on. Date: 18th century

Goldsmith & Spider
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writer, watching a spider Date: 1730 - 1774

Group of Kashmir Muslim Fakirs
The Prince of Wales, Albert Edward (later King Edward VII), witnesses a Private Perehara (Devils Dance) at Kandy, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) as part of a Royal tour in December 1875. Date: 1875

Punch and Judy at Christmas
Children and adults alike watching Punch and Judy at Christmas. 19th Century

Song, La Jota Aragonesa -- a traditional Spanish song, with dancing, from Aragon, dating back to the 18th century. Date: circa 1900s

The Balloon of Cantoya, Mexico -- an international festival in Michoacan. Date: circa 1900s

Stage Coach leaving Westminster Abbey 1937
Stage Coach with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, passing through Parliament Square, in the foreground wildly waving people

Vignette design, Mexican couple watching a balloon. circa 1910s

Silhouette of the first night of theatre 1907
Edwardian men and women wearing their finest clothing to watch a show at the theatre. 1907

Edwardian spectators at an event
An all-male crowd of smartly dressed spectators observe proceedings from behind a picket fence, perhaps at a sporting event in the north east of England. Date: c.1910s

London Fire Brigade, Southwark HQ, London -- Making up and bringing up horses to get away home after District Call at Headquarters. Date: circa 1905

People watching a sunset, c. 1800
Two smartly-dressed couples watching ships and a sunset, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Men with fishing nets at Seaton, Devon
Men with fishing nets on the beach at Seaton, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Music cover, My Day Will Come When Your Days Gone, by Monte Carlo and Alma Sanders, performed by the Vincent Lopez Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra. 1924

Decorative cat & mice
Cat behind a door watching two mice. Originally published by Liberty & Co. Artist: Anon. Date: circa 1910

Army recruitment, Doncaster, Yorkshire
An army recruitment demonstration in Doncaster, Yorkshire, with people watching a man performing on a trampoline. Date: 1960s

Did you see the eclipse? Yes did you?
Total solar eclipse was observed on the 17th April 1912 in London by a large number of amateur astronomers, illustration by Tony Sarg showing people looking up using smoked or coloured glass to

Edwardian woman playing tennis, watched by a smoking man. Date: early 1900s

Romantic couple on a greetings card -- the man is arriving by boat as the woman stands watching. Date: circa 1890s

Couples taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Couples in a sloping street, taking part in the Midday Dance during Helston Floral Day, Cornwall. Spectators watch from either side. Date: circa 1970s

Children watching a chimps tea party
Children and adults watching a chimps tea party. Date: circa 1980s

Children taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Children dressed in white in the street, taking part in the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Tom Browns School Days - Tom, the young master & Arthur
Illustration from Tom Browns School Days by Thomas Hughes. It is Tom Brown, grown into a young man nineteen years old. Tom sits on the bench with a cricket bat in conversation with the young master

The West India Docks, London - Opening of a new Dry Dock Date: 1878

Racing, State Fair Grounds, Syracuse, New York State, USA
Motorcycle racing at the State Fair Grounds, Syracuse, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1912

Celoron Park, Chautauqua Lake, New York State, USA
Spectators watching a baseball game at Celoron Park, Chautauqua Lake, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1908

Egg & spoon race, Quex House garden
Patients on crutches, some with amuputated legs, are seen taking part in a race in Quex House garden. They are holding a spoon with an egg in their mouths

Patients race, Quex House garden
Four patients are seen taking part in a race in the garden of Quex House, two nurses and a lady civilian are in the background watching

Hospital Sports, Quex House garden
Patients in shirtsleeves are playing the game of trying to eating an apple hanging from a string tied to a horizontal line

Apple Bobbing, Quex House garden
Seven patients are gathered around at least one chair and some buckets. Five amused nurses are watching. The men are apple bobbing - trying to grab, using only their mouths

White cat on a Christmas card, watching two fish and a frog in a goldfish bowl. Date: circa 1890s

Children kissing on a New Year card, interrupted by an intruder. Date: circa 1890s

Riverside scene on a French congratulations card, with a couple watching a passing boat. Date: circa 1890s

Two owls watching mice on a Christmas card
Two owls watching mice eating apples and cheese on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two cats watching a bird on a New Year card
Conspiracy -- two cats in the snow, watching a bird eating food from a plate on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl pulling cracker on a Christmas card
Boy and girl pulling a cracker on a Christmas and New Year card, watched by a white cat. Date: circa 1890s

London Life cover page
" You never know whos watching you". London Life cover page for an issue focussing on the world of the private detectives. Date: 26 Ferbuary 1966

Cartoon, Guarding Salonika, WW1
Cartoon, Guarding Salonika. Two sailors in white uniform on deck, watching the passing shipping. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The real Galette des Rois, WW1
Cartoon, The real Galette des Rois, or Epiphany cake -- King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Sultan Mehmed V, watched by a smiling German ally, divide a stash of money between them. Date: 1916

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