Watching Collection (#16)

Japan - A girl making ceremonial tea. Date: 1932

Caravanning scene with dog and deckchair. Watching sunsets and other people working -- two of the most fascinating sights I know. Date: 1932

Mr Crane the tailor making a suit for Mr Mouse, watched by two rabbits. Date: circa 1933

Bear, elephant, pig, rabbit, pelican and mice
A bear, an elephant, a pig and a rabbit look over a fence at a pelican and two mice. The pelican, with its large beak, is acting as a removal firm for the mice. Date: circa 1933

White bulldog puppy taken to Ascot
A white bulldog puppy is taken to the races at Ascot, where a minstrel pushes a collection net under his nose. Date: 1905

Mongrel puppy watching a little boy blowing a toy trumpet. Date: 1914

Two young riders, Cloutsham Farm, Exmoor, Devon
Two young riders at Cloutsham Farm, Exmoor, Devon, practising their horseback skills and watching the Devon and Somerset Hunt in the distance. Date: 1926

Cartoon, Scientific Researches! New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air, by James Gillray

Illustration, Paul Pry watching sporting events. Paul Pry was a character in a popular play of the same name, by John Poole, first performed in 1825

Golfer watched by spectators. Date: circa 1920s

Title image, Alice in Wonderland -- Alice watches the White Rabbit entering the rabbit hole. Date: early 20th century

Fishery workers on a quayside
Fishery workers engrossed in their work, surrounded by barrels on a quayside. Date: circa 1920s

Women athletes on the starting line
Five women athletes on the starting line at a sports track, with spectators in the background. Date: circa 1930s

March past of soldiers on the Western Front, WW1
Officers standing on a platform, watching a march past of soldiers on the Western Front, WW1. Date: 1914-1918

WW1 - US Military marching through London, 1917
WW1 - The US Military arrive in the UK and parade through the streets of London. Marching up from Big Ben, and waving the American flag with pride

WW1 - American troops parade in New York
WW1 - American troops parading through New York before their departure for War in France. A brass band lead the formation through the streets of the city

Hamburg fire 1842
View of the fire at Hamburg from the Alster in May 1842. Also the very first engraving in the first issue of the Illustrated London News, 14th May 1842. Date: May 1842

Young girl with flowers. Birthday card. Young girl with flowers watching a butterfly. Artist: Clars Burd Date: 1912

Young girl at a window. Birthday card. Young girl at a window watching a bird. Artist: Clars Burd Date: 1912

WW1 - Sinking Svionia the merchantman - Baltics Sea, 1915
WW1 - The first German merchant ship victim Svionia, was sunk by the gunfire off Sassnitz in the western Baltic. The men from two smaller boats and a submarine

WW1 - German Recruitment Day, 1914
WW1 - German volunteers follow a German Officer through the gates where the men will continue and complete the recruitment procedure. The event is watched and guarded by other German Officers

Sphere cover - French War Dog on Guard
Front cover of The Sphere magazine showing a French war dog in a trench keeping watch for enemy snipers or patrols wandering too close to the French lines. Date: 1916

Sitting watching cricket in hats Date: 1903

Students watching cricket Date: 1903

Women watching cricket chatting Date: 1903

Watching scoring cricket
Watching scoring (cricket) Date: 1903

Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
View inside the Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, full of spectators watching a game of American football. Date: circa 1915

WW2 Christmas card, Father Christmas with a telescope, watching ships and aeroplanes supplied by America to Britain (inside). Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence, designed by Allan Burrows, produced by the Paddington Mobile Unit (ARP), with cartoons of typical activities (inside). Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, dog and cats
WW2 pop-up birthday card, may Good Luck spot you! A spotted dog and two black cats watch the sky with binoculars, as fire watchers and aircraft spotters. Date: circa 1942

Cartoon, Victory singing, WW1
Cartoon, Victory singing, with happy soldiers walking along a road. A pessimistic civilian man watches them, and comments: Its unbelievable

Christopher Columbus nears the New World
Christopher Columbus about to set his eyes on the New World for the first time, after his perilous journey across the Atlantic Ocean, sighting the Bahamas archipelago on 12th October, 1492

Introducing Tanks to Londoners - Film of Battle of Ancre
" The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks" - an official film shown at the Scala Theatre, London. Seen by an estimated 250

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