Watching Collection (page 2)

Spectators at Braemar Highland Games, Scotland
Kilted spectators watch from the hillside at the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, traditionally attended by the British Royal Family. September 1911

The croupiers who showed signs of emotion 1927
Croupiers starts to sweat after giving all the casinos money to a lucky winner, who is disappearing under a pile of cash in front of him

Old Man Watching Cricket
An old man in a flat cap stands and watches a cricket match being played on Giggs Hill Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England. Date: 1950s

Cool Customers
Cool customers at a street cafe in trendy St. Tropez, France, totally ignoring an uncool street ecapologist! Date: late 1960s

King Edward VII opening University College School, Hampstead on July 26th, 1907 Date: 1907

Two Horses in the stable with puppies
Two Horses (one black, one white) peer over the edge of their stable dividing wall at two small puppies (Terriers?) sitting on a blanket on the lower bench. Date: 1910s

Winston Churchill watching 47th Division at Lille, France
Winston Churchill as a War Office minister, sitting with others on a grandstand at Lille, France, watching the march past of the 47th (2nd London)

Dancing bears in the High Street, Crickhowell, Mid Wales
Two dancing bears and their owners, and several interested spectators, in the High Street, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Army diver preparing to enter the water
An army diver preparing to enter the water, while a group of soldiers stand on the bank watching him

British soldiers take interest in an Egyptian lady
Humourous Postcard - World War One era. British soldiers (a sailor and a Scots infantryman) take interest in an Egyptian lady who stroll demurely along under a pink parasol

Sunny Day at Lords by Ernest Wallcousins
This image shows an enthusiastic crowd watching a cricket match. Painted in 1926 the grand stand can be seen in the distance, which had just been built

Mascaret (tidal bore) of the Seine, Normandy, France
People watching the mascaret (tidal bore) of the River Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, France, which resulted from large spring tides, and caused the loss of many ships

Sketch front cover: RAF display at Hendon airfield
Crowds watching an air display at Hendon airfield in the 1930s

The Great Game of Poker
Four men sit around a table playing poker while a fifth stands watching the game and smoking

Punch & Judy / Jarvis
Watching a Punch & Judy show in a park

Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest
A scene from Shakespeares play, The Tempest, in which Prospero and his daughter Miranda watch the shipwreck -- fortunately, no-one will be harmed

Life on a barge, Henley-on-Thames - early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Observation - Picket watching Salmah from the Worm, WW1
The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. Observation - Picket watching Salmah from the Worm, North West corner of Gloucester Wood, Winter 1917-1918

Little girl watching a fairy, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Dog Dentist 1930S
Girls watching a dog undergoing a dental check at Bellmead Kennels, Old Windsor, Berkshire, England (the Country Annexe of Battersea Dogs Home). Date: early 1930s

Watching the tape or watching the wheel - what is the difference morally?. Illustration shows a two panel cartoon, on the left, anxious businessmen are gathered around a ticker tape machine

Sea Girt, New Jersey
Spectators Watching Donkey Going in Sea. Spectators on beach watching a donkey enter the surf at Sea Girt N.J

Little girl at a window -- No Walk Today
A little Victorian girl stands at a window, watching the rain -- a black and white reproduction of a painting by Sophie Anderson entitled No Walk Today

Eden at Polo Match 1936
SIR ANTHONY EDEN (far left), with Lady Eden and Lord and Lady Willingdon, watching the USA vs England polo match at Hurlingham. He was later Prime Minister 1955 -1957. Date: 1936

Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates pumping
Moored at its Blackfriars river station on the Victoria Embankment, the newly commissioned Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates its massive pumping capacity by discharging a vast amount of water

Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery
Children (mostly working boys) watching a Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery, London. There is a statue of the famous actor Sir Henry Irving in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Anglo-Russian Festival
A Russian sailor watching part of the huge crowd waiting to get on board the Soviet ships during the Portsmouth Festival of Friendship. Date: April 1956

First Austrian POWs at Ust-Kamenogorsk, WW1
The first Austrian prisoners of war (mostly Czech) arrive at Ust-Kamenogorsk (Semipalatinsk region) on the Eastern Front (now in Kazakhstan) during the First World War. Date: 24 September 1914

Cycle racing event
A cycle racing event, watched by a crowd of spectators. circa 1940s

The Amanohashidate admired by a Geisha
The Amanohashidate - located in Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture - a pine-clad promontory launching onto the sea - being admited by a geisha on a balcony

The Egg Test For Brakes / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

The Woman Who Called It A Tennis Bat At Wimbledon! By Alfr
A humorous illustration in the style of H. M. Bateman of a lady making a social faux pas whilst watching a game of tennis at Wimbledon

Tower Bridge 1940S
Excited children and their families watching the spectacle of the famous bascule bridge as it opens

Children on Beach 2 of 4
Children on the beach - two boys watching a girl cry

Watching Le Guignol
Children watching a Guignol show - a delightful variety of facial expressions !

Strong Man at a Fair
A man plays a fanfare on a cornet to herald the great feat of strength being performed by a strong man at a fair, while a few people stand looking on

Flying at Cannes
Grande Semaine d Aviation at Cannes, on the Cote d Azur - watching a biplane fly over the bay

Children Watch Robin
Two children watch a robin the barn who is standing on one leg

Tom. Water Baby. Kingsley
Tom sits upon a rock watching the moonlight on the rippling river

Astronomer-priests of Chaldea observe stars from the Tower of Babylon (Babel)

Goblins spying on witches on a Christmas card
Goblins spying on two witches with a cooking pot on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Watching Election Result
Londoners watch the election results as they are shown on giant screens erected in Trafalgar Square

The funeral procession of Queen Victoria passing through Windsor on its way to St. Georges Chapel, with her eldest son Edward VII, Kaiser, Wilhelm II and Prince Arthur

Lady Macbeth sleepwalking in Shakespeares tragedy Macbeth, Act V, Scene 1

Magic Lantern 1858
Evenings entertainment, with children amazed by the bright glass lantern slides been projected on the wall. 1858

Comic Postcard - Gent and two ladies on a bench - This is what I saw last night
Comic Postcard - Gent and two ladies on a bench - " This is what I saw last night, were you there?" Date: 1910

Comic Postcard - Greyhound Racing - The hares run by electricity, Bill Is it? I wish they d give the blinkin dorg I backed a few shocks then!. Date: 1926

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