Watching Collection (page 22)

British Gymnastics Display with announcer & seated audience
Unintentionally hilarious photographic postcard of a British Gymnastics Display with announce/trainer (armed with a megaphone) and a very reserved seated audience

Japan - A Japanese Cook. Date: circa 1910s

Prairie wigwam - home to an indigenous Mother and Uncle
Prairie wigwam - home to the indigenous mans Mother and Uncle, both of whom peep out of suitable holes in the decorated canvas covering. It looks as if the Uncle has already hit the bottle

Three schoolboys on a desert island meet an indigenous man Date: 1898

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Local People examining Aircraft
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Local People examining the French Farman Aircraft Squadron - part of the International Expeditionary Force based at Thessaloniki and fighting on the Macedonian Front

Taking the Waters - I hope no ones looking! A glamorous lady takes the Strong Sulphur waters and hopes nobody spots her... Date: circa 1905

Spanish Coastguards - Spain Date: 1880s

View on the Thames Embankment, London
View on the Thames Embankment, Central London Date: circa 1903

Yacht Racing - Isle of Wight off Ryde Pier. Big Classic Yachts saling under the International handicap rule established in 1907

Sheikh of a Dervish order at the tomb of a Sufi Saint
Sion, the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais, which hosted the Exposition Cantonale Valaisanne in 1909. The opening ceremonial procession on 1st August. Date: 1909

Portsmouth War Memorial unveiled
A lovelt postcard photograph showing Portsmouth War Memorial unveiled on October 19th, 1921. It cost 27, 000 and was unveiled by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

Beauty and the Beast - Bathing Humour, featuring a hairy, rather ugly man surrounded in the surf by a bevvy of bathing beauties! Date: circa 1905

Turkish Dignitary boarding a ship at Dover
An unnamed Turkish Dignitary boarding a British warship at Dover in 1907 accompanied by the British Ambassador. Date: 1907

Japanese troops entering a Korean City during the Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904

Russian villagers dancing Date: 1904

Diving boys at Nassau, Bahamas. Diners taking luncheon of the terrace at the Prince George Hotel are treated to the aquatic antics of the islands diving boys who retrieve coins tossed into

Crowds on Southsea beach watching Flt Lt Boothman in a Supermarine S6B flying round the course to win the 1931 Schneider Trophy race, 13 September 1931

Targa Trackside Refreshments - Painting by Andrew McGeachy
Trackside Refreshments during the Targa Florio - an open road endurance race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo

Scots terrier and rabbit by Muriel Dawson
A Scots terrier watching a rabbit running away, by Muriel Dawson. 1920s

South African gas alarm post trench sentry, 1917
Soldier ready to ring the bell to give warning to a gas attack. In the Western Front they took gas attacks as " all in the days work"

The first Steam-boat on the Amazon
Page 491 from Journey Across South America Vol.2, 1873 by P Marcoy

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

Embracing couple looking out to sea
A couple cuddle-up near the sea, watching a ship sail past. 1908

Young girl watches a falling star
A young girl watches a falling star through her bedroom window

Spanish Civil Wat. Gendarme watching over works of art

SUAREZ LLANOS, Ignacio (1830-1881). Sor Marcela de San F鬩 x, Nun of the Trinitarias Descalzas of Madrid, Watching the Burial of Her Father, Lope de Vega. 1862. Upper left detail

The Hunting Party at Aranjuez. Mazo, Juan Bautista (1612-1667). Oil on canvas, 187 x 246cm. The painting depicts a stag hunt where the game is driven into a narrow enclosure for easy sport

Pinkie Puff

Puppy

British Abroad / India / C19
Watching the Polo match from the Mess Tent. Date: late 19th century

Slippery pole sack fighting at a London Fire Brigade sports event

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 Major fire, Grand Hotel, Trafalgar Square
Westminster and Soho firefighters were joined by almost 100 other firefighters as fire engulfed the seventh floor and roof of the Grand Hotel on the corner of Northumberland Avenue

Blitz in London -- firewatchers at observation post, WW2
Blitz in London -- firewatchers on duty on the clock tower of the Smith Building, Albert Embankment, SE1, next to London Fire Brigade Headquarters

LFB mechanical fire appliance at Southwark HQ
Two London firemen at drill with a motorised fire appliance (with its ladder removed), watching at drills being performed out of shot

Balloon race, Green brothers
A balloon race between Charles Green and his brother in two balloons, from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London. Seen here are the two balloons over the River Thames, with people watching

Balloon in flight
A crowd of people watching a balloon in flight. circa early 19th century

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

Satirical cartoon, An Appropriate Text!, showing a street preacher preaching to four bored-looking people while a large crowd watches the launch of the Charles Green balloon

Satirical cartoon on ballooning

People and animals with a balloon
Fanciful design showing crowds of people and animals watching the ascent of an idealised balloon (complete with what appears to be a key to wind it up)

Lunardis balloon ascent from Artillery Ground
Lunardis balloon ascent from the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company, making him the first Aerial Traveller in the English Atmosphere. With crowds of spectators. 15 September 1784

King and Queen watching a balloon ascent, Windsor
The King, Queen and others watching a balloon ascent from the garden of Windsor Castle. 1784

Royal Family viewing balloon ascent, Windsor
The Royal Family viewing a balloon ascent in the garden of Windsor Castle. 1784

Balloon ascending with animal passengers
The Ascent of the Aerial Balloon. A fanciful engraving of a balloon rising with a cage full of animals (a duck, a cockerel and a lamb), with a crowd of people watching. 1783

Crowd at Punch and Judy Show
Crowd watching a Punch and Judy show, Hereford, 1898 Date: 1898

Courtesan watching a young apprentice in bed. Print shows a courtesan watching a young female student in bed with a client. Date between 1768 and 1771

Courtesan watching the rain. Print shows a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left with right hand touching a hairpin. Date between 1890 and 1912

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