Watching Collection (page 8)

LONDON AIRPORT 1960S
Watching the aeroplanes on the runway at London (now Heathrow) airport, including an Aer Lingus, Irish International Airlines plane. Date: 1960s

Street Conjurer performing 1850s
Conjurers performing in front of passersby in the streets of London. Date: circa 1850s

KEEN-EYED THEATREGOER
A smart gentleman watches the theatre performance through a pair of binoculars Date: 1883

GIRL WATCHES ROBIN
A girl watches a robin who has perched on the windowsill. Date: circa 1885

GIRLS WATCH DUCKS
Three children on a riverbank watch ducks and their ducklings. Date: 1889

Dr Syntax disputing his bill with the landlady
Dr Syntax disputes the landladys bill while the hotel servants watch to see who will win (our money is on the landlady !). Date: 1815

FRENCH THEATREGOERS
La Loge: a colourful group of French theatregoers lounge in a box to watch the play Date: 1850

Watching I Pagliacci
Watching I PAGLIACCI (The clowns) from a private box at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1914

WATCHING DAHOMEY SACRIF
DAHOMEY Europeans watch the sacrifice of captives and criminals, thankful they are not themselves the stars of the show Date: 1835

THE GLOBE / HENRY IV C17
Masked and pipe-smoking ladies in the Pit watching a performance of Shakespeares Henry IV. Date: 17th century

DENIS PAPIN & KETTLE DENIS PAPIN & KETTLE
DENIS PAPIN French pioneer of the steam engine, who formulated his theories in just the way Watt did, by watching a kettle steaming in the hearth Date: 1647? - 1712

NIMES / AMPHITHEATRE
Spectators watching a modern chariot race in the amphitheatre at Nimes, France, 1835 Date: 1835

WATCHING TELECINEMA 1936
Watching a demonstration of the TELECINEMA at the Grammont Studios Date: 1936

Dr Syntax at Covent Garden Theatre
Doctor Syntax watching a performance of Henry IV at Covent Garden Theatre, London. Date: 1812

Watching a game of Polo at Ranelagh
Elegant people watching the polo at Ranelagh, south-west London Date: 1912

SOCIAL / RANELAGH POLO 20C
Watching the polo at Ranelagh, south-west London Date: 1914

WATCHING MOSCOW BURN
When his Russian expedition proves disastrous, he watches Moscow burn... Date: 1812

BEACH SCENE / PEDDIE
Ladies emerge from their bathing huts and bathe in the sea, while a man sits on the grass and watches. Date: early 20th century

WATCHING THE SNOW FALL
A mother and her two children look out through the window at the snow as it falls Date: 1929

TWO BOYS / GIRL / BEACH 1930
Two boys watching a girl cry on the beach Date: 1930s

Romulus and Remus suckled by a wolf
Romulus and Remus are suckled by a kindly wolf. Romulus goes on to found the city of Rome. Date: circa 780 BC

Crowds possibly at a school sports day or event
A rather unusual photo - possibly a school sports day or a sports event at a smart Boys Private School. The filled bags/sacks in the foreground are raher mysterious

King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) visit a factory workshop during a tour of the North Eastern Counties of England. Date: circa 1916

Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Izeyl at Dalys Theatre - Izeyl watching Prince Siddartha from the porch of her house. Date: 1894

Bronze statue of fisherman watching the sunset, Port William, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland overlooking Luce Bay Date: 2016

Boy riding his bicycle down a street in Cevannes, France
A young boy rides his bicycle down an old street in Cevannes, in south-central France. Can you spot the girl watching from the window? Date: 1991

Wading birds and female tourist on beach, Hamilton, Bermuda
A mature female tourist sunbather smiles as she watches four wading birds walking past her sunbed on a sandy beach, Hamilton, Bermuda Date: 2000

Two women, Djerba, Tunisia
Back view of two Tunisian women in white robes lying on a white wall behind black wrought iron railings in Sidi Buo Said, Djerba. They look at the view below Date: 1987

Sheep in Staffordshire
A flock of Suffolk sheep and lambs stare at the camera on a cold winter day. The image has been blurred with a time exposure to exaggerate the movement and mist in the farmers field Date: 1990

Pittenweem, Fife, harbour master
Harbourmaster of Pittenweem harbour watches boat movements from the harbourmasters office on the quayside. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Harbourmaster, Pittenweem, Scotland
Harbourmaster of Pittenweem harbour, Fife, Scotland, watches from the harbourmasters office on the quayside

Crowds watching the Henley Regatta Date: 1901

King George V - Our Sailor King
King George V (1865-1936) - Our Sailor King. The Royal Visit of the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert to the Kings Fleet at Weymouth, Dorset

Alligator Joe watching young Alligators hatch from their egg - according to sender of this card he made a living out of raising alligators and crocodiles in Miami. Date: 1907

Duchess of York with Princess Elizabeth - Aldershot Tattoo
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) with her (happy) daughter Princess Elizabeth (1926-2022) at the Aldershot Tattoo

Two women smoke from a hookah pipe, Algeria
Two women smoke from a hookah pipe in Algeria, North Africa. One woman is seated and holds the stem of the sheesha pipe near her mouth, ready to inhale

Keep Our Secrets Secret - a poster created by The Central Office of Information during the Cold War. Date: 1960s

Austrian July Revolt of 1927 - Burning of Palace of Justice
The Palace of Justice in Vienna, Austria set on fire on July 15th 1927 during the Austrian July Revolt, which broke out following the acquittal of several nationalist paramilitaries who

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - playing golf. circa 1910s

Kitagawa Utamaro print - Watching Divers for Shellfish
Reproduction of a woodcut by Kitagawa Utamaro (1750-1806) entitled: Watching Divers for Shellfish. Date: circa late 18th century

Juan and Eva Peron watching a football match
Juan Peron (1895-1974), President of Argentina, and his wife Eva (Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, 1919-1952), at the Racing Club in Buenos Aires to watch football matches between Formosa and Santa Fe

Butchering an animal at Bacalar, British Honduras
Boy scouts watching the butchering of an animal at Bacalar, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, 24 May 1951. Date: 1951

Woman in rickshaw, China
Woman in a rickshaw, China, with people watching from behind a wall. Date: circa 1890

Inquisitive Pussy! by Muriel Dawson -- a baby in a bathtub and a cat watching water falling from a flannel. Date: 1942

Family Watching Tv / 1950S
A family sit down & turn on the television set

Shepherds Visited
While watching their flocks at night, three shepherds are visited by an angel who tells them of the birth of Jesus

Child watching robins in the snow on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, Large woman keeping cool at the seaside Date: 20th century

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