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Background imageWatching Collection: Onlookers Watching Cook in Window

Onlookers Watching Cook in Window
Pedestrians on Broadway look through a restaurant window to watch a cook prepare a pot of spaghetti. New York City, 1937.

Background imageWatching Collection: Family Watching Television

Family Watching Television
A family gathers around the television in 1956

Background imageWatching Collection: BOAC Comet

BOAC Comet
The BOAC Comet taxiing onto the runaway at London Airport. The Comet, which will fly to Johannesburg, will be the worlds first jet passenger service. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: View over the Berlin Wall in 1985, towards the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz in East Berlin

View over the Berlin Wall in 1985, towards the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz in East Berlin, at night, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Background imageWatching Collection: T T Photographer

T T Photographer
9th June 1951: Don Price taking photos, with a Speed Graphic camera, of the TT race by standing on a Matchless 500 Twin motorcycle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Couple Puffin on cliff in summer

Couple Puffin on cliff in summer

Background imageWatching Collection: Fly Past

Fly Past
31st May 1956: Shackletons of RAF Coastal Command at a Fly Past over Buckingham Palace at the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Audience Of One

Audience Of One
circa 1926: A solitary member of the public seated in front of a band stand, listening to the brass band. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Illustration of two knights competing in a medieval jousting tournament

Illustration of two knights competing in a medieval jousting tournament

Background imageWatching Collection: Binocular Testing

Binocular Testing
A line of girls tests each pair of binoculars made for the Services before it leaves the factory. Their employers, Ross Ltd of Clapham, the largest optical instrument manufacturer in the country

Background imageWatching Collection: Bloodhounds

Bloodhounds
23rd October 1978: Four bloodhounds participating in Windsor Forest Hunt. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Lords Match

Lords Match
1906: Spectators watching a match at Lords cricket ground, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Jockeys riding in horse race, spectators in background, side view

Jockeys riding in horse race, spectators in background, side view

Background imageWatching Collection: Early hot air balloon flight

Early hot air balloon flight

Background imageWatching Collection: Mt. Huangshan in Anhui, China

Mt. Huangshan in Anhui, China morning

Background imageWatching Collection: The kill at a Victorian fox hunt

The kill at a Victorian fox hunt
The horrible aftermath of the kill at a Victorian fox hunt, with the hounds tearing pieces from the corpse and a jubilant huntsman dancing a jig with the unfortunate foxas brush

Background imageWatching Collection: Illustration of Isaac Newton watching apple falling from tree

Illustration of Isaac Newton watching apple falling from tree

Background imageWatching Collection: The Hall Of Infamy

The Hall Of Infamy
Diners watching a punch-up in their midst at the Oyster Saloon in Bridges Street, New Covent Garden, London. Original Artwork: The Hall of Infamy, alias the Oyster Saloon in Bridges Street

Background imageWatching Collection: Three Liners

Three Liners
The USS Leviathan alongside White Stars Majestic and Cunards Berengaria in Southampton Dock. The Leviathan and Berengaria are both captured Hamburg America vessels

Background imageWatching Collection: Watching Cockfight

Watching Cockfight
A crowd of men watching a cockfighting contest in the Cock-Pit Royal, circa 1735. Original Artwork: By William Hogarth. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Baby boy (12-18 months) with raised hands, sitting on bedspread, (B&W), close-up

Baby boy (12-18 months) with raised hands, sitting on bedspread, (B&W), close-up

Background imageWatching Collection: Princess Flying Boat

Princess Flying Boat
19th August 1952: Holidaymakers at Cowe, Isle of Wight, watching the launching of a 140 ton Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat prior to flight trials

Background imageWatching Collection: SS Mauretania

SS Mauretania
The Cunard liner Mauretania draws into the bay at Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Vantage Point

Vantage Point
27th August 1938: A row of spectators watching the match between Arsenal and Portsmouth from a convenient vantage point overlooking the Arsenal ground

Background imageWatching Collection: A Days Outing

A Days Outing
circa 1928: A line of seventy-five buses taking five-thousand poor children for a day out at Theydon Bois, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Good Friday

Good Friday
April 1912: A religious procession passes through Southwark on Good Friday. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Panto Rehearsals

Panto Rehearsals
12th November 1936: Dancers waiting in the wings during rehearsals for the pantomime Cinderella, to be performed at The Coliseum, St Martins Lane, London. (Photo by A)

Background imageWatching Collection: Laconia

Laconia
Three ladies watch the second Cunard liner to be named Laconia leaving Liverpool on a transatlantic voyage to New York. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Flight Deck

Flight Deck
Plane taking off from the American aircraft carrier Constellation in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Crystal Palace Cup

Crystal Palace Cup
1st April 1914: Crowds on their way to watch the F A Cup Final of 1914 held at Crystal Palace, London, between Liverpool and Burnley. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Captured Plane

Captured Plane
9th November 1918: On display at the Lord Mayors Show - a German Pfalz plane, shot down near Arras on 17th October 1918. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Seaside Sirens

Seaside Sirens
An engraving entitled Cartoon of the Season: No.7. The Seaside Sirens, depicting two men watching a group of women on a rocky beach, circa 1855

Background imageWatching Collection: Hiker at Dettifoss Waterfall, Joekulsargljufur, Iceland, Europe

Hiker at Dettifoss Waterfall, Joekulsargljufur, Iceland, Europe

Background imageWatching Collection: Food Convoy

Food Convoy
9th May 1926: Guarded by armoured cars and troops, a food convoy passes through Poplar after leaving Londons East India dock on its way to Hyde Park Depot during the General Strike

Background imageWatching Collection: Airship R33

Airship R33
March 1919: The British airship R33 in its hangar as it prepares for its first ever flight at an aerodrome in Barlow, Yorkshire. (Photo by R. Humphrey/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Shoshoni Dancers at Fort Washakie

Shoshoni Dancers at Fort Washakie
A group Shoshoni dance at the Fort Washakie reservation in Wyoming. Standing at far left, with his arm outstretched, is Chief Washakie.

Background imageWatching Collection: Young Female Graduates Posing to Enter the World

Young Female Graduates Posing to Enter the World
(Original Caption) Two 19th century female graduates pose for a portrait wearing their gowns and pretending to listen and look around the world. Undated photograph.

Background imageWatching Collection: Color Print of Wharf Workers Measuring Whale Oil Content in Barrels

Color Print of Wharf Workers Measuring Whale Oil Content in Barrels
(Original Caption) Whale Fishing in New England. Scene shows wharf workers measuring the quantity of whale oil contained in each barrel.

Background imageWatching Collection: 19th-Century Print of Rioters Attacking Brownstones

19th-Century Print of Rioters Attacking Brownstones
The event took place during the New York Draft Riots which happened in July of 1863.

Background imageWatching Collection: Men Gambling at Tables

Men Gambling at Tables
(Original Caption) The Keno Table-Denison, Texas. Men look eagerly over the shoulders of the players. Engraving, 1873.

Background imageWatching Collection: People In Melodeon; Entertainment

People In Melodeon; Entertainment
(Original Caption) 1874-San Francisco, CA: Evening scene in a melodeon variety entertainment. Engraving

Background imageWatching Collection: Engr.;Girl Lighting Furnace,Crowd Watche

Engr.;Girl Lighting Furnace,Crowd Watche
(Original Caption) Little girl lighting up furnace #1 in the iron mills at Boontown, New Jersey. Engraving, 1880.

Background imageWatching Collection: Instruction In Surgery In Ampitheater

Instruction In Surgery In Ampitheater
(Original Caption) Boston, MA: Instruction in surgery. Scene in operating ampitheater of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Admintering ether to a patient. 1888.

Background imageWatching Collection: Observing Surgery at St. Luke's Hospital

Observing Surgery at St. Luke's Hospital
(Original Caption) Making ready for Surgery at St. Luke's Hospital. Nurses observe from the Amphitheatre photogra ca. 1890. BPA2# 3046

Background imageWatching Collection: Doctors Watch Hypnotist Put Patient Under

Doctors Watch Hypnotist Put Patient Under
(Original Caption) Hypnosis: Group of French doctors watching a colleague putting patient into trance. Photograph 1890's. BPA2# 3925

Background imageWatching Collection: Bell Opening New York-Chicago Telephone Line

Bell Opening New York-Chicago Telephone Line
A group of businessmen watch inventor Alexander Graham Bell as he opens the New York-Chicago telephone line.

Background imageWatching Collection: Child Watches Mother in Kitchen

Child Watches Mother in Kitchen
(Original Caption) 1895: Child watches mother doing kitchen chores. The mother is seated and peeling a potato over a small bowl in her lap.

Background imageWatching Collection: An Early Operative Surgical Procedure

An Early Operative Surgical Procedure
Photograph of an early operative surgical procedure at Bellevue Medical Center intended as a teaching exercise.

Background imageWatching Collection: Crowd Reads News Boards at Tribune Building

Crowd Reads News Boards at Tribune Building
(Original Caption) A crowd watches news announcements at the New York Tribune building on Newspaper Row, during the Spanish-American War. City Hall is visible in the background. Photograph, 1898.

Background imageWatching Collection: Cecil B. De Mille and Elissa Landi

Cecil B. De Mille and Elissa Landi
Director Cecil B. De Mille and actress Elissa Landi observe the filming on the set of The Sign of Cross. Landi played the role of Mercia, while De Mille was the director of the film.

Background imageWatching Collection: Suffragist Parade in New York

Suffragist Parade in New York
Grand Marshall Inez Milholland leads a procession of 30,000 marchers in New York during a suffragist parade.

Background imageWatching Collection: Watching The 1865 Eclipse

Watching The 1865 Eclipse
(Original Caption) 10/19/1865- Looking at the eclipse. Attired in the costumes of the time, a city crowd of men, women, and children check out the eclipse.

Background imageWatching Collection: Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt in a Parade

Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt in a Parade
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Carrie chapman Catt (1849-1947), Suffragette taking part in New York parade. Undated Photo.

Background imageWatching Collection: Woman on horse jumping over branch

Woman on horse jumping over branch

Background imageWatching Collection: Ice skating race

Ice skating race

Background imageWatching Collection: Ice skating race

Ice skating race
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Print of Pasteur Performing Rabies Treatment on Patient

Print of Pasteur Performing Rabies Treatment on Patient
(Original Caption) Louis Pasteur performing an inoculation for Hydrophobia.

Background imageWatching Collection: Political Cartoon of Jefferson Davis Carrying a Lighthouse and Fort Sumpter

Political Cartoon of Jefferson Davis Carrying a Lighthouse and Fort Sumpter

Background imageWatching Collection: People Watch Man Weave Large Basket

People Watch Man Weave Large Basket
(Original Caption) Baghdad, Iraq: Men and children watch as a man weaves a very, large basket while standing inside of the wicker. Undated photograph.

Background imageWatching Collection: Ivan Pavlov Operating on Dog

Ivan Pavlov Operating on Dog
(Original Caption) Physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936) conducts an operation on a dog, at the clinic of the Pavlov Institute in Leningrad. Undated photograph.

Background imageWatching Collection: Fannie Farmer Watches Student Cook

Fannie Farmer Watches Student Cook
(Original Caption) Fannie Merritt Farmer (1857-1915, left), whose birthday centennial is currently being marked by the culinary world

Background imageWatching Collection: Children (6-12 years) Playing Baseball in Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA

Children (6-12 years) Playing Baseball in Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWatching Collection: Saint Germain of Auxerre Blessing a Young Girl near Nanterre, Brittany by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Saint Germain of Auxerre Blessing a Young Girl near Nanterre, Brittany by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898): MURAL DEPICTING THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF BRITON. LANDING NEAR LANTERRE, ST. GERMAIN D'AUXERRE BLESSES A OYUNG GIRL WHO WAS TO BECOME ST

Background imageWatching Collection: Stolen Kiss Under the Mistletoe by Frederick Barnard

Stolen Kiss Under the Mistletoe by Frederick Barnard
(Original Caption) "Don't, Cousin Charlie", trying to steal a kiss under the mistletoe during Christmas time. Undated engraving by F.Barnard, circa 1880.

Background imageWatching Collection: Wright Brothers Plane Above Power Lines

Wright Brothers Plane Above Power Lines
(Original Caption) The Wright Brothers airplane in flight, reaching heights above the telephone lines, as a crowd of people watch in the foreground. Undated photograph, circa 1906.

Background imageWatching Collection: Gene Kelly Dancing On Table

Gene Kelly Dancing On Table
Gene Kelly, born 1912, American dancer of Irish background, Gene Kelly was one of MGM's big movie draws in Musicals fron 1945-55

Background imageWatching Collection: 19th-Century Engraving of a Mob Setting Fire to a House

19th-Century Engraving of a Mob Setting Fire to a House
The event took place during the New York Draft Riots which happened in July of 1863.

Background imageWatching Collection: United States Swallowed By Monopoly

United States Swallowed By Monopoly
(Original Caption) The United States swallowed by the Giant Monopoly while the Public Eye watches apprehensively. Drawing by P. Krafft ca. 1890.

Background imageWatching Collection: Landing Of Roger Williams after Alonzo Chappel

Landing Of Roger Williams after Alonzo Chappel
Landing of Roger Williams, depictig him coming off of his boat and greeting a Native American, who offers him a peace pipe. Undated Engraving.

Background imageWatching Collection: Woodcut Depicting M. Jaubert Experimenting with Microphonograph

Woodcut Depicting M. Jaubert Experimenting with Microphonograph
(Original Caption) An experiment by M. Jaubert on deaf mute on Dussaud Microphonographe. Undated woodcut.

Background imageWatching Collection: Le Chahut by Georges Seurat

Le Chahut by Georges Seurat
"Le Chahut" painting by Georges Seurat (1859-1891). Painting shows a chorus line kicking on stage with the orchastra visible in the pit. Undated BPA2# 1542

Background imageWatching Collection: General Grant Entering the McLean House by B. West Clinedinst

General Grant Entering the McLean House by B. West Clinedinst
(Original Caption) General Grant entering the McLean house to receive the surrender of General Lee's army.

Background imageWatching Collection: American Family at Home Watching Television

American Family at Home Watching Television
(Original Caption) "What's on the tube?" Portrait of an American family seated around the television, 1956.

Background imageWatching Collection: Girl Watching A Child'S Television Set

Girl Watching A Child'S Television Set
(Original Caption) Chicago, IL- Leah Rae Kaufman, 4, watches antics of the character on screen as a record plays Raggedy Ann songs on the new Photo Electronic Co.'s

Background imageWatching Collection: Whipping Quakers In Streets Of Boston

Whipping Quakers In Streets Of Boston
(Original Caption) Whipping Quakers through the streets of Boston. Drawing by Sheppard.

Background imageWatching Collection: The Boxing Match Between Richard Humphreys and Daniel Mendoza at Odiham

The Boxing Match Between Richard Humphreys and Daniel Mendoza at Odiham, in Hampshire on January 9th 1788 Print
1788-The boxing match between Humphreys and Mendoze at Odiham, 1788. Engraving by F. Grozar after S. Ernsle.

Background imageWatching Collection: Pathologist Rudolf Virchow Observing Operation

Pathologist Rudolf Virchow Observing Operation
(Original Caption) Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)--At center with beard and glasses--The famous German pathologist and anthropologist, observing a cerebral operation in the Sorbonne in Paris

Background imageWatching Collection: Kids Watch Blacksmith Shoeing A Horse

Kids Watch Blacksmith Shoeing A Horse
(Original Caption) 1901-Watching the blacksmith shoe a horse. Photograph, 1901.

Background imageWatching Collection: Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt Watching Horse Races

Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt Watching Horse Races
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Governor of New York, watches the finish of the Travers Stake from his box at Saratoga Race Course.

Background imageWatching Collection: Red-Headed Beauty Contest

Red-Headed Beauty Contest
The contestants of the red headed bathing beauty contest standing in a line at Luna Park, Coney Island.

Background imageWatching Collection: Men in Hats Watching the Sky

Men in Hats Watching the Sky
Men in hats look up at the night sky.

Background imageWatching Collection: Refugees Watching Fire From A Hill

Refugees Watching Fire From A Hill
(Original Caption) San Francisco earthquake: Refugees watching the fire from a hill surrounded by their few remaining posessions. Photograph, 1906.

Background imageWatching Collection: Man Watching Woman Boarding New York Trolley Car

Man Watching Woman Boarding New York Trolley Car
(Original Caption) 1908-Old-time trolley cars of the Fifth Ave - Lexington Trolley Line in New York City. A glimpse of a woman's ankle as she pulls up her hobble skirt to enter the trolley

Background imageWatching Collection: J.P. Morgan, Jr. at Yale-Harvard Boat Race

J.P. Morgan, Jr. at Yale-Harvard Boat Race
(Original Caption) New London, CT: Photograph of J. P. Morgan, Jr. at Yale-Harvard boat race at New London. Undated. BPA2# 1043



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