Excitement Collection (page 2)

Epsom Grand Stand
Lord Jerseys champion racehorse Bay Middleton being led past the grandstand at Epsom after winning the Derby. Original Artwork: An engraving by R G Reeve after the painting by J Pollard

Big wheel and funfair on Central Pier lit at dusk, Blackpool Illuminations, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Kings College students on buses
Kings College students in high spirits, on two buses which are about to leave the Strand campus for Wormwood Scrubs (an open space in west London, not the prison!) for a football match

Leona Falls and kayaker, Neltume, Chile, South American

Hang-glider just after take-off from Pedra Bonita, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Plan (engraving)
5995150 Plan (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan. Illustration for The World of Adventure)

Broadsiding during a speedway race in Australia (b / w photo)
6009208 Broadsiding during a speedway race in Australia (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Broadsiding during a speedway race in Australia)

The Prince and Princess Michael of Kent Prince Michael and Captain Eric Westropp, both officers of the 11th Hussars, stationed at Tidworth

Rolling Stones at a September 1973 concert, possibly Wembley

European Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Manchester United 4 v Benfica 1 (after extra time). Uniteds Bobby Charlton leaps into the air in celebration after scoring the first goal. 29th May 1968

Carnival Poster
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Playing Card Back - Bathers - Green and White - Art Deco Date: 1920s

Playing Card Back - Bathers - Orange and White - Art Deco Date: 1920s

Pug lying on southwestern blanket MR

Royal Jockey Club, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Windsurfer In The Air Above Splashing Waves; Tarifa, Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain

USA, Hawaii, Downhill Bicycling, Haleakala National Park, Maui

Market Reports - Commodity Market
Market Reports - A Fall in Copper created some excitement! 1903

Healthy Recreation
A young woman prepares to take a putt whilst out playing golf with a female companion. A small boy stands behind acting as caddie for the day, looking away in to the distance

A. J. Hackett, bungy jumping, Kawarau Bridge, Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Aerobatics champion Neil Williams in Stampe, Redhill, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Rolling Stones. Fans scream as the Stones perform on stage at the Imperial Ballroom in Nelson Lancashire 25th July 1964

USA, Californian Gold Rush, engraving, 1850
2603972 USA, Californian Gold Rush, engraving, 1850; (add.info.: Washing for gold, California, c1850. The Californian Gold Rush begand in 1849. Wood engraving)

The Chastete tree (miniature)
CUL4850430 The Chastete tree (miniature) by Unknown Artist, (14th century); (add.info.: The Chastete tree, which turns off the lust and whose rest in the leaves causes fantastic dreams - IBN BUTLAN)

Striking it rich in a Nevada silver mine. The town was thrown into a state of extraordinary excitement
527960 Striking it rich in a Nevada silver mine. The town was thrown into a state of extraordinary excitement. Illustration by William Ralston for The Rich Time I Once Had by Mark Twain

Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. C. D

Kerbstone stockbrokers in New York, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Kerbstone stockbrokers in New York, 1864. The prevailing mania just now in the city of New York is that of gambling in stocks...William-street is the great theatre of speculation...[with] innumerable

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: departure from Gottenborg Railway Station, 1864 Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: departure from Gottenborg Railway Station - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Her Majesty, en route for Scotland, at Dunbar Station, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty, en route for Scotland, at Dunbar Station, 1858....a monster train of excursionists, under the guidance of Mr

Jumping Dog, 1920. Creator: Carl Wilhelmson
Jumping Dog, 1920

Garibaldi's entry into Naples - a sketch in the Strada di Toledo, by T. Nast, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi's entry into Naples - a sketch in the Strada di Toledo, by T. Nast, 1860. The Toledo is the main artery of Naples, and Garibaldi traversed this magnificent street in the afternoon

Arrival of the first train of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad at James Town... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the first train of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad at James Town from New York, 1860....the line just opened [supplies] an immediate connected highway from the chief emporium of

Visit of the Boys of the Clyde training-ship Cumberland to H.M.S. Aurora, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Boys of the Clyde training-ship Cumberland to H.M.S. Aurora, 1876. Engraving from a sketch by Captain Grier. The little fellows seemed delighted at witnessing the manoeuvres of

Christ's Hospital and Christmas Eve - drawn by John Gilbert, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Christ's Hospital and Christmas Eve - drawn by John Gilbert, 1857. Festive scene outside the Blue Coat School in Newgate Street, City of London. From "Illustrated London News", 1857

Man with a viewing box, and a seller of songs, 1868-1928. Creator: Henry Reynolds Steer
Man with a viewing box, and a seller of songs, 1868-1928. A blind man with an early version of a magic lantern is accompanied by a young woman selling sheet music

Shower of Bon-Bons on the Esplanade of the Invalides, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Shower of Bon-Bons on the Esplanade of the Invalides, 1856. Paris celebrates the birth of Prince Louis Napoleon, heir to the French throne

The Ascent of Balloons from the Esplanade of the Invalides, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Ascent of Balloons from the Esplanade of the Invalides, 1856. Paris celebrates the birth of Prince Louis Napoleon, heir to the French throne

The Peace Commemoration - Country Visitors at the Illumination, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration - Country Visitors at the Illumination, 1856. Paris prepares to celebrate the end of the Crimean War

The Peace Illuminations - A Street Scene - drawn by George Thomas, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Illuminations - A Street Scene - drawn by George Thomas, 1856. Londoners celebrate the end of the Crimean War. It was necessary that the people should share, or appear to share

Children's First View of the Sea, 1891. Creator: R Barnes
Children's First View of the Sea, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Christmas Tree in the Childrens Ward at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Tree in the Childrens Ward at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Arrival of the King of Denmark at Flensburg, 1854. Creator: Smyth
Arrival of the King of Denmark at Flensburg, 1854. Opening of the British-built Royal Danish Railway by Frederick VII, King of Denmark

Opening of the Great North of Scotland Railway - The Huntly Station, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Great North of Scotland Railway - The Huntly Station, 1854. Locals turn out for the arrival of the first steam train in their town

Goodwood Races, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Goodwood Races, 1850. Horseracing at Goodwood Racecourse near Chichester, West Sussex. The Grandstand, with its saloons, banquet-halls, terraces, and parterres "lying in a pleasant shade

Two children driving through a winter landscape, c1900. Creator: Carl Froschl
Two children driving through a winter landscape, c1900

Sam Hurst of Hebburn who flew on Concorde for the first time at Newcastle Airport. 28th August, 1996

Young Kristen Bullen pictured showing of her cake at her home in Catford, the day before her first birthday. Kirsten was six weeks old when she was snatched from her pram in Bromley High Street

The first FA Cup Final is held at the new Wembley Stadium in London, 28 April 1923, (1935). Police trying to keep the crowds back at the first Football Association Challenge Cup final match between

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