Future President Dwight D. Eisenhower (back left), and future First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, watch the Republican National Convention on television, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, July, 1952.

New York City: Chinatown, 4/27/31. The Hip Sing and On Leong Tongs opened their conventions. This is the first time that the rival Tongs have met in the same city at the same time. Here is the dragon performing in front of the Hip Sing headquarters on Pell Street as serious-visaged On Leongs watch in silence. -Acme

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The Royal Family watching the U.S. Air Force band perform from the Palace balcony. L-R: Prince Rainier of Monaco holding Princess Stephanie, Prince Albert, Suzan Kelly, Princess Grace, Princess Caroline, Ann Kelly, July 30, 1966.

Watching for the parade, child seated on a curb with a military band behind, photograph by Louise Rosskam, North Street, Washington DC, 1938.

Tourists watching a ceremony, Changing Of The Guard, Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA