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A desperate character. A woman detective pupil at the Baker Street school for lady sleuths, run by Mr Kersey, in disguise as a man puts the finishing touches to her character in order to further a
RMS Lusitania - WW1 recruitment poster Remember the Lusitania, it is your duty to take up the Sword of Justice, enlist today'. 19 x 29 inches
Gordon HarkerActor Gordon Harker (1885-1967) had a prolific film and stage career. Here he is being celebrated for his portrayal of Cockney characters. Date: circa 1932
Theatre poster, William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes
New Map Room at Scotland YardMarking a map with coloured flags in the new Map Room at Scotland Yard, 1947. Each flag represents a crime(yellow for housebreaking, red for burglary, green for murder)
Titus Oates (1649 - 1705), convicted of fabricated the Popish Plot, a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II
Titus Oates (1649 - 1705), English perjurer, seen here in the pillory, a punishment for fabricating the Popish Plot
Register Book at St. Andrews Church, Hempstead - Turpincirca 1910s
Dick Turpins birthplace, The Bluebell Inn, Hempstead, Essexcirca 1910s
Holloway prisonBirds-eye view of the new London city prison and House of Correction, Holloway, that opened on 6th of October 1852, with 371 males and 93 female prisoners. Date: 1853
Tower of London 1415The Tower serving as prison for the duc dOrleans, taken prisoner at Agincourt. Date: 1415
New Police - Ambulance call for London 1907In the streets of London emergency boxes were set up, with a direct line to the police and ambulance service. Date: 1907
JACK SHEPPARDJack Sheppard. The name on the beam Date: 1702 - 1724
CRIME / JACK SHEPPARDJack Sheppard (1702-1724); English thief; committed almost daily robberies in or near London. Captured through Jonathan Wild. Daring escapes from Newgate prison; hanged. Date: 1724
Liberation of prisoners from Coldbath Fields 1862Liberation of prisoners from Coldbath Fields house of Correction. Date: 1862
Woman tecs of Baker Street: a college for feminine undergraduates of crime investigation run by Mr Kersey for lady sleuths. Date: 1927
The Ringer, Grand Theatre, SwanseaThe Ringer, at the Grand Theatre, Swansea - wanted on a charge of murder, 500 reward. circa 1927
The English Rose, arrest scene
The Cattle Thief, with Geo A Street as Mardo. 1912
The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island - maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco, California, USA
PrintAn untitled mezzotint on paper, hand coloured with watercolour and gouache, showing a scene in which a woman is stealing a stocking purse and pocket watch from a sleeping man, dated c.1790
The Lion and the Mouse: Sweet Mercy is Nobilitys True Badge, oil on canvas by Rebecca Solomon, monogrammed, 1865, in a gilt frame with ridged edges, thought to be original. Date: 1865
Ilford murders - personalities in the casePersonalities at the time of the trial of Frederick Bywaters and Mrs. Edith Thompson, who were accused and later hung for the murder of Thompsons husband, Percy Thompson
Scene at the trial of Gavrilo Princip and others for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914
American Gangsters - Al Capone and othersAmerican Gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s: Al Capone, Jack McGurn, " Bugs" Moran, Johnny Torrio, Jerry O Connor, " Spike" O Donnell, Ralph Capone, Dion O Banion and Frankie Rio
John Francis, would- be assassin of Queen VictoriaWhile riding along the mall, Queen Victoria was shot at by John Francis, a carpenter from Covent Garden. He was reprimanded and charged with high treason, receiving a life-sentece for his crime
Ned Kellys cave in the Strathbogie RangesThe rugged and wild countryside of the Strathbogie Ranges in Victoria, Australia, showing the opening to Ned Kellys cave. 1878
Dick Turpin holds up fellow highwayman, Tom King Date: 1735
Padded cell, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireA padded cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, used to hold mentally disturbed or violent prisoners. Some kind of calendar is scratched on the door. The inmate sits, head in hands
Presidio Modelo Prison, Isla de Pinos, CubaGeneral view of the Presidio Modelo Prison on the Isla de Pinos (Isle of Pines), Cuba, now renamed Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth)
H. M. Prison, Stafford, StaffordshireA view of Stafford prison in Staffordshire. A group of uniformed prison officers stand in front of the building
Prisoner on roof at Armley Gaol, Leeds, West YorkshireA prisoner can be seen on the roof of Armley Gaol in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The event has attracted spectators from the neighbourhood. Boys in caps sit on a wall beside the prison
Reformatory School for Boys, Thorndon, SuffolkThe reformatory school for boys at Thorndon, near Eye in Suffolk, originally established in 1856. It was usually known as the Kerrison Reformatory, after one of its initiators, Sir Edward C Kerrison
Guy Fawkes - Conspirator of the Gunpowder PlotGuy Fawkes (1570-1606) - member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Date: circa 1606
UK Prisoner in a Straitjacket Date: 1920s
Timothy Evans pardonJohn Reginald Halliday Christie. 10 Rillington Place. Conditional royal pardon for Timothy John Evans, after conviction for murder, signed by Roy Jenkins and Queen Elizabeth II 1966 Date: 1966
Wormwood Scrubs 1895Wormwood Scrubs prison, whipping post, 1895 Date: 1895
DI Jill McTeague, Arts & Antiques Squad, with necklaceDI Jill McTeague of the Arts & Antiques Squad of the Metropolitan Police, holding a stolen necklace which has been recovered
The exhibit of the car of Gangster Jack Legs DiamondQueues awaiting entry to the exhibition of the $20, 000 Killer Car ( Direct from New York ) of American Gangster and Bootlegger Jack Legs Diamond (1897-1931) opposite Derrys Clock, 16 George Street
Mary Frith aka Moll Cutpurse, a notorious master thief & an Ugly who frequently dressed as a man; escaped from Newgate by bribery. Date: c.15841659
Luigi Lucheni, the assassin of the Empress of AustriaThe Italian anarchist, Luigi Lucheni, who assassinated the Austrian Empress, Elisabeth of Bavaria. Date: 1898
Lewis Thornton Powell aka Lewis PayneLewis Payne was implicated in the plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The group also included John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, Samuel Bland Arnold, Michael O Laughlen and John Surratt
Cole Younger, American train robberMember of the notorious James-Younger gang, Cole Younger, after his capture. 1889
Ned Kelly- The Glenrowan InnThe ruins of the hotel in Glenrowan after the siege. Ned Kelly and his gang attempted to derail a train carrying a number of police officers
Ned KellyThe Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly. 1878
Max Hodel, the German would-be assassin of Kaiser Wilhelm I Date: 1878
The Australian bushranger, Frank Gardiner arrested at Apis Creek, Queensland. 1863
Assassination attempt on Kaiser Wilhelm IOskar Beckers attempt on Wilhelm I in Baden Baden. 1861