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Dovedale - the river in the Peak District, with the slower exposure giving the water flow a very soft appearance in this tranquil view. Date: 1906
Beresford Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire showing a man-made waterfall with a sluice gate. Judging by the relative clarity of the waterfall. This was on a very fast exposure by the standards of 1906
King Alfonso photographed talking to a womanWho Would Be King? Photograph of King Alfonso XIII of Spain, captured by snapshotters during a trip to San Sebastien, talking to an unidentified young woman
Market Reports - Chinese SteadyMarket Reports postcard - Chinese (market) Steady. A Chinese beauty poses for a photograph, maintaining a static pose for as long as possible to allow for the length of exposure required by
Advert for Beetham Larola skin care protection 1931For the sun bather Fashionable women use Larola because it is a sure protection against exposure to sun or wind. Larola enables you to tan without blistering and keep a lovely, healthy
A timely exposure. Illustration shows Secretary of War Elihu Root holding up a lantern to illuminate a scene in an Anti-Canteen Saloon where soldiers have gone to drink
Front of electro-shutters, with positions of panels before, during, and after exposure. Date c1881
A mother in California who with her husband and her two children will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration
Man 1910Double exposured portrait of a man, 1910. Date: 1910
Zoroastrian Tower of SilenceA Parsi (Zoroastrian) Tower of Silence in India. These towers or Dakhma are circular, raised structures used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead and hence consumption by vultures
SUN LOTIONHeatwave beauty hint - beware of blistered arms! Sun tan oil rubbed into the arms and neck before exposure to the sun, will avoid blistering and produce a smooth, even tan! Date: 1930s
Flying out another girl for the HaremHand-drawn anti-Turkish French propaganda card depicting a semi-naked woman being sent as a volunteer to the Sultans Harem via a Turkish kite! circa 1910s
Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South WalesTwo Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle
An advertisement for ICTA wonderful advertising picture taken for International Computers and Tabulators, showing their office building and lines of light left by the passing traffic. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Undated photograph of Ethel Beenham with cheeseclothUndated photograph of Ethel Beenham with six feet of 30 inch wide cheesecloth in her mouth, showing how easily it can be rolled up and secreted in the mouth
Esson Maude at Edinburgh seance venuePhotograph of Esson Maude recreating where she sat during sitting with the Scottish medium Helen Duncan at the sance venue in Edinburgh, January 1933
Undated photograph of enlarged piece of teleplasmUndated photograph of enlarged piece of " teleplasm" consisting of ordinary paper, secured from Helen Duncan during a sance, with scale annotations
Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfoldedUndated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing " ectoplasm" and a " hand". The photograph is annotated to show fraudulence
Photograph of undervest, masquerading as the spirit PeggPhotograph of undervest which, masquerading as the spirit " Peggy", led to the Scottish medium Helen Duncans conviction for fraudulent mediumship at Edinburgh, 11 May 1933
Money for the Helen Duncan seancePhotograph of envelope with the following written upon it: " Received from Miss Maule, The sum of Four Pounds, 5th January 1933, for tonights sance. Helen Duncan", January 1933
Five tags attached to the undervestPhotograph of the five tags attached to the undervest, signed by witnesses at the Edinburgh exposure of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan, 11 May 1933
Undated photograph of enlarged portion of ectoplasmUndated photograph of enlarged portion of " ectoplasm", showing rents, warps and weft. This is one of series of photographs of Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Helen
Sea Legs; Twixt Calais And DoverTwo ladies sat on board a ship travelling from Calais and Dover. The weather is stormy causing a rough, uncomfortable journey and causing a saucy exposure of beautiful leg
Charing Cross, London, c. 1880Photograph showing Charing Cross, London, c.1880. The photographer used an exposure of sufficient length to blur some of the moving vehicles and pedestrians, but retain the stationary ones perfectly
Captain James Fitzjamess Cabin aboard HMS Erebus, 1845Engraving showing Captain James Fitzjamess cabin aboard HMS Erebus, pictured shortly before departure, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror
Portrait of M. Louis DaguerreA portrait of Louis Jacques Maude Daguerre (1789-1851). The French artist was famed for inventing the Daguerretype in conjunction with Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Camera-carrying rocketA rocket used to propel a camera to 2600 feet to capture an ariel image. The soldiers are pictured here ready to fire the rocket from its framework
War photography - two soldiers with camera-carrying rocketA rocket used to propel a camera to 2600 feet to capture an ariel image. Two soldiers are pictured here about to load the rocket into its framework before it is positioned ready to fire
The largest photograph ever taken in 1907The largest single photograph produced in 1907. The negative measured seven inches wide and six feet long. At the moment of exposure the film moved at 20 to 80 inches per second
X-ray protection cabinetA photograph of an x-ray in progress where the doctor is protected by a lead lined cabinet. An invention by MM. Radiguet and Massiot
Wwi / 1915 / Wire CuttingIn preparation for a raid on German trenches, a party of the 9th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, despite exposure by searchlights and Very lights, cut wire entaglements
Perils of Crinolines No3The High Style (Stile): a woman is thankful that no one is looking as she struggles over a country stile in a cage crinoline, thereby exposing her legs
Spirit Photo HopePhoto by William Hope, showing Harry Price with a spirit extra : Price showed that Hope had switched the plates, though he himself was accused of faking the exposure