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Sunday Sport - World War Two Bomber Found on MoonFront cover of the Sunday Sport Newspaper - April 24th 1988 - World War Two Bomber Found on Moon *Note usage restrictions as outlined below* 1988
Photographic evidence of the Loch Ness MonsterPhotographic " evidence" of the Loch Ness Monster
Operation Mincemeat - naval ID card of Major MartinFake naval identity card of Major William Martin. His body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents
Ufos / Yorkshire, EnglandThree flying saucers are photographed as they fly in formation over Yorkshire. Alas, the photo has since been proved to be a fake
Darbishire Ufo FakeSchoolboy Stephen Darbishire photographs this Adamski-type UFO at Coniston, Lancashire : it will be many years before he will admit it is a fake
Helen Duncan - Ectoplasm & Teleplasmic handPiece of card showing two undated photographs of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing " ectoplasm" and a " hand"
Cid Officers Sunday BestC.I.D officers (who can be seen in disguise as dockers in the other picture in this set) sit proudly in their Sunday best, no longer sporting fake hands and eye-patches!
Jacks Saloon, Happy Hollow, Hot Springs, ArkansasJacks Sallon Bar at Happy Hollow. An " amusement park" of sorts, Happy Hollow was established in the late 1880s or early 1890s by Norman McLeod off Central Avenue on what is now Fountain
A discussion on the Piltdown skull by John CookePortrait group of well-known British scientists examining the Piltdown skull. This topical painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1915
Piltdown Man memorial, 1938The site of the discovery of the Piltdown skull: the monolith memorial unveiled by Sir Keith Arthur on 22nd July 1938. The memorial was placed in the grounds of Barkham Manor at Piltdown
Collapse of the Campanile in St Marks Square, Venice, ItalyA photo-montage re-creation of the dramatic collapse of the Campanile in St Marks Square, Venice, Italy on 14th July 1902 Date: 1902
Largest ear of corn grown in CanadaHumorous card depicting the Largest ear of corn grown in Canada !! 1910
Helen Duncan showing ectoplasmUndated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan showing " ectoplasm" bunched around Duncans mouth and twisted into a tail between her legs. HPG/1/4/2 (iv)
Advert for Universal hair extensions 1915Using human hair extensions to change your hairstyle, in a range of colours. 1915
Piltdown Man article- The most ancient inhabitant of EnglandThe most ancient inhabitant of England: the newly found Sussex Man. A page from the Illustrated London News by W.P Pycraft, examining the parallels between the Piltdown Man skull and jaw
The method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediumsUndated photograph showing the method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums by means of electrical control. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into
Signing the RegisterA young bride and groom sign the register. The groom is wearing a suit with very wide lapels and the bride wears a satin wedding dress with fur around the cuffs
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and the end tucked into her nostrils, May 1931
Platypus (Bewick)ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS At the time Bewick engraved this, the animal had not been named : some naturalists even suspected the creature was a fake
Illusionist magic show by Pharos, with fake decapitation. Date: circa 1900s
Placing a bear in charge of the flock of sheep! Ax-les-Thermes - a commune in the Arige department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. Date: circa 1910s
Beware of Submarines WW1Lady swimmer mimicking a submarine with her fake periscope. Date: circa 1916
Clown Uncle Jolliboy - holding up a fake chicken Date: circa 1920s
Permit to Be a Bore, fake certificate with comic signatures Date: circa 1950
Advertisement for extensions made from finest quality human hair. Date: 1910
Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Propagandaww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, 1st, great, i, propaganda, cartoon, caricature, leonard, raven, hill, punch, render, rendering, tallow, plant, factory, grim, gruesome, savage, fake, false
Faked American Civil War photographEarly photography: a soldier lies dead between two boulders with his gun resting on the rocks. Supposedly taken at the Battle of Gettysburg, but later found to be posed for propaganda. Date: 1863
Sketch by Fish of Fred Dixon in his Danse Moderne with his fake dancing partner as part of the New Princes Friviloities, Princes Restaurant, London, 1926 Date: 1926
Four Cloche Hats. 1 - Striped crochet cloche in red, white and blue by Jane Gozzet at Spice No.1 accompanied by patriotic bead and pearl earrings from Harrods
SubmarinesLady swimmer mimicking a submarine with her fake periscope. Date: circa 1916
The Man Who Works The AutomatonThe man who works The Mechanical Turk, a fake Automaton Chess Player, designed by Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen. 1769
Joke money, Five Halfpence, Fort Montague BankJoke money banknote for five halfpence, Fort Montague Bank. 1827
Frances Day in The Fleets Lit Up at the London HippodromeFrances Day riding a horse as Polly Brown in the musical comedy, The Fleets Lit Up at the London Hippodrome in 1938. The Sketch writes, " she gives her usual delightful, elusive
Cartoon, Brothers in Distress, Bishop v. Maskelyne and Labouchere. They were accused of defaming an American stage mentalist, Washington Irving Bishop
Little Women - Mrs March and Jo read a letterLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Mrs March and Jo read a letter, purporting to be a love letter to Meg from John Brooke, but actually a practical joke and forgery. 1880
Medieval games: boy diving for apples on a bench while another boy threatens to upend the bench and dunk the boy in the tub (top)
The Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power, freelance journalistThe Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power (real name Arthur Vectis Freeman), freelance journalist. who earned notoriety as the author of the Great Kitchener Yarn - Power claimed to have brought
Princess Mary and Lord Dalkeith, 1919Princess Mary(later Countess of Harewood) and Lord Dalkeith pictured with her brothers Prince George(Duke of Kent) and Prince Albert(later George VI) on horseback, 1919
Apology to Greek Orthodox priest alleged to have eaten wifeAn apology in The Graphic which had, in January 1928, run a story claiming that a Greek Orthodox priest had pickled and eaten his wife after she had fallen down some stairs and broken her neck
Father Nicholas of Tirana accused of eating his wifeStory in The Graphic in January 1928 alleging that Father Nicholas, a Greek Orthodox priest from Tirana was being tried for pickling
Milking a fake comedy cow at the seasideTwo ladies posing for a comedy photograph at an unidentified British seaside resort. One sits on a fake cow while the other pretends to milk it from some alarmingly authentic looking udders
Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain(ex Armee de l Air) - Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain 92449 (msn 12251, call-sign FA ) at Le Bourget Airport on display with the Musee de l air et de l espace in July 1982
Members of the German gymnastics club at Chodovcirca 1910s
Moonlight on the Beach is Grand. A smart young gent seeks to entertain two young lovelies with witty tales of daring do
Advert for Unwin & Albert womens coiffure 1908 Advert for Unwin & Albert womensLadies hairdressers in Regent Street, transforming your hair in anyway possible. Date: 1908
Advert for International Hair Co. 1910Latest transformation in wiglets for women. Date: 1910
Dummy rubber Centurion Tank, Joint Concelament Centre TroopsExercise " London Pride" held on Salisbury Plain between September 5-9 under the direction of Sir Francis Festing: troops of the Joint Concelament Centre moving a dummy Centurion tank
Chinese Theatrical TroupeA stunning, completely hand-painted, original postcard of three members of a traditional Chinese Theatrical troupe, complete with staging (curtains and chairs)
