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Metropolitan Police air raid sirenA Metropolitan Police air raid siren, as used in wartime
Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical ResearchUndated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)
Harry Prices ghost hunting kitUndated photograph of Harry Prices ghost hunting kit, comprising a Reflex and cine cameras, tools for sealing doors and windows, apparatus for secret electrical controls, steel tape
Photographer preparing a portrait of a mummy. Nineteenth-century colored engraving
British soldiers with artillery, Cameroon, Africa, WW1British soldiers with artillery, including a Howitzer gun, in the bush in Duala, Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 25 December 1915
Alexander the Great on the eve of GaugamelaAlexander the Great at the fire altar on the eve of the battle of Gaugamela. The scene, described by Plutarch followed a portentous eclipse of the moon
Forecasting WeatherForecasting the weather at the Air Ministry, Kew, London - observing a balloon to gauge windspeed levels. Date: early 1930s
Reginald Malby with a giant camera in his gardenReginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, using a giant camera in his garden at Woodford, Essex
Herbert Ponting (1870 - 1935), photographer best known for capturing the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1913, pictured in his Antarctic kit in January 1912
British Expeditionary Force Machine Gun TeamMembers of the British Expeditionary Force in action in France at the beginning of the First World War. This photographic card depicts a Maxim machine gun team in light uniform
Undated photograph of the corner of the chemical laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (ii)
Camera Club early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - Military manoeuvres at RopchaRussia - Tsar Nicholas II attending military manoeuvres at Ropcha, a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Date: circa 1912
Lieutenant Evans with instrument to pinpoint the South PoleLieutenant Evans of Captain Scott's team with an instrument used to pinpoint the South Pole Date: 1910s
Captain Scott looking for pack ice, AntarcticCaptain Scott looking for pack ice in the Antarctic Date: 1910s
Photographer in a park with wooden camera on tripodPhotographer in a park with a wooden camera on a tripod Date: 1880s
La Derniere Epreuve The Last TestThis sketch shows the scene of a photographer with his camera on a tripod, taking a picture of a man laying in his bed, smiling peacefully. Date: circa 1901
Congo. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripodsHistory of Africa. 19th century. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods across the river rapids at Stanley Falls. Engraving by W. Meyer
Toytown family posing for Mr Lion the photographer Date: circa 1940s
Ballista. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colourationAncient Age. Ballista or bolt thrower, ancient missile weapon. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Tripod vessel. Ceramic. Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan culture. Phase II-III (400-700 AD). Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018
Edward, Prince of Wales, with photographer, WW1Edward, Prince of Wales, with photographer H D Girdwood of Realistic Travels, First World War. 1914-1918
Tony Blair, Labour politician, with two young peopleTony Blair (Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, b 1953), Labour politician, Prime Minister 1997-2007. Seen here with two young people, looking at a camera on a tripod. Date: circa 1990s
Shulluk warriors pose by Alan Cobhams aeroplane, SudanShulluk warriors pose by Alan Cobhams aeroplane in Sudan Date: 1926
Expedition members in front of Imperial Airways DH50Expedition members, left to right Alan Cobham, R.W.G. Emmott, A.R. Elliot, in front of Imperial Airways DH50 aircraft Date: 1926
Photographer and modelPhotographer shooting model with building under construction, London. Date: circa 1950s
Photographer setting up shot, LondonPhotographer in Newburgh Street, Soho, Central London setting up a shot in a shop doorway. Date: circa 1960s
Comic postcard, offer from a photographer Date: 20th century
Photographing two women on countryside fencePhotographer photographing two women on a countryside fence. circa 1900
Photographer with camera and tripod in an outdoor setting. circa 1890
HMS Cardiff, British cruiser, with film crew at work on deckHMS Cardiff, British Ceres class cruiser, with film crew at work on deck -- the ship was involved in the production of the 1927 British documentary film, The Battles of Coronel and Falklands
Photographer gets baby to smileA photographer is trying to entertain a baby and make them laugh so he can capture a portrait photograph in a studio. The camera is set on a wooden tripod
Woman poses for a photograph in a studioA woman poses besides a fire place as she has her photograph captured in a photographic studio. She is being illuminated by the large windows beside and above her
Studio arranged for multiphotographyA studio is arranged for a multiphotography portrait to be captured of a woman. The lady is sat with her back towards the camera facing mirrors which are positioned perpendicular to each other
Edward VII is photographed with the King and Queen of GreeceA photographer captures a formal portrait of Edward VII (1841 1910) stood beside the King and Queen of Greece in a studio in Athens
Bride being photographed on her wedding dayBride holding a bouquet being photographed in a photographic studio as the perfect wedding souvenir on her wedding day. The photographer is carefully arranging the shot. Date: 1888
Three vases in different formsTripod form vase with goats heads, globular vase with festoons, with vase with reliefs of Cupid under a tree. Chromolithograph by W
Queen Dido of Carthages banquet for the poet Aeneas. Dido in a tiara is flanked by Aeneas and her sister Anna on a raised platform, while servants bring food and drink to a platter on a tripod
Bacchus with thyrsus, tripod horn and crown of leaves standing in a forest. He stands on a drunken satyr in front of a statue of Priapus
Looking at the moon -- Evening Hours. Date: circa 1850s
Bedouin women making butter in a goatskin, Arabia. Date: 1922
Cat photographer and clients on a French postcardCat photographer and three clients on a French postcard. Date: circa 1904
River Vispa (Visp, Viege) - Matter Valley near Zermatt, Valais Canton - Switzerland. Note the photographer is setting up his camera to take the perfect photo of Mont Cervin circa 1910s
Prince Albert visiting the London Regiment at BlackheathPrince Albert (future King George VI) (1895-1952) visiting the 20th Battalion, The London Regiment at Blackheath - April 1920. Here the Prince is seen presenting the Kings Colours. Date: 1920
Photographic studio 1878Photographer with bellows style camara taking a photograph of a posed victorian woman. Date: 1878
SURVEYING / TELEMETROGRAPHTELEMETROGRAPH Date: 1885
Andreossi Surveys EgyptComte Andreossi surveys antique sites for Napoleon. Date: 1788
BRITISH SAPPERS 1854Sappers and Miners in working dress Date: 1854