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Reception of ApprenticeAn blindfolded apprentice is received into a French Masonic Lodge : he bares his right leg as part of the ceremony
Fortuna by Ernest BoardPainting depicting a blindfolded woman playing a fateful game of cards. Date: 1911
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"
Paris Masons, 1740Freemasons in a Masonic Lodge in Paris perform a ritual. A symbol covered banner is laid on the floor while a blindfolded man, an arm & shoulder bared, is led forth
Sculpture on Synagogue, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FranceSculpture on the Synagogue, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France, a Romanesque revival building which was destroyed during the Second World War. Date: circa 1920s
Liberty or DeathLiberty, Equality, Fraternity - or Death - the French citizen, though blindfolded, must make his choice !
Hope by George Frederick Watts. late 19th century
Advertisement Illustration, Girls DancingAn advertisement illustration showing a group of young girls, happily dancing hand in hand, forming a ring around the central blindfolded girl. Date: circa 1939
AdventurePainting showing a blindfolded man wielding a sword overhead with one hand, and feeling the point of the blade with the other, under a dark night sky. Date: circa 1929
Painted wooden statuette of Osiris. EgyptPainted wooden statuette of Osiris depicted as a blindfolded man, wearing crown and royal scepters in their hands. Contains the rolled Book of the Dead papyrus of a lady Anhai. 1170 BC. 20th Dynasty
BLIND HOPE AT LOURDESThe crowd throng to Lourdes, led by Hope - blindfolded - and a feeble priest, while Death brings up the rear... Date: 1894
French sourcier Bleton, blindfolded and using no apparatus, convinces a committee of scientists of his dowsing ability. Date: 1782
Music cover, The Gondoliers Waltz, P BucalossiMusic cover, The Gondoliers Waltz, by P Bucalossi, based on music from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Gondoliers. 1889
Game of Hot-cocklesA popular family game at Christmas, person blindfolded, knelt down with their head in someones lap, while guessing who was hitting them from behind! This was an early form of Blind Mans Buff
GAME / KISSING / FRANCE 1811Le Baiser devine - a French kissing game, where the blindfolded player has to guess who is kissing her Date: 1811
PURSUIT OF FORTUNEThe pursuit of Fortune - a blindfolded man stumbles hopefully after a plump Lady Luck Date: 1902
Five people hung on gallows - China?Hand coloured. Five people who have been blindfolded and hung on a complex gallow structure. It is hard to make out but the people look as though they may be African
German poster, What England Wants, WW1German propaganda poster, What England Wants, depicting a blindfolded man approaching the edge of a cliff with a heavy sack on his back at the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914
Initiation of the Knight KadoshTaking the left hand of the blindfolded candidate and placing it on the beating body of a sheep, the deceived candidate is then expected to plunge a knife into what he believes is the body of a
The Queen of Sheba: An Amusing Christmas GameA reworking of blind mans bluff, in The Queen of Sheba the man must approach and kiss a selected girl whilst blind-folded; however the women take advantage of the mans blind-folded state
Kuda Bux and one of his experimentsUndated photograph of Kuda Bux and one of his experiments with " eyeless sight" : with head bandaged, he is duplicating shorthand characters drawn on a blackboard by Lucie Kay
Using PlanchetteA girl, blindfolded, uses the planchette with a pencil fixed in it, hoping to receive by automatic writing a message from the spirits in the beyond
Cupids with red heart and ladder on a Valentine postcard -- To my Valentine. Date: circa 1890s
Leonide PigeaireLEONIDE PIGEAIRE claims to be able to read blindfolded when she is magnetised : though accused of fraud, the question has never been resolved Date: 1837
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and a fortune teller, WW1Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm goes to consult a fortune teller to find out when the war will end. Date: 1916
People at a comic sports event in a fieldPeople taking part in a comic sports event in a field, which involves each man being blindfolded and apparently guided by a woman with a piece of string. Date: circa 1910s
Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Blind Mans BuffGarden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Four Geisha Girls playing a game (similar to Blind Mans Buff?) Date: circa 1905
Female Initiation - 3A candidate is initiated as a Mistress : blindfolded, she is placed on the Tower of Babel, much to her confusion when the blindfold is removed. Date: 1891
Undated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan, blindfolded during a sance, with her head covered with ectoplasm reaching down to floor. The photograph is annotated to show fraudulence
Alls Well That Ends Well - title page - the blindfolded Parolles gives away military and other secrets. 1862
France. Par?=?s. Notre Dame cathedral. Portal of St. Anne. Synagogue. AllegorycaI statue depicted with his eyes covered, her crown falling on the floor, the tables of the law reversed
SHOPPING PARTY GAMEEach girl represents an item of male apparel, eg. socks in an imaginary shop. The man, blindfolded, asks for socks and the socks girl kisses him and he guesses who she is! Date: 1930s
Cartoon, German Kultur, WW1Cartoon, German Kultur or the cultivated truth during the First World War, showing a blindfolded allegorical female figure with flames rising around her. Date: 1915
Germans demand surrender of Reims, 1914How the surrender of Reims was demanded. Immediately before the bombardment of Reims, German parlementaires came into the town under a flag of truce to demand its immediate surrender
Sphere cover - First Armistice between Russians & GermansThe First Armistice by Fortunino Matania, showing Russian emissaries presenting their credentials to German officers. The first step towards peace negotiations was taken by the Russian
Dutch boy scouts training their sense of smellDutch boy scouts wearing blindfolds, training their sense of smell
Suffrage Calendar Artists Suffrage League 1913. A suffrage calendar for 1913, published by the Artists Suffrage League. It shows a blindfolded baby astride a large white goose flying above a snowy
Armed against fate and flags by F C BoyleA man out walking his dog realises the only way he can avoid flag sellers in wartime is to go out blindfolded and with headphones on his ears
President Woodrow Wilson draft selection, USAPresident Woodrow Wilson being blindfolded before he makes the first serial number selection for American men to be drafted into service in World War One. Date: September 1917
The innocent games 1914Women playing blind mans buff outside in the garden. Date: 1914
Mowing the Cocks Head73 Year-old Sam Bennett demonstrates the old Warwickshire custom of Mowing the Cocks Head. Blindfolded, he tries to cut off the top of a clump of grass. Date: 1930s
Blindfolded Wine TastingGuess the vintage : a lucky blindfolded woman gets to taste six bottles of wine in a cellar lined with bottles of wine! Date: early 1930s
Hypnotist and blindfolded woman with angels on stage. Date 19 - ?
Political cartoon - Joseph Chamberlain as jockey" Who is Going to Ride it?" Joseph Chamberlain watches on in amusement as three jockeys (including Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (seated) and Herbert Henry Asquith
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
Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sancePhotograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and reaching down to the floor, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (xi)"
First US army recruitsA blindfolded official picks out first recruits for the US army in WW1
When Will the War End?Military experts, blindfolded and clueless, decide when the war will end and why in 1915. Nobody looks as if they have a clue
Revolutionary LeadersBlindfolded, the leaders of the unsuccessful revolutionary coup are brought to negotiate at Oporto with government representatives
OBSTACLES PARTY GAMEA blindfolded man has to negotiate obstacles with the promise of a kiss from the prettiest girl if he succeeds. But the obstacles are removed and tricked, he kisses a man!
Children Fancy Dress1923At a chidrens fancy dress birthday party, a blindfolded boy tries to find his female friend, and succeeds!
Blind Mans Buff / CardA little girl is blindfolded and hunts out her two friends
Knife Thrower / Circa 1880A knife thrower in leotard and tights prepares to throw another blade at his blindfolded assistant who is tied down to make sure she doesn t accidently flinch
Evils of Greed & WealthAll kneel in subservience to the demon of wealth-getting and greed. He sits blindfolded a sceptre in one hand. bulging money bag in the other. He can have whatever he wants
EGG DANCEBlindfolded, she must regulate her steps precisely so as not to crush the eggs
Driving BlindfoldFrench motorist drives an accident-free 3 kilometres, blindfolded and with his hands tied behind his back
Dowser BletonFrench sourcier BLETON, blindfolded and using no apparatus, convinces a committee of scientists of his dowsing ability
