Claimed Collection (page 2)

Brown, AR Capt RFC, pilot of No209 Squadron - claimed to have shot down Baron von Richthofen

Suffragette Arson Wargrave. Crowds gather outside St. Marys Church, Wargrave, Berkshire to see the damage caused by fire on 1st June 1914

Suffragettes Annie Kenney & Helen Fraser 1907. Shows Annie Kenney and Helen Fraser (1881-1964) campaigning against the Liberal candidate, George Esslemont

Map East Indies
Much of this region is still under Dutch rule : but todays Malaysia is part of the Birman Empire and the Philippines are claimed by Spain : Britain has yet to stake her claim... Date: circa 1827

Cajetanus Rossi
CAJETANUS ROSSI Italian mathematician from Naples who claimed to have squared the circle. Date: circa 1804

James Lackington - 2
JAMES LACKINGTON London bookseller and publisher, who claimed to sell 100, 000 books yearly. Date: 1746 - 1815

NECKER, Jacques (1732-1804). Swiss financier and statesman at Frances service. Necker is claimed and taken in arms by the Third

Mile End Scandal - Guardians in Court
In 190, builder James Calcutt was convicted of fraud after regularly overcharging the Mile End Old Town Board of Guardians for work he had carried out

Mile End Scandal - Three Crowns Public House
In 1907, builder James Calcutt was convicted of fraud after regularly overcharging the Mile End Old Town Board of Guardians for work he had carried out

Brisacier, Pretender
Courtier in the service of Marie-Therese, queen of Louis XIV, who claimed to be a natural son of Jan Sobieski, king of Poland : imprisoned and exiled to Poland, Russia. Date: late 17th century

Twist / Cruikshank / Claimed
Claimed by his affectionate friends Date: First published: 1836-37

Robert E. Peary on the Roosevelt, 1909
Photograph showing Commander Robert E. Peary (1856-1920), the Arctic explorer, on the bridge of the Roosevelt, 1909. Peary is seen in the fur clothing he used during his expedition to the North Pole

Loch Ness Monster front page
Front cover of the Illustrated London News showing an illustration by ILN artist, G. H Davis, made after he was sent to Loch Ness to record the evidence given by a number of people who claimed to

Commander Robert E. Peary (1856-1920)
Photographic portrait of Robert E. Peary, the US Naval Commander and explorer, pictured in his Arctic furs, 1909. He claimed to be the first man to reach the North Pole, on 6th April 1909

The Flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, February 193
Photograph of the 37-ton flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris during public trials on the Etang de Biscarosse in the Landes, France

Dr. Frederick A. Cook (1865-1940)
Photographic portrait of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the US explorer and physician, pictured in 1909. He claimed to be the first man to reach the North Pole, on 21st April 1909

Lost Property
Lost property - gloves, handbags, a ball and even a Christmas tree, all held in the Left Luggage Office of Waterloo Station, London, waiting to be claimed!

John Gauden, Bishop
JOHN GAUDEN, bishop of Worcester : he claimed to be the author of Eikon Basilike which purports to be Charles Is account of his fall, done from his private papers

The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir, spreading destructio
The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir. Much destruction was caused by the flooding, bridges lost and buildings demolished

Hissarlik (Troy)
A view toward the Plateau of Ilium Novum and the site of Hissarlik, where Heinrich Schliemann excavated remains that he claimed were the foundations of Homers Troy

England / Castle Combe
Castle Combe, which lies in a deep hollow in the Wiltshire Downs, some six miles from Chippenham. It is claimed to be one of Englands loveliest villages

Railway of the future
The railway of the future, travelling 300 miles an hour. Mr E. W Chalmers Kearneys working model of his high speed railway, where, he claimed, 300 mph could be obtained in safety

Ouija-Board
The OUIJA Board and its claimed inventor, a French civil servant who prefers to remain anonymous

Mary Pearson, Maid
Mary Pearson, maidservant at Borley during the Smith incumbency, who claimed to have experienced the haunting

Persian Mounted on Horse
A Greek warrior fights a Persian mounted on horseback. The Greek has already claimed one victim

Butcher Shop Display
A fine display of meat displayed outside a butchers shop. Much of the meat has claimed first prize

Jean De Bethencourt
JEAN DE BETHENCOURT French navigator, conqueror of the Canary Islands, which he claimed for the King of Castille

Mary Tofts, Rabbit Mum
Mary Tofts holding one of the rabbits to which she claimed to have given birth; she was shown to be an impostor, yet deceived St Andre, one of the leading physicians of the day

James Graham, Quack Doc
James Graham, famous Scottish quack doctor, delivers a lecture to an audience. In December 1783, Graham claimed that he knew the secret to living to the age of 150

ADERs AVION III - 1
Ader demonstrates his steam- powered Avion III (or Eole III) at Sathory, France: though he later claimed a 300m flight, the truth is it never left the ground

Ernest Thompson Seton
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON English-born naturalist and writer in America whose life was not quite as adventurous as he claimed

Popovs Radio Invented
Alexander Popov demonstrates his radio receiving set to the Russian Physico-Chemistry Society in St Petersburg : he is claimed in USSR as the true inventor of radio

Helene Duch. Orleans - 3
HELENE von Mecklenburg- Schwerin, duchesse d ORLEANS wife of Ferdinand, son of Louis-Philippe; their son claimed the French throne, but failed to get it

Piltdown Skull / Diagram
PILTDOWN MAN - a diagram of the cranium and jaw bone, claimed to be the missing link by Charles Dawson in 1912. The skull was proven to be a half- human, half-ape fake in 1953

Masons Ridiculed
English masons mocked by the Order of Gormogons, a society for ridiculing freemasonry which claimed to have been founded by the Emperor of China

Louis XVIII / J Jones
LOUIS XVIII OF FRANCE Louis-Stanislas-Xavier reigned from 1814 - 1824 although he claimed his reigned began in 1795. Shown here when the Count of Provence

Medium / Lees
ROBERT JAMES LEES English spirit medium, claimed to know identity of Jack the Ripper

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