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Freikorps / Munich 1919Freikorp troops march through Munich. A propaganda photo claiming that the city had been liberated by these Bavarian right wing & antiparliamentary units
The end of the Tichborne trialThe final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The claimants farewell to the judge
Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Memorial of Maria PitaMaria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English
Martin de Cavalar with Maria Pita on the ordinary writ concerning the place of Ledono (Lendoiro), 1616. Mayor Fernandez Pita claimed some properties that Martin de Cavalar had acquired from Francisco
The Materialisation of a Dead SonCharles Victor Miller at Paris, 18th June, 1909, produces figure claiming to be the dead son of M & Mme Benezech, who duly recognise him. Date: 18 June 1909
Balboa discovers the PacificVasco Nunez de Balboa stands in the water holding a flag, pointing his sword up, claiming the land and ocean in the name of the King and Queen of Castile. Date: 1513
Patent Electropathic Battery Belt for men and women
The approach to Newcastle station, claiming to be the Largest Railway Crossing in the World Date: 1916
Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1895Every man & woman in search of heath & strength, all sufferers from disorders of the nerves, stomach, liver or kidneys should procure and wear. Date: 1895
SANCTUARY / CHURCH DOORClaiming sanctuary - a fugitive reaches the church door just in time Date: medieval
Stephen Dugdale, InformeSTEPHEN DUGDALE - Informer during the Popish Plot, claiming knowledge of a Catholic conspiracy but providing dubious and inconsistent testimony. Date: 1640 - 1683
Louis Sebastien MercierLOUIS SEBASTIEN MERCIER Caricature of French writer, who attacked all other writers, artists, architects and scientists, claiming they outmoded or worthless
Tichborne House, Alresford, Hants. The family home of Mr Roger Tichborne. Mr Orton was sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment, for claiming to be Mr Roger Tichborne
The Flying Saucers Are Real, book coverTHE FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL, by Donald Keyhoe, one of the earliest UFO books, claiming that they are extraterrestrial in origin
Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1885Electropathic Battery Belt, restorer of impaired vital energy and its unvarying success. 1885
Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1885Patent harnesses for men and women, effectual remedy for illnesses, with testimonials. 1885
Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884Harness Electric Battery Belt, claiming the most effectual remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, deafness, headache, paralyss, nervous debility and other nervous muscular and functional maladies
Frith Stool, Beverley Minster, East Riding of YorkshireAn Anglo-Saxon Frith Stool at Beverley Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire. Seating oneself on a frith-stool (also known as Frid Stools)
Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1888Harness Electropathic belt treatment. 1888
Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1886Heath restored by means of mild continuous currents of electricity (without shock) generated by wearing. Thousands have been successfully treated for nervous exhaustion, brain-fag, melancholia
Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1892Seeing is Believing! Harness electropathic corset belts, cures thousands of sufferers without the aid of poisonous drugs or quark nostrums. 1892
Advert for Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt 1893Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt, scientifically tested and guaranteed genuine. 1893
Advert for Dr. Scotts electric hair brush 1881Dr. Scott s, (George Augustus Scott), electric hair brush made from pure bristles, no wires, supposedly producing an electric current
Advert for Harness Electropathic Belt 1889Health restored by means of mild continuous currents of electricity generated (without shock) by wearing Harness Electropathic Belt, thousands have been treated
Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1889They cure nervous weakness, sleeplessness, neuralgia, debility, rheumatic affections, liver and kidney disorders, internal weakness and hysteria. 1889
Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1891Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts no taking poisonous drugs or quack nostrums. Claims to cure all rheumatic and nervous affections. 1891
Advert for Harness electropathic corset belts 1887Advert for Harness electropathic corset belts no taking poisonous drugs, for ladies and gentlemen, claims to cure a variety of ailments from nevous affections, depression, sleeplessness
Judgement of Solomon. Engraving, 16th century
Miles Prance, InformerMILES PRANCE, Catholic goldsmith who found fame during the Popish Plot as an informer, claiming to reveal the murderers of Edmund Berry Godfrey : perjurer, impostor. Date: flourished 1678 - 1689
Advert for Dr. Scotts electric plasters 1889They who suffer ache and pain, need suffer never more again. With the new invention Dr. Scotts electric plaster. Claiming to cure many illnesses
Advert for Electropathic & Zander Institute 1892Electropathic treatment showing the interior of a private consulting and treatment room in Oxford Street, the comfortable Harness Belt for men and women that gives support
Treaty of the PyreneesTREATY OF THE PYRENEES Spain and France come to terms, giving up here, claiming there, as in all such deals Date: 7 November 1659
Advert for Dr Scotts electric corsets 1890World wide reputation Dr Scotts electric corsets and waists, giving and supporting qualities and durability of material, which is a comfort to the robust as well as the invaild. 1890
Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1892Mr. C. B Harness the president of the Institute and the other officers of the Company, may consulted free of charge on all matters relating to health and the application of curative electricity
Advert for Harness Electropathic Belt 1892Comfortable to wear and guaranteed, the Harness Electropathic Belt, with a mild continuous current of electricity which cannot fail to invigorate the debilitated constitution. 1892
Eva Vliegen (Fliegen, Vlieghe) (circa 1575-1637) German lady of Meurs claiming to live on the scent of flowers; exposed 1628 she was condemned to be whipped but pardoned and even pensioned
Advert for Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt 1891Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt, magneto-electric battery Co. 1891
Father O Flynn unconvinced by drunks claim to soberFather O Flynn - " Pat, you re dhrunk again." Pat - " Oi m not, Yer Riverence." Father O Flynn - " Yis ye are, Pat; an if ye were not, you wouldn t deny it." !!
Old soak yokel in smock claiming not to have been drinkingThe Squire Daughter - " Jerry, a little bird told me you had to much to drink yesterday!" Jerry - " Wel, my lady
Boasting actor submits acting claim to Sir Henry IrvingTradgedian (disappointed) - " You should see me play amlet, Irvin! Why, I could act is bloomin ead off!" Sir Henry Irving looks less than impressed with this claim by a jobbing actor rather
Peary & Cook / AssietteReturning from the North Pole, Robert Peary returned home to find Frederick Cook claiming he had reached it the previous year. " What a hole, the Pole!" Date: 1909
A disputed heat: Claiming a foul!. Date 1878
Bulgaria claiming independence - manifestoThe Manifesto of 22nd September 1908 in which Prince Alexander of Bulgaria declare himself King; independent of the Turks. Date: 1908
Electric brushA detailed advertisement from 1883 for Dr. Scotts Electric Hair Brush, claiming to cure a variety of ills, from headaches to deafness, baldness to a weary brain
Unsere HeldenA commemorative photograph of the crew of the U9, a German submarine claiming to have sunk three British cruisers in 1914. With the news, the men became heroes of the Fatherland
Passengers claiming luggage at Liverpool Railway Station, 18Engraving of the crowded Liverpool railway station, with children sitting on baggage in the foreground, and a huge luggage trolley holding hundreds of trunks in the background
The Civil War in America. Claiming exemption from the draughDuring the American Civil War, the rich could pay $300 or find a substitute willing to serve in the army in his place, the so-called rich mans law was used by many notable Americans
Crowds waiting for news outside the Tichborne TrialThe final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The crowds gather in the surrounding streets for the verdict