Claims Collection

Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893
Advertisement for The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. which claimed to offer a cure for a wide variety of ailments. This led to a court case on grounds of deception & a landmark ruling

Wolseley 1937
The distinctive radiator grille of the Wolseley - the car without a doubt, the advertising copywriter claims, whatever that means

The First Rolls Royce
The first Rolls-Royce is already a distinguished looking vehicle with claims to be the best car in the world

Cockney Blacksmith / 1932
Mr Charles Mitchell, the village smithy of Pyecombe, Sussex, claims to be a real cockney. Pyecombe forge have been making their famous crooks for centuries

Verne / Under the Sea
20, 000 LIEUES SOUS LES MERS [20 000 leagues under the sea] The squid claims a victim

YE OLDE FIGHTING COCKS
Ye Old Fighting Cocks, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, a quaint old hostelery which claims to be the oldest unaltered house in the country. Date: early 17th century

DEADLY TEETOTALISM
Deadly teetotalism leads to a shorter life than temperate enjoyment of fine whiskey, claims an advertisement for Long Johns Ben Nevis Whiskey, distilled in Fort William. Date: 1890

Bang Goes my No Claims. Middlesbrough 1970s Date: 1970s

England / Wells
The Vicars Close, adjacent to the famous Wells Cathedral, Somerset, was originally built to house the clergy. Claims to be the oldest complete street of its kind in Europe

Man Races Train
Montengro peasant Yoyin Milovich claims he can run faster than a Yugoslav train - and proves it by beating it in a race between Bar and Sutorman

Herbert Schirmer
22-year old Police officer Schirmer, of Ashland, Nebraska, claims to have encountered a UFO and its occupants while on patrol, and to have been taken on board

Advert for Hearts of Oak Benefit Society, Euston Rd, London
Multi-imaged ships and houses postcard carrying details of cover for funerals and sickness. It claims that it is the Largest Friendly Society in Existence'. The Secretary is given as Chas. W

THOMPSON/GIFFARD 1
F Thompson is inspired to do a sketch (1) which is later found to resemble a painting by the dead artist Rs Giffard (2), and claims to have been inspired by the painter Date: 1905

c. 1870 s, very old woman, caption claims 125 years old
c.1870 s, very old woman, caption claims 125 years old

Newsagents window, North London
Newsagents window proclaims Time magazine still on sale after claims of gross contempt against it by Stephen Wards defence. (Profumo Affair). Date: 1963

Liberation of the 1st Town Hall, Benouville, Normandy
This plaque, on the wall of the Mairie just up the road from what became known as Pegasus Bridge, claims that Liberation came at 2345 hours on 5 June

59th (South Staffs) Division Memorial Galmanche
The Division claims to be the first to enter Caen which it did on 9 July The small granite memorial was erected by the villagers of Sainte-Contest

The Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power, freelance journalist
The 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

Advert for Vigors home rower 1895
A Perfect Chest & Muscle Developer. To maintain the heath and form of men and women. 1895

Advert for Vigors exercise horse at home 1895
Exercise on this saddle, three speeds trot, canter or gallop and claims to help with; creates appetite, cures dyspepsia, quickens the circulation, stimulates the liver, relieves hysteria, insomnia

Patent Electropathic Battery Belt for men and women

Advert for Royal Exchange Assurance 1905
An event of accidents, burglary, employers liability, marine, fidelity guarantees. Date: 1905

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1895
Every man & woman in search of heath & strength, all sufferers from disorders of the nerves, stomach, liver or kidneys should procure and wear. Date: 1895

DRINK HABIT CURED 1919
Drink habit conquered in three days claims an advertisement for a self- improvement book by Edward J. Woods of London. Date: 1919

Pickpocket Caught
An observant policeman apprehends a pickpocket who has stolen a gentlemans pocket hankerchief. He claims he only borrowed it because he has a cold. Date: circa 1830

COCKNEY BLACKSMITH / 1932
Mr Charles Mitchell, the village smithy of Pyecombe, Sussex, claims to be a real cockney. Pyecombe forge have been making their famous crooks for centuries. Date: 29 September 1932

TALMAS AUDIENCE
French actor TALMA, by sheer will-power, sees his audience divested of their clothes and transformed into skeletons, which he claims inspires his finest performances Date: late 18th century

JULIAS BUREAU
Julias Bureau, created by journalist W T Stead, claims to receive messages from the Borderland : Punch mocks... Date: 1893

Advert for Edwards Harlene hair product 1893
Harlene for the hair, World-renowned hair producer and restorer. Prevents baldness and turning grey. 1893

Statue of Kaiser Leopold
Kaiser Leopold is depicted on horseback and dressed in the style of the Roman emperors whose successor he claims to be. Date: 1640 - 1705

Allcocks Porous Plasters, a safe and sure remedy. Warming and soothing, relieving and curing Asthma, Lumbago, Sciatica, Colds, Kinks, Quinsy, Spasms, Rheumatism

Leonide Pigeaire
LEONIDE PIGEAIRE claims to be able to read blindfolded when she is magnetised : though accused of fraud, the question has never been resolved Date: 1837

The Sixtus Affair, fighting over Alsace-Lorraine
Cartoon in Punch magazine entitled Discipline. The blackboard reads France ought to have Alsace-Lorraine Carl referring to the German suspicions that in March 1917 a secret message was sent

Electric Vampire
THE ELECTRIC VAMPIRE (F H Power) - insect produced by electricity (based on Crosses experiments) The monster claims a victim

Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1885
Electropathic Battery Belt, restorer of impaired vital energy and its unvarying success. 1885

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1885
Patent harnesses for men and women, effectual remedy for illnesses, with testimonials. 1885

Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884
Harness Electric Battery Belt, claiming the most effectual remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, deafness, headache, paralyss, nervous debility and other nervous muscular and functional maladies

Advert for Edwards Harlene hair product 1902
Harlene for the hair, the great hair producer and restorer, World renowed remedy for baldness. Endorsed by Mabel Love, British dancer and stage actress, celebrated as a young woman of beauty. 1902

Advert for Luxurious thermal bath cabinet 1902
It opens the 7, 000, 000 pores, and sweats out all poisons. Cures all disease without medicine. 1902

Advert for Foots patent cabinet bath 1902
Foots patent cabinet bath, used in the private of your home, benefits of vapour, medicated, perfumed, or oxygen baths, claims to keep blood pure, prevent sickness, stopping colds, curing Rheumatism

Advert for Floriline liquid for teeth and breath 1897
Is the best Liquid Dentifrice in the World. Prevents the decay of the teeth. Renders the teeth pearly white. Is perfectly harmless and delicious to the taste. Date: 1897

Advert for Dr. Scotts electric hair brush 1881
Dr. Scott s, (George Augustus Scott), electric hair brush made from pure bristles, no wires, supposedly producing an electric current

Advert for Electropathic Belt 1882
Electropathic Belt for gentlemen and ladies, consists of a series of constant current electric generators, which are constantly in action while the belt is being worn. 1882

Advert for Electropathic Belt of Life 1882
Professor Barkers Belt of Life for women and men, helps stimulate, invigorate strengthen and exhilarate. 1882

Advert for Patent Electropathic socks 1882
Patent Electropathic socks, simply put inside the shoes or boots, and after a short time a continued and most beneficial warmth creating a bodily comfort

Sir J Gordon Sprigg. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Sprigg was born in Ipswich, England, into a strongly Puritan family

Sarah Gilly
SARAH GILLY Daughter of Matthew Gilly of Tottenham, but if she has any other claims on our notice, they have not come to our notice... Date: ? - 1659

Duchessa Di Galliera
La duchessa di GALLIERA Italian aristocrat, who died in Paris but would doubtless have other claims on our attention if we knew more about her. Date: ? - 1888

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