Fake Collection (page 2)

Chinese Theatrical Troupe
A stunning, completely hand-painted, original postcard of three members of a traditional Chinese Theatrical troupe, complete with staging (curtains and chairs)

Tattooing - Side or Centre parting Sir?
Tattooing - " Side or Centre parting Sir?" ! Date: circa 1920s

How to kiss your Rich Aunt ! A rather foolish and foppish young man (with an eye on the prize!) greets his Elderly (and very rich) Auntie with extreme enthusiasm. Date: 1908

The Loch Ness Monster in Invermoriston
The Loch Ness Monster obliges the photographers Invermoriston

Arthur Conan Doyle with fairies
Cottingley Fairy Case - William Marriotts fake photo of Arthur Conan Doyle with cut out fairies. Date: 1921

Automatic photograph of sitters and Rudi Schneider at sance
Automatic photograph of sitters and Rudi Schneider at a sance at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, 8 March 1932. Harry Price and Professor David Fraser-Harris are controlling Schneider

Scottish medium Helen Duncan during sance with ectoplasm
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and the end tucked into her nostrils, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (x)"

Paranormal: William S. Marriott fake seance with flying banjo
A banjo floats mysteriously in the air at one of William S. Marriotts fake seances, thanks to a hook in the curtain, manipulated by the medium. Date: 1910

Azurine or Blue Roach -- a fish that didn t actually exist, but still managed to wriggle its way into a few 19th century reference books. Date: 1865

The Loch Ness Monster at Foyers. " You can t do that there ere" 1959

The Loch Ness Monster at Castle Urquhart

Piltdown Man
An illustration of The earliest known inhabitant of England, based upon the fragments of skull and jawbone supposedly discovered in a gravel pit at Piltdown, East Sussex, England

Helen Duncan during a sance showing ectoplasm
Double photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance showing " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and reaching down to the floor, May 1931

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

Essex ring auctioned at Christie s
Two views of the famous Essex ring which Queen Elizabeth I is said to have given to the Earl of Essex, and which might have saved his life if it had been returned in time

Ufos / Marquand
UFO photographed in broad daylight near Bakersfield, California; alas, the photographer subsequently confessed it was a hub-cap tossed into the air

Fake Spirit Photo
The usual " spirit photograph", obtained by photographing the sitter with a positive of the ghost concealed in the dark-slide

Advert for International Hair Co. 1912
Latest transformation in wiglets for women. 1912

Advert for Marius Heng hairpieces 1912
New fashionable creations by incorporating fake hair to make attrative hair styles. 1912

Advert for Jourliac hairpieces 1912
Latest fashion in hairpieces. 1912

A clay reconstruction of the face of Piltdown Man
A clay reconstruction of the face of the paleoanthropological hoax Piltdown Man, discovered in the grounds of Barkham Manor at Piltdown, East Sussex

Womens hairstyles 1864
Selection of the latest styles of arranging the hair as adopted in Paris, and as practised by the leading Parisian hair-dressers

Advert for Unwin & Albert fringes 1898
Made of natural curling and waving hair, not affected by the sea air! 1898

Advert for Noirat hairpieces 1909
Advertisement for Noirat hairpieces, showing women with increased volume on top to support their enormous hats. 1909

Advert for Marius Heng, hair and beauty 1912
Advert for Marius Heng, lighter wigs with accessories. 1912

Advert for Marius Heng, hairpieces 1906
Advert for Marius Heng, elegant hairstyles using hairpieces for women. 1906

Advert for Noirat, hairpieces 1910
Advert for Noirat, pre-made fashionable wiglets for evening dress, an exhibition in Brussels, Noirat, won a prize for its hairpieces. 1910

Advert for Noirat, hair and beauty 1912
Advertisement for Noirat, showing women with increased visual width at the back of the head using wavy wigs, also wearing discrete headbands with feather and combs. 1912

Advert for William Cuverville wigs & decorative bands 1912
Advertisement for William Cuverville, womens wavy hairpieces and decorative bands with feathers. Photograph of women making wiglets, with male supervisors looking over them. 1912

Advert for Noirat, hairpieces 1912
Advertisement for Noirat, wavy hairpieces for women with elegant ornamented bands and hair combs. 1912

German dummy tanks on parade, 1932
German tanks on parade: an imposing Reichswehr display. The tanks are dummies made of sheet iron and pasteboard fitted over motor cars, used for training purposes. 1932

Advert for B Henry hairpieces 1908
Pre-made small wiglets, curls and false buns to be incorporated into the womens hairstyles. 1908

Advert for Thierry Schram, hairpiece 1910
Flexible coiffure hairpiece with a twisted extension or wiglet available from Thierry Schram. 1910

Advert for Universal human hair extensions 1915
Transformations in any styles, extra is charged for light, grey, pale and auburn shades, guaranted only the finest quailty pure European hair used. 1915

English comic stage performer (or clown?) wearing Arab Clogs, a fez a massive moustache, fake enlarged head and a jerkin decorated with birds and flowers

Advert for Marius Heng fake hair grip 1912
Marius Heng, a lightweight and simple to use grip for keeping womens false hair in place. 1912

People in a shopping centre (possibly in Gateshead), designed to look like an olde worlde shopping street. Date: circa 1980

Advert for International Hair Co. 1913
Latest transformation in wiglets for women. 1913

French / German Champagne
While French saboteurs destroy vineyards, German growers sell fake champagne for huge profits. Date: 1911

Trade catalogue of hairpieces 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a collection of Edwardian wiglets. Date: 1911

ANN MOORE fasting lady of Tutbury, Staffordshire, who was considered genuine when tested in 1808, but exposed as a fake in 1813 Date: 1761 - 1813

Paranormal: William S. Marriott with three simulated spirits
William S. Marriott pictured with three of his simulated spirit figures. Marriott worked to expose the practices of fraudulent mediums by demonstrating how spirits could be simulated. Date: 1910

Paranormal: William S. Marriott simulated spirit form
The British magician William S. Marriotts simulated spirit form, which was identified as a departed loved one by many who attended his fake s顮 ces. Date: 1910

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

Robot arrested at a theatre in Pavia, Italy
A robot is arrested at a theatre in Pavia, Italy, on suspicion of being a fake ! Date: 1935

Advert for Marius Heng, hairpieces 1910
Advert for Marius Heng, elegant hairstyles using hairpieces for women. Date: 1910

British seaside bathers - fine selection of bathing costumes
British seaside bathers in a fine selection of bathing costumes and swim caps. Date: circa late 1920s

WW1 - Patriotic Fancy Dress
WW1 era - British Home front - A remarkable set of 3 postcards featuring three women, two of whom are dressed in patriotic fancy dress

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