Fake Collection (page 3)

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

Advert for B Henry hairpieces 1910
Advertisement for extensions. 1910

Frank Cooney coat, Otto Lucas hat, 1965
A feline coat which is leopard print on sheared kidskin from Frank Cooney, worn with a black leather helmet with long, jersey scarf ends by Otto Lucas. Date: 1965

Azurine, Dobule and Common Rudd
Azurine and Dobule (both non-existent species), and a Common Rudd (Scardinius erythropthalmus, also known as Red Eye). Date: 1879

Making Dummy Guns at Birmingham
For bayonet practice and other aspects of training, recruits to the new army during the First World War were supplied with dummy guns

Inverfarigaig calling, the Loch Ness Monster
Inverfarigaig calling, Loch Ness Monster speaking Hello Everybody!

The arrival of the Loch Ness Monster at Inverness
Captivated! The arrival of the Loch Ness Monster at Inverness! Date: 1960

Piltdown Man: reconstructed skulls compared
Ape-Man of Modern Man? The two Piltdown skull reconstructions. A page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A

Piltdown Man: mandible and skull compared
Ape-Man of Modern Man? The two Piltdown skull reconstructions. A page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A

The Piltdown jaw: a reconstruction by W. P Pycraft
A drawing by W. P Pycraft of the restored jaw of the Piltdown Man, showing a pronounced forward thrust. Date: 1912

Piltdown Man: brain capacity compared
A page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A. Smith-Woodwards reconstruction of the Piltdown Mans brain over the reconstruction proposed by Professor Arthur Keith s

Piltdown Man: Dawson and Smith-Woodward search for more bone
Seeking remains of the oldest known Englishman: looking for relics of the Piltdown Man. Charles Dawson and A. Smith-Woodward searching for other parts of the skeleton on the site of the first

Fake rodent skeleton
Sent to the Museum by amateur palaeontologist Reverend C Green in 1843. The skeleton had not been dug out of the ground whole and bones belonged to different individuals

Fannia scalaris, fake fossil fly in amber

Workers at Piltdown

Pongo sp. Mandible and molar (Piltdown 1 & 2)
Lateral lingual view of Piltdown 1 mandible with Piltdown 2 left molar. Held at The Natural History Museum, London

Homo sapiens cranium (Piltdown 1)
Two pieces that represent the Piltdown 1 cranium held at The Natural History Museum, London. This specimen was reported as being discovered at Piltdown

Pongo sp. Mandible with canine (Piltdown 1)
Left lateral view of the Piltdown mandible reported to be that of a newly found homind species in 1913 but then revealed as a forgery in 1953. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Piltdown 1 jaw
Left lateral view of Piltdown 1 jaw. Held at The Natural History Museum, London

Piltdown 1 cranium
Five pieces that represent the Piltdown 1 cranium (not including jaw). Held at The Natural History Museum, London

Piltdown skull
Three-quarter view of model reconstruction of the Piltdown skull

Excavations at Piltdown c. 1913
Arthur Smith Woodward and the Abbe Henri Breuil at Piltdown

Fake amber
A fake spider that has been inserted into melted Kauri gum to look like amber. Fig. 16 page no.7 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule

Edwardian necklace
A necklace containing fake amber beads. Included are celluloid, phenolic resin, casein and glass beads. Fig. 11 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule

Piltdown cricket bat
Side view of sharpened piece of elephant thighbone, presented as a digging implement. Commonly referred to as the Piltdown cricket bat. Held at The Natural History Museum, London

Barkham Manor, Piltdown
The Barkham Manor Piltdown I site, c. 1912, from vantage point due east of the manor house

Preliminary flourine test of the Piltdown remains in 1949
Dr Kenneth Oakley discussing with Mr L. E. Parsons (right) where the mandible of Piltdown man could be sampled with the least risk of damage

Piltdown 1 jaw with Piltdown 2 molar

Still Searching At Piltdown
A general impression of the Piltdown Gravel Pit, East Sussex c. 1913, with the goose Chipper, and from left to right, Venus Hargreaves, Arthur Smith Woodward, Charles Dawson

Clay Toy Turtles and spiders
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). Captioned: Clay Toy Turtles with Heads and Legs that waggle costing one anna. Cawnpore

Bogus mating fossil frogs
This image shows bogus mating fossil frogs. It was figured in J.B.A Beringer (1726) plate 12. Photographed by Paul Taylor

Bogus fossil lizard
GIWL108 (Geologisches Institut, Universit� urzburg Lugensteine number 108). This image shows a bogus fossil lizard (or salamander) eating an insect. Photographed by Paul Taylor

Bogus fossil plant
GIWL040 (Geologisches Institut, Universit� urzburg Lugensteine number 40). This image shows a bogus fossil plant. Photographed by Paul Taylor of the Natural History Museum, London

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