Fake Collection (page 5)

Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and reaching down to the floor, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (xi)"

Coin marked James Hallett-Curer of All Diseases
Illustration showing the design for a coin marked " James Hallett-Curer of All Diseases", 1795. HPG/8/6/2"

Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance with her head covered with " ectoplasm" reaching down to her lap, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (xv)"

Undated photograph of enlarged portion of ectoplasm
Undated photograph of enlarged portion of " ectoplasm", showing rents, warps and weft. This is one of series of photographs of Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Helen

Automatic photograph of sitters and Rudi Schneider at a sance at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research during which a rising handkerchief was photographed, 3 March 1932

Young Footballer
A budding young football superstar. Perhaps he is keen on taking up the goalkeeping position when older - he already has the requisite jersey!

Force of Habit, by D. L. Ghilchik
A comic strip styled illustration showing a couple trying on fake noses, the lady then tries to powder hers

Poster: Davenport Seance
A poster giving the synopsis of an evening of entertainment including two demonstration seances by Ira Davenport & Fay who pretended to be spirit mediums but used stage tricks

Davenport Leaflet Russia
A handbill for seances in Russia by brothers William and Ira Davenport who pretended to be spirit mediums but were actually clever stage magicians

Moss Photographs H Price
A spirit photograph of Harry Price taken by George Moss who subsequently confessed to creating fake pictures (such as this one)

Psi Photo Marriott - 1
William Marriott prepares his model for a fake spirit photo

Psi Photo Marriott - 2
Materials used by William Marriott in his professedly fake spirit photos

Hope - Price
Spirit photo of Houdini and spirits, a confessed fake by William Hope

Decorating Xmas Tree
A little boy and girl, put the finishing touches to their fake Christmas tree, adding the last bits of tinsel and a bell. The presents will be opened tomorrow morning

Houdini Fake Photo
Houdinis amazingly unconvincing photograph of himself with Abraham Lincoln

Costume / Fake Fur C. 1940
Elegant pre-Utility tailored costume with long jacket line, 6 buttons, pocket flaps & fake fur trim (Nutria)

Ocelot Trim Coat 1938
A woollen & fur costume from the Hershelle Model Collection with military pocket effect, full circle skirt & trimmings in ocelot peluche (imitation or fake fur)

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

Foo Fighters, Europe
This photo is said to show a foo-fighter observed by a German pilot in May 1945, near Karnten, Germany : there are grounds for suspecting a fake, however

Ballad Singers
Ballad singers: the man plays the violin and hobbles on his false wooden leg, while the woman sings from the ballad sheets

Fake Slate Writing
How a fraudulent medium performs slate-writing while still apparently under strict control

Fox Sisters, Rapping
THE FOX SISTERS Dr Austin Flint of Rochester seeks to demonstrate that the Fox sisters fake their raps, by showing that cracking the knee produces a similar sound

James Macpherson, Scottish writer and politician
James Macpherson, Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the " translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems (their authenticity has been disputed)

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