Identity Collection (page 2)

Fate Magazine cover, Bridey Murphy in Ireland
Cover of Fate Magazine, depicting Bridey Murphy (alias Ruth Simmons, alias Virginia Tighe) -- the subject of a reincarnation experience visiting Ireland, home of the supposed Bridey Murphy

Whales mistaken for u-boats during WW1
A page from The Illustrated London News, featuring two whales photographed from the air, showing how they could be mistaken for u-boats, and consequently bombed. WW1

Shakespeare - The Comedy of Errors - Adriana: Come, I will fasten on this sleeve of thine. circa 1830

The Comedy of Errors - title page - exorcism scene. 1862

Joseph reveals himself to his brethren - Genesis 45. circa 1690

Miss Evelyn Millard in The Adventure of Lady Ursula
The Adventure of Lady Ursula by Anthony Hope. First produced at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London, on 11 October 1898, revival at the Garrick Theatre 5 January 1909

Brochure page, Oldsmobile Six and Eight accessories
Brochure page, Oldsmobile Six and Eight specially designed accessories -- radios, heaters, defroster, clock, seat covers, identity initials, wheel trim rings and discs. Date: 1930s

WW2 poster, Carry Your Identity Card Always, issued by Ministry of Health, printed for HMSO. Date: circa 1942

Little girl in a bonnet on a Valentine card -- the bonnet tips back to reveal her face. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Studio photograph of an Australian VAD patient
Studio photograph of an Australian Sergeant. He is sitting on a small table against a backdrop of a curtained window. His hat is beside him on the table

Boer War Reporters
BOER WAR : War correspondent Villiers is mistaken for a Boer and shot at by British soldiers before he can establish his identity : luckily their aim is poor Date: 1900

Sherlock Holmes / Shadow
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES The shadow of Sherlock Holmes - Watson learns the identity of the Man on the Moor. Date: First published: 1901-2

Union Flag of Great Britain
The Union Flag, the national flag of the United Kingdom, also known as the Union Jack, combining the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick, flying on a flagpole somewhere in Cornwall

Saint Pirans Flag, Cornwall
Saint Pirans Flag, adopted as the Standard of Cornwall in the 19th century, a white cross on a black background. St Piran was a 6th-century Cornish abbot. Date: circa 1980s

Group of young people at a rock and roll convention in Cornwall, wearing 1950s style costume. Date: 1985

Cartoon, The paper crisis, WW1
Cartoon, The paper crisis. A French officer on horseback asks a civilian why he has no papers (identity documents). The civilian replies that the newspapers are short of paper too! Date: 1916

Cartoon, Let them pass, WW1
Cartoon, Let them pass. Two French gendarmes in army uniform decide that these two ladies can be allowed through -- they can t possibly be German, as they are pretty and have delicate little feet

Cartoon, Uneasiness, WW1
Cartoon, Uneasiness, showing a naturalised German couple living in France. The man reads his newspaper, looking for reassurance, while his wife asks what is wrong. Date: 1915

Cartoon, The best evidence, WW1
Cartoon, The best evidence, showing a French couple challenging a German man (living in France but near the German border)

Mongrel puppy in a state of shock, having discovered that he is not a bloodhound after all. Its a difficult world for little dogs! Date: 1914

Mongrel puppy identified by the vet -- he is a mongrel who has already reached his full size. Date: 1914

Mongrel puppy looking in a mirror, convincing himself he is a bloodhound. Date: 1914

WW2 greetings card, policeman, boy and dog
WW2 greetings card, policeman asking a little boy for his identity card. Date: circa 1942

Inscription Rock
Insscription left by R. H. Orton, Captain in 1st Us Cavalry, 1866 Adjutant General of California after the Civil War. Inscription Rock near El Morro, New Mexico

A Distinguished Visitor by Will Owen
Sentry: Who goes there? His Reverence: Army chaplain Sentry: Pass, Charlie Chaplin A case of mistaken identity in an army camp

Terrors of the Terrier, Territorial Army cartoon, WW1
The Short-Sighted Matron - (to Territorial on guard at a railway station): Now, don t stand there like a stuffed image, porter! Come and label this luggage

People at a rock and roll convention, in 1950s style costume. 1985

Gathering of rock and roll fans

Gifts for soldiers from J. C. Vickery, WW1
Advertisement for J. C. Vickery, Their Majesties Jewellers, with two suggestions out of their various novelties and comforts for men on active service - a weatherproof match box

The hoax Captain of K�ick
The sham Captain of K� ick and his triumph of genius. 1. the sham captain signing the receipt for the municipal money; 2

Judgment on the Captain of K�ick
Judgment on the bogus Captain of K� ick, Wilhelm Voigt. The tables turned: D Langerhaus, Burgomaster of Koepenick

Paris Exposition of 1900 and inset portrait of Marianne
Paris Exposition (Exposition) of 1900 - The Monumental Gate (La Porte Monumentale) and an inset portrait of Marianne Date: circa 1901

Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification
Completely bizarre conversation between two cabbies concerning identification - at least the participants seem to understand one another. Overheard on a Cab Rank

Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish woman
Mistaken identity - " Good Morning Mis Voss!" " My name is not Voss. It never Voss and it never vill be!". Date: 1900

The Fight Interrupted - by Mulready
The Fight Interrupted - a schoolmaster breaks up a playground scrap between two boys, although he has seized the wrong culprit! Reproduction of a painting by William Mulready. Date: 1816

Jesus reveals his identity to the Samaritan Woman at the well circa 19th century

A family picture for the million 1880. Date c1880

Ridiculous Scottish Comic Postcard
A quite utterly ridiculous Scottish Comic Postcard, where a couple are hoodwinked into believing that the actions of a (not very) nearby donkey are actually the amorous advances of their partner

Benjamin Franklins Experiment, flying a kite in a storm, demonstrating the identity of Lightning and Electricity, from which he invented the Lightning Rod. Date: June 1752

Taking Baby Footprints
Taking a babys footprints. Date: early 1930s

The Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland
The Wallace Monument, on the summit of Abbey Craig, Stirling, Scotland - designed by architect John Thomas Rochead. Date: circa 1920s

Grace - A cross-dresser
Cross-dressing: the wearing of clothing and other accoutrement commonly associated with a gender within a particular society that is seen as different than the one usually presented by the dresser

Hunting Ostrich
OSTRICH HUNTING African bushmen hunt ostriches by disguising themselves as their prey, which enables them to approach without revealing their identity Date: 1899

Emigrants WWII
During World war II, representatives of the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief (in armbands) went through the identity papers and lists of emigrants

Chart Room key of Titanic lamp trimmer
The Chart Room key and brass identity tag of Samuel Hemming, a lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic. Hemming was saved from the sea by Lifeboat no.4 and had this key and others in his pocket

Man in the Iron Mask
The identity of the man in the iron mask has never been satisfactorily established : his mask was almost certainly of black velvet, not iron

Bumper Stickers Boston
A Boston motorist asserts his identity

Masquerade Party
Woman in a blue dress drops her mask to reveal her identity

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