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Background imageIncorrect Collection: NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2

NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2
How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it!

Background imageIncorrect Collection: The dangers of getting a personal tattoo

The dangers of getting a personal tattoo
" First of All, Mary, theres something awful I must get off my chest." The dangers of getting a personal tattoo - A dapper gent has to admit to a previous romantic liason to his new young

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Naughty Wives Exchanged

Naughty Wives Exchanged
NAUGHTY WIVES EXCHANGED A distressingly politically incorrect and nauseatingly chauvinist attitude to the wedded state

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Douglas AD-4W Skyraider - Skyraider AEW. 1 WT121 (WT983)

Douglas AD-4W Skyraider - Skyraider AEW. 1 WT121 (WT983)
Douglas AD-4W Skyraider / Skyraider AEW.1 WT121 (WT983) (msn 7427, ex USN 124121, WT983 never applied), of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, seen at an RNAS Yeovilton air display

Background imageIncorrect Collection: President William Howard Taft and Major Archibald Butt

President William Howard Taft and Major Archibald Butt, a presidential aide who died when the Titanic sank. Photo is pasted to heavy cardboard backing, with an incorrect notation on reverse. Pres

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Meteor shower orbit prediction

Meteor shower orbit prediction
The Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Temple??Tuttle, which are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years

Background imageIncorrect Collection: 27a CH-3C Jolly Green Giant - incorrect:- SH-3A Sea King

27a CH-3C Jolly Green Giant - incorrect:- SH-3A Sea King
Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King. This is one of the series of Graphics Training Aids (GTA) used by the United States Army to train their personnel to recognize friendly and hostile aircraft

Background imageIncorrect Collection: 27 CH-3C Jolly Green Giant - incorrect:- SH-3A Sea King

27 CH-3C Jolly Green Giant - incorrect:- SH-3A Sea King
Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King. This is one of the series of Graphics Training Aids (GTA) used by the United States Army to train their personnel to recognize friendly and hostile aircraft

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Agusta-Bell AB. 205A MM80441

Agusta-Bell AB. 205A MM80441
Aeronautica Militare - Agusta-Bell AB.205A MM80441 (msn 4007), on 20 June 1965 at the Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget Airport

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Comic postcard, Hotel guest and landlady - Seek and ye shall find Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest and landlady - Seek and ye shall find Date: 20th century

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Apology to Greek Orthodox priest alleged to have eaten wife

Apology to Greek Orthodox priest alleged to have eaten wife
An apology in The Graphic which had, in January 1928, run a story claiming that a Greek Orthodox priest had pickled and eaten his wife after she had fallen down some stairs and broken her neck

Background imageIncorrect Collection: COLOUR SUPPLEMENT

COLOUR SUPPLEMENT
A politically incorrect postcard - Day all looks fo me cause I se de Cullud Supplement. Date: early 20th century

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat

Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat. Not the best start in life health-wise... Quite bizarre. Date: 1904

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error

Small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error
Where are you going my pretty maid? - A small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error of choosing the wrong entrance to the public lavatories... Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Marco Barbarigo

Marco Barbarigo
MARCO BARBARIGO (ruled 1485 - 1486) Doge of Venice (The spelling on the engraving is incorrect) Date: circa 1480

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Cricket Fielding (wrong!)

Cricket Fielding (wrong!)
A fielder demonstrates the incorrect way of fielding to stop the ball as he should be using the long barrier method. Date: 1888

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Cricket the right and wrong way of batting

Cricket the right and wrong way of batting
A batsman demonstrate the correct way of batting; straight play and then the incorrect way; cross play Date: 1892

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Chinese woman carrying her wares to market

Chinese woman carrying her wares to market in two bags tied to the end of a yolk across her shoulders. Note the wonderful spelling mistake: " Happy New Year and Maxs" !! Date: 1910s

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Lodging House Keeper makes a slight descriptive error

Lodging House Keeper makes a slight descriptive error
Lodging-House Keeper (to professional lady) - " Which my usband, Miss, is one of the Virgins at the Cathedral!" Date: circa 1890s

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Furious Frenchman shouts at a Cheeky Englishman

Furious Frenchman shouts at a Cheeky Englishman
English as She is Spik. Furious Frenchman (to Arry, who has just knocked his hat off " for a lark" ) - " Sacre

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Well, Au Reservoir, Monsieur. - Engishman abroad

Well, Au Reservoir, Monsieur. - Engishman abroad
A Jocular Briton (leaving French Hotel) - " Well, Au Reservoir, Monsieur." Hotel Proprietor - " Tanks!!" Date: 1896

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish woman

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

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Egypt - Faux Tourist Card

Egypt - Faux Tourist Card - a fancifully staged group featuring an incorrectly-drawn Egyptian flag! Date: 1920s

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Bristol Pegasus IX

Bristol Pegasus IX powered RCAF Blackburn B-6 Shark III, 525, with incorrect rudder serial, on the compass-swinging base at Brough in November 1938. Date: 1938

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Addled Ads - Living in a HORSE

Addled Ads - Living in a HORSE
Addled Ads - WANTED: " AT ONCE. Man wanted to look after horse, to live in." 1905

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Elephants feet and trunk as furniture items

Elephants feet and trunk as furniture items displayed in the Mysore Court, Indian Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924 Date: 1924

Background imageIncorrect Collection: The Man Who Crept Into The Royal Enclosure In A Bowler, H. M

The Man Who Crept Into The Royal Enclosure In A Bowler, H. M
A humorous illustration showing a man in the incorrect dress getting a lot of disapproving glances. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Incorrect Signals

Incorrect Signals
An incorrect or delayed signal is as dangerous as none at all

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Noble Privileges

Noble Privileges
Coal-sellers and nobles alike give up their privileges and insignia, perceived as politically incorrect relics of the ancien regime

Background imageIncorrect Collection: FRENCHWOMAN 1789 - 2

FRENCHWOMAN 1789 - 2
A simple dress echoes the mood of the day as the Revolution breaks out and aristocratic luxury becomes politically incorrect

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Newport Tower

Newport Tower
Newports Old stone mill has been identitied by some as constructed by Norsemen in pre-Columban times : alas, this identification is almost certainly incorrect

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Weighing Ivory Tusks

Weighing Ivory Tusks
From jungle to dressing table. Weighing elephant tusks for making into brush handles, billiard balls and other beautiful objects for ladies dressing tables

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Falcon and Prey

Falcon and Prey
A falcon - almost certainly a kestrel, though the colours are incorrect - has captured a bird, apparently a canary

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Lunar Influences

Lunar Influences
The Influence of the Moon on the Heads of Women a 17th century caricature which manages to be both politically incorrect and scientifically doubtful

Background imageIncorrect Collection: Driving Licence

Driving Licence
Early driving licences (the spelling here is incorrect !) were issued by the County for a period of a year



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