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Sherlock Holmes / ClueTHE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE Holmes finds a clue. Date: First published: 1904
UFO investigation group at work in an officeAn American UFO investigation group at work in an office. Files are consulted, locations plotted, and a field investigator writes up his notes. Date: 1950s
FERMI, Enrico (1901-1954). Italian physicist, Nobel laureate in 1938. Oil
SCHLIEMANN, Heinrich (1822-1890). German archaeologist. Discoverer of the ruins of Troy. Engraving
Train derailment, Borough Market, London SE1Train derailment at Borough Market, near London Bridge, SE1, on 12 August 1958, showing the three sections of the train taken from the London Bridge end of the track. Date: 1958
Colin Brookes-Smith table tilting researchColin Brookes-Smiths table designed for the detection of UMA (unconscious muscular action) in table tilting. The table surface has been removed to reveal the mechanisms underneath
Russian Cavalry Reconnaissance, 1904Soldiers embarking upon a Russian cavalry reconnaissance during the Russo-Japanese War, (8 February 1904 5 September 1905). Date: 1904
GLC-LFB Fire investigation evidence photographThe aftermath of a fatal fire at 10 The Glebe, Blackheath, SE London, showing the corridor and smoke damage to the walls. Date: 1975
Johann WierJOHANN WIER German physician, notable for his investigation of cases of supposed demonic possession, which he ascribed to sickness rather than the devils work. Date: 1515 - 1588
Aptenodytes forsteri, Emperor penguin eggsEggs of Aptenodytes forsteri (Emperor penguin) brought back from Apsley Cherry-Garrards 1911 Antarctic expedition. The holes were made to allow investigation of the embryos
Acipenser sp. sturgeonAn eight foot long sturgeon, caught off the coast of Wales, June 2004. It was once the subject of a police investigation, but was eventually donated to the Natural History Museum, London
Army biscuit enquiry, 1920sTroops in South Africa and Mauritius found that biscuits sent out had been infested with moths, and become inedible. John Hartley Durrant of the Zoology Department was asked to investigate
Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich (1849-1936). Russian physiologist, Nobel Prize in 1904
Joaquin Sorolla. The Investigation or Doctor Simarro at his Laboratory. Oil on canvas
LFDCA-LFB Fire investigation unit at a hotel fireThe fire investigation unit would attend both large and small fires. Its specially trained crew would seek to determine the cause of a fire wherever possible
GLC-LFB Fire investigation evidence photographA photograph taken to record the seat of a fire within a SW London kitchen. The pattern of burning and scorching on the wall points to the burnt debris on the kitchen table, adjacent to the gas cooker
LCC-LFB - Fire investigation, suspected arson fireThe LFB would gather photographic evidence, wherever possible, as to the probable cause of fire where arson was suspected or proven
LCC-LFB Fire investigation, prevention after a fireAn electrical board was the primary cause of a fire in a branch of Barclays Bank in Gracechurch Street, City of London. Showing the affected electrical board
LCC-LFB Defective paraffin heater, fire investigationA photograph taken for evidence of a paraffin heater which started a fire due to a defective ON/OFF control knob that could not be switched off
Andes AircrashInvestigation into the crash of G-AGWH, a BSa Avro 691 Lancastrian 3 plane in the Andes on Tupungato Mountain, Argentina, killing 11 people in 1947 Date: 2nd August 1947
During the investigation. Illustration shows Mr. and Mrs. Newrich and their daughter consulting with a man who is using Burkes Peerage to trace the lineage of a prospective son-in-law
Two Metropolitan police officers with dogs in a woodTwo Metropolitan police officers with their dogs, one an Alsatian, near a lake in a wood. Either a training exercise or part of an investigation. Date: circa 1960s
Two Metropolitan police officers with van and dogsTwo Metropolitan police officers with their van and two Alsatian dogs, arriving at a building for an investigation. Date: circa 1960s
Diving Bell (Card)A twentieth century bell used for underwater repair work and investigation. Date: 1915
Metropolitan Police scientific investigatorA Metropolitan Police scientific investigator examining evidence from a crime scene
Policeman at a building society premisesA policeman at a London branch of the Halifax Building Society, making notes in his notebook
Metropolitan Police fingerprint databaseA man sits at a monitor to look at fingerprints on the Metropolitan Police database
Metropolitan Police investigation equipment, set out on the ground at the back of a green van
Metropolitan Police forensic investigatorsTwo Metropolitan Police forensic investigators gathering evidence at a crime scene
Policemen on a stake-outNon-uniformed police officers and detectives on a stake-out sit in a large unmarked car, watching and waiting
Examining fraudulent financial documentation - cheques and credit cards are checked for authenticity by the Metropolitan Police force
Boys being winched up a mine shaft at Halifax, YorkshireTwo boys being winched up from a coal mine at Halifax, Yorkshire. The winch is extremely primitive with no safety features
Boy pushing coal wagon in mine at Halifax, YorkshireA boy with a belt and chain around his waist pushes a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire
Boy dragging coal wagon with belt and chain in mineA boy with a belt and chain around his waist drags a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire
Traffic Accident Investigation officers at workMet Police Traffic Accident Investigation officers measuring distances on the road to determine speed and braking distance
Double photograph of the test counterpoise tableUndated double photograph (ie, two copies of the same picture on one photograph) of the counterpoise table used in Rudi Schneider sances
Scottish medium Helen Duncan starting to emit ectoplasmPhotograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan starting to emit " ectoplasm" with " glove" during sance in Edinburgh whilst being controlled, May 1933. HPG/1/4/2(i)"
Harry Price and C. E. M. Joad lying in and investigating a sPhotograph of Harry Price and C. E. M. Joad lying in and investigating a sixteenth-century carved walnut bed, alleged to be haunted, at a private museum in Chiswick, 15 September 1932. HPG/1/12/2
Ectoplasm forming from Helen Duncans mouthUndated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (vi)
Undated photograph of Ethel Beenham with cheeseclothUndated photograph of Ethel Beenham with six feet of 30 inch wide cheesecloth in her mouth, showing how easily it can be rolled up and secreted in the mouth
Photograph of undervest, masquerading as the spirit PeggyPhotograph of undervest which, masquerading as the spirit Peggy, led to the Scottish medium Helen Duncans conviction for fraudulent mediumship at Edinburgh, 11 May 1933
Undated automatic photograph of a handkerchief leaving a table at a Rudi Schneider sance. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into the mediumistic abilities
A portion of the electrical device for controlling mediumsUndated photograph showing a portion of the electrical device devised and demonstrated by Harry Price, for controlling mediums
Photograph of the infra-red cage at the National LaboratorPhotograph of the infra-red " cage" at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, used during the Rudi Schneider experiments, 1932
Undated photograph showing ectoplasm formingUndated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (v)
Undated photograph of enlarged piece of teleplasmUndated photograph of enlarged piece of " teleplasm" consisting of ordinary paper, secured from Helen Duncan during a sance, with scale annotations
Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfoldedUndated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing " ectoplasm" and a " hand". The photograph is annotated to show fraudulence
Photograph of undervest, masquerading as the spirit PeggPhotograph of undervest which, masquerading as the spirit " Peggy", led to the Scottish medium Helen Duncans conviction for fraudulent mediumship at Edinburgh, 11 May 1933