Proof Collection (page 3)

Special fraud-proof double cage sance table
Undated double photograph on one card of special fraud-proof double cage sance table for testing telekinesis, showing inner cage raised and trap door open, and inner cage raised and trap door closed

Madame Giradelli, The Celebrated Fire-Proof Femal
Undated illustration of Madame Giradelli, " The Celebrated Fire-Proof Female", with one hand in the brazier and foot on a slab of red-hot iron. HPG/8/2/1 (xxv)"

Printing Machine Operator checks a proof
A printing machine operator checks proofs, as they leave the press. A fine study in concentration. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Croc(k)ed! by William Heath Robinson
Pictorial proof that - an Englishman never knows when he is eaten. A man waving his trousers for help from inside a crocodile which has eaten him

French soldiers 1914
Underground with a gramaphone, white table-cover and flowers: French soldiers in a home like bomb proof trench

An exceptionally large splinter-proof shelter: A feature of modren entrenchments, as seen near Antwerp

Napoleon and Peace
English satire on Napoleons foreign policy - depicting him making up to Peace, with his international exhibition as proof of his good intentions

Hunting Tweeds
A sportsman in tweed suit, high leather boots with elasticated, water-proof spatterdashes and a tweed helmet hat

The Pretty Pastry Cook
She is captioned The Pretty Pastry Cook but the proof of her pies will be in the eating. (note an early example of a tradesperson using a paper bag.)

Lithographer Reads Proof
A lithographer checks a proof just off the machine

St Thomas / Larvik Church
SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE One of the twelve apostles - the one who doubted until given physical proof

Country Clothes 1927
Fernie Hunt horse show, Market Harborough: Lord Stallbridge, Master of Hounds (left) & friend wear bowler hats, gaiters & water-proof coats

Girls Sews Doll / Singer
A young lady carries out running repairs on her dolls clothes, without needing to take them off - proof of the versatility of the Singer 66 K6 electric table model

J M Hoene-Wronski
J M HOENE-WRONSKI Polish/French scientist and mystic who found a mathematical proof of the Absolute

Heroes Rise from Ganges
The heroes slain in battle rise again from the river GANGES, proof if proof were needed of the magical power of the life-giving river, personified as goddess Ganga

Flame-Resistant Clothing
Mefisto flame-resisting clothing introduced by Merryweathers in the late 1920s, allowing firemen to enter a burning area and continue to work

American Raincoat 1907
American water-proof overcoat or raincoat with fly-front, cuffs & pocket flaps worn with jodhpurs, riding boots with spurs, wing collar & tie & a bowler or derby hat

Mona Lisa in 1929
There she is, the painting you ve come to see ! Roped off from sticky fingers, but not yet protected by bullet-proof glass from thieves and vandals

Caxton & Printing Office
William Caxton reads a proof sheet from his printing press

Chinese Relig. Beggars
Beggars, jugglers and suchlike charlatans - some mounted on tame tigers as proof of their qualities - solicit funding from passers-by in the name of religion

Oldsmobile Advert
Oldsmobiles quiet performance is proof of its modern design - including counter-weighted crankshaft and full pressure lubrication to all reciprocating parts

Stone from a Siege
Abraham de Favert, engineer with the French army, brings back to his commander a chunk of the walls of Landrecie as proof that he has succeeded in breaching them

Printing, 16th Century
A printing office showing the compositor, the printers and the proof-reader at work

Paranormal / Astrology
An astrologer holds up a celestial sphere as proof of his claims, but the monk refutes him from the Holy Book

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