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Journal / Giant AlienGIANTS FROM THE UNKNOWN Flying Saucers have been associated with giant figures such as Bigfoot, while other reports suggest the aliens themselves are very tall
Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beefMarket Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT: " English beef was in fine condition." This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange)
Policeman and Call BoxA police officer on the beat south of Pall Mall, central London, reports back to the station using a police call box
Rosita ForbesJoan Rosita Forbes (1890-1967) British traveller and writer. Forbes travelled extensively in the Middle East during 1921, often incognito
St Elmos Fire / MaltaThe French Admiral Forbin, off Malta, reports St Elmos fire at every extremity of his rigging Date: circa 1700
The Wreck of the Titanic by Lawrence Beesley - SphereA page from the Sphere with a full report of the sinking of the Titanic by a survivor, Mr Lawrence Beesley, a science master at Dulwich College since 1904. Date: 1912
Strong Cheese repels diner and waiterOne of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Cheese: " Supply much stronger, but very little demand." This commodities phrasiology is illustrated by a waiter struggling to cope
Olive Malvery serving in a sweet shopIn the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women
Market Reports Illustrated - Unexpected fruit supply clearedMarket Reports Illustrated - Fruit, an unexpected supply was rapidly cleared! A fallen basket of apples is swiftly cleared up by lucky pedestrians! Date: circa 1905
Asking two Vaquero riders for the news, ArgentinaA farmer in a remote part of Argentina, asks two Vaqueros (cowboys) for news. Date: circa 1910s
Market Reports - Commodity MarketMarket Reports - A Fall in Copper created some excitement! 1903
Izvestia DistributedCopies of the Moscow newspaper Izvestia (it means messages or reports) are distributed to soldiers of the Red Army. Fortunately, many of them can read
R. A. F. Servicemen And WomenThese illustrations portray British Royal Air Force servicemen and women in various scenes, including enjoying a meal and receiving reports and orders. Date: 1941
McMichael Radio used to receive weather reportsDemonstrating the McMichael Radio, used to receive weather reports at 23, 000 feet on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933
SACRIFICE IN PANAMAFrancesco Fernandez reports a massive temple and human sacrifice in Panama or Nicaragua. Date: circa 1514
Market Reports Illustrated - Tobacco"Market Reports Illustrated - " Tobacco - There was a sudden downward tendency!" A school Master spies three naughty boys grabbing a crafty smoke outside the school wall
Schirmer AbductionAt Ashland, Nebraska, police patrolman Herbert Schirmer encounters a UFO while on duty, later reports 20 minutes of missing time
W. S. P. U Handbill Mrs. Pankhurst ArrestedW.S.P.U Handbill Mrs. Pankhurst Arrested. Handbill, given out at an unnamed theatre, reports on Mrs. Pankhursts re-arrest on her arrival from America
Mumbo JumboExplorer Mungo Park reports the honour given by natives of Senegal/Nigeria to MUMBO- JUMBO, an idol to whom even the king must pay reverence, as shown here. Date: 18th century
Edward J RuppeltRuppelt took over the U.S.Air Force monitoring of flying saucer reports, under the code-name Blue Book. He died in 1960
Ufos / Muscarello / ExeterAt Exeter, New Hampshire, Norman Muscarello reports sighting of UFO to police, who also observe it
Ethel Smyth Composer and SuffragetteAn early portrait photograph of Ethel Smyth taken in New York when she attended the first U.S performance of her opera, Der Wald at the Metropolitan Opera House
Germans / Forest 1940German officers dictating reports in the forest of Campiegne, France Date: 21 June 1940
WW1 - A Saving GraceWW1 - An illustration personifying Britain as Little John Bull and Big John Bull. John Bull in his living room reading newspaper articles by Percy Scott and books by John Jellicoe
How staff are informed of movements at the Front by MataniaA scene in a stately French chateau. From the roar and the excitement of the trenches to the peaceful calm of a French chateau - a despatch rider at British headquarters with reports from
Antiochus III and a counselor receiving reports of the war against the Romans (Roman Syrian War of 192-188 BC). Illustration belonging to the manuscript From the creation of the world to the conquest
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett writing a despatch, Dardanelles, WW1Ellis Ashmead-Barlett (1881-1931), British war correspondent, pictured at his typewriter resting on ammunition boxes after the landing at Anafarta, writing a despatch
Market Reports - Chinese SteadyMarket Reports postcard - Chinese (market) Steady. A Chinese beauty poses for a photograph, maintaining a static pose for as long as possible to allow for the length of exposure required by
Market Reports illustrated - Game - Supply Strong. A Fair clearance was effected! A Butcher scares away his customers (a rather well-heeled family)
Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the Boer WarA Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the front (during the Second Anglo-Boer War). Date: 1900
Market Reports Illustrated - Hares - Moderate SupplyMarket Reports Illustrated - " Hares - Only a very moderate supply!" A barber ponders the task ahead (get it?) as he is faced with an elderly gentleman who happen to be rather follicularly
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
Market Reports Series - Miniature Fish for BreakfastOne of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Fish: There was a poor supply this morning. A gentleman baulks at the miniature nature of his breakfast kipper
Market Reports Series - Sugar in Good DemandOne of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Sugar was in good demand! Two toddlers reach out from their high chairs in vain toward the sugar bowl
Weather Reports Illustrated - A Gael BlowingWeather Reports Illustrated postcard series. A Gael Blowing. A large Scotsman strolls along a very windy country lane, blowing hard on his bagpipes. Date: 1903
Weather Reports - Glass Falling - Storms Expected! A careless waiter with poor tray technique allows a glass of liquor to fall down the front of a smart gentlemans waistcoat
Titanic - Report and Timeline in the SpherePage from the Sphere with comments, reports and anecdotes relating to the sinking of the Titanic together with a timeline listing the events that eventually led the ship to sink
Titanic - Craving News at White Star officesPage from the Illustrated London News showing inquirers at the White Star Line offices in Cockspur Street (top image) and Leadenhall Street (bottom image)
Politician pelted with rotten eggsA Politician (Juggins) is pelted with rotten eggs at a hustings. A clever play on words on this postcard from the Market Reports series
Village Vicar not tempted with the offer of a pint of mildThe Vicar is not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild from a village Yokel. A card from the Weather Reports series, entitled " Genial and Mild". Date: 1907
British pilots near Albert, northern France, WW1British pilots of No. 15 Squadron handing in reports after flying over enemy lines, near Albert, northern France, during the First World War
Metropolitan Police Specimen Reports bookA Metropolitan Police instruction book: Specimen Reports: A Guide for Police in Reporting Accidents, Collisions, Etc. How to Report a Case for Summons
Olive Malvery as street singerIn the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women
Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee houseIn the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women
Olive Malvery selling fruitIn the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports on Londons poor, especially women
Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet musicA selection of news reports, magazines and sheet music relating to the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912. It includes a copy of The Times newspaper, a twelve-page supplement of The Sphere
What War has becomeCartoon by A. Forestier showing a German soldier carrying a burning-oil distributor on his back and wearing respiratory apparatus
The Kaiser receiving reports of German troopsA photograph showing Kaiser Wilhelm II receiving reports from his generals about the disposition of the German troops during the Second Battle of Ypres
Newspaper boys with the latest on the Prince of Wales illneThe latest accounts of the Prince of Wales illness. The Prince of Wales was residing at Sandringham House during his long illness while daily reports were released of his condition
Louis and Conde 2Le Grand Conde reports to Louis XIV at Versailles his victory over the prince of Orange at Seneffe, though actually it was more of a draw with neither side the winner
Louis and CondeLe Grand Conde reports to Louis XIV at Versailles his victory over the prince of Orange at Seneffe, though actually it was more of a draw with neither side the winner
St Elmos Fire / ColumbusChristopher Columbus reports that, during his second voyage, Saint Elmos Fire appeared at the top of his masts, to the alarm of his crew
Polar Bear (Bewick)Ursus albus : Bewick reports that they can be up to 13 feet (4m) long. It seems to like cold climates - these inhospitable regions seem adapted to its sullen nature
St Elmos Fire / SpearsJulius Caesar reports that his soldiers, during a campaign in North Africa, were alarmed when the tips of their spears began to glow after a storm
Gosse Serpent TheoryNaturalist Philip Henry Gosse suggests that the reports of sea serpents could relate to an Enaliosaur, a supposedly extinct sea creature
Headless GhostsHEADLESS GHOSTS The German scholar Camerarius reports a vision of a procession of ghosts carrying their own heads
