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Background imageReports Collection: Journal / Giant Alien

Journal / Giant Alien
GIANTS FROM THE UNKNOWN Flying Saucers have been associated with giant figures such as Bigfoot, while other reports suggest the aliens themselves are very tall

Background imageReports Collection: Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef
Market Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT: " English beef was in fine condition." This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange)

Background imageReports Collection: Policeman and Call Box

Policeman and Call Box
A police officer on the beat south of Pall Mall, central London, reports back to the station using a police call box

Background imageReports Collection: Rosita Forbes

Rosita Forbes
Joan Rosita Forbes (1890-1967) British traveller and writer. Forbes travelled extensively in the Middle East during 1921, often incognito

Background imageReports Collection: Strong Cheese repels diner and waiter

Strong Cheese repels diner and waiter
One 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

Background imageReports Collection: St Elmos Fire / Malta

St Elmos Fire / Malta
The French Admiral Forbin, off Malta, reports St Elmos fire at every extremity of his rigging Date: circa 1700

Background imageReports Collection: Market Reports Illustrated - Unexpected fruit supply cleared

Market Reports Illustrated - Unexpected fruit supply cleared
Market Reports Illustrated - Fruit, an unexpected supply was rapidly cleared! A fallen basket of apples is swiftly cleared up by lucky pedestrians! Date: circa 1905

Background imageReports Collection: The Wreck of the Titanic by Lawrence Beesley - Sphere

The Wreck of the Titanic by Lawrence Beesley - Sphere
A 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

Background imageReports Collection: Asking two Vaquero riders for the news, Argentina

Asking two Vaquero riders for the news, Argentina
A farmer in a remote part of Argentina, asks two Vaqueros (cowboys) for news. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageReports Collection: Market Reports - Commodity Market

Market Reports - Commodity Market
Market Reports - A Fall in Copper created some excitement! 1903

Background imageReports Collection: Olive Malvery serving in a sweet shop

Olive Malvery serving in a sweet shop
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Background imageReports Collection: Izvestia Distributed

Izvestia Distributed
Copies of the Moscow newspaper Izvestia (it means messages or reports) are distributed to soldiers of the Red Army. Fortunately, many of them can read

Background imageReports Collection: R. A. F. Servicemen And Women

R. A. F. Servicemen And Women
These illustrations portray British Royal Air Force servicemen and women in various scenes, including enjoying a meal and receiving reports and orders. Date: 1941

Background imageReports Collection: McMichael Radio used to receive weather reports

McMichael Radio used to receive weather reports
Demonstrating the McMichael Radio, used to receive weather reports at 23, 000 feet on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933

Background imageReports Collection: SACRIFICE IN PANAMA

SACRIFICE IN PANAMA
Francesco Fernandez reports a massive temple and human sacrifice in Panama or Nicaragua. Date: circa 1514

Background imageReports Collection: Market Reports Illustrated - Tobacco'

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

Background imageReports Collection: Schirmer Abduction

Schirmer Abduction
At Ashland, Nebraska, police patrolman Herbert Schirmer encounters a UFO while on duty, later reports 20 minutes of missing time

Background imageReports Collection: W. S. P. U Handbill Mrs. Pankhurst Arrested

W. S. P. U Handbill Mrs. Pankhurst Arrested
W.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

Background imageReports Collection: Mumbo Jumbo

Mumbo Jumbo
Explorer 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

Background imageReports Collection: Edward J Ruppelt

Edward J Ruppelt
Ruppelt took over the U.S.Air Force monitoring of flying saucer reports, under the code-name Blue Book. He died in 1960

Background imageReports Collection: Ufos / Muscarello / Exeter

Ufos / Muscarello / Exeter
At Exeter, New Hampshire, Norman Muscarello reports sighting of UFO to police, who also observe it

Background imageReports Collection: Ethel Smyth Composer and Suffragette

Ethel Smyth Composer and Suffragette
An 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

Background imageReports Collection: Germans / Forest 1940

Germans / Forest 1940
German officers dictating reports in the forest of Campiegne, France Date: 21 June 1940

Background imageReports Collection: WW1 - A Saving Grace

WW1 - A Saving Grace
WW1 - 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

Background imageReports Collection: How staff are informed of movements at the Front by Matania

How staff are informed of movements at the Front by Matania
A 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

Background imageReports Collection: Antiochus III and a counselor receiving reports

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

Background imageReports Collection: Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett writing a despatch, Dardanelles, WW1

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett writing a despatch, Dardanelles, WW1
Ellis Ashmead-Barlett (1881-1931), British war correspondent, pictured at his typewriter resting on ammunition boxes after the landing at Anafarta, writing a despatch

Background imageReports Collection: Market Reports - Chinese Steady

Market Reports - Chinese Steady
Market 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

Background imageReports Collection: Market Reports illustrated - Game - Supply Strong

Market Reports illustrated - Game - Supply Strong. A Fair clearance was effected! A Butcher scares away his customers (a rather well-heeled family)

Background imageReports Collection: Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the Boer War

Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the Boer War
A Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the front (during the Second Anglo-Boer War). Date: 1900

Background imageReports Collection: Market Reports Illustrated - Hares - Moderate Supply

Market Reports Illustrated - Hares - Moderate Supply
Market 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

Background imageReports Collection: Andes Aircrash

Andes Aircrash
Investigation 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

Background imageReports Collection: Market Reports Series - Miniature Fish for Breakfast

Market Reports Series - Miniature Fish for Breakfast
One 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

Background imageReports Collection: Market Reports Series - Sugar in Good Demand

Market Reports Series - Sugar in Good Demand
One 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

Background imageReports Collection: Weather Reports Illustrated - A Gael Blowing

Weather Reports Illustrated - A Gael Blowing
Weather Reports Illustrated postcard series. A Gael Blowing. A large Scotsman strolls along a very windy country lane, blowing hard on his bagpipes. Date: 1903

Background imageReports Collection: Weather Reports - Glass Falling - Storms Expected

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

Background imageReports Collection: Titanic - Report and Timeline in the Sphere

Titanic - Report and Timeline in the Sphere
Page 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

Background imageReports Collection: Titanic - Craving News at White Star offices

Titanic - Craving News at White Star offices
Page from the Illustrated London News showing inquirers at the White Star Line offices in Cockspur Street (top image) and Leadenhall Street (bottom image)

Background imageReports Collection: Politician pelted with rotten eggs

Politician pelted with rotten eggs
A Politician (Juggins) is pelted with rotten eggs at a hustings. A clever play on words on this postcard from the Market Reports series

Background imageReports Collection: Village Vicar not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild

Village Vicar not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild
The 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

Background imageReports Collection: British pilots near Albert, northern France, WW1

British pilots near Albert, northern France, WW1
British pilots of No. 15 Squadron handing in reports after flying over enemy lines, near Albert, northern France, during the First World War

Background imageReports Collection: Metropolitan Police Specimen Reports book

Metropolitan Police Specimen Reports book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Specimen Reports: A Guide for Police in Reporting Accidents, Collisions, Etc. How to Report a Case for Summons

Background imageReports Collection: Olive Malvery as street singer

Olive Malvery as street singer
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Background imageReports Collection: Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house

Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Background imageReports Collection: Olive Malvery selling fruit

Olive Malvery selling fruit
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports on Londons poor, especially women

Background imageReports Collection: Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music

Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music
A 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

Background imageReports Collection: What War has become

What War has become
Cartoon by A. Forestier showing a German soldier carrying a burning-oil distributor on his back and wearing respiratory apparatus

Background imageReports Collection: The Kaiser receiving reports of German troops

The Kaiser receiving reports of German troops
A photograph showing Kaiser Wilhelm II receiving reports from his generals about the disposition of the German troops during the Second Battle of Ypres



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