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Emma Hardinge Britten with Beethovens GhostFrom: Photographing the Invisible: practical studies in supernormal photography, script and other allied phenomena, James Coates, Fowler, 1921
Modern children of Japan - school classroom sceneModern children of Japan - the little girl has just chalked her name in Katakana - the simplest form of Japanese writing (which reads downwards). Date: 1932
WW2 Christmas card, Winston Churchill at the microphone, making a radio broadcast. Date: circa 1942
San SebastiᮮFestival 2009. Ana KokkinosSPAIN. Donostia. Australian director Ana Kokkinos recieves the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festivals award to the best script, por her film Blessed. September 26, 2009
The Knitting Club Meets - WW1 American knitting playFront cover of a short play, The Knitting Club Meets in which a group of American women knit comforts for the troops during the First World War. Date: c.1917
Suffragette Votes for Women PlateA white earthenware tea plate with the words Votes for Women in royal blue script around the rim. Stamped on the base, John Maddocks & Sons, England. Date: circa 1908
Marco Cassiodoro de Reina (Marcus Cassiodorus Reinius) of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The son of Casiodoro de Reina (or de Reyna)
British propaganda leaflet - AP No. 56, Serial No. 12816 - What are you doing in Lithuania Approximately 600 words in German script - translation available. Commemorative Art
Cigarette box with Bedfordshire Regiment badge, WW1Cigarette box carved with the badge of the Bedfordshire Regiment, probably 5th Battalion/161st Brigade/54th East Anglian Division. With Arabic script translated as Imprisonment memories, dated 12.24
Portrait of Edith Cavell. WW1Portrait of Edith Cavell - Make Her Cause Of Mercy Your Own. By Eleanor M. Ross. The original drawing was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1917
Mounet-Sully - French ActorMounet-Sully (18411916) - French actor. Born Jean-Sully Mounet, Mounet-Sully was his stage name. Date: 1910
Valentine Rene HauyVALENTIN HAUY French educator, inventor of a script for the blind, with behind him his brother Rene Just Hauy, mineralogist. Date: 1745 - 1822
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Busy street scene Date: circa 1910s
Ottoman Map of Syrian Date: circa 1910s
The Pyramids of Giza - Cairo, Egypt - inset Arabic ScriptThe Pyramids of Giza - Cairo, Egypt - inset box with Arabic Script. Date: circa 1904
China - Shanghai - Chinese Burial Chair Date: circa 1950s
China - Shanghai - Street scene - busy shops Date: circa 1910s
Serbia - Belgrade - Souvenir Postcard pack - Palace AlbanijaSerbia - Belgrade - Souvenir Postcard pack (cover) - featuring Palace Albanija, a high-rise building in Belgrade, Serbia. Opened in 1940
25th Anniversary of ascension as Sultan of Abdul Hamid IIPostcard commemorating the 25th anniversary of the ascension to the throne of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (18421918), the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who became ruler in 1876
Thessaloniki, Greece - Yadighiari-Terekki SchoolThessaloniki, Greece - Yadighiari-Terekki (Yadigar i Terakki) School, founded in 1904. Date: circa 1904
Opium Smoking in China Date: circa 1901
Eid Greetings Card - Indian. Eid, means " festival" or " holiday" in Arabic, and can refer to a number of Muslim holidays
Algeria - Decorated fountain at a mosque Date: circa 1909
Sultan Mustafa IV - ruler of the Ottoman TurksMustafa IV (1779-1808) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808. Date: circa 1808
Sultan Selim III - ruler of the Ottoman TurksSelim III (17611808) - the reform-minded Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Date: circa 1805
Sultan Mustafa III - ruler of the Ottoman TurksMustafa III (1717-1774) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. Date: circa 1770
Sultan Suleiman II - ruler of the Ottoman TurksSuleiman II (1642-1691) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691. Date: circa 1680
Sultan Ahmed I - ruler of the Ottoman TurksAhmed I (1590-1617) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his death in 1617. Date: circa 1600
Istanbul, Turkey - View across Golden Horn toward Ayasofya, the Railway Station and the Sublime Port. Date: 1900
Istanbul, Turkey - Entrance of the Tomb of Eyub Sultan Date: 1927
Istanbul - Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet I Mosque)Istanbul, turkey - Interior view of The Sultan Ahmet I Mosque - The Blue Mosque. The Mosque has six minarets. Completed in 1616 - architect Mehmet Aga
Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, TurkeyThe name Ciragan comes from the word " cerag" which means torch in Persian. The area in which the Palace is located was called Ceragan because of the famous Ottoman parties which were held
Example of Kufic writing - Aleppo, Syria. Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. Date: circa 1920s
Harbin, ChinaHarbin - the largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. Lots of connections to Russia (hence cyrillic text on the Sale poster on the side of this bus)
Aleppo - Syria - Carving above the entranceAleppo - Syria - Beautiful carving of serpents and arabic script above the second gate of the Citadel. Date: circa 1908
Blue Mosque at Tabriz, IranThe massive ruined gateway entrance to the Blue Mosque at Tabriz, Iran Date: circa 1910s
Mikado and VictoriaThe Mikado depicted with Queen Victoria. Perhaps the script would tell us more ? Date: early 20th century
The Restoration of the ConstitutionA patriotic postcard celebrating the Constitution of July 1908. Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (1 / 9)Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people (1/9). Date: 1923
Skopje, Macedonia - View of the River Vardar Date: circa 1910s
Ottoman Tombstone - Fatih Mosque, Istanbul Date: circa 1930
Writing engraved on wall in Marrakech, Morocco
Mediumship / MullerA Martian script received by Catherine Muller (ka Helene Smith ) in seance at Geneva; it consists of a letter to her Martian friend Astane Date: 3 October 1898
Fantasy Postcard on Turkish EmpireFantasy postcard by Raphael Tuck featuring aspects of Turkish art, script and produce Date: circa 1906
Ottoman map of Cyprus
Greek New Years CardAn interesting Greek New Years card, featuring two young Dutch girls, with Greek script
Water Seller - LibyaA water seller providing a drink to a seated lad outside a Mosque - Libya
Hotel Tokatlian in Pera (another property owned by this Armenian Hotelier was in Therapia), Constantinople, Turkey