Secret Collection

Felix Dzerzhinsky
FELIX DZERZHINSKY Polish/Russian agitator, banished to Siberia, exiled for part in 1905 rising, returned 1917, head of secret police (Cheka) etc

Lesbians Kiss 1908
Lesbian lovers steal a kiss

The Ladder of Fortune. Industry and Morality bring solid rewards. Idle schemes and speculations yield poverty and ruin. Date: 1875

Britains frogmen divers by G. H. Davis
Introducing Britains frog-men: diving wreckers who blasted open a path to the Normandy beaches. These underwater commandos worked off the D-Day beaches

Carrier Pigeon poster
Poster warning people of the dangers of shooting carrier pigeons who may be carrying life or death messages. Carrier pigeons, we are told, are a vital part of RAF

Initiation of a freemason
The initiation ceremony of a freemason (central detail); watercolour in the Musee du Grand Orient de France de la Franc-Maconnerie Europeene. Date: 19th Century

A Library Study of Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is seated at a desk for a library study of the surrealist artist as an author. At the time he was working on his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

HMS Habbakuk in section
Illustration showing a cross section of the top secret design for HMS Habbakuk a giant aircraft-carrier built of ice and wood pulp, which was proposed as a secret weapon in the Second World War

HMS Habbakuk with HMS Indefatigable, 1946
Illustration showing the top secret design for HMS Habbakuk (centre), a giant aircraft-carrier built of ice and wood pulp, which was proposed as a secret weapon in the Second World War

Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover, Martian City
THIA OF THE DRYLANDS (Harl Vincent) A secret service man from Earth navigates his ronsal along a street in a Martian city

Mary in Secret Garden
Mary explores the gardens of Misselthwaite Manor

Mr and Mrs Salvador Dali
The surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and his wife, Gala. At the time he was working on his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

Fishy! by W. Heath Robinson
The Poacher. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Fantastic Adventures - The Secret of Elenas Tomb
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1947, featuring the story The Secret of Elenas Tomb by Karl Tanzler von Cosel. A young woman in long white dress stands on a tomb with the inscription Elena

Super Constellation 145925 Project Magnet UFO Investigation
A very rare photograph of a modified Super Constellation 145925, fitted with highly sensistive magnetometers. The aircraft was part of the TOP SECRET Project Magnet - a UFO Investigation run by

Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving

WW2 - Secret Of The Scarlet Bomber
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Secret Of The Scarlet Bomber, written by Phillip Conde. The image portrays a wartime policeman writing notes

The Farce by William Barribal
A young red-headed woman seated in a box at the theatre, feigns interest in what her older male companion has to say while secretly enjoying a kiss on the hand from a young, handsome beau. Date: 1917

Invisible ink
Coded invisible ink message demonstrated by German spy Kurt H de Rysbach, 1915 Date: 1915

Elderly mans secret reading material
An elderly pipe smoking gent raises an eybrow as he reveals it is not the daily newspaper which is grasping his attention

Looting Secret Whiskey
In America, crowds loot a secret whiskey store of confiscated liquor

World War I spy drawing
What appears to be an innocent landscape drawing is in fact a plan of a harbour and its forts. The sketch has been made in accordance with a secret pictorial code known to the government in whose

Very Great Secret
A small girl whispers a very big secret to her conspiratorial grandmother

COLIN IN SECRET GARDEN
Colin recovers his health

Initiation / Secret Master
Initiation of a Secret Master

Moyamba, Sierra Leone, Madam Yoko, Chiefs, Colonial Officers
At Moyamba, the capital and largest city of Moyamba District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone ( Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate - British colonial administration) - D.C

Not a word to the boss - I m writing this to you! Date: 1954

Col David Sutherland - British Army and Intelligence Officer
Colonel David George Carr Sutherland CBE MC TD DL (1920-2006) - British Army officer, intelligence officer (1939-1977) and military author

China Clay - The Secret. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Ufos / Holloman
UFO photographed near Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; never satisfactorily explained but a secret military device seems a possibility

Tarzan's Secret Treasure cinema projection slide 1941

Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan's Secret Treasure movie advertisement

WW2 - The Girls Of Today, Careless Talk
A WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. Hush Hush! Said the typist, I work on a secret Government task. Unseen and unheard these office girls show by keeping it dark

The Secret Of Romserstrand
A front cover illustration for a WW2 children's story book, The Secret Of Romserstrand, written by Erroll Collins. The image shows some German tanks advancing out of the water

The Secret Of The Evacuee
An illustrated front cover for The Secret Of The Evacuee, written by Paul Urquhart, no. 731 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Affair Of The Spiv's Secret
An illustrated front cover for The Affair Of The Spiv's Secret, written by John Hunter, no. 170 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

A Family Group of Firewalkers - Fiji, Oceania. Only one family on one island possesses the mysterious secret of walking bare-footed on red hot stones. Date: 1924

Secret Service Santa
Cartoon showing how even Father Christmas has a role to play in the war effort. Date: 1940

Bell H-13J-BF Sioux 57-2728
United States Air Force (USAF) - Bell H-13J-BF Sioux 57-2728 (MSN 1575). ne of two H-13Js purchased for use by President Eisenhower

Mussolini's Secret Weapon Disclosed!
A new secret weapon devised for the use of the Italian forces in Albania. Date: 1941

Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher
A puppet of Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister, used on the satirical TV programme, Spitting Image. The book is Spycatcher by Peter Wright

British Secret Weapons to Surprise the Boche
Military invention by William Heath Robinson to surprise the enemy. Jumping tanks, Boche-grabbers composed of expanding and retracting claws of great size and strength. Date: 1940

Front cover of The Sketch with a photograph of the actress, Brigitte Helm dressed as her character, the Italian spy, the Marchesa Marcella Galdi in Atlantide by Pabst

Lewis Waller in La Tosca and in The Wifes Secret
Lewis Waller, English actor and theatre manager, as Cavaradossi in La Tosca, and as Lord Arden in The Wifes Secret Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Different interpretations of business Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsman on a windy day at the seaside, watched by a young woman Date: 20th century

The Sketch Photographic Interviews XXXiX - Mr John Hassall
Page from The Sketch featuring a photographic interview with the artist John Hassall. He is seen at work in his studio at 88 Kensington Park Road, sweeping up and working on his large watercolour

Woman sleeping at a desk while a man reads her secret
Woman asleep in a library while her guardian reads her secret thoughts. Miseries of Reading and Writing. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

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