Sensation Collection

Anatomy / Head / Tongue
MOUTH A medical diagram of the human tongue (lower and upper surfaces), with the specific zones of taste and sensation marked by their Latin names

Photograph of the Loch Ness Monster
A photograph of the Loch Ness Monster taken by Hugh Gray

Zazel, Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London
Zazel (Rossa Matilda Richter), female acrobatic performer and human cannonball, at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London, with verses from Punch magazine. 1877

Manuela Gonzalez Velazquez playing the piano, 1820-1821
Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez (1763-1834). Spanish painter. Manuela Gonzalez Velazquez playing the piano, 1820-1821. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Poster, Collins Music Hall, Islington Green, London
Poster for Collins Music Hall, Islington Green, London - Continental Strip Queens, Glamour Stars, week commencing 18 November 1957. Date: 1957

United States. Niagara Falls. Engraving by Van der Burgh. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G

United States. Niagara Falls. Engraving by Milbert. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G

Four Horses in Front of a Cottage, 1876, by Jozef Chelmonski
Jozef Chelmonski (1849-1914). Polish painter. Four Horses in Front of a Cottage, 1876. Detail. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

The Grazny Staw Tarn - Blizzard, 1892, by Witkiewicz
Stanislaw Witkiewicz (1851-1915). Polish painter. The Grazny Staw Tarn - Blizzard, 1892. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

Strong Wind in the Mountains, 1895, by Stanislaw Witkiewicz
Stanislaw Witkiewicz (1851-1915). Polish painter. Strong Wind in the Mountains, 1895. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

Music cover, The Chestnut Tree, the Novelty Singing Dance Sensation. Date: 1938

Comic postcard - Train Held up - in broad daylight!
A young paper boy winks at a passing gent, who is paying close attention to the pretty young lady wearing a glamorous pink dress (which she is holding up) and enormous hat

New fabric that stretches three ways Vita-Flex was made of an exclusive process in which pure rubber was interwoven with fine cotton backing. Date: 1939

Flip-Flap ride at the Franco-British Exhibition 1908
The Flip-Flap ride with compartments that swung horizontally holding fifty people, held at Franco-British Exhibition at Shepherd's Bush, London. Date: 1908

Comic postcard, Just thawed out Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple in strange bathing costumes Date: early 20th century

Newsagents window, North London
Newsagents window proclaims Time magazine still on sale after claims of gross contempt against it by Stephen Wards defence. (Profumo Affair). Date: 1963

Houdinis act at the London Hippodrome 1904
Impression of Houdini performing his famous escapology act at the London Hippodrome in 1904 where he was manacled with handcuffs allegedly made by a locksmith over several years

The Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power, freelance journalist
The Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power (real name Arthur Vectis Freeman), freelance journalist. who earned notoriety as the author of the Great Kitchener Yarn - Power claimed to have brought

Maud Allan as Salome
Maud Allan in her famous role as Salome, holding aloft the head of John the Baptist. Photograph reproduced in The Bystander which comments on the scandal her erotic portrayal of a religious subject

Prince Albert - Princess Mary - Earls court scenic railway
Prince Albert (later King George VI - 1895-1952) and Princess Victoria Mary (later Countess of Harewood - 1897-1965) riding on the Earls court scenic railway ride in 1913. Date: 1913

FALL / WESTIE / 1950
CHAMPION HOOKWOOD SENSATION. Owner: Hookwood Date: 1950

Jupe Pantalon tennis dress by Schiaparelli, 1930
An exclusive Bystander photograph showing the designer, Elsa Schiparellis practical but stylish jupe-pantalon tennis dress in light white woollen weave with a waist belt of orange coloured tussore

Mdlle. Alix hooping the hoop at London Hippodrome
Hooping the Hoop, the latest sensation at the London Hippodrome - Mademoiselle Alix in her motor car in which she hoops the hoop. A health and safety disaster waiting to happen in 1903. Date: 1903

Baldomero Espartero
BALDOMERO ESPARTERO Spanish soldier and statesman, wearing a helmet which would cause a sensation at Ascot racecourse... Date: 1792 - 1879

Synchronised Swimming Wedding causes quite a stir
August 1962, Kinson, Bournemouth. The wedding of Eileen Hart, 22 of New Milton and David King of Coombe Gardens, Bournemouth caused quite a stir (and claims of a publicity stunt)

That Periscope Sensation, by Bairnsfather
That Periscope Sensation " I wonder if oughtn t to tell the captain about that thing sticking up in the sea over there" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in an issue of The Bystander

The Caillaux trial by Paul Renouard
Madame Henriette Caillaux, wife of finance minister Joseph Caillaux, who in 1914 shot Gaston Calmette, editor of Le Figaro for attacking Caillauxs private life

Joan Fry (1906 - 1985), from the Tennis Stars In Action series by H. Coller. In 1925 Joan Fry caused a sensation by reaching the final of the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon

That 16-inch sensation - Bairnsfather postcard
" That 16-inch sensation" - Bairnsfather postcard. Bairnsfather was badly wounded by a shell burst in April 1915 and during his weeks of convalescence suffered recurring nightmares

Napoleons last sensation. Date c1870 Aug. 11

Royal Lilliputians, the sensation of the year a big comedy production by little people. Date c1900

The celebrated French aerielists sic & acrobats the latest European sensation. Date c1891

AH Woods presents Valeska Suratt in the swift, smart & saucy play, The girl with the whooping cough the latest Paris sensation : by Stanislaus Stange. Date c1910

Royal Lilliputians, the sensation of the year giants, midgets, and dwarfs in a spectacular comedy. Date c1900

Madeline of Fort Reno the sensation of the 19th century, Long Bro s, Pawnee Bill and May Lillies great western military romantic play. Includes portrait of Pawnee Bill in upper left corner. Date c1897

Long Bros, Pawnee Bill & May Lillie in the great western mi
Long Bro s, Pawnee Bill & May Lillie in the great western military romantic play, Madeline of Fort Reno the sensation of the 19th century. Includes portraits of W. Hillswell Long, JEH

Sapho New Yorks raging sensation. Date 1900

King of the opium ring big scenic sensation : by Chas. E. Blaney & Chas. A. Taylor. Date c1899

Invention - Carrons Cone
Mr. Carron, an engineer from Grenoble, France, invented a contraption that allowed humans to experience the sensation of a free fall of 300m

Mediums William and Ira Davenport
Undated illustration of American mediums and spiritualists William and Ira Davenport. The Davenport Brothers were instrumental in building the popularity of the American Spiritualist movement prior

If the Russian Ballet were to go red
Russian ballet. The ballet, particularly their costumes by Diaghilev, caused a sensation in London during the 1920 s, influencing everything from interior decor to fashion

The Floating Swimming Bath, Charing Cross, London, 1875
Engraving showing the floating swimming bath in the River Thames at Charing Cross, London, 1875. The swimming bath drew its water from the Thames, then cleaned and heated it

Agatha Christie, Scenes
AGATHA CHRISTIE scenes from her daily life when her first book has made her a literary sensation

Omai from Tahiti
OMAI is brought from Tahiti to London by Cook, 1774, and is a huge sensation, embodying the noble savage concept, disp- laying natural grace and good manners during 2- year stay

Getting Used to Flight2
Before attempting to fly, the would-be aviator should accustom himself to the sensation of having little or nothing to support him in the air

Getting Used to Flight
The would-be aviator should accustom himself to the sensation of being airborne by easy stages, such as swinging from the chandelier in his own home

Morey Bernstein, businessman, hypnotist and writer
Morey Bernstein (1919-1999), Colorado businessman, amateur hypnotist, and author of the book, The Search for Bridey Murphy

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