Shown Collection (page 5)

Hill Alien Abduction
Betty Hill abducted aboard an alien UFO is shown a star map by her abductors which is later shown to be accurate

Gulliver in Luggnagg
Gulliver is shown the aged Struldbrugs, who have lost wits, memory and health, acquiring in exchange all kinds of deformity

Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta, in which only 23 of 146 prisoners are said to have survived. (This has now been shown to be a myth)

Votes for Women Asquith the Acrobat
Herbert Asquith shown juggling the two wings of the Liberal Party, those in favour of womens Suffrage, and those against. Date: Dec 19th 1913

Child & basket of lamons
A young girl being shown a basketful of lemons. Date: 1922

Great French Military manoeuvres witnessed by Tsar Nicholas
The Franco-Russian alliance of 1892 established privileged relations between France and Russia. Reciprocal protocol exchanges and visits were organised

Birchington Sports Day, Egg & Spoon Race
In conjunction with Birchington War Weapons Week in late May 1918, the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington organised a Sports event

Kids on Nature Trail
Infra red enlargements being shown to children to indicate the characteristics of the landscape around them on a nature trail at Ranmore, Surrey, England. Date: 1960s

Philippe De Coulanges 2
PHILIPPE EMANUEL, marquis de COULANGES Relative and correspondent of Madame de Sevigne, shown wearing some fancy costume perhaps to do with pilgrimage. Date: 1631 - 1716

TELEPHONE TALKIE
An engineer testing the latest telephones, due to be shown at the Physical Societys Annual exhibition of scientific instruments at Imperial College, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Bossuet Instructs
JACQUES BENIGNE BOSSUET, though best known for his pulpit oratory, is shown here giving private admonition to an attractive young lady. Date: 1627 - 1704

Display of Pralines
A Display of Dainty Types of Pralines - nuts browned in sugar, named after Marechal de Plessis-Pralin (1598-1675) whose cook invented them. 15 kinds are shown here. Date: circa 1930

Tshekedi Kjama
TSHEKEDI KHAMA Chief of Bechuanaland, later becoming the Republic of Botswana. He is shown here with a young British girl when visiting Britain. Date: 1905 - 1959

Spoon Bonnets
SPOON BONNETS Two examples of a shape of bonnet referred to as spoon bonnets shown here trimmed with broad ribbon & flowers. Date: 1863

Bishop Henry Compton
HENRY COMPTON English prelate; bishop of Oxford (1674) and, as shown here with his seal and autograph, bishop of London (1675) Date: 1632 - 1713

Carmen Miranda
CARMEN MIRANDA Brazilian singer shown here with ostrich plumes on her head and an enormous ring on her finger; also photographs of Benny Goodman & Alice Faye Date: 1909 - 1955

Clement Metezeau Younger
CLEMENT METEZEAU (YOUNGER) Member of a family of French architects, he was architecte du roi (Louis XIII) and built the dyke at La Rochelle shown in the lower picture Date: 1581 - 1652

Congreve / Earthworks
The rockets developed by William Congreve in 1804 are here shown fired from earthworks in bombardments Date: 1827

Congreve / Fireships Use
Rockets introduced by William Congreve in 1804 shown in use in British navy fireships Date: 1827

Congreve / Cavalry Repulse
The rockets introduced by William Congreve in 1804 are here shown used for the repulse of cavalry and for the storming of a town Date: 1827

Arundel & Surrey
THOMAS HOWARD 2nd EARL of ARUNDEL Statesman, shown with his seals and autograph Date: 1585 - 1646

Iran / Tomb of Xerxes
The Tomb of Xerxes, north of Persepolis. The King is shown worshipping in front of a fire altar before the God Ahuramazda, supported by 30 peoples of the empire. Date: 1854

Izaak Walton Cooper
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683) The angler and writer of The Complete Angler, shown fishing on the riverbank

Paranormal: William S. Marriott simulates table lifting
The British magician William S. Marriott exposes the practices of fraudulent spiritual mediums: Marriott demonstrates the art of table-lifting

Tattoo Shown to Girl
A soldier shows his tattooed arm, with her name and his, assuring her that it will last for ever : she is touched... Date: 1870

Saint Laurence of Rome
SAINT LAURENCE OF ROME who was martyred by being roasted on that grill he is shown holding Date: ? - 258

Birchington VAD nurses
Studio photograph (Houghton, Margate & Broadstairs) of the Birchington (Kent/178) VAD nurses. A group of ten nurses is shown

Captain William Tyrwhitt Drake, Royal Horse Guards, 1815 (c).Oil on canvas, artist unknown, 1815 (c).Tyrwhitt Drake is shown in regimental uniform with helmet, complete with crest and plume

Thomas Barnardo is shown a group of sleeping street Arabs
Dr Thomas Barnardo is shown the rooftop sleeping arrangements of London Street Arabs by Jim Jarvis, one of their number whom Barnardo befriended. Date: circa 1870

Voisin Triplane Bomber shown in final 1916 form Only two built

North American B-25 Mitchell -shown attacking Japanese destroyer during April 1945

Messerschmitt Me 321 -shown under tow by He111Z, this very heavy assualt glider required a very powerful tug or tugs

McDonnell XP-67 -shown at its public debut, this fighter was one of several wartime offerings ruined by their experimental engines

Junkers Ju 523m -entered Luftwaffe service as a bomber, the one shown having been converted for transport duties

Consolidated B-24D Liberator -shown amid Pacific palms Here the Liberators long range was a vital asset, the aircraft being used by both the US Army and Navy, as well as the RAF

Bristol 156 Beaufighter -born from an urgent need to find a long ranged fighter, the prototype shown flew in July 1939 and used many parts from the earlier Beaufort

Strathclyde, Offerton Lane, Stockport - the garden shown in a snapshot from the late Victorian period Date: circa 1900

Hat factory machinery after fire at Battersbys of Stockport in June 1906. The machinery shown is a crown finishing machine, and in the top left of the picture the drive system is visible

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar C-FTNK Air Canada Toronto
Lockheed Tristar C-FTNK of Air Canada shown the year after its manufacture at Toronto-Pearson Airport. This aircraft flew with Air Canada before being sold to Royal Airlines

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar C-FTNI Air Canada Toronto
Lockheed Tristar C-FTNI of Air Canada shown the year after its manufacture at Toronto-Pearson Airport. This aircraft flew with Air Canada before being sold to Royal Airlines

Bristol F2b Fighter D. 8096, Shuttleworth Collection, Cranfie
The Shuttleworth Collections Bristol F2b Fighter shown at Cranfield Date: 1973

Avro Lancastrian B-022 Fuerza Aerea Argentina Buenos Aires
Argentine Air Force Avro Lancastrian B-022 shown in the Aeroparque at Buenos Aires, Argentina Date: 1963

Suffragette Cats and Dog fight. Two cats or kittens are shown fighting (playfully) with a small terrier dog. Caption reads, Give us the vote!! Date: circa 1908

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - Presented with a painting on a visit to Cornwall. Date: 1980s

Mons - The History of the Immortal Retreat
A Premier Presentation Brochure for Mons - The History of the Immortal Retreat directed by Captain Walter Summers, produced by British Instructional Films Limited

Bone china cup and saucer - WWI
Bone china cup and saucer manufactured by Diamond China, England. Shows the flags of the Allies, the centre vignette shows a Royal Naval battleship with an aeroplane

Zeppelin in flames as seen through telescope from Southfields, September 3rd 1916. Signed Walter Hunt.This relates to the Zeppelin raid on the night 2nd/3rd September 1916

Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Batten-Pooll wounded
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Batten-Pooll (Royal Munster Fusiliers) shown at the moment a bomb explodes and severely wounds him

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