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Propaganda poster: careless talk costs livesSecond world war propaganda poster warning people that careless talk costs lives. Tell nobody -- not even her
WW1 - German Espionage - in disguise as a womanWW1 - The Little German Maid - German Espionage - a German soldier prepares to get into disguise as a woman in order to infiltrate an approaching band of allied cavalry troops. Date: 1915
Spies Sent to CanaanMoses sends spies into Canaan to assess the quality of the land : they return with fine grapes, so the Hebrews decide to go there despite the hostility of the Canaanites
WW2 poster, Beware of SpiesWW2 poster, Warning! Beware of Spies! Don t Talk. The Enemy Has Ears Everywhere. Published in September 1939, on the outbreak of the Second World War. Date: 1939
Invisible inkCoded invisible ink message demonstrated by German spy Kurt H de Rysbach, 1915 Date: 1915
Old Bill and Co. August 1940" Hey! Mind what yer doin ! Thats the second time you ve got me with that fifth column o yours!" Bruce Bairnsfather pokes fun at rumours of German spies
World War I spy drawingWhat 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
Cartoon, They have ears! WW1Cartoon, They have ears! Three fashionable French women are afraid that two Dachshunds might be German spies. Date: 1916
Kurt RysbachGerman spy Kurt H de Rysbach in German military uniform, 1925 Date: 1925
Fable / Fox & GrapesTHE FOX AND THE GRAPES The fox spies juicy ripe grapes and tries to reach them but in vain; eventually he gives up, proclaiming the grapes to be probably sour
Ethel Gee, Portland Spy RingEthel Elizabeth (Bunty) Gee (1914-1984), member of the Portland Spy Ring, arrested in 1961 and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Date: 1961
Henry (Harry) Houghton, Portland Spy RingHenry (Harry) Frederick Houghton, (1905-1985), member of the Portland Spy Ring. He was arrested in 1961 and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Date: 1961
Secret Service SantaCartoon showing how even Father Christmas has a role to play in the war effort. Date: 1940
Poster, The Spy, Spanish Civil War, design by Ramon Puyol Roman. 1936
Invasion Bells and the Fifth ColumnA suggestion that a Gang of Spies could attempt to disguise themselves as innocent country folk and succeed in stopping the ringing of the church bells used in warning of attempted invasion
Spitting Image puppet of Margaret ThatcherA puppet of Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister, used on the satirical TV programme, Spitting Image. The book is Spycatcher by Peter Wright
Donald Maclean, English diplomat and KGB spyDonald Duart Maclean (1913-1983), the former English Foreign Office diplomat and member of the Cambridge Spies, who spied for the KGB during the Second World War and beyond
America - Arrest Of Major AndreMajor John Andres arrest in Tarrytown, New York During The American War of Independence, Date: 1780
photograph of Sidney George Reilly - also known as the ace of spies. Date: 1928
Leslie Thornton in the dock at a trial in Moscow, USSRLeslie Thornton in the dock, at a trial in Moscow of employees of the Metropolitan Vickers Company, April 1933. They were charged with sabotage, espionage
Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line, WW1The Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line. He foolishly endeavoured to obtain information from our sign boards!
WWI / BELGIANS SHOTEleven Belgians are shot as spies at Hasselt. Date: January 1917
Cartoon, The good trader. A salesman of food and other items offers a French soldier some Camembert cheese for a much lower price if he will say where the 20th Corps is
Cartoon, Two German spies. Two fat men at a table laden with food agree that its worth being spies and risking their lives, when they can eat so well. 1916
ARCAS AND CALISTOArcas, hunting, spies a bear : he is about to shoot it, unaware it is his mother Calisto, transformed into a she-bear by the jealous Juno. Luckily Zeus warns him in time
Sidney Reilly, Ace of SpiesSidney George Reilly (c. 1873 c. 1925), commonly known as the " Ace of Spies", secret agent of the British Secret Service Bureau
Keep Our Secrets Secret - a poster created by The Central Office of Information during the Cold War. Date: 1960s
Boer War / Kaffir SpiesKaffir spies brought up for interrogation at General Wolfe Murrays headquarters at Estcourt. Date: 1899
Cartoon, The false shepherd, WW1Cartoon, The false shepherd, showing a man posing as a shepherd, with a sheepdog and a flock of sheep, making notes on local aircraft activities. Date: 1915
Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? WW1Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? A German couple and their daughter go for an innocent country walk, but gradually metamorphose into a concrete platform, a camera and a telephone! Date: 1915
Am Tag, Heath Robinson 1. German Spies in Epping ForestAm Tag! Die Deutsche Kommen (Very)! Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England, by Heath Robinson. 1. German spies in Epping Forest
Cartoon, German women gossipping, WW1Cartoon, German women gossipping about a diner in a restaurant -- He must be a horrible French spy! Hes eating his veal without jam! Date: 1915
Madame Bertha Trost, an unusual figure in the undercurrents of London society, who went about dressed in Victorian clothes and riding in a carriage
Two children hide behind a wooden fence, looking through a small peephole at whats going on, on the otherside. c. 1920
Robinson Crusoe / SpyingRobinson Crusoe spies a ship on the horizon
Rapunzel / Briar RoseThe witch spies on Rapunzel (Grimm)
Elizabeth Cowell at the BBCGiven its access to sensitive information, the BBC had to be on the lookout for potential spies during the Second World War
The Discovery -- a middle-aged courting couple are spied upon in a garden. 18th century
The Twelve Spies sent to explore CanaanThe Twelve Spies sent by Moses to explore Canaan - Numbers 13. circa 1690
Police spies to be tried by Duma, RussiaPolice spies rounded up to be tried by the Duma during the Revolution in Russia. Date: circa 1917
Am Tag, Heath Robinson 6. German spies in the British MuseumAm Tag! Die Deutschen kommen! Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England, by Heath Robinson. 6. German spies in the Graeco-Roman galleries of the British Museum
Foreign photographer detained on English Coast, WW1The camera - the b괥 -noire of the authorities. A foreign photographer is detained by soldiers on the English coast while his papers are examined. Date: 1915
The Man Who Stayed at Home - German spy play, WW1Scenes from the play, The Man Who Stayed at Home starring Dennis Eadie and Isobel Elsom, a play about a German spy in England which played at the Royalty Theatre, London in December 1914. Date: 1914
Cartoon, A dry telegram, WW1Cartoon, A dry telegram, showing a chef (a spy) writing to his boss, that after eight days the boxes of rubbish have contained nothing of diplomatic interest. Date: 1915
The spies ?. Date: circa late 19th century
Return of the spies from Canaan. Date: circa late 19th century
Cartoon, The Two Extremes of Public Opinion, WW1Cartoon, The Two Extremes of Public Opinion, Optimism and Pessimism, during the First World War. On the left is a smiling, patriotic man reading the financial news
Spy-scare toys, WW1The war in the nursery - toys that feed the British suspicion of German spies. The left hand picture shows King Albert of Belgium, Sir John French
Training Carrier Birds by Heath RobinsonIn this Heath Robinson cartoon, German spies train a scrawny carrier pigeon to cross the North Sea. Date: 1915
Catching a German spyA German spy is caught in the act while signalling by lamp at night from a French house. A British Provost-Marshal, in charge of military police in a French town
Alger HissAdmission of Alger Hiss to UK 1959 (2) Date: 1959
Trial of Alger Hiss (3) 1950 Date: 1950
Prevent revealing sensitive information to the enemy spiesA poster design from WW2, warning against idle talk to strangers, even if they are exceptionally attractive! circa 1940
Capture of John AndreCapture of Major John Andre (1751-1780) by John Paulding (1758-1818) Date: 1780
The Rose in The Devils Garden - Gordon NicollThe Rose in the Devils Garden by Gordon Nicoll Pretty young blonde-haired girl in a large white tutu and red ballet shoes, standing with her back to a stone wall
Crowd at a football match - Ankara, 1941Section of the crowd at a football match which took place in Ankara in December 1941 (during World War Two). Features British Embassy staff (front bottom right)
Dog Cart AccidentWhen their dog spies a rabbit, it seems an accident is imminent to the carriage which he is tugging and the two children aboard it
Spooky ShadowsTwo sinister figures cast evening shadows over a pathway
Rus / Jap War: Spy CaughtSPIES : at Port Arthur, Russians find a Japanese spy attempting to sneak into the town in a coffin, which saves them the expense of finding one for him
Rus / Jap War: Spies HangRussians hang captured Japanese spies, intent on sabotage, from the railway bridge they planned to destroy
Kitty Spies a CrinolineFashion conscious Kitty spies the new cage crinoline (skeleton skirt, steel slips or the Ladies expander ) which will jeopardize her courtship with the attentive Adolphus
Treasure Isle / Jim SpiesJim Hawkins spies on the pirates: " I lay for some time watching the bustle which succeeded the attack."
Field Meeting, EnglandA FIELD MEETING - at a time when only the Church of England is tolerated, an informer spies on sectarians holding a clandestine meeting and summons the authorities
Norman Conquest 8 of 16Spies tell William that Harold has been crowned : he orders an invasion fleet to be built, and the vessels are launched
