Spies Collection (page 2)

Cartoon, German women gossipping, WW1
Cartoon, German women gossipping about a diner in a restaurant -- He must be a horrible French spy! Hes eating his veal without jam! Date: 1915

Cartoon, A dry telegram, WW1
Cartoon, 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, WW1
Cartoon, 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, WW1
The 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 Robinson
In this Heath Robinson cartoon, German spies train a scrawny carrier pigeon to cross the North Sea. Date: 1915

Catching a German spy
A 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 Hiss
Admission of Alger Hiss to UK 1959 (2) Date: 1959

Trial of Alger Hiss (3) 1950 Date: 1950

Prevent revealing sensitive information to the enemy spies
A poster design from WW2, warning against idle talk to strangers, even if they are exceptionally attractive! circa 1940

Capture of John Andre
Capture of Major John Andre (1751-1780) by John Paulding (1758-1818) Date: 1780

The Rose in The Devils Garden - Gordon Nicoll
The 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, 1941
Section 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 Accident
When their dog spies a rabbit, it seems an accident is imminent to the carriage which he is tugging and the two children aboard it

Orient Express Halted
The prestigious Orient Express, full of spies, smugglers and femmes fatales, is halted by snow on the Hungary-Romania border

Spooky Shadows
Two sinister figures cast evening shadows over a pathway

Rus / Jap War: Spy Caught
SPIES : 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 Hang
Russians hang captured Japanese spies, intent on sabotage, from the railway bridge they planned to destroy

Kitty Spies a Crinoline
Fashion 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 Spies
Jim Hawkins spies on the pirates: " I lay for some time watching the bustle which succeeded the attack."

Field Meeting, England
A 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 16
Spies tell William that Harold has been crowned : he orders an invasion fleet to be built, and the vessels are launched

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