mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
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
Military spy - a camera carrying pigeonA pigeon as a military spy. A camera small enough to be attached on a bird to capture ariel images, ideal for war time spying. The camera is automatic and takes a photograph at regular intervals
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
George BlakeMI6 agent George Blake pictured with his mother on his return to Britain after internment in North Korea during the Korean War
Kipling / Puck Pooks HillThey saw a man sitting on the window-sill
Pigeon as Military observer 1914Miniature double camera with two lenses pointing in opposite directions was attached to the pigeon by harness to take automatic photographs at regular intervals over enermies ground. 1914
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
Alfred in Danes CampAlfred the Great disguises himself as a wandering musician and plays the harp in the camp of the Danes while gathering information about their military strength
Goblins spying on witches on a Christmas cardGoblins spying on two witches with a cooking pot on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
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
Le Curieux - Peeping-Tom spying on a fashionable ladyLe Curieux - A Peeping-Tom spying on a fashionable lady in a bedroom
Le Contretemps - Peeping-Tom spying on a fashionable ladyLe Contretemps - A Peeping-Tom spying on a fashionable lady in a bedroom
Secret Service SantaCartoon showing how even Father Christmas has a role to play in the war effort. Date: 1940
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
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
Curiosity by Peter Fendi. 1833
The Secret Office at the General Post Office, 1844The Secret Office, at the General Post Office in London, 1844. Letters were opened and re-sealed in the Secret Office under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 1844
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
The exterior of a pigeon-loft in the rue Magenta, Paris, where birds would arrive carrying messages from outside the city (2 of 2) Date: Jan-Feb 1871
The interior of a pigeon-loft in Paris, where birds would arrive carrying messages from outside the city (1 of 2) Date: Jan-Feb 1871
METRO-VICKERS TRIAL 1933Russian lawyers confront the British engineer, Thornton, and his secretary, Kutosuova, accusing them of spying and sabotage. Metropolitan-Vickers trial, Moscow, Russia. Date: April 1933
GERMANS USE PERISCOPENorth Africa : a German soldier uses a periscope to observe the positions of the enemy line Date: July 1942
PEEPING WAITER 1879A Parisian waiter checks on whats going on in a hotel bedroom, before he carries in the breakfast tray Date: 1879
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
WW1 - French arrest a decrepit old woman (a German spy)WW1 - The Germans gave the old woman a new white blanket and bribed her to walk behind any French battery that might take up a position near a certain village on the Aisne
Tessina spy cameraClose-up of the Tessina camera, small enough for spying activities and other undercover work. Date: 1970s
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
Madame Bertha Trost, an unusual figure in the undercurrents of London society, who went about dressed in Victorian clothes and riding in a carriage
Kissing couple observed, by Florence HardyA kissing couple dressed in 18th century costume are spied on over a wall by six children. Date: early 20th century
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
Cartoon, Henry Irving and Wilson Barrett -- Mr Wilson Barrett will soon let us know that there is more than one English actor who can do justice to Shakespeare
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
Ken Achurch with spying equipment -- a fly bug in a glass tube, and a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Date: 1970s
Nipple radio transmitter for use in spying. Date: 1970s
Model fly for use in spyingModel fly invented by Ken Achurch for use in spying and other undercover activities. Date: 1970s
Woman with whip on a comic cardWoman with a whip, looking through a window on a comic card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Emer is JealousChuchulains wife Emer is jealous when she sees him meeting the fairy Fand
Vivian Stranders TrialVivian Stranders (1881 - 1959) British man, at the time of his Paris trial, when he was accused of spying for Germany whilst living in France. His solicitor, Mr. Gervais (right)
