Theft Collection (page 4)

Prisoner mug shot 1873
Prison record for Catherine Reardon, prisoner 2573, aged 48, arrested and convicted by jury for larceny 26th April 1873

Proclamation of Governor Bourke
New South Wales, proclamation of Governor Bourke against settlers stealing crown lands, page 2 of 2, 1835 Date: 1835

Watchdog at Westminster Cathedral, London
A rather shaggy watchdog outside Westminster Cathedral, London. After a series of thefts from the Cathedral, London the church authorities added a watchdog to the staff

Six women in Chicken Stealing Competition
Six women competitors in the Chicken Stealing Competition held at the Essex Motor Club Annual Gymkhana at High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex. circa 1911

Metropolitan Police crime prevention photograph
A Metropolitan Police crime prevention photograph, showing a man who has just succeeded in stealing a womans handbag or purse. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1950s

The Shop Lifter by Stanley Lloyd
Humorous scene in a toy shop at Christmas as a security guard in smart livery chases after a small child who has decided they cannot leave a toy train engine at the shop

Advertisement for Sun Fire Insurance
An advertisement for the Sun Fire Office, Threadneedle Street, London, offering insurance against fire damage and other calamities in its 204th year of operation. Date: 1913

Little fat goblin stealing cabbages
A little fat goblin stealing cabbages, much to the distress of the farmer. first published 1879

Tennis Illustrated - Comic Postcard - Our Advantage A romantic liason between the local Bobby (Definitely off the Beat!) and a parlour maid

Dogs patrolling Louvre at night following theft of Mona Lisa
Guard dogs patrolling the galleries of the Louvre Museum in Paris at night in 1911. Following the theft of La Giaconda (better known as the Mona Lisa) by Leonardo da Vinci from the gallery

Bandits in Italy
A group of Italian bandits accost an unsuspecting traveller, threatening him with their rifles and stealing anything of value. 19th Century

Granpop gives him an earful by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing Granpop (Lawson Woods wily orang-utan) throwing tomatoes at a thieving pig. Date: 1934

Dutch poster warning against the Black Market
Dutch poster warning people that the Black Market is a form of theft -- don t steal from your countrymen, ensure equal distribution for all! Showing a rat eating grain from a torn sack. 1940s

J Hassall. Tom, Tom, the pipers son
Tom, Tom, the pipers son stole a pig and away he ran. 20th century

William Tester, the Margate Stationmaster who was part of the gang that robbed a gold bullion train on the South-eastern railway, on 15 May 1855

Training a police dog - catching a fleeing burglar. A police dog and handler lie in wait, ready to pounce on a burglar making his escape out of a ground floor window

Trouble in the Larder
Oi heres a chance thought Sue and Sam To have a feast of Strawberry Jam! But Auntie passing by that way They got no jam for many a day

Dirty Work at the Crossroads by William Heath Robinson

German Looted Art Found
A story in the 1919 ILN featuring paintings taken by the Germans from the University of Colmar in Alsace during WWI

Woman making a telephone call, West Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing a female citizen of West Berlin making a call from a public telephone box, August 1948. At that time, the fact that this telephone had a steel cable to secure the handset to

Crime / Theft / Shop / 1923
Smash & grab thief thwarted by a passer-by at Marseille

Vandalising Millet
A mentally disturbed man slashes Millets The Angelus in the Louvre, Paris

Safe on Wheels C1900
A safe on wheels (for ease of theft)

Joseph Imprisons Bros
He has his brothers thrown into prison on suspicion of theft, by way of getting his own back for what they did to him (selling him to traders)

Tourist Vandalism Spain
Modern Christians in the palace of the ancient Moorish kings, Alhambra - English tourists in Granada indulge in a little vandalism

Mona Lisa Nightmare
M. Homelle, director of Frances Musees Nationaux, suffers nightmares when the Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre !

Paris Art Thieves
Paris art thieves make off with treasures from a private collection

Bears / Porridge Stolen
The three bears discover that Goldilocks has eaten their porridge - the rapscallion will soon be found asleep in their bed

Solicitor cheating a couple
An elderly couple are cheated by a solicitor

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