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Three people who claim to have seen the Loch Ness MonsterMr Alexander Ross, Mr Arthur Grant and Miss Janet Fraser, all of whom claimed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster between 1933 and 1934
Trail left by the Loch Ness Monster?Photographic results from a four week search organised by Sir Edward Mountain into the existence of the Loch Ness Monster
John Logie Bairds experiment, showing how television transmSending pictures through the air. Bairds system of television transmits its wireless pictures
Gypsy Lee, the fortune tellerSketches of Gypsy life: a camp near Latimer Road near Notting Hill showing Gypsy Lee, the fortune teller at the Devils Dyke
Photo of the Loch Ness Monster?An enlarged photograph taken by a tourist of what was believed to be the Loch Ness Monster
Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmittAlexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound
Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of Nursing TechniquesFlorence Nightingale (1820-1910) - celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing
Loch Ness Monster front pageFront cover of the Illustrated London News showing an illustration by ILN artist, G
Sea monster discovered in British ColumbiaPossibly the last specimen that survived of Behrings sea cow (Rhytina Stelleri) discovered on the shores of the Henry Island, British Columbia
Gypsy life inside a tentSketches of Gypsy life: inside a tent on Mitcham Common
Florence Nightingales carriage at the seat of warBorn in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father
An operation screened live in a medical lectureAn invention by Mr Herbert A. Silver enabling medical students to watch surgery from the lecture theatre
Indoor filmingTelevising a Spanish scene at the Crystal Palace, filmed on cine-film at the studios of the Baird Television Company
Landscape view of Dudleys iron works. Showing the pollutionNight-time view of Dudley in the West Midlands and its iron works
A First World War dressing stationA photograph of an advanced dressing station on the Western Front
Robert Hales, the Norfolk GiantRobert Hales, born May 2nd 1820 became known as the Norfolk Giant. He was 7 feet 6 inches in height and weighed 33 stone
Messenger on horsebackA messenger from Sandringham bringing news of the Prince of Wales illness
Gypsy camp in Notting HillSketches of Gypsy life: a camp near Latimer Road, Notting Hill
A gentleman drawing the first pensionA typical scene on January 1st 1909 showing a man drawing his first pension at the post office
A Second World War Red Cross food parcelThe contents of a food parcel dispatched for Christmas in 1944. 180, 000 packages were sent out, many to prisoners of war in Germany, by the Red Cross and St John Organisation
Nurses at work in a hospital at Scutari38 nurses departed with Florence Nightingale for the Barrack Hospital in Scutari, during the Crimean War (1854-1856). They were sent, against doctors wishes, to assist with the medical support
John Logie Baird, with ventriloquists dummy headJohn Logie Bairds experiment with transatlantic television. He is pictured here with a ventriloquists dummy head whose image was transmitted from London to New York by wireless
Fairy stories by photography, Grimm stories illustratedThe prince finding the sleeping beauty. Grimms fairy stories told with photographs and illustrations. From the Christmas Number 1907
Industrial ManchesterManchester; view of factories from Kersall Moor
Stewards magic lantern advertisementAdvertisement for J. H Stewards magic and dissolving lanterns
The diggers at Forest Creek, Port Phillip, AustraliaThe Forest Creek gold dig, Mount Alexander, Port Phillip
Fleet Street in election time showing the rush for newspapers as the new edition arrives off the printing presses
Prison babiesWeighing a baby on its admission to Holloway prison
The Daily Telegraph printing machineThe Daily Telegraph ten-feeder printing machine in operation
Hannan gold field Western AustraliaA lock-up at Hannan gold field in West Australia, a temporary measure for locking up criminals pending their trial. The nearest prison to Hannan gold field was Fremantle on the coast near Perth
The Kinora - animated family portraitsAn advertisement for the Kinora, an animated family portrait viewer
Advertisement for Kinora picture viewerAn advertisement for a Kinora picture viewer, for taking family portraits. Date: 1911
Collecting the first pension cheque at the post officeCollecting the first weekly pension instalment at the post office. The Old Age Pension Act was introduced by David Lloyd George in 1908 with the first pensions available on the 1st of January 1909
Advertisement for Kinora picture viewerAn advertisement for a Kinora picture viewer, for taking family portraits
The Bitter Creek gold mineA prospector at work seeking gold at Bitter Creek gold mine, Australia
Mr Burke, war photographerPreparing a composition for a portrait of the Ameer Yakoob Khan at Gandmak
A Spreewald nurse in Germany in full costume taken from an article describing nurses from different countries
Newspaper boys with the latest on the Prince of Wales illneThe latest accounts of the Prince of Wales illness. The Prince of Wales was residing at Sandringham House during his long illness while daily reports were released of his condition
River bed gold sifting on the Turon, AustraliaRiver bed sifting on the Turon river, a sketch from the Turon gold fields, New South Wales
Portrait of M. Louis DaguerreA portrait of Louis Jacques Maude Daguerre (1789-1851). The French artist was famed for inventing the Daguerretype in conjunction with Joseph Nicephore Niepce
Portrait of Sir Benjamin Stone and his wife Lady StoneSir Benjamin and Lady Stone. Benjamin Stone was a Conservative MP for East Birmingham between 1895-1909
Photographer holding a Sky-scraper camera on the roof of aExaggerated view through a Sky-scraper camera. An invention by the famous New York photographers, the Byron Company, the camera was designed to capture tall buildings at close range
Prison babies in chairs and cots in the day nurseryPrison babies at play in the day nursery
Babys cot by the side of its mothers bedPrison babies at play in the day nursery in Holloway
Hitchings baby storeAdvertisement for Hitchings Baby Stores
Issuing licenses to dig for goldCommissioner issuing licenses to dig for gold on the banks of the Turon river, Australia
Professor Arthur Korn, with his telegraph photographic machiProfessor Arthur Korn with his tele-photographic apparatus. Korn developed a method of transmitting photographs through telephone wires. In 1907 he produced the first facsimile telegraph
An evening at the camera clubA practical demonstration of the developments in photography. An illustration of an evening at the camera club. (undated)
Carters infant carriages advertisementAn advertisement for Carters infant carriages
Gypsy camp on ExmoorA gypsy camp on Exmoor
Street betting - a bookmaker taking betsAn illustration of street betting showing a bookmaker taking bets in a London street and highlighting the problem of bribery between bookies and policemen
A Black Forest Nurse of Germany in full costume. From an article in the Sphere showing nurses from all countries
London fog. Pollution from the cityA London fog; smoke carried from the city covering an area of twenty miles with thick smog
War photography - two soldiers with camera-carrying rocketA rocket used to propel a camera to 2600 feet to capture an ariel image. Two soldiers are pictured here about to load the rocket into its framework before it is positioned ready to fire
The Black CountryA view of the Black Country with smoke rising from the industrial factories around Wolverhampton in the Midlands
Holloway Castles prison crecheHolloway Castle womens prison introduced the first creche for prison babies. Babies were admitted if they were born in prison or were under three months when their mothers were jailed
Fairy stories by photography; Grimms stories illustratedThe little brother and sister: the little sister placing her golden garter round her brothers neck. Grimms fairy stories told with photographs and illustrations. From the Christmas Number 1907
An advertisement for the VerascopeThe Verascope, a stereoscopic pocket camera
BradfordView of the industrial factories of Bradford in the week that the Prince and Princess of Wales (later Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) visited the town
Dry digging, Turon gold fields, AustraliaDry digging on the Turon, a sketch from the Turon gold fields, New South Wales
Fairy stories by photography, Grimms stories illustratedThe prince climbing the golden ladder of Rapunzels hair. Grimms fairy stories told with photographs and illustrations. From the Christmas Number 1907
Childrens nurse in LondonA childrens nurse walking through a London park, taken from an article describing nurses from different countries
The art of war photography, fixing the negative at camp at tProcessing a photograph taken by Mr Burke, war photographer, during the Afghan War
Ensign photography advertisementAn advertisement for Ensign photography manufacturers
Gold diggers at restGold diggers resting in the evening at Mount Alexander, Australia
M. Mieczkowskiego, photographer to the Imperial court, withIn the camp of the besiegers. M. Mieczkowskiego, photographer to the Imperial Court at work photographing the Russian army manoeuvres before the Czar, at Brest Litewsk, Poland
Scene in a photographers studio, example of portrait makingPortraiture in the early twentieth century. A photographer entertaining his subject while his assistants capture her photograph
A ships photographer coping with the stormsPhotography in treacherous conditions; a ships photographer recording conditions on board
Day nursery in Holloway prisonA day nursery in Holloway, a women only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months when their mothers were jailed were cared for in prison
Mr Maskelynes experiment - female spirit emerging from manA photographic example of Mr Maskelynes experiment - a mechanical illusion of spiritual manifestations. Miss Cassie Brucea can be seen emerging from her father-in-laws body
Advertisement for tooth powderCalox oxygen tooth powder, for cleaning teeth
The London Office of the Society for the relief of the sickA sketch of volunteers sorting and packing linen bandages for the sick
Advertisement for liver pillsCarters little liver pills, to cure all liver ills
Advertisement for toothpasteJewsbury and Browns Oriental toothpaste
Preparing Red Cross food parcelsVoluntary workers packing some of the 70, 000 parcels of food dispatched each week by the Red Cross to the British prisoners of war
Radium SafeA radium safe in the Middlesex Hospital, showing a massive lead block, in which the radium was stored. The safe weighed about a ton and was fitted with a swing doors
Russian cholera epidemicTransporting those who have died of cholera to the burial ground. Cholera broke out in St Petersburg in September 1908, with the first cases among people living in particularly unsanitary conditions
Uniforms of state registered nursesPictured on the left a Cambridge blue washing dress, on the right a blue woollen mess dress
Cholera in HamburgLinen being left with customs officers for disinfection. Many precautions were taken in preventing the spread of cholera. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease
Red Cross food parcelsVoluntary workers packing some of the 70, 000 parcels of food dispatched each week by the Red Cross to the British prisoners of war
A Bedford-Buick ambulance presented to Colchester. The vehicle features the Delco self starting gear, lighting and ignition system
M. Pasteur in his laboratory in ParisLouis Pasteur was born in 1822. He studied chemistry under Delafosse. Discovering the nature of fermentation, he went on to research his germ theory of disease
Cholera precautions in EnglandA sketch of the sailors hospital. Fires were used to prevent the infection spreading from the hospital. In September 1892, Dr R
Diphtheria at WoolwichSketches of the diphtheria huts on Woolwich Common. The huts were used to confine those infected by the epidemic