Images Dated 2nd August 2015 (page 12)

Gladys Osborne Leonard and Sir Oliver Lodge
Gladys Osborne Leonard, trance medium, and Sir Oliver Lodge, scientist and psychical researcher. Date: 20th century

Peter Hurkos, Dutch psychic
Peter Hurkos (Pieter van der Hurk, 1911-1988), Dutch psychic. After the Second World War he became a popular entertainer. Date: 20th century

Tobacconists shop in Chester, Cheshire
The House of Bewlay tobacconists shop in Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, where paranormal activity was reported from 1968 onwards

Siege Weapon - Catapault
A detailed drawing of a 16th century catapult, indicating its various and numerous forms of ammunition. Date: 1588

Aswan Dam under construction
A photograph of the Aswan dam during its construction, particularly showing its extensive Sluices lined with Ashlar. Date: 1902

Russo-Japanese War, Aftermath of an Offensive
The aftermath of the devastating 1904 Battle of Port Arthur in Manchuria (now north-eastern China). Date: February 1904

Alexandra Feodorovna in Traditional Costume
The final Empress of Russia: Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova, here wearing an extravigant traditional Russian costume before an Imperial ball. Date: 13th February 1903

Tsar Nicholas II in Traditional Costume
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia on 13 February 1903, sitting on a thrown in extravigant traditional Russian costume before an Imperial ball. Date: 13th February 1903

Lenin and Wife Krupskaya Visiting Kashino
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya sitting amoung the people of the Kashino Village near Moscow, at a celebration

Palm Sunday Market in Red Square, Moscow
Palm Sunday (Christian feast that falls on the last Sunday before Easter) being celebrated by hundreds of people on Red Square in Moscow. Date: Pre 1917

Le Cafe - Au Printemps by W. S. Hutton
A scene in 1920s Paris showing the smart patrons of a cafe enjoying the spring sunshine at outdoor tables. A waiter can be seen balancing a number of drinks on a tray

Houdini Posing With Female Medium
Escapologist Harry Houdini posing with the confessed fraudulent medium, Anna Clark Benninghoffer in the early twentieth century. Date: circa 1915

Portrait of a fair young maiden wearing a pink dress
Portrait of a fair young maiden wearing a pink summer dress and matching hat, holding a bunch of pink flowers

Harry Houdini, Tied Up
Harry Houdini the Austrian-Hungarian escapologist (1874 to 1926) being tied up by two members of his audience. Date: circa 1910

Tatler front cover, Glyndebourne, June 1963
Front cover of The Tatler, June 1963, with a front cover suggesting their theme which is their summer number goes to Glyndebourne

Portrait of Lady Palmerston (Emily Lamb)

A mother holding a baby in her arms. " The Happy Mother"

Air view of Margam steel works, Port Talbot, South Wales

Portrait of a woman holding a bowl of peonies flowers

The Disruption of 1843
The interior of St Andrews Church, Edinburgh, at the first meeting of the General Assembly, where the Free Church of Scotland was formed, after members withdrew from the Church of Scotland

The American Twins, or North and South
North grapples with south as America is depicted at war with its own flesh and blood. Date: 1856

Indian boy sitting on Victoria Regia water lily leaf
An Indian boy in Madras sitting on a Victoria Regia giant tropical water lily leaf, demonstrating its great strength. The leaf has taken on some water, but is staying afloat. Date: July 1914

Violet Charteris, Lady Elcho
Lady Violet Catherine Manners, Lady Charteris, Lady Elcho (1888-1971), second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, wife of Captain Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho. Date: July 1914

Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
Charles Robert Spencer, sixth Earl Spencer (1857 - 1922), before that Viscount Althorp until he succeeded to the title in 1910, British courtier and Liberal politician

An Italian advertisement for Faustino Solesio S. Martino d Albaro, Genova

Italian advertisement for the Ideal Classic radiator. Il Riscaldamento indispensabile per la casa (Warming essential for the home) Roncati & cotti

Sloane Square and Kings Road, London
Sloane Square and Kings Road, Chelsea, London Date: C. 1905

The Gentle Art of Excavating - a specially designed skimmer
The beginning of a garden suburb. Excavating a new road with a specially designed skimmer, a typically rickety contraption from the inventive mind of gadget king, William Heath Robinson. Date: c.1938

The Gentle Art of Excavating - Removing top soil
A new type of shovel removing the top soil from a bluff in the Cotswold Hills. A typically elaborate contraption by the gadget king

Celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
A Coty advert celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II placed next to a front-cover of The Tatler featuring a painting of the Queen wearing fur and carrying a bouquet of roses Date: 1953

Lady Idina Sackville, at the time of her engagement to Mr David Euan Wallace, her first husband, whom she divorced in 1919

German Gewehr 88 rifle with face guard
German Gewehr 88 bolt-action rifle, in service from 1888 until the early part of the First World War. The face guard may be a later addition. (2 of 4) Date: 1888-1915

French helmet with visor, WW1
A French helmet with visor, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. Date: 1914-1918

German face shield helmet, WW1
A studded German face shield helmet, nicknamed by the French La Plaque Elephant, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum

Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens on Gala Night, 1804
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Merrymakers seen gathered around the illuminated band stand. Date: 1804

Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square in the heart of Mayfair, London. It was built by Robert Adam for the Earl of Bute who sold it before it was completed to the second Earl of Sherburne in 1768

Burlington Arcade, London, 1828
Burlington Arcade linking Piccadilly with Bond Street showing fashionable society about to sample the delights of the arcades shops. Date: 1828

Italian soldiers and sailor, WW1
Two Italian soldiers and an Italian sailor during the First World War. At the top: Alpini (Alpine, left) and Bersaglieri (Light Infantry, right); below: Marina (Navy)

German propaganda postcard, Kaiser in helmet, WW1
German propaganda postcard, Humble before God and happy in battle against the Enemy, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II in uniform during the First World War, wearing a helmet surmounted by an eagle

Stanley Baldwin as a young man
Stanley Baldwin (1867 - 1947) British Conservative politician and Prime Minister, pictured as a young man in 1885, when he attended Harrow. Date: 1939

Captain Euan Wallace as a young man
Captain David Euan Wallace (1892 - 1941), British conservative politician and briefly, Minister of Transport during World War II

Greek style toga dress 1922
Greek style toga dress, tied with a rope around the waist. Date: 1922

Regents Canal at Limehouse Basin, London. Date: circa 1930s

Medieval and Elizabethan Games and Pastimes
This picture shows some games and pastimes of people between 13th-16th century. It shows activities done by children such as watching puppet shows and things like deer hunting for adults

Advert for Maiden Form bra with uplift 1936
For lovely rounded uplift support. Inter-lude. To accomplish a lovely classic roundness of contour, Maiden Form creates Inter-lude brassieres which - by semi-circular stitching - give firm uplift

Cartoon, body parts after the battle, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled After the Battle, showing German soldiers trying to match up body parts before loading them onto a train. Date: 1914-1918

Wright you Are by David Wright - Calendar Girl
A young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air

The Avenue tennis racket advertising showcard, 1890
An exquisite advertising show card from around 1890 for The Avenue tennis racquet manufactured by Clapshaw and Cleave of Birmingham, Bradford and Brighton

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