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"Unveiling the Secrets of the Past: A Journey through Exposés" Step back in time to 1927, where a flapper on a bonnet hints at the hidden stories waiting to be exposed

Background imageExpose Collection: Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo
THE HUNDRED DAYS Battle of WATERLOO The action at 11 am - the French attack Houguemont, Napoleon tempting Wellington to expose his centre

Background imageExpose Collection: Flapper on Bonnet 1927

Flapper on Bonnet 1927
A girl on a bonnet: wears a skimpy sleeveless white drop waist dress hitched up to expose her thighs, T-bar shoes, a cloche hat & a scarf a la Isadora Duncan

Background imageExpose Collection: Harry Price in Lab

Harry Price in Lab
Psychical researcher and author, who used his knowledge of stage magic to expose phoney mediums, poltergeists and other scams, seen in his laboratory

Background imageExpose Collection: VENEZUELA SKELETONS

VENEZUELA SKELETONS
Among the peoples of the Oronoko region, the custom is to expose the dead till they are reduced to skeletons, which are then hung in a sacred building Date: 1737

Background imageExpose Collection: Max Holste MH. 1521M Broussard F-GHFG - 307-FG

Max Holste MH. 1521M Broussard F-GHFG - 307-FG
Max Holste MH.1521M Broussard F-GHFG / 307-FG (msn 104), visiting the CANOPEE Museum, Chateaudun. (CANOPEE - Conservatoire d'Aeronefs Non Operationnels Preserves et Expose) Date: circa 2000

Background imageExpose Collection: Dassault Mystere IVA

Dassault Mystere IVA 180 / 8-MB (msn 180), at the CANOPEE Museum, Chateaudun. (CANOPEE - Conservatoire d'Aeronefs Non Operationnels Preserves et Expose) Date: circa 2000

Background imageExpose Collection: The Young Amateur and the Wicked Uncle (litho)

The Young Amateur and the Wicked Uncle (litho)
5221865 The Young Amateur and the Wicked Uncle (litho) by Taylor, C.J. (fl.1889); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Young Amateur and the Wicked Uncle)

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a group of children sitting on a bench in

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a group of children sitting on a bench in
3604487 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a group of children sitting on a bench in front of a small stage. When the card is held in front of a light source a Punch

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card. When the card is held in front of a light

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card. When the card is held in front of a light
3604486 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card. When the card is held in front of a light source a nativity scene appears, circa 1890 (coloured lithograph) by English School

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of Windsor Castle from the River Thames

A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of Windsor Castle from the River Thames
3604485 A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of Windsor Castle from the River Thames. Light shines through the castles windows when the card is held to a light source

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of a yellow rose

A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of a yellow rose
3604479 A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of a yellow rose. When the card is held in front of a light source the rose bud turns into a full bloom

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of sailing ships and a lighthouse

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of sailing ships and a lighthouse
3604474 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of sailing ships and a lighthouse. Light shines through the lighthouse windows when the card is held to a light source

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a young girl praying

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a young girl praying
3604482 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a young girl praying. When the card is held in front of a light source a group of angels appear

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of St Pauls Cathedral

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of St Pauls Cathedral
3604481 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of St Pauls Cathedral. Light shines through the sky and windows when the card is held to a light source

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of a boy and girl pulling a Christmas cracker

A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of a boy and girl pulling a Christmas cracker
3604472 A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of a boy and girl pulling a Christmas cracker. When the card is held to a light source, three other children in party hats are revealed

Background imageExpose Collection: Paris, Le projet du monument de l amiral Courbet, expose au musee Grevin

Paris, Le projet du monument de l amiral Courbet, expose au musee Grevin, Les auteurs du projet (engraving)
3623907 Paris, Le projet du monument de l amiral Courbet, expose au musee Grevin, Les auteurs du projet (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris)

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of two children in bed asleep

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of two children in bed asleep
3604484 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of two children in bed asleep. When the card is held in front of a light source a nativity scene appears

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a cottage and winter scene

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a cottage and winter scene
3604483 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a cottage and winter scene. Light shines through the sky and windows when the card is held to a light source

Background imageExpose Collection: Le nouvel aerostat dirigeable de MM Renard et Krebs, expose a l Esplanade des Invalides (engraving)

Le nouvel aerostat dirigeable de MM Renard et Krebs, expose a l Esplanade des Invalides (engraving)
3640396 Le nouvel aerostat dirigeable de MM Renard et Krebs, expose a l Esplanade des Invalides (engraving) by French School

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a ship in rough seas

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a ship in rough seas
3604492 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a ship in rough seas. When the card is held in front of a light source a guardian angel appears

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a butcher making overtures to a maid

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a butcher making overtures to a maid
3604491 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a butcher making overtures to a maid. When the card is held in front of a light source three grinning servants appear in the window

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Birthday Card of two children walking on a plank over a stream

A Victorian hold-to-light Birthday Card of two children walking on a plank over a stream
3604490 A Victorian hold-to-light Birthday Card of two children walking on a plank over a stream. When the card is held in front of a light source an angel appears guiding them to safely

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a girl standing by a window in the twilight

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a girl standing by a window in the twilight
3604488 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a girl standing by a window in the twilight. When the card is held to a light source, her sweetheart appears hoding a rose

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of the Tower of London from the River Thames

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of the Tower of London from the River Thames
3604475 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of the Tower of London from the River Thames. Light shines through the towers windows when the card is held to a light source

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of Mary and Jesus on a donkey being let by

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of Mary and Jesus on a donkey being let by
3604476 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of Mary and Jesus on a donkey being let by Joseph. When the card is held in front of a light source an angel appears

Background imageExpose Collection: Taking water for Vauxhall - be cautious my love... don t expose your leg (engraving)

Taking water for Vauxhall - be cautious my love... don t expose your leg (engraving)
603038 Taking water for Vauxhall - be cautious my love... don t expose your leg (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageExpose Collection: Squelette du grand Paleotherium de Vitry, expose dans les galeries d anatomie comparee

Squelette du grand Paleotherium de Vitry, expose dans les galeries d anatomie comparee
3645735 Squelette du grand Paleotherium de Vitry, expose dans les galeries d anatomie comparee, au Museum d histoire naturelle (engraving) by French School

Background imageExpose Collection: Gulliver expose sur une table a l admiration des habitants de Brobdingnag (engraving)

Gulliver expose sur une table a l admiration des habitants de Brobdingnag (engraving)
3644315 Gulliver expose sur une table a l admiration des habitants de Brobdingnag (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of a woman and boy waving to a ship at sea

A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of a woman and boy waving to a ship at sea
3604493 A Victorian hold-to-light New Year Card of a woman and boy waving to a ship at sea; When the card is held in front of a light source a rowing boat full of fishermen appear waving back

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of Jesus. When the card is held in front of a

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of Jesus. When the card is held in front of a
3604489 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of Jesus. When the card is held in front of a light source, two angels appear, circa 1898 (coloured lithograph) by English School

Background imageExpose Collection: A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a policeman acepting a hot drink from a maid

A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a policeman acepting a hot drink from a maid
3604480 A Victorian hold-to-light Christmas Card of a policeman acepting a hot drink from a maid. When the card is held in front of a light source a jealous butler appears in the window

Background imageExpose Collection: Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903 (b / w photo)

Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903 (b / w photo)
5986710 Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903)

Background imageExpose Collection: Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903 (b / w photo)

Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903 (b / w photo)
5986709 Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from article on Famous Illusions Exposed, 1903)

Background imageExpose Collection: Suffragette Constance Lytton Jane Wharton

Suffragette Constance Lytton Jane Wharton. Lady Constance Lytton who disguised herself as Jane Wharton a seamstress, to expose class differences in the treatment of suffragette prisoners

Background imageExpose Collection: Lady's Life Among The Mormons Mormon Expose Polygamy

Lady's Life Among The Mormons Mormon Expose Polygamy
Brigham Young at Home. An illustration by H.L. Stephens from Expose of Polygamy in Utah: A Lady's Life Among the Mormons, by Fanny Stenhouse, published 1872

Background imageExpose Collection: USA, Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park; Big Island, East Rift Zone

USA, Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park; Big Island, East Rift Zone, Opening To Active Lava Tube Showing Orange Glow

Background imageExpose Collection: Indonesia, Soft Coral Detail Pink Stem With Bright Orange Polyps

Indonesia, Soft Coral Detail Pink Stem With Bright Orange Polyps

Background imageExpose Collection: Thailand, Sea Star Aka Starfish (Fromia Indica) Gorgonian Coral Red And White

Thailand, Sea Star Aka Starfish (Fromia Indica) Gorgonian Coral Red And White

Background imageExpose Collection: Firefighters in action, Longmoore Street, SW1

Firefighters in action, Longmoore Street, SW1
AFS firefighters in action at a fire in Longmoore Street, Victoria, London SW1, on 6 May 1959. They are clearing away corrugated iron sheets in order to expose pockets of fire under the debris

Background imageExpose Collection: Entrance to A London Workhouse at Nightfall

Entrance to A London Workhouse at Nightfall
An impression of the entrance to an unidentified London Workhouse at nightfall. The illustration may have been inspired by journalist James Greenwoods 1866 undercover expose of conditions in

Background imageExpose Collection: A Night In a London workhouse

A Night In a London workhouse
An illustration inspired by journalist James Greenwoods undercover expos頩 n 1866 of conditions in the tramps ward of the Lambeth workhouse. Date: 1866

Background imageExpose Collection: A royal brewery, or how to cook a wife, engraving 1821, George IV, a conning stoker

A royal brewery, or how to cook a wife, engraving 1821, George IV, a conning stoker, of some Mischief brewing, stirring up the Flames of Persecution, with vengeance, saying

Background imageExpose Collection: Dyke clearance in coastal marshland, with Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) waiting for eels to be exposed

Dyke clearance in coastal marshland, with Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) waiting for eels to be exposed, Cley Marshes Reserve, Cley-next-the-sea, Norfolk, England, January

Background imageExpose Collection: Toothed Wrack (Fucus serratus) fronds, exposed on beach at low tide, Reculver, Kent, England, June

Toothed Wrack (Fucus serratus) fronds, exposed on beach at low tide, Reculver, Kent, England, June

Background imageExpose Collection: Upland reservoir with low water level and remains of submerged village exposed after dry summer

Upland reservoir with low water level and remains of submerged village exposed after dry summer, Mardale Green, Haweswater Reservoir, Mardale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, September

Background imageExpose Collection: View of upland reservoir with low water level and remains of submerged village exposed after dry

View of upland reservoir with low water level and remains of submerged village exposed after dry summer, Mardale Green, Haweswater Reservoir, Mardale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, September

Background imageExpose Collection: Bleak House by Charles Dickens in 1852-1823 the novel which satirised the misery

Bleak House by Charles Dickens in 1852-1823 the novel which satirised the misery caused by the old Chancery court. The cunning old lawyer Tulkinghorn who finds out Lady Dedlocks secrets

Background imageExpose Collection: The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities. Spanish novella

The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities. Spanish novella, published anonymously, in 1554. At this time in Spain



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"Unveiling the Secrets of the Past: A Journey through Exposés" Step back in time to 1927, where a flapper on a bonnet hints at the hidden stories waiting to be exposed. As we delve further into history, we encounter the Battle of Waterloo, where secrets lay buried beneath the battlefield. In another corner of our exploration lies Harry Price in his lab, tirelessly working to expose paranormal phenomena. Meanwhile, Venezuela skeletons whisper tales from their graves, shedding light on forgotten chapters. The suffragette Constance Lytton and Jane Wharton emerge as fierce warriors for women's rights. Their courageous actions expose societal injustices that were once concealed. Moving forward in time brings us face-to-face with aviation marvels like Max Holste MH. 1521M Broussard F-GHFG and Dassault Mystere IVA. These aircraft symbolize human ingenuity and technological advancements that have revolutionized travel. But not all exposés are grandiose; sometimes they come disguised as simple pages from an article or lithographs like "The Young Amateur and the Wicked Uncle. " These artistic pieces reveal deeper truths about human nature and society's complexities. As we approach festive seasons, Victorian hold-to-light Christmas cards transport us to a world where even greetings held untold surprises when illuminated by candlelight. From children sitting on benches to Windsor Castle standing tall along River Thames – these cards remind us that even celebrations can conceal hidden messages. In this captivating journey through time, we realize that every era holds its own secrets waiting patiently to be exposed, and is up to us curious souls to unravel these mysteries and bring them into the light for all generations to witness and learn from.