Tripod Collection

Metropolitan Police air raid siren
A Metropolitan Police air raid siren, as used in wartime

Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)

Bill Harvey with his fishing boat, Alpha, Porthgwarra, Cornwall. 1903
Bill Harvey standing on the beach by his fishing boat, Alpha. Other named boats are Nellie, Lady Smith, Fly and General French. Bill was aged 58 when the photograph was taken

War of the Worlds sculpture, Woking, Surrey, England

Harry Prices ghost hunting kit
Undated photograph of Harry Prices ghost hunting kit, comprising a Reflex and cine cameras, tools for sealing doors and windows, apparatus for secret electrical controls, steel tape

Photographer preparing a portrait of a mummy. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

British soldiers with artillery, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
British soldiers with artillery, including a Howitzer gun, in the bush in Duala, Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 25 December 1915

G. H. Wilkins on his return from the expedition in The Quest with Sir Ernest Shackleton
JHL390978 G. H. Wilkins on his return from the expedition in The Quest with Sir Ernest Shackleton, Plymouth, 16th September, 1922 (b/w photo) by Grant, Thomas E

Alexander the Great on the eve of Gaugamela
Alexander the Great at the fire altar on the eve of the battle of Gaugamela. The scene, described by Plutarch followed a portentous eclipse of the moon

Forecasting Weather
Forecasting the weather at the Air Ministry, Kew, London - observing a balloon to gauge windspeed levels. Date: early 1930s

Reginald Malby with a giant camera in his garden
Reginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, using a giant camera in his garden at Woodford, Essex

Herbert Ponting (1870 - 1935), photographer best known for capturing the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1913, pictured in his Antarctic kit in January 1912

British Expeditionary Force Machine Gun Team
Members of the British Expeditionary Force in action in France at the beginning of the First World War. This photographic card depicts a Maxim machine gun team in light uniform

Undated photograph of the corner of the chemical laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (ii)

Shoot for the invitation for one-woman exhibition
The shoot for the cover photography for the fold-out invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition 'Feminine Eye View' at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn

Crazy dancers-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crazy dancers-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne dancers around stick tripod

In a Blackfoot camp, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
In a Blackfoot camp, c1927. Blackfoot man, full-length portrait, standing in field, facing left, holding decorated sheaths; ceremonial bags suspended from tripod behind him

Chechen. Lezgin, 1862. Creator: Frants Taikhel
Chechen. Lezgin, 1862. Sheet 28 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1. Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie

Engineers Corps camp and visitors, 1889. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Engineers Corps camp and visitors, 1889. Row of fifteen people and two deer in front of a tent. Some of the men are holding measuring poles and or standing next to surveyors transits on tripods

Deadwood Central RR Engineer Corps, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Deadwood Central RR Engineer Corps, 1888. Outdoor group portrait of ten railroad engineers and a dog, posing with surveyors transits on tripods and measuring rods, on the side of a mountain

Deadwood Central RR Engineer Corps, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Deadwood Central RR Engineer Corps, 1888. Outdoor group portrait of ten railroad engineers, wearing suits and hats, and a dog, posing in a row with surveyors transits on tripods and measuring rods

Curious lady
Cesar Tejada

Trevose, St Merryn, Cornwall. Dated 1906
A view of Merope Rocks at Trevose. There is a man on the beach carrying his photographic equipment. Photographer: T. Mitchell

Group of Cornish photographers, probably at St Marys, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. 16th May-23rd May 1896
Frontispiece from " In the Isles of Scilly, 1896", probably photographed in St Mary s. From left to right: John Charles Burrow (1852-1914), William Thomas, Herbert Hughes (1862-1937)

Malpas Ferry, Cornwall. 8th July 1912
View of the Tresillian River at Malpas, with the ferry and other small boats drawn up on the shore. Passengers from the photographic party are on the beach

Cinema crew, in the water, films a scene that takes place on the sea. Date of Photograph:1920-1940 ca

Sculptor in work clothes next to some of his works. Together with him, a child and a woman holding a bottle and a glass Italy. Date of Photograph:1860-1870 ca

Ornately carved seventeenth century chairs and tripod, part of the magnificent furnishings of Palazzo Mansi in Lucca Lucca. Date of Photograph:1896 ca

Two tripods and a bronze pail or hydria, in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples Naples National Archaeological Museum Tripod, Vase Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Apollo crossing the sea on a winged tripod: Attic hydria preserved in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum Jug Classical

Attic hydria with Apollo crossing the sea on a winged tripod, preserved in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums

Attic cup with Hercules and Apollo contending for a tripod preserved in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum Cup Classical

Detail of a the handle and upper frieze of a black-figured Attic amphora by Nikosthenes, preserved in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums

Hall of Animals in the Vatican Museums, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Musei Vaticani Expository Hall Neoclassicism, Nineteenth century, 19th century, Europe

Votive relief with Apollo, Leto (Latona) and Artemis, in the National Museum of Athens Greece Athens, National Museum Relief Hellenistic, Greek Art, Greece, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Greek stele, depicting sacrificial instruments, taken from Phyrigia, now preserved in the Louvre Museum, Paris France Paris, Louvre Museum Stele Greek Art, Greece, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Bas-relief with horseman and tripod, in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens Greece Athens, National Archaeological Museum Low Relief, Basrelief Greek Art, Greece, Europe

Relief depicting Hercules, from the Roman period, in the Louvre Museum in Paris France Paris, Louvre Museum Low Relief, Basrelief Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Sunrise over the sea coast. Fireball of the sun above the horizon in a colorful orange sky. Smartphone camera on a tripod in the foreground

Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin, Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet)... A.H. 931 / A
Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin, Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, A.H. 931/A.D. 1524-25

Roman metalwork, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Roman metalwork, (1898). Examples of ancient Roman items made of bronze: Fig 1: Fountain-figure, representing a drunken Faun

Photographer admiring Segla mountain peak covered with snow standing on top of rocks at sunset, Senja, Troms county, Norway

Stori Drangur sea stack (Drangarnir) at sunset. Vagar, Faroe Islands

USA, Southwest, Colorado, Alamosa County, Fort Garland, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Strokkur geyser, Geysir, Golden Circle, Iceland. Photographer admiring the steam at sunrise (MR)

Reynisfjara beach, Vik, Southern Iceland. Photographer on the beach among the waves of the ocean

Dendrocopos major in flight

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"Capturing the Unseen: A Tripod's Journey through Time and Space" In the bustling streets of London, a Metropolitan Police air raid siren blares, signaling an era of uncertainty. Meanwhile, in a dimly lit seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, a tripod stands silently witness to attempts to communicate with the other side. Venturing out to Woking, Surrey, England, we find ourselves face-to-face with a magnificent War of the Worlds sculpture. This towering creation reminds us of H. G. Wells' vivid imagination and its impact on popular culture. On the tranquil waters off Porthgwarra in Cornwall lies Bill Harvey's fishing boat Alpha from 1903 - a testament to man's enduring connection with nature and his quest for sustenance. But our journey takes an intriguing turn as we stumble upon Harry Price's ghost hunting kit. With this collection of tools designed to explore supernatural phenomena, one can only wonder what mysteries it has unraveled throughout history. A leap forward brings us to Great Western Beach in Newquay on that fateful day - June 24th, 1910. The sun shines brightly as beachgoers enjoy their leisurely pursuits while unknowingly becoming subjects captured by cameras mounted on tripods; frozen moments preserved forever. Flipping through Popular Science Magazine covers reveals how tripods have been instrumental in documenting scientific breakthroughs and technological advancements over time - from forecasting weather patterns to unraveling secrets hidden within our vast universe. G. H. Wilkins returns triumphant from his expedition aboard The Quest alongside Sir Ernest Shackleton – an epic tale etched into history thanks to photographs taken using sturdy tripods that stood firm amidst treacherous conditions. Traveling further back in time now finds us standing beside Alexander the Great on the eve of Gaugamela – his trusted tripod-mounted camera ready to capture pivotal moments that would shape empires and legacies.