Missing Collection (page 7)

Actor goose hand Actor Ichikawa DanjnrAś 1791-1859
Actor with a goose in his hand, Actor Ichikawa Danjuro (1791-1859) in the role of Konoshita Tokichi stands in front of a gate with an umbrella and an goose in her hand pierced with an arrow

Shanghai View Bund Afong album #1 Clark Worswick
Shanghai, View of the Bund, Shanghai, Afong album #1, Clark Worswick photographs of China and Southeast Asia, Albumen, between ca. 1860- and ca. 1889, Title from caption written on mount

Gustav Hamel, 1889 - Missing May 23, 1914. Pioneer British Aviator. From The Year 1914 Illustrated

Comic postcard, Man looking under his bed in a hotel room Date: 20th century

Surprised Santa
Santa surprised at empty vault

Mr Link, monkey appearing at the Hippodrome 1906
Clever monkey called Mr Link or The Missing Link, who was appearing at The Hippodrome, London in June 1906. Wearing gentlemens clothing he performed on stage eating

Absence cannot hearts divide - a young American bride awaits for the return of her beloved. Date: circa 1910

Vespasian (9-79). Roman Emperor. Bust. Marble. 1st century
Vespasian (9-79). Roman Emperor. Founder of the Flavian dynasty. Head from an statue. 70-80 AD. From Carthage, Tunisia. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Piltdown Man
An illustration of The earliest known inhabitant of England, based upon the fragments of skull and jawbone supposedly discovered in a gravel pit at Piltdown, East Sussex, England

Amputated toes, X-ray C017 / 7166
Amputated toe. X-ray of the left foot of a 75 year old male patient where the tip of the big toe and two thirds of the next toe have been amputated

Amputated fingers, X-ray C017 / 7150
Amputated fingers. X-ray of the right hand of a 57 year old male patient where the tips of the fourth and fifth fingers have been amputated

Map of Smith Sound and Greenland, 1875
Engraving showing a map of Smith Sound and Greenland, as it was known in May 1875. Much of the map is erroneous or missing in detail

Heinrich Wilhelm Mathias Olbers (1758-1840), German astronomer and physician. (1864). Olbers was founder member of the astronomers called the Celestial Police who searched for a suppposed missing

A clay reconstruction of the face of Piltdown Man
A clay reconstruction of the face of the paleoanthropological hoax Piltdown Man, discovered in the grounds of Barkham Manor at Piltdown, East Sussex

WW1 - Lonely and Longing - Smart girl in pretty pink bonnet
WW1 - Lonely and Longing - Smart young girl in pretty pink bonnet, missing her manwho has headed off to the front... Date: 1914

Illustration to a story, There -- there is my child
There -- there is my child! A woman in desperate search for her missing child catches sight of her performing on an outdoor stage

Sub Machine Gun, Beretta, 9 Mm M38A
Beretta 9 mm M1938A sub machine gun 1940 (c), magazine missing. Date: circa 1940

Machine Gun, Light, Lewis, . 303 In Mk I
Lewis. 303 in Mk I machine gun, 1915. Manufactured by Birmingham Small Arms Company for Armes Automatiques Lewis, Belgium; air service, World War One; magazine missing. Date: circa 1915

Cartoon, Henry James Byron, dramatist
Cartoon of Henry James Byron (1835-1884), the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor. Seen here surrounded by posters advertising plays by other writers

Honour Was Satisfied by H M Bateman, or, The Seasons Retrospect. This illustration shows a man hunting, but is such a bad shot that he hits nothing

Christmas card in the shape of a dogs collar, with the dog missing. Date: circa 1890s

The difference between an old maid and a married woman... The Old Miad waits for a Husband every day, yet The Married Woman waits for her husband every night !! Date: 1909

Helicopter search and rescue using thermal camera
Helicopter search and rescue, early use of a thermal infrared camera to find missing people. A woman sits to the left of the pilot, with the camera in front of her. Date: 1972

Dog-eared short-tailed white cat. 1960s

Motoring / Hotspur 1949
" You can t escape from the evil eye!" A man in a car tries to escape from a man pursuing him on a motor bike: the back of the car, including the wheels, is missing! Date: 1949

Mother Misses her Son
A grey-haired mother sits musing on her absent son. As she wistfully gazes into a photograph album a vision of him appears in the fireplace. He too looks pensive. Date: 1922

Alannah
Traditional Irish song with music. Image depicting a woman looking out to sea, missing her man. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1904

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, study of a Chow
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a black Chow named Sun-Yat-Sen, or Sunny, who went missing, and was reunited with his master, exhausted and thin. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum. Showing a proud cockerel conducting a roll call of all his hens, and finding the independently-minded Hetty missing. Date: 1921

Spoof missing notice, anti-suffrage satire -- Missing, A Young Lady. Date: circa 1910

Refuse collector at work on a Balham street, SW London. He is wearing a mortar board which someone has thrown away. Date: circa 1960s

Two boys with cricket bat on a Balham street, SW London
Two boys with a cricket bat on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

India - The Chini-Ka-Roya, Agra
Black and white. Highly decorated building which has started to fall apart - plaster and walls missing in places.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 158 and 10. Date: circa 1890s

Life of Charles Dickens - Row of terraced houses with rectangular windows and arched doorways. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works) slide no. missing Date: circa 1890s

Where Did That One Go by H. M. Bateman
(With innumerable apologies to Captain Bruce Bairnsfather) An irate golfer on the green struggling to make contact with the ball drawn by H. M

WW1 knitting postcard - Absent yet Near
A young wife sits at home knitting comforts for the troops with her soldier husband very much in her thoughts, subliminally sending her a loving, but rather bad poem. Date: c.1915

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flight
Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, loading supplies into the " Polar Star", before the flight of the 2000 miles from Dundee Island across the Antarctic to the Bay of Whales

Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot
American Lincoln Ellsworth and his British colleague and pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon who on 23 November 1935, started from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparations
Lincoln Ellsworth (left) and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (right), his pilot, making preparations for their trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

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"Unraveling the Mystery: Tracing the Footsteps Legends" Amelia Earhart, US aviation pioneer, vanished into thin air, leaving behind a legacy that still soars high today. In a world dominated by technology, even the most heartless robot cannot comprehend the concept emotions. The enigmatic disappearance of Mary Celeste in 1872 continues to baffle historians and artists alike; an oil on canvas capturing her haunting absence. Standing tall since 1927, Menin Gate memorial silently honors those missing souls who fought bravely during World War I in Ypres. The Piltdown Man memorial serves as a reminder of one of history's greatest hoaxes - a puzzle that remained unsolved until 1953. Algernon Blackwood & Alfred Taylor's stories shed light on the countless men who went missing during WWI - their tales forever etched in our collective memory. John Cooke delves into deep discussions surrounding the mysterious Piltdown skull - its authenticity questioned for decades after its discovery in Sussex. "Drive Off The Missing Links, " Lawson Wood's artwork playfully depicts our fascination with uncovering hidden truths and solving perplexing mysteries throughout time. With each reconstruction attempt, scientists strive to bring back to life the elusive Piltdown Man from his ancient grave dating back to 1912. The article titled "The Most Ancient Inhabitant of England" sheds light on how Piltdown Man captivated imaginations worldwide before being exposed as an elaborate hoax in 1953. Piltdown man reconstructed: A glimpse into prehistoric times or an intricate web spun by deceitful hands? The mystery lingers still. .