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)

Man with tripod photographing lake Entova at dawn standing on the snowy shores, Valmalenco, Valtellina, Lombardy, Italy

Ceramic tripod vessel with feline representations
5305149 Ceramic tripod vessel with feline representations.; (add.info.: Ceramic tripod vessel with feline representations, from Nicaragua. Dated 14th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

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

Elbow chair, 1908-9 (wood)
847261 Elbow chair, 1908-9 (wood); height: 82 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: With horseshoe toprail above perforated panel flanks, the octagonal seat with lightly dished surface)

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

Marines depart, 28 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines depart, 28 Jun 1917 (date created or published later). Photographers documenting U.S. Marines boarding a transport ship at a U.S. port during World War I.

Members of an Expedition in Suchan, 1920-1929. Creator: Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov
Members of an Expedition in Suchan, 1920-1929. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Members of an Expedition in Suchan, 1920-1929. Creator: Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov
Members of an Expedition in Suchan, 1920-1929. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

The Photographer
James Yang

Microphotography
Mariano Verra

Glass Globe at Fort William Henry Hotel, New York, c.1885. Creator: Seneca Ray Stoddard
Glass Globe at Fort William Henry Hotel, New York, c.1885

Conquest of German East Africa; Halt of a company during the march on Mahenge, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Conquest of German East Africa; Halt of a company during the march on Mahenge, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

They were on their honeymoon, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
They were on their honeymoon, between 1900 and 1905. Photo shows photographer taking picture of couple on beach, St. Augustine, Florida

Ceremony of Laying the Foundation-Stone of the New School-House at the Philanthropic Society's Farm, Red-Hill, [Surrey], 1856. The new School-house is the gift of Mr

Gertrude Ka¨sebier, 1905. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Gertrude Ka¨sebier, 1905. Photograph shows photographer Gertrude Kasebier, standing next to a tripod-mounted camera, an unidentified man is standing behind the camera

'"Modern Goths"; Amateur Photographers at work in the Court of Lions, in the Alhambra, Granada, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952, half length, facing front, adjusting lens... c1936
Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952, half length, facing front, adjusting lens of large tripod camera, in front of the Arts Club, 2017 Eye Street, Washington, D.C. c1936

Photographer at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Photographer at U.S
Photographer at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. between 1913 and 1917. Man using a plate camera on a tripod. American politician Joseph Gurney Cannon on left

Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston standing beside her view camera preparing to take... 1938. Creator: Unknown
Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston standing beside her view camera preparing to take a photograph Biltmore Estate; her assistant Huntley Ruff is in the foreground

Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston standing beside her large view camera looking... c1938. Creator: Unknown
Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston standing beside her large view camera looking towards the Biltmore Estate mansion in the background, c1938

Frances Benjamin Johnston photographing a group of people, mostly children, in Europe, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Frances Benjamin Johnston photographing a group of people, mostly children, in Europe, 1900

Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, standing in front of door, with camera... c1935. Creator: Unknown
Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, standing in front of door, with camera, facing slightly left, c1935

Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, Washington DC, July 19, 96. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, Washington DC, July 19, 96. Place card for a special meal or event shows Frances Johnston holding a paint palette and leaning on a camera and tripod

Group crossing footbridge with cameras, between 1885 and 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Group crossing footbridge with cameras, between 1885 and 1900. Photograph showing two men carrying cameras and tripods assisting a woman across a log footbridge

Pinkey & the camera, 1888. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston. Pinkey & the camera, 1888
Pinkey & the camera, 1888. Frances Benjamin Johnston on a balcony of the State, War and Navy Building with a tripod-mounted camera

Archie Roosevelt photographing Quentin Roosevelt outdoors, 1902. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Archie Roosevelt photographing Quentin Roosevelt outdoors, 1902. (Sons of President Theodore Roosevelt)

Miss Johnston & audience, Lake Como, Italy, 1899. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Miss Johnston & audience, Lake Como, Italy, 1899. [Photographer] Frances Benjamin Johnston, standing with her camera, and group of children

Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917
Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917. Press conference, First World War, Washington, DC

U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S
U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Installing Apotheosis of Democracy marble relief sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett, Washington DC

U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S
U.S. Capitol - Pediment On House Front; Sculpture By Paul Bartlett, 1916. Installing Apotheosis of Democracy marble relief sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett, Washington DC

U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Exterior, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Exterior, 1913
U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Exterior, 1913. Firefighters in sou'westers with pressure hose, Washington DC. Camera in foreground

U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Exterior, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Exterior, 1913
U.S. Capitol - Cleaning Exterior, 1913. Firefighters in sou'westers with pressure hose, Washington DC

Adjustable Candle Holder, c. 1937. Creator: Howard Lumbard
Adjustable Candle Holder, c. 1937

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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.