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A man dressed in shabby clothes who claimed to be 126 years old. Photograph, c. 1926.

Bath: a procession of doctors watched by bystanders, at the annual meeting of the British Medical Association. Photograph, 1925.

A flock of ostriches on a farm in South Africa. Photogravure, c.1900.

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A flock of ostriches on a farm in South Africa. Photogravure, c.1900.

Bath: a procession of doctors watched by bystanders, at the annual meeting of the British Medical Association. Photograph, 1925.

A man dressed in shabby clothes who claimed to be 126 years old. Photograph, c. 1926.