Rare Collection (#11)

Her Majestys Gracious Smile
A rare photograph of a smiling Queen Victoria taken in 1898 at the age of 79 during her Jubilee celebrations. Date: 15th February 1898

Tapirape Warriors
Tapirape warriors of Brazil, South America, at the annual ceremonial dances. The magician in the foreground is wearing a very rare crown of Black Jaguar claws. Date: 1930s

Ripley Weeping Cross
The very rare medieval Weeping Cross in the churchyard at Ripley, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. The four pair of niches round the base are for kneeling penitents! Date: 1950s

Large Trout Catch
A record catch. Such large fish (1 ft. 7 inches and 41 pounds in weight) are rare. The normal weight of a grown trout is 1 pound. The big red skin spots are typical. Date: 1930s

SHAP ABBEY
Shap Abbey, Cumbria, England, is a rare Premonstratensian house, in a rather bleak setting. Its most distinctive surviving feature is its huge West Tower. Date: founded circa 1200

Furry Friends
The rare sight of a dog and rabbit sitting on a garden chair together! Date: 1930s

Notornis
Rare flightless New Zealand bird, the notornis. The Illustrated London News notes that, the Notornis was first discovered in fossil form before it was ever seen alive

Jews House, Lincoln
The Jews House, a rare example of domestic Norman architecture, and a reminder of the Jewish community that flourished in medieval Lincoln Date: 12th century

Thomas A. Edison memorial bridge, and Thomas Edison
F4- Thomas A. Edison memorial bridge, Ft. Myers, Fla. Thomas A. Edison called Ft. Myers his adopted home from 1885 when he first came here, until 1931, the year of his death

Australian cabinet photograph - young woman
A rare cabinet photograph from Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia depicting a young lady in fine dress in a studio setting

Amasya, Turkey - Bridge over the River Yesilirmak
An extremely rare postcard showing Amasya, Turkey. Mountainous city on the Black Sea coast famous for apples and produced Kings, Princes, scientists

Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg
Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg (1876-1936) in 1909 with her children by her second husband, Grand Prince Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia; Maria (standing) and Kira

The Sale of a Deserters Belongings on board a British Warsh
Illustration showing the sale of the belongings of a deserter, on board a British battleship. This rare event was held whenever a seaman deserted and left belongings on board a ship

Discovery of Royal mummies at Thebes
Tomb of King Amen-Hotep I, Eighteenth Dynasty, Thebes in Egypt. During the 1870s and 1880s Thebes was targeted by antiquity thieves, who sold rare finds to travellers

Germany Saarbrucken
The town sketched on the day after its capture by the French, one of Prussias rare losses during the Franco- Prussian war

Edwardian Housemaids
Three pretty young Edwardian housemaids larking about during a rare rest period

Fingest Church
St. Bartholomews Church, Fingest, Buckinghamshire, England, which has one of the finest Norman towers in England and has a rare double saddleback roof

The Old and the New Rubbing Wheels : Coaching Days and Moto
A street scene from 1927 showing a the Old Berkeley, a stage coach operated by Messrs. Claud F. Goddard and Bertram Mills from London to Box Hill through the summer

FROGS / CONTENTMENT 1880S
He was a frog and she was a frog. He said that she was a wife most rare. She said he was beyond compare

Bluethroat / Bluebreast
also known as Bluebreast (Cyanecula suecia) Three are three varieties - red-spotted, white-spotted (seen here) and the rare unspotted blue

Snow White / Grimm / Crane
Queen thou art of beauty rare, but Snow White living in the glen, with the seven little men, is a thousand times more fair. Date: 1880

Narwhals on the Shore
NARWHAL - MONODON MONOCEROS A rare Arctic whale known also as a sea unicorn because of its exceptionally long tooth

EUROTAS WRECKED
It is rare for a picture of a shipwreck to include both a piano and a camel, but when the Eurotas is beached on the North African coast, it happens. Donkeys, too

Roman Lion Hunt
A Roman lion hunt : since lions are rare in Italy, this probably takes place during one of Romes African expeditions

London / Cries / Mat Man
The mat-man sells mats made from a strong fibre that adheres to the shell of the coconut and are very rare

Types of Accident
Three kinds of flying accident 1 - fall of aviator without plane. 2 - fall of plane without aviator (rare). 3 - fall of plane and aviator together (most common)

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