Bizarre Collection (page 3)

Water-induced rest
Designed to cause sleep, a device providing a continual flow of water across the forehead of a person suffering from insomnia

Quail catching in Syria 1862
A tradition among Syrian peasants using branches and sheets to encircle terrified quail. 1862

The Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway - a unique coastline railway running through the shallow coastal waters of the English Channel between 1896 and 1901. Date: 1896

Jeanne Provost - French Movie Star and theatre actress
Jeanne Provost (1887-1980) - French Movie Star and theatre actress. Date: circa 1910s

Joseph Salomonson of Amsterdam The Apostle of Natural Life
Date: 1906

Unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard
Austria - an unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard - combining two different angle shots taken at the same moment, combined into one image. Date: 1910

Pancake Scramble watched by Royal Family, Westminster School
In March 1919, the Royal Family went to Westminster School to see the famous scramble for the largest piece of the pancake tossed by the chef and to hand the winner a sovereign

Traditional Costumes from the Bresse region of France
Traditional Costumes from the Bresse region - a former French province. It is located in the regions of Rhone-Alpes, Bourgogne, and Franche-Comte of eastern France

Nottingham Goose Fair
A pretty young woman riding a large goose sidesaddle-style at the Nottingham Goose Fair. Date: 1905

TOY CRICKETING CAT
A toy cricketing cat, bat behind him, arms spread wide to catch the cricket ball! Date: 1930s

Ministry of Supply - General Aircraft limited GAL. 56 / 04 - TS510 Also known as t
Ministry of Supply General Aircraft limited GAL.56/04 TS510 Also known as the " Medium-U" version, had the same swept wing plan-form as the GAL.56/01 mounted outboard of a constant chord

Norma Shearer among the Lilies - Screen Celebrities - from a New Angle: Unconventional Portraits. Date: 1930

Do we need the Actress?. Mr Huntley Wright at Home Date: 1904
" Do we need the Actress?". Mr Huntley Wright at Home Date: 1904

Do we need the Actress?. Mr Edgar Atchison-Ely in Rational Dress. Date: 1904
" Do we need the Actress?". Mr Edgar Atchison-Ely in Rational Dress. Date: 1904

A really very bizarre silhouette postcard depicting a man with a dancing monkey, entertaining a young couple, the gentleman in a suit, the lady in the sheerest of sheer negligees

A Rickshaw boy of Durban in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan, the rickshaw became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century

Earls Court Exhibition of 1902 - The Topsy Turvy House
" Paris in London", the Earls Court Exhibition of 1902 - The Topsy Turvy House. Date: 1902

Flight of a Belle - Witty French postcard showing a glamorous beauty taking flight over the countryside !!! Date: 1905

Java, Indonesia - remarkable bridge. Date: circa 1930s

Waltz Time - Diver and Model - Marine Studios, Florida, USA
Waltz Time - Diver and Model - Marine Studios, Marineland, Ocean Shore Boulevard, Florida, USA. Photographers models are called upon to swim in the Oceanariums along with staff divers

Little Girl with unusual snowman with newspaper hat and gun over his shoulder! Date: 1906

Phillips Multiplane 1893
Phillips Multiplane of 1893 Unusual Multi-Winged Design Date: 1893

Phillips Multiplane 1904 Unusual Multiple-Winged Design Date: 1904

Douglas X-3 Stiletto Prototype Unusual Design Date: 1952

Fashionable Style - Massive hat with feather adornment
Fashionable Bulgarian Style - Pretty model wearing a massive hat with Ostrich Feathers adornment, shaped almost like eagles wings!! She is enjoying a glass of something strong

Big Hat - A Martyr to fashion
A young girl who is clearly a Martyr to Fashion. Comic postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats during this period. Date: circa 1910

I d like to Swagger All My Life - But I ll have to be trotting back to work next week confund it. Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large

The Whole Family up-to-date - Swagger Style. Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Date: 1912

Fashionable Edwardian Swagger Style - Gentlemans Hat
Fashionable Edwardian Swagger Style - Gent wearing an all-enveloping hat - a mild satire on the penchant for women (and men) to wear large and enveloping hats during this period. Date: 1909

Laval, France - The Two Railway Stations and the Avenue. Date: 1911

Fijian Warriors on a visit to Balmoral, Scotland
Adolf Brester (1854-1937) with a group of Fijian Warriors (Armed Police) pictured in their uniforms standing in front of the castle on a visit to Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Date: 1902

Advertising postcard - New Home Sewing Machine
The worlds greatest sewing machine is the New Home made by Gonyea and Alba of Rutland, Vermont, enabling repairs to be carried out in situ...! Date: circa 1910

Stunning portrait - Chic French girl in Spiders Web Cap - see also: 10137800 Date: 1920s

French Humorous Postcard - Gent riding a Pike. Date: circa 1907

WW1 - Comic Postcard - The Long and the Short of it
WW1 - Comic Postcard - " The Long and the Short of it". A lady and her remarkably tall fella! Date: 1916

Tattooing - Side or Centre parting Sir?
Tattooing - " Side or Centre parting Sir?" ! Date: circa 1920s

American Fat Man - Barney Worth - Freakshow Performer
American Fat Man - Barney Worth - Remarkable socks and slightly distressingly-short shorts. Titania and Barney Worth were billed as The Worlds Fattest Couple when going on show at various Freakshows

Large Hollow Tree Trunk - Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada, British Columbia. Date: 1914

Cat telephone cosy from Selfridges, 1919
Ideas for Christmas gifts from Selfridges. This quaint conceit is a telephone cosy in the shape of a cat. Everyone needs one of these in their life. Date: 1919

Cooking the Chefs Goose - A Christmas Fantasy, Leon Heron
A rather bizarre illustration showing two huge geese flying away from a chef ridden by Father Christmas, a policeman and a flapper girl! Date: 1929

Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII - King of Brass, Nigeria
Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII, who became the Amanyanabo (King) of Brass, Nigeria in 1889. Brass now part of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, part of the Nembe Kingdon

Antankarana woman from Mahajanga, Madagascar
An Antankarana woman from Mahajanga (Majunga) a city and a district on the northwest coast of Madagascar. Note the distinctive balled hairstyle, nose jewellery and beaded necklaces

Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat
The traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community) woman of Lebanon (sadly not an example of the popular trend to replicate the landscape of late 19th)

Four Queens on a Jack - Four Women riding a donkey. Date: circa 1905

Half Pierrot costume
A gentleman in (most of) a Pierrot costume, although he seems to feel that his Mothers bathcap would be suitable headgear to accompany the voluminous check trouser suit... Date: circa 1920s

Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat. Not the best start in life health-wise... Quite bizarre. Date: 1904

A bizarre carnation.. Chromolithograph from Thomas Hogg, A Treatise on the Carnation, and Other Flowers. 2nd edition. Date: circa 1832

Wet nurse feeds baby using a goat
A Cuban wet nurse feeds a baby in her care using the milk from a goat, who is actively participating in the exchange! 1907

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