Bizarre Collection (page 6)

Fantastic Adventures - The black Arrow
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, June 1948, featuring the story The black Arrow by Jamieson Wood. Huge black snake struggles in the water and destroys boats of American Indian. Date: 1948

Fantastic Adventures - The strange mission of Arthur Pendran
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, June 1944, featuring the story The strange mission of Arthur Pendran by John X. Pollard. A beautiful woman sits on a throne showing a terrified looking man a floating

Fantastic Adventures - Onslaught of the druid girls
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, June 1941, featuring the story Onslaught of the druid girls by Ray Cummings. A young beautiful woman rides a hippogriff. Date: 1941

Fantastic Adventures - Queen of the Panther World
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1948, featuring the story Queen of the Panther World by Berkely Livingston. Amazon rides a black panther fighting a green dragon with a spea. Date: 1948

Fantastic Adventures - Diamond of Doom
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1945, featuring the story Diamond of Doom by Alexander Blade. A man with grey skin holds a shining diamond in front of a young woman looking terrified by it

Fantastic Adventures - The Devils Pigs
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1945, featuring the story The Devils Pigs by Don Wilcox. A young beautiful woman looks softly at a strange creature. Date: 1945

Fantastic Adventures - The Daughter of Genghis Kahn
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1942, featuring the story The Daughter of Genghis Kahn by John York Cabot. Beautiful young woman points a finger at something in front of her

Fantastic Adventures - The Floating Robot
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1941, featuring the story The Floating Robot by David Wright O brien. Beautiful woman in white dress looks terrified at a floating robot with an old microphone

A very scary Father Christmas with billhook and lantern. The caption is also a little bizarre - it reads: " May Christmas mirth wed New Years Joy"... Date: circa 1907

Fantastic Adventures - Doorway to hell
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, February 1942, featuring the story Doorway to hell by Frank Patton. A pretty woman in a long red dress is looking terrified by a bizarre fishy looking creature with a

Fantastic Adventures - Toka and the man bats
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, February 1946, featuring the story Toka and the man bats by J. W. Pelkie. A beautiful young woman lies on the floor of a dark cave scared by a huge paranormal half man

Fantastic Adventures - Return of the whispering gorilla
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, February 1943, featuring the story Return of the whispering gorilla by David V. Reed. A huge gorilla is holding a pretty woman in a white dress

Fantastic Adventures - Invasion of the Planet Men
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1949, featuring the story Invasion of the Planet Men by Berkeley Livingston. A couple is surprised by a view bizarre looking green complected men coming out

Fantastic Adventures - The involuntary immortals
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1949, featuring the story The involuntary immortals by Rog Phillips. A scientist is standing in a laboratory in front of a tube filled with a golden liquid

Fantastic Adventures - The Man who laughed at time
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, August 1949, featuring the story The Man who laughed at time by Alexander Blade. Man in white cloak holds a golden scale

Fantastic Adventures - The Daughter of Thor
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, August 1942, featuring the story The Daughter of Thor by Edmond Hamilton. A young beautiful woman with long blond hair sits on a black throne

Fantastic Adventures - The Octopus of Space
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, October 1949, featuring the story The Octopus of Space by Alexander Blade. A man watches another man in a wet suite fighting a huge octopus out of the round window of a

Fantastic Adventures - King of the Dinsaurs
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, October 1945, featuring the story King of the Dinsaurs by J. W. Pelkie. A warrior on a huge dangers looking dinosaur wields his axe against an attacking enemy

Fantastic Adventures - Spawn of the Glacier
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1943, featuring the story Spawn of the Glacier by Leroy Yerxa. A couple stares at four little green suited fairies who climed out of black floating bubbles

Dollie Goo Goo watched a bumble bee
European kitsch take on Japanese style... Dollie Goo Goo watched a bumble bee whilst her puppy dog chews on a toy Date: circa 1910s

Dollie Goo Goo surpised by a duckling
European take on Japanese style... Dollie Goo Goo is surpised by a duckling Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon, The great couturier, WW1
French satire on Austrian fashions show ghoulish staring eyed women with heavy make-up, outlandish hairstyles & bizarre & eccentric clothes in garish colours & patterns. Date: 1917

VICTORY AT PORTSMOUTH
Members of the International Postal Conference visiting Admiral Nelsons ship the " Victory" at Portsmouth. Date: 1920s

Brocken Spectre
THE SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN a bizarre effect caused by projected shadows seen, notably, on the Brocken in the Harz mountains, Saxony, Germany Date: circa 1880

Little Red Riding Hood fancy dress
A quartet in fancy dress costume dressed up as the main characters in the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf costume is particularly sinister. Date: c.1910

Carvings by Abbe Foure at Rotheneuf, France
Rotheneuf, France - The Emerald Coast - The Rock Carvings. The village is a seaside resort but is famous for its sculpted rocks, " rochers sculptes"

Dan Bulger racehorse and Prince Monolulu at the races
Racehorse Dan Bulger with jockey on horseback, and Prince Monolulu, horseracing tipster, at the races. circa 1936

Fancy Dress for Winter sports holiday carnival - radish
Suggestions for a fancy dress costume appropriate for a carnival as part of a winter sports holiday programme. Available from Dickins and Jones. Date: 1928

A mysterious Fall of Frogs Date: 19th century

Flying Lemur - gliding. Philippines

Flying Lemur / Colugos - Gliding
FLYING LEMUR / COLUGOS - Gliding (Cynocephalus volans). Philippines

Swan day in Henley-on-Thames
Before the annual Royal Regatta the resident swans are cleared form the river to avoid accidents and injuries. They used to be collected in boats prior to a move. Date: early 1900s

The new game of push ball
A new game introduced from America played at Headingley, Leeds, involving the pushing and rolling of a huge ball measuring 18 feet in circumference and with rules similar to football

Bringing home some jumbo spuds
A farmer brings home a splendid crop of giant potatoes.... Date: circa 1910s

Mobile Department Store in Cuba
A mobile One-man Department Store arrives on a housewifes doorstep - Havana, Cuba. Date: 1910s

Paul Biston the 1st - The King of Boot-blacks
A very odd postcard depicting Paul Biston the 1st - The King of Boot-blacks in highly regal pose ! Date: circa 1905

Japan - Geisha Girl with elaborately pinned hair. Date: circa 1903

British Gymnastics Display with announcer & seated audience
Unintentionally hilarious photographic postcard of a British Gymnastics Display with announce/trainer (armed with a megaphone) and a very reserved seated audience

Zulu children arriving out of giant eggs
A very surreal and slightly disturbing postcard showing Fresh arrivals - a group of young Zulu toddlers emerging fully-formed out of giant eggs! Date: circa 1903

Carrying pigs to market - China Date: circa 1908

The Kitchen / Smokehouse, Fontevrault Abbey, Chinon, France
The Kitchens / Salmon Smokehouse, Fontevrault Abbey, Near Chinon, Anjou, Loire Valley, France - pictured before restoration (before the chimneys were added back on)

Hong Kong - China - Street Coolies. The first and last are clad in straw raincoats while the one in the centre is carrying provisions purchased from the market. circa 1910s

The Old Church at Newtownards, Northern Ireland Date: circa 1905

Tunisia - Jewish Community - Prayers in the Cemetery, Tunis. The devotees are almost totally encased within their tent-like robes. Date: circa 1903

Catch of Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA
Catch of (quite unbelievable!) Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA Date: circa 1916

Hong Kong, China - Rickshaw driver wearing leaf raincoat
Hong Kong, China - Rickshaw driver wearing and elaborate (and somewhat bizarre) leaf (rushes) raincoat. Date: 1919

Unusual woman playing a small stringed instrument
Slightly unusual postcard showing a woman with long dark flowing locks strumming away at a small lute. A slightly deranged gaze to boot... Date: 1907

Exposition Nancy 1909 - Accumulators Lorraine ore hoppers with hatches. Date: circa 1911

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