Bizarre Collection (page 9)

Bernsteins Fish Grotto - San Francisco, USA
Bernsteins Fish Grotto - San Francisco, California, USA. The Ship that never goes to Sea - one of the more extraordinary restaurant frontages one will come across

Rotheneuf, France - Emerald Coast - The Rock Carvings
Rotheneuf, France - The Emerald Coast - The Rock Carvings. The village is a seaside resort but is famous for its sculpted rocks, " rochers sculpts"

Small three-wheeled car
Sporty chap in his miniature three-wheeler

Breuillards device to assist walking
Dr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel

Shooting birds from floating cycle
A sporting gentleman in top hat hunts ducks out in the middle of a lake thanks to his remarkable floating aquatic cycle - useability possibly determinate on the level of swell

Ice-cutting Machine
A late 19th century Steam-powered Ice-cutting Machine operating on the frozen exoanse of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Possibly one of historys more risky undertakings for an apparatus of this

Remarkable Life-saving Body Suit
A rather remarkable and very unusual life-saving body suit, comprising of flexible leg and domed upper section, complete with breathing tube and flotation ring

Portmanteau Buoy
A jolly Victorian gent from the days when Britain unquestionably ruled the waves doffs his hat as he floats proudly in his safety device de jour - his portmanteau buoy

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

Jointed Steamship
A remarkable concept steamship, jointed in three places, seeminglyto counteract the motion of the sea!

Ectoplasm forming from Helen Duncans mouth
Undated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (vi)

Pretended rabbit breeder Mary Tofts
Undated photograph of engraving of pretend rabbit-breeder Mary Tofts. HPG/1/13/2 (xviii)

Indian Rope Trick Poster
Undated coloured poster featuring illustration of Thurston, the famous magician, performing the East Indian rope-trick. HPF/5B/17

Businessman relaxes in his office
A Businessman (possibly a Company Director) sits back in a modern round wicker chair with hands behind his head and wearing a Warriors helmet

Turkey, Chanak - British Fleet Sports Final. A rather funny game is in progress between the 8th Flotilla and HMS Emperor of India

How to Brighten Hotel Life: The Gala Breakfast
This amusing illustration shows a bizarre breakfast scene in a hotel. One of a series specially drawn for The Sketch by Joyce Dennys

Soldiers on parade
British Troops Drilling outside The Devils Cave attraction at the White City exhibition grounds, Shepherds Bush, London

Frogs Race on Snails
Three frogs mounted on snails race each other

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; A person
An illustration showing a curious design sent to the Patent Office in 1920, of a bizarre head covering with design features such as a window and ventilation

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

Customs / Cheese Rolling
Cheese Rolling at Coopers Hill. For over 400 years this Whit-Monday ceremony has taken place to preserve rights of common as grazing-ground

1950S Evening Wear
A bored looking model poses wearing a long coral coloured evening gown, against a rather bizarre studio prop

Bingo at Crimean Camp
Off-duty soldiers in a French camp during the Crimean war enjoy a game of " lotto" (bingo)

Diving Suit Struggle
A German underwater photographer struggles to get into his rubber diving suit, with a little help from his friends. Date: 1930s

Satirical Fashions 1844
Albert Smiths gents: loud cravats, huge tie pins, pinched waists, boys in kilts, plaid trousers, bizarre top hats, hunting pinks, sac coat with large buttons

Mytton in Stable
English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) sits under a horses rump and holds onto her hind legs. The other horses in the stable appear perturbed - but not the humans

Brocken Spectre (Cig C. )
THE SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN a bizarre effect caused by projected shadows seen, notably, on the Brocken in the Harz mountains, Saxony, Germany

Varnished Nail Guard
Nail guards. An American idea for protecting varnished nails until they are thoroughly dry. Date: 1930s

Vowel Simulator / 1900
Marages machine to simulate the sounds and mouth shapes created by saying the five vowels

Girl, Imps, Toadstools
Dollys Dream. Why would Dolly dream of a little girl surrounded by imps, fairies, plum puddings, toadstools & a miniature town ?

Pope Formosus
FORMOSUS pope who earned bizarre posthumous fame by being exhumed and his corpse put on trial by his successor, Stephanus VI

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