Curiosity Collection (page 3)

Tabby kitten with caged mouse
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with a caged mouse. 1950s

Cat and rat
Unusual Friends - cat and rat. 1950s

Susi - investigating the umbrella stand. 1950s

Susi - with friend and sewing box. 1950s

Susi - with empty glass bowl
Susi - with an empty glass bowl. 1950s

Stuffed dogs, Walter Potter Museum, London
Three stuffed dogs sitting in a furnished room at the Walter Potter Museum, Jamaica Inn, London. Sadly the museum was sold off and disbanded in 2003. Date: 1960s

Stuffed dog, Walter Potter Museum, London
A stuffed dog sitting at a writing desk in a furnished room at the Walter Potter Museum, Jamaica Inn, London. Sadly the museum was sold off and disbanded in 2003. Date: 1960s

Susi - with glass jar. 1950s

Comet of 1857 Paris
A comet is seen over Paris: in fact the " Comet of 1857" was a hoax. Date: 1857

Tong Church, Shropshire, dedicated to St. Bartholomew and noted for its fine architectural proportions. Known as the " Westminster Abbey of the Midlands". Date: 1950s

Racial / Pakistan 1984
A group of street merchants (men and boys) on the main street at Noshki, West Pakistan. Date: 1984

Gaping at a Prussian
An object of great curiosity, Champs Elysees Date: 1-3 March 1871

Schrepfer and Spirits
Johann Georg Schrepfer (also known as the baron de Steinbach) (1730-1774) conjures spirits at Dresden, but shoots himself when things start to go wrong Date: 1773

Two boys in the harbour, St Ives, Cornwall
Two boys paddling in the harbour, St Ives, Cornwall, near a boat called Josephine. Date: 1970s

Three puppies and a robin on a New Year card
Three puppies looking through a window at a robin on a New Year card. circa 1890s

Birds with wooden doll in snow on a Christmas card
Birds find a wooden doll half buried in the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens with teapot on a greetings card
Two kittens with teapot and fan on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens on a New Year card, playing with chess pieces. circa 1890s

Shell Fence, St Petersburg, Florida, USA. It was built by Owen Albright (originally from Lancashire, UK) outside his home as a roadside attraction and curiosity

Monument Rocks at Smoky Hill, Kansas, USA
Monument Rocks at Smoky Hill, Gove County, Kansas, USA, showing one named Old Chief Smoky, after a Native American Indian chief. Made of chalk, this one collapsed in 1986. Date: circa 1920

Andy the D-Day Bull of Brookville, Ohio, USA
Andy the D-Day Bull, owned by W A Rasor of Brookville, Ohio, USA. Andy was born on D-Day, 6 June 1944 and died in 1956. He had four horns, four eyes and a double nose. Date: circa 1940s

Illustration, Paul Pry watching sporting events. Paul Pry was a character in a popular play of the same name, by John Poole, first performed in 1825

Dick Swiveller. Portrait of Dick Swiveller from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens.Date: circa 1905

Baby at seaside with dog
A baby at the seaside with a pet dog on a hot summers day. Date: circa 1960s

United States Hotel, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
United States Hotel, dating from 1787, in Litchfield, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1910

Toddler playing with car tyre, Balham, SW London
A toddler playing with a car tyre (attached to a parked car) in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Life of Charles Dickens - Dickens Old Curiosity Shop.. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works) slide no 21 Date: circa 1890s

Life of Charles Dickens - The old curiosity shop. London.. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works) slide no 21 Date: circa 1890s

Water shrew, adult, inquisitively sniffs air (Neomys fodiens ). bank of river Pra, a tributary of river Oka; near Ryasan town, european Russia, Nature Reserve Okskii ; autumn (September)

Common Myna - this curious bird boldly steals visitors food (including bread and pure butter) from tables (Acridotheres tristis)

Bottlenose dolphins - three close-up of heads underwater (Tursiops truncatus)

Young Hare / Leveret - stands on hind legs. Ural Mountains, Russia, spring

ORANG-UTANS - adult and young looking at reflection in mirror (Pongo pygmaeus)

Savages feel our muscle, Taiwan, 1890
Natives of the hill country of Bankimsing, Formosa(today Taiwan), explore the possessions of some English visitors that they encounter

Casemates Square, Gibraltar, with a few people looking straight at the camera. circa 1900

Steam Clock
Built by the Canadian horologist Raymond Saunders. Though it looks 19th Century it was constructed in 1977. The five steam whistles sounding the hours make it a popular tourist attraction

Paris, France - Canal Saint-Martin. Date: circa 1890

Wreckage of car, Peckham High Street, SE London
Wreckage of a car in Peckham High Street, SE London, 15 May 1956, surrounded by mostly men and boys. LFB Special Services attended when a British Road Service lorry forced the front of the car into

Fire safety -- baby playing near guarded coal fire
Fire safety -- a baby playing near a guarded coal fire

Blitz in London -- demonstrating deluge set, WW2
Blitz in London -- as part of a war weapons week, a firefighter on the Embankment in Central London, 20 May 1941, demonstrates the deluge set

Street scene with novelty car
Street scene with a novelty car-windmill, passing an Odeon cinema. Date: 20th century

Lunchtime scene on the Embankment, London, WW1
Rank Outsiders. A lunchtime scene on the Embankment, London, at the start of the First World War. Young men who could be joining up to fight stand idly watching through the railings as the Inns of

Toddler with frog by Muriel Dawson
Toddler with a frog by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

SAVA armoured car, WW1
A SAVA armoured car, used by the Belgian army during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Street scene with fire engine
Street scene with people watching a fire engine in action

Poems of Childhood -- girl and tapestry
A little girl sits looking up at a tapestry, neglecting the book on her knee. Date: 1912

Two cars in a ditch
Two cars which have somehow fallen into a ditch. People look with curiosity, wondering how to get them out again

Baby Scouts -- lying on the grass
Baby Scouts -- And yet a scarecrows such a curious sight, it makes some baby scouts fall down with fright. Date: 1900

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