Disturbing Collection

A disturbing possiblility in the east. Illustration shows Uncle Sam sitting at a table with 10 figures, three of which are unidentified

I m Some Pumpkin - a very strange postcard featuring a man with a manically-grinning carved pumpkin instead of his head, which is frankly pretty disturbing. Date: 1912

The Nurse of the Negus Menelik of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). She certainly appears to have nursed a few in her time... Date: circa 1910s

Mexican mummies
Royal mummies in a Mexican tomb. The methods of preservation are similar to Egyptian mummies, but here they are positioned standing. Date: circa 1910

Cartoon, The Censors Dream after a course of pantomimes. 1870

Tabby kitten exploring sleeping mans hair
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten exploring a sleeping mans hair. 1950s

Kyabe, Chad, Africa - Sara Man with enormous lip plates
Kyabe, Moyen-Chari, Chad, Africa - Man of the Sara People with enormous upper and lower lip plates. Date: circa 1920s

Children in fancy dress - clown and princess
Unidentified children in a somewhat sinister fancy dress tableaux. A small boy (at least we assume its a boy) wears a clown outfit

Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Anato Hayes - Odditorium
Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Human Automobile Tyre - Wilber H. Roden ( Edema ) is inflated with an ordinary air pump to three times his normal size! Odditorium at The New York Worlds Fair of 1940

Young lady jumps over her bed, practising the hurdles
A sporty young lady jumps over the bed (disturbing the dogs and the neighbours in the flat beneath), practising her hurdling. Date: 1923

Speed boat tearing through the water
A speed boat called Firefly making waves on the still green water with a pier and paddle steamer in the background. Date: 1928

Gutacher costume - South West Germany
Gutacher costume - Gutach region in south western Germany - close to the border with France. Two Sisters with their (slightly distrubingly) similar offspring. Date: circa 1910s

The Man Who Blew His Nose In A Silence Zone, by H. M. Batem
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man disturbing the peace in a residential area. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Hunting and Fishing in Manitoba, Canada, 1877
Engraving showing four views of European men hunting and fishing in Manitoba, Canada, 1877. The views show (clockwise from top)

Abdulla Cigarette Advertisement, 1926
Advertisement for Abdulla cigarettes, with a good illustration of a cat burglar disturbing a lady in the night

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