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Background imageExtraordinary Collection: POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)

POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). American writer. Historias Extraordinarias (Extraordinary Tales). Spanish edition

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Dd home and Chair

Dd home and Chair
Daniel Dunglass Home, Scottish-American medium, remains the most enigmatic of all spirit mediums, performing extraordinary feats which have never been explained

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Quincy Copper Mine, Hancock, Michigan - Shaft No. 2

Quincy Copper Mine, Hancock, Michigan - Shaft No. 2
Quincy No.2 mine shaft (with the old hoist house at right) at the Quincy Copper Mine, Hancock, Michigan. This amazing structure was eventually replaced with the steel structure at the site today

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: High Cup Nick - Teesdale

High Cup Nick - Teesdale, east side of the Pennines in County Durham Date: circa 1930s

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Charles Mackay

Charles Mackay
CHARLES MACKAY Writer and editor best known for his Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds of which we possess a first edition... Date: 1814 - 1889

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: White Star Line, RMS Olympic, Tucks postcard

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, Tucks postcard, sent from Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912, sailing day of the Titanic?s maiden voyage

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Mulberry Harbour Remains Arromaches Normandy

Mulberry Harbour Remains Arromaches Normandy
The extraordinary idea of floating concrete harbours across the Channel is said to have been that of Winston Churchill. There were two of them but the one at Omaha Beach was destroyed by a storm

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: PALLISTER STIGMATA

PALLISTER STIGMATA
Small poster entitled, Most extraordinary appearances after death! Account of Mrs Pallister with illustration, printed by J. Catnach, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials Date: 19th century

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: A page from Opal's precocious childhood diary which backs her claim to be a French princess who

A page from Opal's precocious childhood diary which backs her claim to be a French princess who had emigrated to the U.S. : though truly extraordinary, not all believed it. Date: 1920

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Beefeater

Beefeater
A painting of a Yeomen Warder of Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Member of the Sovereigns Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary, popularly known as a Beefeater

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of Count Sebastiani, French Ambassador, in

Carriage of Count Sebastiani, French Ambassador, in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of Count Lowenhielm in Queen Victoria s

Carriage of Count Lowenhielm in Queen Victoria s
Carriage of Count Carl Lowenhielm, Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Sweden in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of the Marquis of Brignole in Queen Victoria s

Carriage of the Marquis of Brignole in Queen Victoria s
Carriage of the Marquis of Brignole, Ambassador Extraordinary to the King of Sardinia, in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of the Marquis of Miraflores in Queen Victoria s

Carriage of the Marquis of Miraflores in Queen Victoria s
Carriage of Manuel de Pando, 6th Marquis of Miraflores, Ambassador Extraordinary from Queen Isabella II of Spain in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of Count Carl August von Alten

Carriage of Count Carl August von Alten, Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Hanover in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of Prince of Putbus in Queen Victoria s

Carriage of Prince of Putbus in Queen Victoria s
Carriage of Wilhelm Malte I, Prince of Putbus, Ambassador Extraordinary to the King of Prussia, Frederick William III, in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Yeoman of the Guard parading at Queen Victoria s

Yeoman of the Guard parading at Queen Victoria s
Yeoman of the Guard parading at Queen Victorias coronation procession.. One hundred Yeoman of the Guard Four and Four. in uniform with pikes

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg, in

Carriage of Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg, in
Carriage of Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Ambassador Extraordinary of the Emperor of Austria in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of Count Stroganov in Queen Victoria s

Carriage of Count Stroganov in Queen Victoria s
Carriage of Count Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Emperor of Russia, in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of the Prince of Ligne in Queen Victoria s

Carriage of the Prince of Ligne in Queen Victoria s
Carriage of Eug??ne Fran??ois Charles Joseph Lamoral de Ligne d Amblise et d Epinoy, Prince of Ligne, representing Leopold I, King of Belgium, in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Carriage of the Turkish Resident Ambassador In Queen

Carriage of the Turkish Resident Ambassador In Queen
Carriage of Sarim Effendi, Turkish Resident Ambassador In Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Extraordinary pieces of artillery

Extraordinary pieces of artillery: view and section of the culverine of Nancy, a triple cannon, a twin cannon and an ancient screwpiece

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Schleicher ASW17 26

Schleicher ASW17 26, on the grid at a gliding competition in the UK. This aircraft, owned by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA)

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: A Rickshaw boy of Durban in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan

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

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Miss Elsie Craven - child actress and dancer

Miss Elsie Craven - child actress and dancer
Miss Elsie Craven (1898-1983) - child actress and dancer Date: circa 1910s

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: I d like to Swagger All My Life

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

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Horse with very long mane and tail, 1897

Horse with very long mane and tail, 1897
This extraordinary animal was bred at Marion, Oregon, United States, and was owned by Messers. C.H and H. W Eaton. The animal was shown at Fells Waxworks, Trongate, Glasgow

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Giacomo Poro

Giacomo Poro
GIACOMO PORO from Genoa, born with an extraordinary twin which he exhibited in London in 1714

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Rickshaw boy of Durban, South Africa

Rickshaw boy of Durban, South Africa
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. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Parliament of Paris. France. 18th century

Parliament of Paris. France. 18th century
Special Session of the Parliament of Paris, celebrated as a result of the severe financial crisis. 18th century. Engraving. Carnavalet Museum. Paris. France

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: China - Gate of British Legation, Peking

China - Gate of British Legation, Peking
Lantern slide of Gate of British Legation, Peking (Beijing). In diplomacy, a legation was a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Thomas Spencer

Thomas Spencer
THOMAS SPENCER churchman described as that extraordinary genius who sadly drowned while bathing at Liverpool before realising his promise... Date: 1790 - 1811

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: John Ives, Antiquary

John Ives, Antiquary
JOHN IVES antiquary, Suffolk Herald Extraordinary Date: 1751 - 1776

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Djibouti, East Africa - A Young Serae girl (from Eritrea)

Djibouti, East Africa - A Young Serae girl (from Eritrea)
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - A Young Serae girl (likely (from Eritrea). Date: 1905

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Brittany, France - two men in traditional costume

Brittany, France - two men in traditional costume. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Horse with the longest mane and tail in the world, 1895

Horse with the longest mane and tail in the world, 1895
This extraordinary animal was bred at Marion, Oregon, United States. He is eight years old, and his mane measures 14ft and his tail 11ft

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: African man with lip plate

African man with lip plate
An African man from the Zambezi region in Africa, with an extraordinary lip plate, haning from the top of his mouth below his chin. He also wears a series of metal rings around his ankles

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Balloon Ascent / Horse / Men

Balloon Ascent / Horse / Men
Two men fly above Paris on a live horse, which seems naturally terrified by the whole ordeal. One of the gentleman appears to be in jockeys attire

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Extraordinary exhibition of Scapiglione

Extraordinary exhibition of Scapiglione
Advertising flyer for an Extraordinary Exhibition at the Saville House, Leicester Square, every day from Ten o Clock till One, and from Two till Ten. Scapiglione

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: WW1 - Italian soldier and his sweetheart

WW1 - Italian soldier and his sweetheart
A quite extraordinary postcard showing a glamorous Italian soldier and his equally glamorous girl in a very close and loving embrace - drawn in a fantastic stylistic, soft and rather kitsch style

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Bust identified by some as Julius Caesar (102-100-44 BC)

Bust identified by some as Julius Caesar (102-100-44 BC), others as dictator Sulla (138-78 BC). Perhaps an unknown Roman Republican era. 1st century A.D. Marble. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Saint-Medard, Exterior

Saint-Medard, Exterior
SAINT-MEDARD, Paris Convulsionnaires gather at the tomb of M. de Paris, in the cemetery of Saint-Medard, where extraordinary manifestations occur Date: 1731

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Saint-Medard, Interior

Saint-Medard, Interior
SAINT-MEDARD, Paris Convulsionnaires gather in a room near the cemetery of Saint-Medard, where M de Paris is buried : extraordinary manifestations occur Date: 1731

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: The extraordinary cabaret act of Hank the Mule, London (1927

The extraordinary cabaret act of Hank the Mule, London (1927
The extraordinary cabaret act of Hank the Mule (1927) at the Piccadilly Revels 1926, the cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel Date: 1927

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Extraordinary array of game and fish with local butcher

Extraordinary array of game and fish with local butcher
A butcher proudly displaying his game and fish ready for Christmas. This photograph was taken in, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. England. Date: circa 1925

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: The Chevalier de Souza Correa, Vanity Fair, Spy

The Chevalier de Souza Correa, Vanity Fair, Spy
The CHEVALIER DE SOUZA CORREA, Diplomat, born in Brazil and came to England, circa 1873. His formal title at the time this drawing in 1898 was Envoy-Extraordinary

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: Bernhardt Photo 1869

Bernhardt Photo 1869
SARAH BERNHARDT French actress : early in her extraordinary career - 1869. Date: 1844-1923

Background imageExtraordinary Collection: John Reeder

John Reeder
JOHN REEDER Bookseller, Sign Writer, Philosopher and Poet Ordinary and Extraordinary to the Towns of Lewes and Brighton. Date: CIRCA 1792



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