Extraordinary Collection (page 2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thessaloniki - Itinerant Liquorice Water Seller Date: circa 1910s

Mexico - Street Basket and basket vendors. Date: circa 1910s

Stout Gentleman of personal and creative presence
A Stout Gentleman of personal and creative presence, wearing her top hat at a jaunty angle a he heads off to the Casino after a significant dinner !! Date: 1893

French Showgirl wearing an array of amazing feathers
Fabulous photograph of a French Showgirl Berny, bedecked in an array of amazing feathers. Date: circa 1910

Auguste, the First Elephant ever born in France
First Elephant ever born in France - named Auguste - on 5th August 1936 at Douai. Baptised with Champagne by the unlikely combination of pachyderm Admirers, Maurice Chevalier and Josephine Baker!!

Spain (1810-1814). Cadiz Cortes. Opening of the extraordinary general Cortes. Etching. SPAIN. San Fernando. Municipal Historic Museum

Extraordinary and expensive engagement of Hardeen the king of handcuff kings and jail breakers. Date 1906

The extraordinary farce, Browns in town. Date c1900

Fantasy Fishing
Two groups of fishermen make a couple of record catches on a North American river! These have to be the largest perch ever seen! 1903

Grand Centrifugal Railway
Advertising flyer for the Grand Centrifugal Railway, an Extraordinary Novelty, 200 feet long, with a Virtical (sic) Circle, upwards of 40 feet in circumference

Kaatskill Folk
The Kaatskill (Catskill) mountains of New York are peopled with the most extraordinary creatures

Ice Palace - Montreal, Canada
The Ice Palace erected in the Dominion Square, Montreal, Canada during the Winter Festival of 1885. This extraordinary structure was built out of sixteen thousand blocks of ice three feet four inches

Around the world in an iron mask
An extraordinary postcard of a man who for a wager of 21, 000 pounds, walked around the world. Harry Bensley alledged to have pushed his perambulator all around the globe wearing this mask

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

Middle Eastern Dervish Group
Rifai Dervishes - a Dervish order founded by Shaykh Sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifai (1119-1182). Traditional Dervish order found with a marked prescence in Syria, Egypt, Kosovo and Albania

Armenia - Carrying an immense wooden case
Extraordinary photographic postcard of an Armenian porter carrying a ridiculously large wooden box on his back

An extraordinary railway accident
A woman is thrown onto a locomotive after a collision with her cart at Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The terrified woman clings onto a rail at the front of the train as it continues to steam along

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Dredging f
Photograph of the worlds largest purpose built dredger dredging for gold in the Sierra Nevada, California

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Leaving De
Photograph of the mounds of stones and earth piled up behind the gold dredger as they are disgorged on the conveyor belt

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. In the Wak
Photograph shows a channel, cut in the land by the gold seeking machine, and mounds of stone thrown out by it

Egyptian Writing
Egyptian hieroglyphs developed the scope of visual symbols to an extraordinary degree, graphic as well as decorative

Houdini and Cabinet
Cover of a pamphlet by Houdini in which he exposes the tricks whereby Margery produces her extraordinary phenomena

Kew Gardens
An engraving of the interior of the Palm House at Kew Gardens in 1852. Built by the Irish engineer, Richard Turner and architect, Decimus Burton between 1844-1848

Davenport Publicity
The World-Renowned DAVENPORT BROTHERS will appear in their Extraordinary Wonders at Pikes Opera Hall, Cincinnati - mediumship ? or magic ?

Fighting Big Birds
The pigmies of Greenland do battle with big birds : but what is the basis for this extraordinary depiction ?

Opening Stocking 1902
This girl has found a quite extraordinary number of presents in her stocking

Rendelsham Scene
Any attempt to reconstruct the extraordinary events of 27 December 1980 are foiled by the Great Storm of 1992, which flattened most of the trees. Were aliens responsible ?

Robert Barclay Athlete
ROBERT BARCLAY " Captain Barclay" was famed for his extraordinary walking feats. His real name was Robert Barclay Allardice

Man and Woman, 1606
An elegant couple of Henri IVs time - she in a high lace ruff and extraordinary farthingale, he in equally remarkable breeches of unsurpassed bagginess !

Huge Hippo and People
An extraordinary depiction of a hippopotamus savaging hunters in an exotic landscape - it is the size of an elephant, and seems more a creature of land than water

American Camp Meeting
NORTH AMERICA A CAMP MEETING in the American backwoods - where extraordinary fervour and emotional scenes were frequent

Henry Iv / Falstaff / Mrs Q
Sir John Falstaff by his extraordinary powers of persuasion not only induces Mrs Quickly to withdraw her action but also to lend him more money! Act II Scene IV

Mr Guppy Proposes
In Re Guppy. Extraordinary Proceedings Mr William Guppy proposes marriage to Ester Summerson

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