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Oddities Collection (page 4)

Background imageOddities Collection: Pig-Faced Lady 1815

Pig-Faced Lady 1815
Miss Atkinson: the pig-faced lady

Background imageOddities Collection: Anita, the Living Doll

Anita, the Living Doll
ANITA, the Living Doll

Background imageOddities Collection: Tom Thumb Wedding Group

Tom Thumb Wedding Group
TOM THUMB and LAVINIA WARREN on their wedding day, with their best man G W M Nutt and bridesmaid Minnie Warren who were themselves to marry

Background imageOddities Collection: Chulkhurst Twins

Chulkhurst Twins
ELIS(Z)A & MARY CHULKHURST: Known as the Biddenden Maids. Siamese twins joined at shoulder & hip. Left land in their will to provide for the poor - Biddenden dole

Background imageOddities Collection: Margaret Potter

Margaret Potter
MARGARET POTTER She was born in Glasgow in 1596, and lived to a great age - but we are not told when she ultimately died

Background imageOddities Collection: Dime Museum, 2 of 2

Dime Museum, 2 of 2
The interior of a Dime Museum in the Bowery, New York: the audience stares with curiosity at a bearded lady, a very thin man and a giantess among other human oddities

Background imageOddities Collection: Two-Headed Child / 1691

Two-Headed Child / 1691
Two-headed child born alive at Pavia (died shortly afterwards)

Background imageOddities Collection: Lady Little Postcard

Lady Little Postcard
also known as he Doll Lady

Background imageOddities Collection: Fred Ropers Midgets

Fred Ropers Midgets
FRED ROPERs WONDERFUL MIDGETS The wedding of the Painted Doll ballet

Background imageOddities Collection: Dwarf / Bertholde

Dwarf / Bertholde
BERTHOLDE, of Bertagnona, the Prime Minister of Alboin, king of the Lombards 168-572 (Northern Italy)

Background imageOddities Collection: Lady Lifts Car 1925

Lady Lifts Car 1925
When a car overturns between Amboise and Tours, in the Loire valley, countrywoman Madame Bonnigal lifts it and frees the two men who are trapped beneath it

Background imageOddities Collection: Man Lifts Car

Man Lifts Car
An unnamed market porter of Asnieres, France, demonstrates his strength by lifting a car which weighs 450 kilos

Background imageOddities Collection: London / Cries / Billy Water

London / Cries / Billy Water
Billy Waters, who lost a leg in an accident, plays the violin in the street

Background imageOddities Collection: London / Cries / Beggar / Tiny

London / Cries / Beggar / Tiny
The deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England

Background imageOddities Collection: John Love / Fat Man

John Love / Fat Man
Mr John Love, a bookkeeper from Weymouth, is the fatest and heaviest man ever known in England!

Background imageOddities Collection: Bohemian Siamese Twins

Bohemian Siamese Twins
The Bohemian Twins: Rosa and Josepha Blazek at various ages during their life. Born in 1878 medical experts predicted they would have a very short life. Here they are aged 27

Background imageOddities Collection: Tom Thumb / Queen Victoria

Tom Thumb / Queen Victoria
General Tom Thumb (real name: Charles Sherwood Stratton) is presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Background imageOddities Collection: Kamala Climbing

Kamala Climbing
MIDNAPORE, INDIA Kamala, two years after living with wolves 1912-1920, climbs a mango-tree

Background imageOddities Collection: Kamala Walking

Kamala Walking
MIDNAPORE, INDIA Kamala, five years after living with wolves 1912-1920, sometimes walks on her two legs [photo double-exposed]

Background imageOddities Collection: Kamala Accepts Drink

Kamala Accepts Drink
MIDNAPORE, INDIA Kamala, a year after living with wolves 1912-1920, starts to accept food and drink from Mrs Singhs hand

Background imageOddities Collection: Siamese twins performing in Paris

Siamese twins performing in Paris
Rosa and Josepha at the Theatre de la Gaiete, Paris, where they appeared in the course of a play entitled Les aventures de M. Martin

Background imageOddities Collection: Eng and Chang, Siamese twins

Eng and Chang, Siamese twins, aged about 12, sitting at a table with a visitor, playing a board game

Background imageOddities Collection: Kaspar Hauser

Kaspar Hauser. Foundling at Nuremberg. Feral child



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