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Background imageStrange Collection: Mary Pinnock as Ophelia by Julia Margaret Cameron

Mary Pinnock as Ophelia by Julia Margaret Cameron
Ophelia (Mary Pinnock) by Julia Margaret Cameron. Date: 1867

Background imageStrange Collection: Epsom Derby Day - Prince Monolulu - Tipster

Epsom Derby Day - Prince Monolulu - Tipster. Date: 1929

Background imageStrange Collection: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren
The Green Knight rides over the bridge into Camelot Castle on New Years Day

Background imageStrange Collection: Shrunken Head - Brazil

Shrunken Head - Brazil
A shrunken head - a prized trophy of an indigenous tribe from Brazil

Background imageStrange Collection: Ufos / Cattle Mutilation

Ufos / Cattle Mutilation
Modern phenomena, whereby cattle are taken and mutilated by unknown entities. Strange surgical procedures are employed, baffling scientists

Background imageStrange Collection: Rejected by the inventions board

Rejected by the inventions board
" Rejected by the inventions board

Background imageStrange Collection: Strange Incense by Reginald Higgins

Strange Incense by Reginald Higgins
A rather sinister looking faun watches over a woman sleeping, unaware, in a deckchair

Background imageStrange Collection: Le Strange Coat of Arms

Le Strange Coat of Arms
An elaborate coat of arms for the Stigleman Le Strange family of Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK

Background imageStrange Collection: Moses 10 Commandments

Moses 10 Commandments
He breaks the Tables of the Law because during his absence the Israelites have gone whoring after strange gods

Background imageStrange Collection: The Big Hollow Tree - Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The Big Hollow Tree - Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Big Hollow Tree - Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageStrange Collection: Apache Dance, 1908

Apache Dance, 1908
APACHE DANCERS : by a strange swing of fashion the sinister gangsters of the Paris under- world are seen as picturesque, and their macho dance style becomes the craze of the day

Background imageStrange Collection: Riding a Penny Farthing bicycle

Riding a Penny Farthing bicycle

Background imageStrange Collection: Biddy The Tubman Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex

Biddy The Tubman Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex
Biddy " The Tubman" Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex - Acrobat and Seaside Entertainer (1910s - 1930s)

Background imageStrange Collection: Fantastic Adventures - The Secret of Elenas Tomb

Fantastic Adventures - The Secret of Elenas Tomb
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1947, featuring the story The Secret of Elenas Tomb by Karl Tanzler von Cosel

Background imageStrange Collection: Walter Rothschild driving his team of zebras at Tring Park

Walter Rothschild driving his team of zebras at Tring Park
Carriage drawn by a zebra driven by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring (where this photograph was taken), now part of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageStrange Collection: The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, Germany

The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, Germany
Comic illustration of the wonderful benefits to a ladys urinary tract ()

Background imageStrange Collection: Helen Duncan showing ectoplasm

Helen Duncan showing ectoplasm
Undated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan showing " ectoplasm" bunched around Duncans mouth and twisted into a tail between her legs. HPG/1/4/2 (iv)

Background imageStrange Collection: Futuristic Rocket Car

Futuristic Rocket Car
THE SHAVER MYSTERY by Richards Shaver. A red rocket car speeds past strange stone carvings of monsters in a cave, evading the fire from a ray-gun

Background imageStrange Collection: Eleonore Zugun - 5

Eleonore Zugun - 5
Romanian peasant girl who manifested strange stigmata, at the onset of her stigmatic trance

Background imageStrange Collection: Wife Catches Husband 19C

Wife Catches Husband 19C
Realisation: the wife finds her erring husband dining with two strange women

Background imageStrange Collection: Old houses in the Butcher Row, London

Old houses in the Butcher Row, London The right-hand corner house on St. Clements Lane reputedly used by the leaders of the Gunpowder Plot

Background imageStrange Collection: Alec James of Arsenal in the gym

Alec James of Arsenal in the gym
Arsenal player Alec James tries out the Vita Gymno Frame in the Gym at Arsenals Highbury Football Ground

Background imageStrange Collection: Ripley Odditorium - New York, USA - A Shrunken Human Head

Ripley Odditorium - New York, USA - A Shrunken Human Head
Ripley Odditorium - New York, USA - An Amazonian Shrunken Human Head. According to the card caption, although many years old, the hair still grows... Date: 1939

Background imageStrange Collection: The Embankment, London on wet night with Policeman and Trams

The Embankment, London on wet night with Policeman and Trams
A truly superb postcard photograph of The Embankment, London on wet night. The lights cast a strange eerie glow on the scene, magnified through the windows of a row of parked trams

Background imageStrange Collection: The Red Ibis

The Red Ibis
A fantasy postcard depicting a naked woman, lying on the ground, turned away from the viewer, reaching out toward and cluthing hold of, the leg of a giant red ibis

Background imageStrange Collection: Half a Mile to Egypt

Half a Mile to Egypt
A cyclist near Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, pauses to contemplate a strange sign reading Egypt half a mile !

Background imageStrange Collection: Ludwig Ii / Sophie Charlot

Ludwig Ii / Sophie Charlot
KING LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA AND PRINCESS SOPHIE CHARLOTTE Seen during their engagement: the marriage was cancelled in strange circumstances

Background imageStrange Collection: Joe Elvin as a Cabby

Joe Elvin as a Cabby
The Cockney Comedian Joe Elvin in the role of The Hansom Cabby, singing a ditty entitled My Lot. " Strange things I view when I peep through the little trapdoor!"

Background imageStrange Collection: Electric Rail Dinner

Electric Rail Dinner
Still another use for electricity: a miniature railway that brings food from the pantry to the table, removing the need for contact with troublesome servants

Background imageStrange Collection: Sir John Strange

Sir John Strange
SIR JOHN STRANGE lawyer and statesman, Master of the Rolls

Background imageStrange Collection: Futuristic underwater exploration

Futuristic underwater exploration, with two men in diving gear observing an array of strange creatures

Background imageStrange Collection: The Serpent Prince: An Italian fairy tale

The Serpent Prince: An Italian fairy tale. When Grannmia saw her strange lover, she alone remained calm and courageous

Background imageStrange Collection: Japanese costume, 19th century

Japanese costume, 19th century. Man in hat, waistcoat, jacket and hakama trousers. Woman with hair in pigtails, wearing a kimono and holding a fan

Background imageStrange Collection: Toads Mouth Rock, Hathersage, Derbyshire

Toads Mouth Rock, Hathersage, Derbyshire. Date: 1904

Background imageStrange Collection: Incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking Opium

Incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking Opium
Seeing Everything - The wild and incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking Opium. Date: 1905

Background imageStrange Collection: Kukuruku tradition, Bendel State, Nigeria, West Africa

Kukuruku tradition, Bendel State, Nigeria, West Africa
Kukuruku tribal tradition for a young mans coming of age ceremony, Bendel State, Nigeria, West Africa (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922

Background imageStrange Collection: Phillips Multiplane 1907

Phillips Multiplane 1907 Unusual Multiple-Winged Design Date: 1907

Background imageStrange Collection: The Exotic Dancer

The Exotic Dancer
I sat breathless watching this strange exotic creature before me'. Artist: NC Wyeth Date: 1923

Background imageStrange Collection: A double-exposure photograph creating a ghost illusion

A double-exposure photograph creating a ghost illusion, Victorian period

Background imageStrange Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II in a canoe

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II in a canoe
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II going for a spin in a perissory (perissoire), a type of long canoe. Date: circa 1905

Background imageStrange Collection: Animated Desk Lamp

Animated Desk Lamp
A strange illustration of a desk lamp with a decorative shade, stooping down with long, gangly legs, almost like a 1901 version of Pixar's animated lamp! Date: circa 1901

Background imageStrange Collection: Pirelli Tyres Advertisement

Pirelli Tyres Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Pirelli Ltd, promoting the world's best tyre of to-day and the future

Background imageStrange Collection: The Magnetic Hill, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

The Magnetic Hill, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
The Magnetic Hill is an example of a gravity hill, a type of optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain

Background imageStrange Collection: Watching Racing at Brooklands

Watching Racing at Brooklands
Spectators on the River Wey, watching the action on the Brooklands race track immediately overhead. Date: 1933

Background imageStrange Collection: Wicket Drying Machine

Wicket Drying Machine
A new machine for drying wickets being tried out at Lord's cricket ground. Running off electricity, it dries the wickets with a current of hot air. Date: 1931

Background imageStrange Collection: Triple-screw ice breaker, the Kosma Ninin

Triple-screw ice breaker, the Kosma Ninin, in a chapter entitled Some Strange Ships, by G G Jackson Date: circa 1927

Background imageStrange Collection: Rotor ship, designed by Flettner, German engineer

Rotor ship, designed by Flettner, German engineer, in a chapter entitled Some Strange Ships, by G G Jackson

Background imageStrange Collection: Ten thousand ton ore-carrying turret steamer

Ten thousand ton ore-carrying turret steamer
A ten thousand ton ore-carrying turret steamer, in a chapter entitled Some Strange Ships, by G G Jackson

Background imageStrange Collection: Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson
A portrait of Scottish novelist and poet, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, best known for works including Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Date: 1892

Background imageStrange Collection: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Illustration to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow showing a man and woman in a strange clearing, surrounded by animated trees and a couple of goblins looking down on them. Date: circa 1929

Background imageStrange Collection: Advert for Kershaw's Binoculars

Advert for Kershaw's Binoculars
Advert for Kershaw's Sportsman Binoculars - worn like spectacles. Date: 1939

Background imageStrange Collection: Photograph of Clark Gable, Norma Shearer in The Strange Interval'film

Photograph of Clark Gable, Norma Shearer in The Strange Interval'film

Background imageStrange Collection: Royal Air Force Squadron Leader L. A. Strange, WW2

Royal Air Force Squadron Leader L. A. Strange, WW2
Royal Air Force Squadron Leader L.A. Strange leaving Buckingham Palace after being presented to King George VI during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Background imageStrange Collection: Woman in slippers seated on sofa

Woman in slippers seated on sofa
A woman sits on a green sofa, wearing slippers, with a cat sleeping comfortably her lap. Date: 1970s

Background imageStrange Collection: Fantastic Adventures - The living Dead

Fantastic Adventures - The living Dead
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, November 1941, featuring the story The living Dead by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Background imageStrange Collection: Fantastic Adventures - The Lavender vine of death

Fantastic Adventures - The Lavender vine of death
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1948, featuring the story The Lavender vine of death by Don Wilcox. A huge purple monster devours a modern building

Background imageStrange Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Death plays a game

Fantastic Adventures - Death plays a game
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1941, featuring the story Death plays a game by David V. Reed. A alien is holding a futuristic gun which is directed at a blue suited terrified looking man

Background imageStrange Collection: Rotherhithe Road Tunnel - Burrowing Under the River Thames

Rotherhithe Road Tunnel - Burrowing Under the River Thames
Men working in dark conditions, topless due to the temperature in the eighties. Excavating the clay soil at the rate of about five feet per day

Background imageStrange Collection: Flights into the Future - creatures of the air jungle

Flights into the Future - creatures of the air jungle
An unfortunate pilot is thrown out of his plane by creatures fllying around the air jungle, the product of the imagination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote of strange monsters

Background imageStrange Collection: FREAK BIRTH/COLOREDO

FREAK BIRTH/COLOREDO
Lazarus Coloredo (1742 - ?) and his partially formed attached twin. Date: mid 18th century

Background imageStrange Collection: Comic postcard, Couple in bed - who are you? Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple in bed - who are you? Date: 20th century

Background imageStrange Collection: Comic postcard, Couple in strange bathing costumes Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple in strange bathing costumes Date: early 20th century

Background imageStrange Collection: Laura Cowie with daughter Ursula by Madame Yevonde

Laura Cowie with daughter Ursula by Madame Yevonde
Actress Laura Cowie (1892 - 1969), who in private life was Mrs John Hastings Turner, wife of the author and playwright

Background imageStrange Collection: La Piedra Parade (bloque erratico) en el Rio Alto Chubut

La Piedra Parade (bloque erratico) en el Rio Alto Chubut
The Piedra Parade (erratic block) in the Alto Chubut River (dried-out riverbed, which has slowly eroded the base of the rock)

Background imageStrange Collection: Greek and Italian female costume, 18th century

Greek and Italian female costume, 18th century. Woman in walking dress, women in the strange dress of Argentiera, Sassari, and women from the Greek islands of Paros, Chios and Ios

Background imageStrange Collection: Lady in incredible fancy dress

Lady in incredible fancy dress
Photograph of a lady called Rosie dressed in an incredible fancy dress costume consisting of countless items hanging from her dress. Date: 1926

Background imageStrange Collection: Curtis Strange - USA golfer

Curtis Strange - USA golfer
Curtis Strange - American golfer Date: 1980s - 1990s

Background imageStrange Collection: Water-induced rest

Water-induced rest
Designed to cause sleep, a device providing a continual flow of water across the forehead of a person suffering from insomnia

Background imageStrange Collection: Unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard

Unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard
Austria - an unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard - combining two different angle shots taken at the same moment, combined into one image. Date: 1910

Background imageStrange Collection: Nottingham Goose Fair

Nottingham Goose Fair
A pretty young woman riding a large goose sidesaddle-style at the Nottingham Goose Fair. Date: 1905

Background imageStrange Collection: KNITTED CONCERTINA MAN

KNITTED CONCERTINA MAN
This clever little toy with a wool face, is a concertina man with a monkey on his shoulder. Knitted toys make good Christmas presents! Date: 1930s

Background imageStrange Collection: TOY CRICKETING CAT

TOY CRICKETING CAT
A toy cricketing cat, bat behind him, arms spread wide to catch the cricket ball! Date: 1930s

Background imageStrange Collection: Walkman Foreseen

Walkman Foreseen
The Walkman is foreseen as a city gent is absorbed by his portable wireless; strange how potent cheap music can be... Date: 1909

Background imageStrange Collection: Weird Hats of 1819

Weird Hats of 1819
MONSTROSITIES OF 1819 & 1820 A satire on the fashion victims of the day, including various hideous hats. Date: 1819 - 1820

Background imageStrange Collection: Brazilian squid

Brazilian squid
SEA SERPENT LOOK-ALIKE Cuttle fish, or calamary Date: 1802

Background imageStrange Collection: Strange - But True - The Bogey Men and the Beauty Spider

Strange - But True - The Bogey Men and the Beauty Spider. A very charming spider, to be seen at Bertram W. Mills Circus at Olympia, London. Date: 1929

Background imageStrange Collection: Java, Indonesia - remarkable bridge

Java, Indonesia - remarkable bridge. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageStrange Collection: Little Girl with unusual snowman with newspaper hat and gun

Little Girl with unusual snowman with newspaper hat and gun over his shoulder! Date: 1906

Background imageStrange Collection: Phillips Multiplane 1893

Phillips Multiplane 1893
Phillips Multiplane of 1893 Unusual Multi-Winged Design Date: 1893

Background imageStrange Collection: Phillips Multiplane 1904

Phillips Multiplane 1904 Unusual Multiple-Winged Design Date: 1904

Background imageStrange Collection: Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat

Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat
The traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community)

Background imageStrange Collection: Four Queens on a Jack - Four Women riding a donkey

Four Queens on a Jack - Four Women riding a donkey. Date: circa 1905

Background imageStrange Collection: Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat

Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat. Not the best start in life health-wise... Quite bizarre. Date: 1904

Background imageStrange Collection: Lubbuck Lights UFOs

Lubbuck Lights UFOs
At Lubbock, Texas, several see a formation of UFOs on 25 August; a few nights later Carl Hart takes four photos which have never been satisfactorily explained Date: 31 August 1951



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