Strange Collection (page 5)

WEIRD BIRD
A strange toy bird, a mascot made of wire and wool. Date: early 1930s

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

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

Woman - the conundrum of the age - We can t guess her, but we ll never give her up! Date: circa 1910s

Unusual woman playing a small stringed instrument
Slightly unusual postcard showing a woman with long dark flowing locks strumming away at a small lute. A slightly deranged gaze to boot... Date: 1907

Gallarus Oratory, near Smerwick, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry
Gallarus Oratory, near Smerwick, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. This strange building is an early Christian chapel, stone with no mortar. Date: circa 1910s

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

200, 000 bushels of Oyster Shells, Hampton, Virginia, USA - adjoining an oyster packing plant Date: 1914

Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification
Completely bizarre conversation between two cabbies concerning identification - at least the participants seem to understand one another. Overheard on a Cab Rank

Phil May receives a caricature request - duly granted
What our artist has to endure. Mr Kaddie (who has borrowed the Artists sketchbook to look through) - " Very Clever! Very Clever indeed

The Horn blower at the Cathedral of Dole, France
The Horn blower at the Cathedral of Dole in the Jura department in the Franche-Comte region in eastern France. Date: circa 1910s

Worm Farm - Japan - Straw Layers in which the worms are kept. Date: circa 1910s

New York to San Francisco route - Unusual Locomotive. These were actually fairly common locos for their time period; many North American railroads owned one specifically for the purpose of showing

I really like Veals head
A little girl expresses her like for this particular French culinary delicacy - Veals head! Date: 1905

Very surreal French pair below a hanging lantern
Very surreal French pair below a weird-floating hanging lantern. He appears to be an aesthete and writer, decadently draped in his velvet-upholstered chair

Two Babies getting their milk direct from the cow
A quite surreal German postcard, showing two rather plump babies strapped to the back of two cows, their mouths clamped to long tubes originating from the cows udders

Easter Bunny posing with large egg for a photograph
The Easter Bunny poses proudly with a large Easter egg for a photograph, taken by another rabbit! Date: 1906

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!!

Bosnian Bridesmaid with elaborate headdress
Bridesmaid from the territory close to Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina wearing a quite sensational headdress and rather low-cut blouse! Date: circa 1910s

Twins in a Christmas basket
" A Merry Christmas" Twins in a Christmas basket - one of whom is not enjoying the experience... Date: 1906

Colourful illustration of of two fish and a crustacean
Folio 42 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 1, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Polyalthea - Strange Forest Tree - Tree Fern
Page 83 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874

Line drawing of a shrimp-like crustacea
An illustration by Dr Lawrence Mound from his Behind The Scenes, 1987

Callionymus lyra, dragonet
Plate 78 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841

Colourful illustration of a fish and a ray
Plate 43 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Strange Dream. Drawing from Album B
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Strange Dream. Drawing from Album B. Drawing

LCC-LFB - Self-contained smoke helmets (BA sets)
Self-contained smoke helmets (BA sets) were introduced for use in an atmosphere dense with smoke and dangerous fumes. A special motor appliance fitted for smoke helmet work was based at Southwark HQ

A strange visitor brings a war telegram to the Czar. Print shows a cossack wearing a conch shell as a disguise bringing a telegram to Tsar Nicholas II. Date 1904 or 1905

Sights at the fair ground. Date c1888

The New York Manhattan Theatre success, Wm. A. Brady & Jos. R. Grismers production, A stranger in a strange land by Sidney T. Wilmer & Walter Vincent. Date c1900

Strange adventures in The fall and rise of Humpty Dumpty. Date c1899

The new trench suit for a wet Christmas at the Front - satir
" Damn(p)-Proof! Almost as comfortable as a gas-helmet! The new trench suit for a wet Christmas at the Front". The trenches could be far more than damp

A man reads a book in a shop
A man reads a book in a bookshop, with many strange-looking busts in the background. 1925

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada - Ox Sled ! Date: circa 1910s

Henrietta Stannard
Henrietta Elizabeth Vaughan STANNARD (1856-1911) writer under the name of JOHN STRANGE WINTER wife of Arthur Stannard photographed in the study of her West Kensington home. Date: 1904

Blind motor car driver, 1904
Despite the fact Mr Sharp of Watford is totally blind, he has obtained a licence to drive a motor car. To warn other motorists, his bowler hat is inscribed with the words, Blind. Thats alright then

Met Police stranger danger education for children
PC Doug Curwen of the Metropolitan Police supervising stranger danger education for children. A strange man brandishes a sweeping brush at two children, who don t seem to be at all frightened of him

Paris Seine 1904
The Seine flows down both sides of the Ile de la Cite : note a strange structure on the right, maybe some kind of landing stage : whatever it is, its not there in 2007. Date: 1904

Camel and Young Moroccan Boy - Two Friends Date: circa 1910

Man turning into a cat
A gentleman visits his Doctor with the distinct impression he is turning into a cat.... by the evidence on show he is correct

Castletown, Isle of Man
The harbour at Castletown, Isle of Man, viewed from Mount Strange Date: circa 1840

Skiing in Switzerland
Skiers and a strange statue of a ram on a ski slope in Switzerland. 1960s

Scilly Isles Rock
The Tortoise Rock, a strange natural rock formation at St. Mary s, Scilly Isles. Date: 1930s

Ancient Oak Trees
Relics of Sherwood Forest - there are acres of these strange, twisted and mis- shapen old oak trees still growing in Thoresby Park, Dukeries, Notts. England. Date: 1950s

Early Christian Chapel
Gallarus Oratory, near Smerwick, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. This strange building is an early Christian chapel, stone with no mortar, Date: circa 800 A.D

Nautical Film Crew
A floating menagerie and strange crew, docked at Catalina, Canada, whilst filming a movie. Date: 1930s

Wheelwrights Barn Shop
An old Wheelwrights barn in the hamlet with the strange name of Gummows Shop, near Newquay, Cornwall, England. Who was Gummow and what sort of shop was it? Date: 1930s

Dancing Girls
A row of dancing girls, standing on their toes in rather strange shoes! Date: 1940s

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