Strange Collection (page 6)

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

Furry Friends
The rare sight of a dog and rabbit sitting on a garden chair together! Date: 1930s

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

Plentiful crop of Babies - Utah, United States
A plentiful crop of Babies from Utah, United States. Date: 1906

Sicilian Bagpipes Player - A Zampognaro
A Sicilian Zampognaro or pipe-player, holding his massive set of Sicilian bagpipes. Date: circa 1910s

Front cover of The City Curious by Jean de Bosschere
Front cover of The City Curious, a book for children by Jean de Bosschere featuring a particularly curious creature on the cover and two small figures in silhouette. 1920

Addled Ads - Living in a HORSE
Addled Ads - WANTED: " AT ONCE. Man wanted to look after horse, to live in." 1905

Elephants feet and trunk as furniture items displayed in the Mysore Court, Indian Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924 Date: 1924

Fashions of the future as predicted in 1930
An idea of what the girls of the future will look like according to C. B. Cochrans 1930 Revue shown in Manchester and the West End

Paper House at Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts
Pigeon Cove, Rockport, Massachusetts - the interior of the Paper House - made entirely of newspapers. Built by Mr. Elis F

Beauty Treatment 1930S
A woman wearing a strange mask undergoing beauty treatment at a Berlin beauty specialists salon. Date: 1930s

Pulling Naval Gun
A strange sight in Hyde Park, London - the gun team of the Royal Naval Reserve, dragging their gun on limber beside Rotten Row. Date: 24 February 1930

Aeolian Employees
Aeolian Co. Mrs. Strange, Group, Governing Board of Aeolian Employees. Aeolian Co. Mrs. Strange, Group, Governing Board of Aeolian Employees

Strange bird squawks at a man
A strange bird with webbed feet squawks at a man

A strange and mysterious creature -- answers on a postcard, please!

Portmanteau Buoy
A jolly Victorian gent from the days when Britain unquestionably ruled the waves doffs his hat as he floats proudly in his safety device de jour - his portmanteau buoy

Ectoplasm forming from Helen Duncans mouth
Undated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (vi)

Pretended rabbit breeder Mary Tofts
Undated photograph of engraving of pretend rabbit-breeder Mary Tofts. HPG/1/13/2 (xviii)

Undated photograph showing ectoplasm forming
Undated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (v)

Fortune-Hunting
Coloured engraving, " Fortune-Hunting" published by H. Humphrey, London, 20 November 1804. HPG/8/2/1 (xli)"

Indian Rope Trick Poster
Undated coloured poster featuring illustration of Thurston, the famous magician, performing the East Indian rope-trick. HPF/5B/17

Tentacles by Raymond Sheppard. An abstract fantasy painting featuring tentacle-like growths in a strange landscape, perhaps under the sea

Winston, Jack & Jennie
WINSTON CHURCHILL pictured with his mother, Lady Randolph Churchill and his younger brother, John Strange Churchill

Norwegian Marine Life
Strange marine creatures observed off the coast of Norway

Norwegian Sea Creatures
Strange starfish, strange sponges, strange crabs, strange eels etcetera to be found in Norwegian waters

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