Surprisingly Collection

Duel with Pistols
A duel with pistols, at surprisingly close quarters - no wonder one of the protagonists has succeeded in hitting his opponent ! Date: circa 1820

GREENWICH FAIR / SIDESHOW
Visitors to Greenwich Fair enjoy the hustle and bustle of the sideshows, including the Surprisingly Corpulent Female. Date: 1839

English ladies swimming team - Stockholm Olympics 1912
The English ladies swimming team at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912, winners of the 4 x 100m race, wearing surprisingly revealing swimming costumes

Bernardin Saint Pierre
JACQUES-HENRI BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE The French author of the surprisingly popular Paul et Virginie. Date: 1737 - 1814

Map America
Munster has got the general picture reasonably right, including Japan (Zipangri) but the Hesperides surprisingly are in mid- Atlantic and Canada (Francisca) skewed. Date: 1553

Vanderbilt New York Home
The picture gallery in the New York home of William Henry Vanderbilt, railway magnate. None of the pictures depicts a railroad train, surprisingly. Date: 1883

Henry Inman, Artist
HENRY INMAN American artist, described here rather surprisingly as the artist-pet of his country. Date: 1801 - 1846

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

Lenin and Soldiers
Lenin addresses a surprisingly small gathering of Red Army soldiers

Corsica Bastia
The Mediterranean can get surprisingly rough : the packet-boat La Louise is wrecked at the entrance to the harbour of Bastia, in northeastern Corsica

Nigerian Women
Two Shouaa ladies of the Bornu district of Nigeria, one with an infant on her back : both are wearing fashionably striped garments looking surprisingly modern

First pictogram
An examples of photographs transmitted over telephone wires from Cleveland, Ohio to New York, to produce the first pictogram on May 19th, 1924

Edith Cavell
EDITH CAVELL - nurse in Belgium who helped some 200 Allied servicemen to escape by hiding them in her hospital : the Germans, not surprisingly, disapproved, and shot her

Greenwich Fair / Sideshow
Visitors to Greenwich Fair enjoy the hustle and bustle of the sideshows, including the " Surprisingly Corpulent Female"

Hunting Dress 1450
A man and woman dressed for hunting : the hunter wears brightly striped doublet and hose, his companion a long dress : surprisingly, she is bare-headed

Navaho Chief
Navaho chief with spear and shield, in surprisingly European-like dress

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