Unique Collection (page 2)

The Dancer
A decoration showing the elegant form of a female dancer, wearing a unique costume, in front of a patterned background. Date: circa 1925

Kenelm Stump
A portrait photograph of an older man, wearing formal attire, it is not known whether this is a self portrait, but the image has been used as part of an advertisement promoting the photographic

Unique letterbox - Western side St. George's Square, PImlico
Unique letterbox on the Western side of St. George's Square, Pimlico, London - now removed Date: 1954

Gentleman in a rickshaw - Shanghai, China
A Chinese Gentleman in a rickshaw - Shanghai, China. Date: 1927

The Leas, Folkestone, Kent
The Leas - Folkestone's unique clifftop promenade. Designed in the mid 1800's by Decimus Burton, it includes magnificent buildings, squares and gardens. Date: 1904

Spanish Civil War. Defendamos Madrid unidos bajo el mando unico. (Madrid needs to be defended by the means of a unique force). Political propaganda poster from the Republican side

SAUDI ARABIA MECCA
The cemetery : for Moslems, to die and be buried in Mecca is a unique privilege. Date: circa 1870

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

Alda and Doret, acrobatic performers, sensational, unique, and thrilling, the act without duplicate Date: 1934

Tiddy Dol
The origins of Tiddy Dol derive from a unique Georgian street seller. Nowadays we will buy popcorn while watching a movie

1932 Gee Bee Model R Racer Aircraft - in which Mr James Doolittle won the Thompson Trophy at a speed of 252.6 mph - built by Messrs

The Thumb print frock by Peter Russell
Miss Eileen ( Babs ) Lamb, posed in a dress decorated with thumb prints designed by Peter Russell. Date: 1933

Unique house in Canton, with floor plan showing kitchen, bathroom, servants quarters, courtyard and shop toward the street

Pink German centifolia rose and white unique rose
Pink German centifolia rose, Rosa centifolia germanica, and white unique rose, Rosa unica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch

Victor G Ginn & Co, catalogue (back cover)
Victor G Ginn & Co, High Holborn, London, catalogue (back cover). Advertising the most unique ballroom novelty yet introduced - an electric lantern, for lantern dances. 1939

Advert for Carters, self propelling wheelchair 1906
Self propelling wheelchair, with single-arm drive. Date: 1906

The Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway - a unique coastline railway running through the shallow coastal waters of the English Channel between 1896 and 1901. Date: 1896

Elbbrucke, Hamburg, Germany
Elbbrucke ( The North Elb Bridge ), Hamburg, Germany Date: circa 1910s

Weir W-2, at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War

Hanriot HD-1 flown by Charles Nungesser
The Hanriot HD-1 flown by famed World War I French Ace Charles Nungesser in the 1925 movie The Sky Raider, with Nungessers distinctive badge on the fuselage side

An old milestone in the main street of Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, which bears a unique lamp standard (now removed). Date: 1930s

East Bergholts unique 16th century Bell Cage and bells
circa 1910s

Etretat, Normandy, France - The wooden covered market
Etretat, Normandy, France - The rather wonderful wooden covered market. Date: circa 1930s

Advert for Carters, self propelling wheelchair 1906
Self-propelling chair with patent mechanism for persons with use of one arm only. Date: 1906

Grumman FF-1 9350
The first production Grumman FF-1, Bureau of Aeronautics number 9350, (company designation Grumman G-5), photographed prior to delivery to the United States Navy in 1933

Stunning portrait - Chic French girl in Spiders Web Cap - see also: 10137800 Date: 1920s

Albert, Duke of York with Parachutist John Tranum
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) pictured with the famous Danish parachutist John Tranum (?-1935) at a unique exhibition of Sporting Trophies held at Shell-Mex House

Ware butterfly bombs - A passing despatch rider
Photograph: Ware butterfly bombs - A passing despatch rider [... ] of Dower Street, Flatbridge, [... ] read a unique road sign wa[... ] beach-head against ?butterfly? bombs. Picture issued April ?

Shilluk Man of the Upper Nile (Malakal, South Sudan) - note the distinctive headdress. Date: circa 1925

Starry Gazey Pie, Ship Inn, Mousehole, Cornwall
A mouthwatering example of a Starry Gazey Pie, served up on Tom Bawcocks Eve (23 December) at Mousehole in Cornwall. The dish, with fish heads and tails sticking out of it, is unique to Mousehole

Donald Campbell - Bluebird Proteus CN7 model
The Bluebird-Proteus CN7 was a Land Speed Record-breaking car, driven by Donald Campbell. This model was sold to mark the 1963 attempt at the world land speed record by Campbell at Lake Eyre

Agra, India - Fabulous Double-decker camel-drawn wagon
Agra, India - An utterly fabulous Double-decker two camel-drawn wagon, with driver perched on the upper level. Date: 1917

House of General Suvorin at Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine
The House of General Suvorin at Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine. A country beach house, separated from the water by a fortress wall, where Chekhov stayed on a number of occasions

A Maori Fire Alarm, Ohinemutu, New Zealand
A quite spectacular Maori Mounted bell at the Te Papaiouru Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand - made in memory of Tara-hai-ahia, a well-respected member of the local Maori community

The lifesaving Mermaid of Bognor Regis, Mary Wheatland
Mary Wheatland (1835-1924) - a well known Bognor Regis Character, a woman who hired bathing machines from the east of the pier

Bloemfontein, South Africa - Maitland Street. Date: circa 1904

Beira, Mozambique - Private tram-car system
Beira, Mozambique - The private tram-car system - undoubtedly one of the most unusual forms of conveyance in the world. The cars ran on tiny tracks which rose out of the sand

Yemen - Sanaa - Multi-storey decorated Houses
The old city of Sana a, Yemen. A UNESCO World Heritage Site with a distinctive visual character due its unique architectural characteristics

Carling Number 2 Mobile Home - Charles Louvet
A very early prototype mobile home - The Carling Number 2 - designed by French automotive engineer Charles Louvet, photographed in Nice in 1925

Titanic launched at Belfast; Lord and Lady Pirrie
The launch of RMS Titanic, at Belfast on the joint birthday of its builder and his wife, Lord and Lady Pirrie, whose portraits are inset

The Turkish Tom Thumb - Pasha Hayati Hassid. Born 1852 - height 30 inches - weight 34 lbs - spoke seven languages. Introduced to England by Lloyd Forsyth

The Eton Wall Game, 1916
Photograph showing a Wall game between Oppidans and Collegers in progress at Eton College, on St. Andrews Day, 1916. The game employs some of the rules of football

Harry MacDonald - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green
Harry MacDonald at work in his Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1, 000 in 1937

Tapsel gate, St Mary the Virgin, Friston, East Sussex
Tapsel gate of St Mary the Virgin at Friston, East Sussex. These gates, with a central pivot, are designed to keep cattle out of churchyards, and are unique to the county of Sussex. Date: early 1960s

Thibaws state barge, Irrawaddy River, Mandalay, Myanmar
King Thibaws state barge moored on the Irrawaddy River, Mandalay, Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s

Thatched Cottage, Harlow
A young woman stands outside this unique thatched cottage in Harlow, Essex, England, which is toadstool shaped and reputed to originally date from the 15th century. Date: 1930s

St. Christopher Signpost
SAINT CHRISTOPHER The patron saint of travellers, carrying the Christ child on his shoulders. A unique sign post in Treyford, West Sussex, England Date: 3RD CENTURY

New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London - Unique Moving Wall
New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London with its unique Moving Wall opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1956

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