Unusual Collection (page 10)

Vancouver, Canada - Cadillac 8 - Big Tree, Stanley Park Date: 1919

The new U. P. W. Headquarters, Clapham, London
The new U.P.W. (Union of Postal Workers) Headquarters, Clapham, London. The architect, L A Culliford designed the new headquarters for the Union of Post Office Workers roughly on the footprint of

Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain - Dragon Tree. Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde

Royal Italian Circus - Performing Goat and dogs
" Royal Italian Circus" - Performing Goat Liza and dogs climbing up a Japanese ladder. Date: 1904

Bagpipe Seller, Charing Cross, London. Date: 1900s

Murren Mountain Funicular Railway - Switzerland. The original Lauterbrunnen-Murren Mountain Railway opened in 1891 - it connects Lauterbrunnen with traffic-free Murren. Date: circa 1930

Turk from Tunis and a Turk from Damascus
Ottoman Empire - Turk from Tunis and a Turk from Damascus. Date: 1821

The Kislar Agha - Chief Black Eunuch. Date: 1802

Siamese cat with white background
Unusual Friends - Siamese cat with white background. 1950s

Airedale terrier at a dog show
Unusual Friends - Airedale terrier at a dog show, waiting to appear. 1950s

A boy and his pet dog sitting on a beach
Unusual Friends - a boy and his pet dog sitting on a beach. 1950s

Manx cat (no tail)
Unusual Friends - Manx cat (no tail). 1950s

Bulldog with cigar
Unusual Friends - bulldog with cigar. 1950s

Tabby kitten and sweeping brush
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten and sweeping brush. 1950s

Tabby cat sitting at a table
Unusual Friends - tabby cat sitting at a table. 1950s

Tabby kitten exploring sleeping mans hair
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten exploring a sleeping mans hair. 1950s

Tabby cat and kitten in basket with hot water bottle
Unusual Friends - tabby cat and kitten asleep in basket with blanket and hot water bottle. 1950s

Mother taking children to school in pony and trap, Cornwall
Mother taking her two children to school in a pony and trap at Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1960s

Faustin Edmond Wirkus, King of La Gonave, Haiti
Faustin Edmond Wirkus (1896-1945), King of La Gonave, Haiti as Faustin II, ruling from 1926 to 1929. He had been a Polish-American US Marine stationed in Haiti during the US occupation

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

American Fat Man - Barney Worth - Freakshow Performer
American Fat Man - Barney Worth - Remarkable socks and slightly distressingly-short shorts. Titania and Barney Worth were billed as The Worlds Fattest Couple when going on show at various Freakshows

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - German East Africa (a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included what are now Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of present Tanzania)

Indian musician plays noseflute and bagpipes simultaneously
An itinerant Indian musician plays a wind instrument similar to a nose flute using one nostril, whilst playing the bagpipes using his mouth

Ernest Louis Aquilas Christophe - Le Baiser supreme
The final work by Ernest Louis Aquilas Christophe (1827-1892) entitled Le Baiser supreme ( The Supreme Kiss or The Sphinx ) (marble), exhibited posthumously at the Salon of 1892

Young South African Boy suffering from Vitiligo
Young South African Boy from Pretoria suffering from Vitiligo - titled here at the Leopard Skin Kaffir Child - A Freak of Nature. Date: circa 1905

Man taking monkey, dog and duck for a walk
Unusual Friends - a man taking a monkey, a bulldog and a duck for a walk along a city street. 1950s

Kyabe, Chad, Africa - Sara Man with enormous lip plates
Kyabe, Moyen-Chari, Chad, Africa - Man of the Sara People with enormous upper and lower lip plates. Date: circa 1920s

A Bit of Old Carrickfergus - an unusual view with boys and girls on each side of a road with thatched buildings. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Carrickfergus). Date: circa early 1900s

Large Hollow Tree Trunk - Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada, British Columbia. Date: 1914

Cow riding on a train
A Deadhead Passenger. How an intelligent animal refused to be butted off the track by the cowcatcher, and stole a free ride on the railroad. Date: 1883

Reading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd - Oxford Road
Reading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd at 6-34 Oxford Road - The store was opened in 1903, and was known as the Crystal Palace of Reading because of its 2000 feet of plate glass windows

Woman on a horse in a field, lying back with her feet out of the stirrups. Date: circa 1920s

Messerschmitt KR 175 three wheeler car, (Ian Fraser in car). Date: C.1955

Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII - King of Brass, Nigeria
Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII, who became the Amanyanabo (King) of Brass, Nigeria in 1889. Brass now part of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, part of the Nembe Kingdon

Antankarana woman from Mahajanga, Madagascar
An Antankarana woman from Mahajanga (Majunga) a city and a district on the northwest coast of Madagascar. Note the distinctive balled hairstyle, nose jewellery and beaded necklaces

Germany - Monschau - Eifel Region - Rur River in flood
Monschau (French: Montjoie, Walloon: Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the district Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The Rur River in flood

Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat
The traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community) woman of Lebanon (sadly not an example of the popular trend to replicate the landscape of late 19th)

Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians
A very fine photographic portrait of Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria (18761965) - Queen of the Belgians as the spouse of King Albert I

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

Zulu Man with his Six Wives and six of his children (all pictured). Date: 1906

Sri Lankan Village Chief - Traditional Hat - Colombo Date: circa 1907

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

Man from The Congo, Africa - Scarification
Portrait of a man from The Congo, Central Africa - bearing remarkable facial scarification in the form of cosses, dots, lines and zig-zags Date: circa 1920s

Wet nurse feeds baby using a goat
A Cuban wet nurse feeds a baby in her care using the milk from a goat, who is actively participating in the exchange! 1907

Zaro Agha - the Oldest man in the world - aged 156! - who toured with Bertram Mills Circus. Born in 1775 at Bitlis in Turkey, he fought against Napoleon at the Siege of Acre in Syria

Woman using a urinal - WW2
" I m doing a mans job ain t I?" A tall imposing lady World War Two Factory worker passes comment in reposte to the surprise shown at her appearance at the Gents Toilet urinals by a fellow

Women and Children of the Sakai Tribe, Malaysia
Wild Group Of Sakals in Perak. The Sakai Tribe (also known as the Lowland Samang) from Perak, Malaysia. The two older women and are suckling young goats (kids) !! Date: circa 1906

Doggy Driver
Next stop Barking! A doggy driver complete with cap and goggles sits in the luxurious surrounds of a particularly fine model toy car

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