Unusual Collection (page 15)

Jubilee Stamp room, North Bersted, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
The stamp room at The Rising Sun Pub, North Bersted, Bognor Regis. Eventually, in the 1920s, the collector and publican Richard Sharpe retired

Gymnastics at the Hermitage School, Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1907 by Jean-Ovide Decroly (18711932), a Belgian teacher and psychologist. Date: circa 1920

Street Vendor selling Nuts to Gentleman with a Simian Visage
Street Vendor cheekily offering the sale of some nuts to a diminutive Gentleman with a distinctive Simian visage!! Date: 1899

Djibouti, East Africa - A Young Serae girl (from Eritrea)
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - A Young Serae girl (likely (from Eritrea). Date: 1905

Large Ivory tusk from the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
Large Ivory tusk, weighing over 200lbs from the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina - Calle Cordoba - very impressive street lighting - arching out over the road on elegantly decorated supports. Date: circa 1904

Monte to Funchal Wicker Toboggan - Madeira, Portugal
Wicker Toboggan transportation from the mountainous village of Monte, Island of Madeira, Portugal down to the Capital, Funchal

Cricket match in gasmasks
Public Record Office staff stage a cricket match in gasmasks during WWII Date: 1939-1945

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

Royal Family meet Anita
Edith Barlow ( Anita ) a very small (26 inches) guest of the Royal family at the Royal Garden Party. Anita became a member of Bertram Mills Touring Circus

Kislovodsk - Russia - a humourous card
A humourous card depicting an unlucky airship passenger dangling rather precariously over the mountains near Kislovodsk, Russia, suspended only by his jacket and the strength of the anchor rope

Sutton Bridge
The unusual bridge over the salt marshes at Sutton Bridge, Linclnshire - a dual-purpose bridge combining road and rail. Date: built 1897

First House built in Utah - Deuel Cabin, Salt Lake City
First House built in Utah - Salt Lake City, USA - an old log house built in September 1847 by Osmyn Deuel. Pictured here in a former location under a pergola shelter at the Salt Lake Temple Square

Baby feeding directly from a goat
An Indian Baby feeds directly from a goat in possibly the most bizarre and unsettling postcard ever produced.... Date: circa 1920s

The Eyes of Miss Julia Neilson
The Beautiful Eyes of Miss Julia Neilson Date: circa 1908

Bears playing in their enclosure
The reverse of this card reads: Even the bears have to learn how to skip in Switzerland - don t you think they are very clever

A Sadhu smoking a remarkable pipe, India
A Sadhu (Indian ascetic holy man) smoking a remarkable curvy pipe

Lourdes - The Basillica and the Grotto
A composite postcard (unusual) depicting the Rosary Basilica of the Sanctuary of our Lady at Lourdes (top) and the Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Grotto

Wedding Gas Mask
A bridesmaid has a novel wedding gas mask container decorated with silver paper at a wedding in Sidcup in Kent during World War II in 1939

Aden - Somaili Warriors
Aden - Somalia - Somali Soldiers

Wartime Messenger Dog
A soldier writes a message to give back to a French messenger dog on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Fijian Man with war club
A Fijian Man with war club resting on his shoulder. He wears a spectacluar neckace of carved bones and wears his hair brushed upwards in a wild and alarming fan-shape

Long fingernails of a High Class Chinese Man
The extraordinarily long fingernails of a High Class Chinese Man

The Hesse- Cassel children
The children of Princess Margarete of Prussia and Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse-Cassel: from left; Wolfgang (1896-1989), Friedrich Wilhelm (1893-1916), known as Freddy, Richard (1901-1969)

Father Christmas / Unusual
Father Christmas catches a cold

Father Christmas / Romford
Father Christmas having a jolly time with Miss Romford and her friend at the Romford Carnival

Girl in Aeroplane Hat
A smiling young woman balances on her head a large & unusual aeronautically inspired hat based on a bi-plane. It has an extremely big propellor

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

USA - A showman who walked on his head - descending steps
USA - A showman who walked on his head - shown here descending a set of steps. - Although not named on the card, this is very likely Alexander, part of Ringling Brothers Circus

Columns of Ice - Frozen Niagara Falls, USA Date: circa 1890

Fancy dress en route to India, c. 1920
Male passengers on board a ship bound for India posed on deck in a variety of strange fancy dress. There are a few clowns, a nurse and a somewhat sinister chap holding two sheeps heads on plate

Tabby kitten looking out of a basket
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten looking out of a basket. 1950s

Monkey, possibly on the island of Gibraltar
Unusual Friends - monkey, possibly on the island of Gibraltar. 1950s

Corgi dog on tartan rug
Unusual Friends - Corgi dog on tartan rug. 1950s

Collie dog sitting on a log in a garden
Unusual Friends - Collie dog sitting on a log in a garden. 1950s

Afghan hound on a pebbly beach
Unusual Friends - Afghan hound on a pebbly beach. 1950s

Man feeding a sparrow in a park
Unusual Friends - smartly dressed man feeding a sparrow in a park. 1950s

Little boy with Collie dog in a garden
Unusual Friends - little boy with Collie dog in a garden. 1950s

Tabby kitten playing inside a basket
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten playing inside a basket. 1950s

Woman in a park with pigeons
Unusual Friends - woman in a park with pigeons. 1950s

Tabby cat and kitten with yellow background
Unusual Friends - tabby cat and kitten with yellow background. 1950s

Great Dane and woman on a pebbly beach
Unusual Friends - Great Dane and woman on a pebbly beach. 1950s

Yellow duckling in a garden
Unusual Friends - yellow duckling in a garden. 1950s

Three tabby kittens with a pink bucket
Unusual Friends - three tabby kittens with a pink bucket. 1950s

Two kittens with pink ears
Unusual Friends - two kittens with pink ears. 1950s

Closeup of a bulldog
Unusual Friends - closeup of a bulldog. 1950s

Saint Bernard dog with a pile of jewellery
Unusual Friends - Saint Bernard dog with a pile of jewellery. 1950s

Tabby kitten sitting on a deckchair
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten sitting on a deckchair. 1950s

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