Unusual Collection (page 3)

Romania - Curtea de Arges Monastery
The Cathedral of Curtea de Arges - a Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Curtea de ArgeE, Romania. It is located on the grounds of the Curtea de Arges Monastery Date: circa 1920s

The Barbarine - first climbed 1905 - Germany
The Barbarine - the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The pinnacle is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland

Joseph Jefferson in his bicycle Chair (The Palm Beach Coach) - Florida, USA. Joseph Jefferson, commonly known as Joe Jefferson (18291905) - American actor

Raleigh Three-Wheeler car Camping on Dartmoor
Raleigh 3-wheeler car, the Raleigh Safety Seven (introduced in 1933) taken on a camping jaunt onto Dartmoor. Raleigh shut down their Motor Department in 1935 Date: circa 1934

Hurdy-Gurdy Man - France Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon - Swallowing a yarn
A little blackbird fails to consume a length of twine: " I can t swallow that yarn." Date: circa 1915

Cyclists Weathervane
An unusual cyclists weathervane, seen at Toft, Cambridgeshire, England. Date: 1930s

Girl saying Grace but pet dog unwilling
" Fold Your hands Bob!" A pretty young girl says Grace, but is slightly affronted that her pet dog Bob is unwilling to join in and fold his paws together respectfully.... Date: circa 1910

The Dolly Sisters, London
The Dolly Sisters in their bridal attire by Paul Poiret from League of Notions, New Oxford Theatre, London, 1921 1921

Frog celebrating the arrival of 1907 by firing a cannon
A wonderfully odd German New Years card, welcoming in the arrival of 1907. The illustration rather bizarrely depicts a frog (holding a lucky four-leafed clover)

The Red Ibis
A fantasy postcard depicting a naked woman, lying on the ground, turned away from the viewer, reaching out toward and cluthing hold of, the leg of a giant red ibis

Unusual Sundial
An unusual armillary sphere sundial with a base with fish sculpted into it, at Bath, Somerset, England

Unusual Bed Cupboard
A sleeping cupboard with seven shelves for seven people, plus the essential ladder!

Bicycle wedding
In Marseille, France, M. Pecolle weds Mlle Latourre on a bicycle built for two

Two people in fancy dress. The girl on the left is in a fanciful Pierrot type outfit reminiscent of Paul Poiret, or at least the more flamboyant fashions of the First World War, while in contrast

Rumford Falls, Maine, USA - A Business Block, housing The Everett K. Day Company and G. A. Peabody Company. This card was produced in Austria

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

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Barbados. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Spaniel and hedgehog
Unusual Friends - Spaniel and hedgehog. 1950s

Boxer dog and Piglet
Unusual Friends - Boxer dog and Piglet. 1950s

Giant ophicleide played, 1843
Jean Prospero Guivier(1814-) playing a giant ophicleide, manufactured expressly for the Birmingham Music Hall. Date: 1843

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage - France
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France - The Swiss Village and the entrance to the Forest Date: circa 1910s

Alec James of Arsenal in the gym
Arsenal player Alec James tries out the Vita Gymno Frame in the Gym at Arsenals Highbury Football Ground

ENGLAND / LOOSE
Picturesque weatherboarded cottages at Loose, Kent, England, with their unusual bridge doorsteps over the stream which flows by their front doors! Date: 1950s

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: circa 1900

Sleigh car
Sleigh Car, a sort of forerunner to the snow scooter. Thulin Factory, LAndskrona, 1923. Date: 1923

Kenya - Masai man with extended earlobe ornament (weighed to increase the distension of the skin). Date: circa 1910s

CASTELL Y GWYNT
An unusual rock formation, known as Castell y Gwynt ( Castle of the Winds ) on Glyder Fach, Snowdonia, Wales. Date: BC

Photo from Anerley Road
Unusual view of the Crystal Palace seen here dominating the skyline. Photograph taken looking up the hill from Anerley Road

Pet Gazelle
Gazelle brought to England from Africa by Captain Denham of the Avon steamship : though a popular pet, it is sufficiently unusual to be mentioned by the ILN

Auriol Lee in a Hat 1905
Miss Auriol Lee wears a coat with an unusual collar and a hat with a ribbon threaded through the brim perched at an angle on the top of her pompadour hairstyle

Light Phaeton 1819
A light phaeton : the cover is an unusual feature

Masai - Kenya, East Africa - Amazing neck rings. Date: 1949

Model in strapless full-skirted dress with bow
Model in an unusual pose, spinning to show off the large silk bow on her new look strapless full-skirted dress. Date: circa 1951

Josephine Baker with her pet cheetah
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) - American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent - taking her pet cheetah for a walk. Date: 1931

Josephine Baker with her pet cheetah at Deauville, France
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) - American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent - with her pet cheetah at Deauville, France. Date: 1930

A strange ghostly apparition caught on camera
A strange ghostly apparition caught in a photograph taken in a family home on Sunday, 30th March, 1986. The photograph was supposed to be depicting the 10 year-old boy (Andrew Burlington)

1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeler car
Jolly woman posing for a photograph seated in a fabulous 1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeled car at the seafront in Margate, Kent. 1927

I m Some Pumpkin - a very strange postcard featuring a man with a manically-grinning carved pumpkin instead of his head, which is frankly pretty disturbing. Date: 1912

Toads Mouth Rock, Hathersage, Derbyshire. Date: 1904

Brazilian Tapir - Native to thick, swampy forests of Brazil
Brazilian Tapir - Native to the thick, swampy forests of Brazil and a first cousin to the horse. Date: circa 1944

WW1 - Four Gurkha Bagpipe Pipers - British Indian Army forces on the Western Front in France. Date: 1915

SNECMA C-450 Coleoptere
Snecma C-450 Coleoptere Prototype Parked Outside the Snecma Factory Held in Place by a Mobile Rig before a Test-Flight Date: 1959

SNCASE SE-2100
Sncase Se-2100 Prototype Unusual Design Parked Date: 1945

Goodyear GA-33 Inflatoplane
Goodyear Ga-33 Inflatoplane Unusual Rubber Inflatable Light-Aircraft Design Taking-Off Flown by Pilot Dick Ulm Date: 1956

Maruyama Okyo - Woman sitting on an Elephants back
Reproduction of a painting on a Japanese hanging scroll by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), depicting a woman sitting on an Elephants back. Date: late 18th century

Young woman with a pronounced lip plate - Mozambique
A young Maconde (Makonde) woman with a pronounced lip plate - Portuguese East Africa (modern-day Mozambique) circa 1910s

Mrs Arthur Cadogan with her pet boa-constrictor
The Latest Cult - strange pets. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan looking very relaxed and elegant, wearing her pet boa-constrictor as a fashion accessory it seems. Date: 1905

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