Unusual Collection (page 7)

La Piedra Parade (bloque erratico) en el Rio Alto Chubut
The Piedra Parade (erratic block) in the Alto Chubut River (dried-out riverbed, which has slowly eroded the base of the rock)

Joseph Salomonson of Amsterdam The Apostle of Natural Life
Joseph Salomonson of Amsterdam (1853-?) - also known as MEVA The Apostle of Natural Life - a healer and advocate of a return to nature and a more simpler existence

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

A little girl wearing a rather bizarre crimpled swimsuit circa 1920s

Children in fancy dress - old woman who lived in shoe
Wonderful photograph showing a group of children in fancy dress. Most spectacular is the huge shoe accommodating about six of them

Lady in incredible fancy dress
Photograph of a lady called Rosie dressed in an incredible fancy dress costume consisting of countless items hanging from her dress. Date: 1926

Spirit Photograph - Schemboche
A spirit photograph by Schemboche of an Italian Woman approached by a white robe-draped spirit who places his hand upon her shoulder. Date: circa 1870s

Sketch cover - five views of Chatelaine of Naworth, Yevonde
Front cover of The Sketch featuring an unusual portrait of the Countess of Carlisle, formerly the Hon. Bridget Hore-Ruthven

1923 Fashion - Remarkable feather and fur-trimmed outfit - possibly at Ascot? Date: 1923

A wireless ball: dancers with headphones at a silent dance
The 1928 equivalent of a silent disco: dancers with headphones at a silent dance on leap year night. Date: 1928

Advertisement for Cross - Wild Beast Merchant, Liverpool. " Anything from A Humming Bird to an Elephant " Date: 1907

The Sale of the Royal Windsor Castle Menagerie 1884

Albert E. Jamrach, London dealer in exotic wildlife
Albert E. Jamrach (?-1917) - he continued the family business started by his Father Charles, an exotic pet store on the Ratcliffe Highway in east London at the time the largest such shop in

Charles Jamrach, London dealer in wildlife, birds and shells
Charles Jamrach (1815-1891) - a leading dealer in wildlife, birds and shells in 19th-century London. He owned an exotic pet store on the Ratcliffe Highway in east London at the time the largest such

Pets brought home by men of HMS Thetis from St Helena - the monkey Jack salutes from the capstan. Date: 1901

Lord and Lady Tweeddale with family and exotic pets at Yester Gifford, East Lothian (designed and built by Adam) - large decorative mural painting by John Churchill for the Tweeddale London home

Mrs Benlinck Budd and her pet lemur - French Riviera
Mrs Benlinck Budd and her pet ring-tailed lemur - out for a stroll - French Riviera, Cote d Azur, France. Date: 1924

The Comtesse de Pourtales and her pet lemur out for a walk at Cannes, France. Date: 1923

A pet cheetah in Paris, 1909
A pet cheetah affectionately licking the head of its young owner. The Sketch magazine reports that cheetahs are supposed to make excellent pets and are very fond of children. Date: 1909

Sheep in Bagatelle Park, Paris, WW1
Herds of sheep in Bagatelle Park, Paris, forming a reserve supply of food during the First World War, 8 September 1914. 1914

The Graphic cover - a silver gibbon as a pet
Front cover of The Graphic magazine featuring a photograph of a Mrs Davidson taking her pet silver gibbon for a walk in Hyde Park, brought back from the Riviera

Milking a fake comedy cow at the seaside
Two ladies posing for a comedy photograph at an unidentified British seaside resort. One sits on a fake cow while the other pretends to milk it from some alarmingly authentic looking udders

The Sketch cover - Margaret Morris
Sketch cover featuring a photograph of Margaret Morris (1891-1980), the English dancer and teacher, in costume of stranded wool she wore in her " Savage Ballet". 1924

Advert for Coca-tonic, Champagne - nerve tonic 1897
Sold in wine merchants stores and chemist. The highest class natural champagne and coco leaf extract, the most powerful nerve tonic. 1897

Waiter wearing beret and Oxford bags, 1926
Will it ever come to this? The President of the National Federation of Merchant Taylors is responsible for this awful suggestion

Water-induced rest
Designed to cause sleep, a device providing a continual flow of water across the forehead of a person suffering from insomnia

Meadway, Epsom, Surrey, with an unusual bridge across the road. circa 1900s

If London were Venice, Piccadilly Circus. A view of London if its streets were canals, with bridges and gondolas. Date: circa 1900s

Quail catching in Syria 1862
A tradition among Syrian peasants using branches and sheets to encircle terrified quail. 1862

Christmas present - Lucky silver devil cigar lighter 1909
One way of giving-up smoking! This terrifying lucky silver devil cigar lighter, available from Mappin & Webb. 1909

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

St Pol-de-Leon, Finistere, Brittany, France - St Pols Bell
St Pol-de-Leon, Finistere, Brittany, France - St Pol (Paul Aurelian or Paulinus Aurelianus) of Brittanys Bell, which miraculously appeared in the mouth of a fish after he had defeated a dragon which

Senegal - Village in the middle of a lake. Date: circa 1910s

Jeanne Provost - French Movie Star and theatre actress
Jeanne Provost (1887-1980) - French Movie Star and theatre actress. Date: circa 1910s

Interior of Court of Exchequer Chamber, showing the ancient ceremony of chopping sticks and counting horse-shoes and hob-nails, this tradition was abolition in 1882. Date: 1844

Aviation Militaire Francaise - Farman F1. 40 trainers
Aviation Militaire Francaise - Farman F1, 40 trainers, at an airfield in France. The Renault truck displays the unusual, but fairly common at the time, centrifugal radiator

Royal Aircraft Factory B. E. 2a
Royal Aircraft Factory (R.A.F.) B.E.2a, (B.E. - Bleroit Experimental), flown by Wingfield Smith, powered by an air-cooled 70hp Renault V-8 engine

Teddy enjoying a draught of ginger-beer, the 2nd Battalion Kings Rifles pet, arrived in Shorncliffe from India. Given a new home at an expense of seventeen pounds

Two teams with eight players pushing a enormous 6 ft ball made from nine hides of horses which took two hours to be inflated

One of the British war-ships in the Dardanelles had an unusual pet, an Irish hog, named Dennis, who is seen in the photograph among his new comrades

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

The fascinating ancient iron pillar of Delhi, constructed by a King Chandra
The fascinating ancient iron pillar of Delhi, constructed by a " King Chandra", probably Chandragupta II (reigned c)

Advert for Amorphophallus Campanulatus, plant seeds 1891
Amorphophallus Campanulatus, two or three feet across, with spotted stem which rises several feet and unfolds at the top an umbel of beautiful palm-like foliage which spreads out several feet like an

The Youthful David by Andrea del Castagno (1423-1457) - painted on a leather parade shield, made to be carried in parades at jousts or tournaments - but this is the only surviving example by a great

A Cave house / dwelling at Laon, France
A Reconstructed (Prehistoric?) Cave house / dwelling and occupant at Laon, Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, northern France. Date: circa 1905

The Smallest House in England - Wavertree, Lancashire
The Smallest House in England - Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire - situated at No. 95 High Street, the house is only 6ft wide and was occupied until 1925

Joseph Salomonson of Amsterdam The Apostle of Natural Life
Date: 1906

Barrel House - Tonopah, Nevada, USA - one of the first houses built in this silver boom mining town. Date: circa 1910s

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