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Background imageWacky Collection: Acme Moustache Guard

Acme Moustache Guard
The Acme Moustache Guard. Solid comfort while eating. No use for napkins - does not interfere with use of mouth. Made of gold or silver plate. Everyone should have one!

Background imageWacky Collection: Bermuda - Humorous Greetings Postcard - Onion

Bermuda - Humorous Greetings Postcard - Onion
Blessed is the man who comes to Bermuda (The modern paradise) And is tempted to eat a sweet onion instead of a forbidden apple

Background imageWacky Collection: Kano Airport, Nigeria - Camel rider with horn

Kano Airport, Nigeria - Camel rider with horn (and spare camel...). Date: circa 1960s

Background imageWacky Collection: Incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking Opium

Incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking Opium
Seeing Everything - The wild and incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking Opium. Date: 1905

Background imageWacky Collection: The Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire

The Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire
The Passage and doorway of the Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire. During the early 19th century, mining in the area caused one side of the building to begin gradually sinking

Background imageWacky Collection: The Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire - Doorway

The Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire - Doorway
The Doorway of the Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire. During the early 19th century, mining in the area caused one side of the building to begin gradually sinking

Background imageWacky Collection: The Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire - Sitting Room

The Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire - Sitting Room
The Sitting Room of the Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire. During the early 19th century, mining in the area caused one side of the building to begin gradually sinking

Background imageWacky Collection: Do we need the Actress?. Mr Huntley Wright at Home Date: 1904

Do we need the Actress?. Mr Huntley Wright at Home Date: 1904
" Do we need the Actress?". Mr Huntley Wright at Home Date: 1904

Background imageWacky Collection: Do we need the Actress?. Mr Edgar Atchison-Ely in Rational Dress. Date: 1904

Do we need the Actress?. Mr Edgar Atchison-Ely in Rational Dress. Date: 1904
" Do we need the Actress?". Mr Edgar Atchison-Ely in Rational Dress. Date: 1904

Background imageWacky Collection: A Rickshaw boy of Durban in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan

A Rickshaw boy of Durban in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan, the rickshaw became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century

Background imageWacky Collection: Man with marijuana

Man with marijuana
A Muslim man holds a bunch of wild cannabis, or marijuana plant in the Kashmir Valley near Srinagar, Kashmir. He wears a kufi Islamic hat and a big smile Date: 1986

Background imageWacky Collection: Stunning portrait - Chic French girl in Spiders Web Cap

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

Background imageWacky Collection: Woman in clown fancy dress outfit

Woman in clown fancy dress outfit
A woman poses for her studio photograph, looking quite pensive considering the wacky checked clown outfit shes wearing. Date: 1920s

Background imageWacky Collection: Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat

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

Background imageWacky Collection: Rickshaw boy of Durban, South Africa

Rickshaw boy of Durban, South Africa
A Rickshaw boy of Durban in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan, the rickshaw became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWacky Collection: Kief (Hashish / Maruijana / Cannabis) Smoker - Algeria

Kief (Hashish / Maruijana / Cannabis) Smoker - Algeria
Hashish Smoker (or Kif (kef, Kief, keef), Cannabis, Marijuana) - Algeria. Traditionally kief has been pressed into cakes as hashish for convenience in storage and shipping

Background imageWacky Collection: Baby feeding directly from a goat

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

Background imageWacky Collection: Two jovial Easter bunnies, one looking rather mad

Two jovial Easter bunnies, one looking rather mad, dancing away to the tunes produced from the violin of his friend! Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWacky Collection: Ice-Cream Van 1930S

Ice-Cream Van 1930S
A wacky ice-cream van with the motto we strive to please, purity, quality painted on it! Date: 1930s

Background imageWacky Collection: Encyclopaedia of Sport - Luring Wild Lap-Dogs

Encyclopaedia of Sport - Luring Wild Lap-Dogs
IV - Luring wild lap-dogs by the Mull of Cantire. Another wacky sport from the imagination of William Heath Robinson. Date: 1914

Background imageWacky Collection: Zulu children arriving out of giant eggs

Zulu children arriving out of giant eggs
A very surreal and slightly disturbing postcard showing Fresh arrivals - a group of young Zulu toddlers emerging fully-formed out of giant eggs! Date: circa 1903

Background imageWacky Collection: Catch of Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA

Catch of Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA
Catch of (quite unbelievable!) Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA Date: circa 1916

Background imageWacky Collection: Taking home a little Pisa, Italy

Taking home a little Pisa, Italy
A giant carries away the principal sights of Pisa, Italy, including the Leaning Tower, the Baptistry and the Duomo. Date: 1900

Background imageWacky Collection: A view of ڳtad Labem, Czech Republic A view of ڳt�ad Labem, Czech

A view of ڳtad Labem, Czech Republic A view of ڳt�ad Labem, Czech
Usti nad Labem (German: Aussig) - a city in the Czech Republic. The significance of the male Mary Poppins is slightly less clear, but rather wonderful! Date: 1904

Background imageWacky Collection: Two Babies getting their milk direct from the cow

Two Babies getting their milk direct from the cow
A quite surreal German postcard, showing two rather plump babies strapped to the back of two cows, their mouths clamped to long tubes originating from the cows udders

Background imageWacky Collection: Young Egyptian woman holding an amphora

Young Egyptian woman holding an amphora
An extremely odd artistic photographic postcard showing a young Egyptian woman holding an amphora close to her naked breast

Background imageWacky Collection: Man turning into a cat

Man turning into a cat
A gentleman visits his Doctor with the distinct impression he is turning into a cat.... by the evidence on show he is correct

Background imageWacky Collection: Shooting birds from floating cycle

Shooting birds from floating cycle
A sporting gentleman in top hat hunts ducks out in the middle of a lake thanks to his remarkable floating aquatic cycle - useability possibly determinate on the level of swell

Background imageWacky Collection: Ice-cutting Machine

Ice-cutting Machine
A late 19th century Steam-powered Ice-cutting Machine operating on the frozen exoanse of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Possibly one of historys more risky undertakings for an apparatus of this

Background imageWacky Collection: Remarkable Life-saving Body Suit

Remarkable Life-saving Body Suit
A rather remarkable and very unusual life-saving body suit, comprising of flexible leg and domed upper section, complete with breathing tube and flotation ring

Background imageWacky Collection: Portmanteau Buoy

Portmanteau Buoy
A jolly Victorian gent from the days when Britain unquestionably ruled the waves doffs his hat as he floats proudly in his safety device de jour - his portmanteau buoy

Background imageWacky Collection: Jointed Steamship

Jointed Steamship
A remarkable concept steamship, jointed in three places, seeminglyto counteract the motion of the sea!

Background imageWacky Collection: Moth Ball Man

Moth Ball Man
Mothball man - be sure to pack one of these fellows away with your fur coat this summer and the moths will not go near it!


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