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Acme Moustache GuardThe 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!
Bermuda - Humorous Greetings Postcard - OnionBlessed is the man who comes to Bermuda (The modern paradise) And is tempted to eat a sweet onion instead of a forbidden apple
Kano Airport, Nigeria - Camel rider with horn (and spare camel...). Date: circa 1960s
Incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking OpiumSeeing Everything - The wild and incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking Opium. Date: 1905
The Crooked House, Himley, StaffordshireThe 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
The Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire - DoorwayThe 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
The Crooked House, Himley, Staffordshire - Sitting RoomThe 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
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 Edgar Atchison-Ely in Rational Dress. Date: 1904" Do we need the Actress?". Mr Edgar Atchison-Ely in Rational Dress. Date: 1904
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
Man with marijuanaA 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
Stunning portrait - Chic French girl in Spiders Web Cap - see also: 10137800 Date: 1920s
Woman in clown fancy dress outfitA woman poses for her studio photograph, looking quite pensive considering the wacky checked clown outfit shes wearing. Date: 1920s
Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat. Not the best start in life health-wise... Quite bizarre. Date: 1904
Rickshaw boy of Durban, South AfricaA 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
Kief (Hashish / Maruijana / Cannabis) Smoker - AlgeriaHashish Smoker (or Kif (kef, Kief, keef), Cannabis, Marijuana) - Algeria. Traditionally kief has been pressed into cakes as hashish for convenience in storage and shipping
Baby feeding directly from a goatAn Indian Baby feeds directly from a goat in possibly the most bizarre and unsettling postcard ever produced.... Date: circa 1920s
Two jovial Easter bunnies, one looking rather mad, dancing away to the tunes produced from the violin of his friend! Date: circa 1920s
Ice-Cream Van 1930SA wacky ice-cream van with the motto we strive to please, purity, quality painted on it! Date: 1930s
Encyclopaedia of Sport - Luring Wild Lap-DogsIV - Luring wild lap-dogs by the Mull of Cantire. Another wacky sport from the imagination of William Heath Robinson. Date: 1914
Zulu children arriving out of giant eggsA 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
Catch of Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USACatch of (quite unbelievable!) Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA Date: circa 1916
Taking home a little Pisa, ItalyA giant carries away the principal sights of Pisa, Italy, including the Leaning Tower, the Baptistry and the Duomo. Date: 1900
A view of ڳtad Labem, Czech Republic A view of ڳtad Labem, CzechUsti 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
Two Babies getting their milk direct from the cowA 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
Young Egyptian woman holding an amphoraAn extremely odd artistic photographic postcard showing a young Egyptian woman holding an amphora close to her naked breast
Man turning into a catA gentleman visits his Doctor with the distinct impression he is turning into a cat.... by the evidence on show he is correct
Shooting birds from floating cycleA 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
Ice-cutting MachineA 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
Remarkable Life-saving Body SuitA rather remarkable and very unusual life-saving body suit, comprising of flexible leg and domed upper section, complete with breathing tube and flotation ring
Portmanteau BuoyA 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
Jointed SteamshipA remarkable concept steamship, jointed in three places, seeminglyto counteract the motion of the sea!
Moth Ball ManMothball man - be sure to pack one of these fellows away with your fur coat this summer and the moths will not go near it!