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Weird Collection (page 3)

Background imageWeird Collection: Flight of a Belle - Witty French postcard

Flight of a Belle - Witty French postcard showing a glamorous beauty taking flight over the countryside !!! Date: 1905

Background imageWeird Collection: Waltz Time - Diver and Model - Marine Studios, Florida, USA

Waltz Time - Diver and Model - Marine Studios, Florida, USA
Waltz Time - Diver and Model - Marine Studios, Marineland, Ocean Shore Boulevard, Florida, USA. Photographers models are called upon to swim in the Oceanariums along with staff divers

Background imageWeird Collection: Little Girl with unusual snowman with newspaper hat and gun

Little Girl with unusual snowman with newspaper hat and gun over his shoulder! Date: 1906

Background imageWeird Collection: Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter

Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter
USAF Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter Taking-Off Date: 1960s

Background imageWeird Collection: Edgley EA-7 Optica

Edgley EA-7 Optica
Edgley Oa-7 Optica Flying Date: 1980s

Background imageWeird Collection: Blohm & Voss BV-141 V3

Blohm & Voss BV-141 V3
A Luftwaffe Blohm & Voss B&V-141 V3 Parked As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes, Rn (Born 21 January 1919) Former Royal-Navy Officer Date: 1940s

Background imageWeird Collection: Nemeth Umbrellaplane aka Roundwing

Nemeth Umbrellaplane aka Roundwing
Nemeth Umbrellaplane Aka Roundwing Unusual Design Parked Date: 1946

Background imageWeird Collection: Phillips Multiplane 1893

Phillips Multiplane 1893
Phillips Multiplane of 1893 Unusual Multi-Winged Design Date: 1893

Background imageWeird Collection: Gurney Grice Mosquito

Gurney Grice Mosquito Unusual Coffin-Like Design Parked Date: 1950s

Background imageWeird Collection: Phillips Multiplane 1904

Phillips Multiplane 1904 Unusual Multiple-Winged Design Date: 1904

Background imageWeird Collection: Brennan helicopter

Brennan helicopter
Brennan Helicopter Unusual Design by Mr Graham Piloted Louis Brennan at Farnborough Date: 1924

Background imageWeird Collection: Mignet HM-14 Pou du Ciel

Mignet HM-14 Pou du Ciel
Mignet Hm-14 Pou Du Ciel Unusual Design Light-Aircraft Date: 1930s

Background imageWeird Collection: Fabre Hydro Floatplane 1910

Fabre Hydro Floatplane 1910
Fabre Hydro Floatplane of 1910 Unusual Design after the First Successful Take-Off from Water by Henri Fabre Date: 1910

Background imageWeird Collection: Engraving of Vincent de Groof (A Belgian) Ornithopter De?

Engraving of Vincent de Groof (A Belgian) Ornithopter De?
Engraving of Vincent de Groof (A Belgian) Ornithopter Design, Released from a Free Balloon after Ascending from Gemorne Gardens, London, UK. He Plunged to His Death. Date: 1874

Background imageWeird Collection: Northrop YRB-49A

Northrop YRB-49A
Yrb-49A Flying Wing Prototype Converted from a Yb-35 with a Rear Gunners Position High over the Mojave Desert, with Six Allison J-35 Jet Engine Including 2 in Pods under the Wing Date: 1940s

Background imageWeird Collection: Line-Drawing of Rj Spaldings Patented Flying Machine, Usa

Line-Drawing of Rj Spaldings Patented Flying Machine, Usa Date: 1889

Background imageWeird Collection: Caproni STIPA Tubular Fuselage

Caproni STIPA Tubular Fuselage
Caproni Stipa Tubular Fuselage Unusual Design Parked with Pilot Boarding Helped by a Ground-Engineer Date: 1932

Background imageWeird Collection: Ryan X-13 Vertijet

Ryan X-13 Vertijet Unusual Vtol Design Flying Date: 1956

Background imageWeird Collection: Douglas X-3 Stiletto

Douglas X-3 Stiletto Prototype Unusual Design Date: 1952

Background imageWeird Collection: Lockspieser LDA-1 Land Development Aircraft

Lockspieser LDA-1 Land Development Aircraft
Lockspieser Lda-1 Land Development Aircraft Unusual Design Flying Date: 1960s

Background imageWeird Collection: Norris X-99M

Norris X-99M Unusual Design by Rolla V Norris Date: 1929

Background imageWeird Collection: Helio Gyro Copter

Helio Gyro Copter Unusual Design Parked Date: 1930

Background imageWeird Collection: Lockheed XFV-1 Salmon

Lockheed XFV-1 Salmon
Lockheed Xfv-1 Salmon Unusual Design Vtol Tail-Sitter Tilted at 45 Degrees in a Rig after Test-Flights Had Finished Date: 1958

Background imageWeird Collection: Convair Model 118 Convaircar

Convair Model 118 Convaircar
A Convair Model 118 Convaircar Unusual Design of an Aerocar Designed by Theodore P Hall Date: 1947

Background imageWeird Collection: Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig / Flying Bedstead

Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig / Flying Bedstead Hovering During a Test-Flight

Background imageWeird Collection: Horton Wingless

Horton Wingless
The Horton Wingless Unusual Design Twin-Engined Light-Aircraft Parked Date: 1954

Background imageWeird Collection: Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane

Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane
The Kellett Hughes Xh-17 Flying Crane Unusual Design First-Flight of the Then Worlds Largest Helicopter Date: 1952

Background imageWeird Collection: Givaudan Annular 1908

Givaudan Annular 1908
The Givaudan Annular Flying Machine, (Upright) H-T-A Tandem Ring in France in 1908 Date: 1908

Background imageWeird Collection: Laval, France - The Two Railway Stations and the Avenue

Laval, France - The Two Railway Stations and the Avenue. Date: 1911

Background imageWeird Collection: WW1 - Comic Postcard - The Long and the Short of it

WW1 - Comic Postcard - The Long and the Short of it
WW1 - Comic Postcard - " The Long and the Short of it". A lady and her remarkably tall fella! Date: 1916

Background imageWeird Collection: Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain - Dragon Tree

Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain - Dragon Tree. Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde

Background imageWeird Collection: Bagpipe Seller, Charing Cross, London

Bagpipe Seller, Charing Cross, London. Date: 1900s

Background imageWeird Collection: American Fat Man - Barney Worth - Freakshow Performer

American Fat Man - Barney Worth - Freakshow Performer
American Fat Man - Barney Worth - Remarkable socks and slightly distressingly-short shorts. Titania and Barney Worth were billed as The Worlds Fattest Couple when going on show at various Freakshows

Background imageWeird Collection: Kyabe, Chad, Africa - Sara Man with enormous lip plates

Kyabe, Chad, Africa - Sara Man with enormous lip plates
Kyabe, Moyen-Chari, Chad, Africa - Man of the Sara People with enormous upper and lower lip plates. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWeird Collection: Cat telephone cosy from Selfridges, 1919

Cat telephone cosy from Selfridges, 1919
Ideas for Christmas gifts from Selfridges. This quaint conceit is a telephone cosy in the shape of a cat. Everyone needs one of these in their life. Date: 1919

Background imageWeird Collection: Antankarana woman from Mahajanga, Madagascar

Antankarana woman from Mahajanga, Madagascar
An Antankarana woman from Mahajanga (Majunga) a city and a district on the northwest coast of Madagascar. Note the distinctive balled hairstyle, nose jewellery and beaded necklaces

Background imageWeird Collection: Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat

Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat
The traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community) woman of Lebanon (sadly not an example of the popular trend to replicate the landscape of late 19th)

Background imageWeird Collection: Four Queens on a Jack - Four Women riding a donkey

Four Queens on a Jack - Four Women riding a donkey. Date: circa 1905

Background imageWeird Collection: Half Pierrot costume

Half Pierrot costume
A gentleman in (most of) a Pierrot costume, although he seems to feel that his Mothers bathcap would be suitable headgear to accompany the voluminous check trouser suit... Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWeird 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 imageWeird Collection: Wet nurse feeds baby using a goat

Wet nurse feeds baby using a goat
A Cuban wet nurse feeds a baby in her care using the milk from a goat, who is actively participating in the exchange! 1907

Background imageWeird Collection: Women and Children of the Sakai Tribe, Malaysia

Women and Children of the Sakai Tribe, Malaysia
Wild Group Of Sakals in Perak. The Sakai Tribe (also known as the Lowland Samang) from Perak, Malaysia. The two older women and are suckling young goats (kids) !! Date: circa 1906

Background imageWeird Collection: Helen Duncan emitting ectoplasm from her mouth

Helen Duncan emitting ectoplasm from her mouth
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan emitting " ectoplasm" from her mouth, containing magazine cut-out head, during sance, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (i)"



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