Unusual Collection

A map of the Colne Valley Cloth District
Pictorial map of the Colne Valley Cloth District in Yorkshire, drawn by the poster artist and designer Leslie MacDonald Gill the year before his death, in 1946

Brown bear (Ursus arctos) and Grey wolf (Canis lupus) together in wetlands, Kuhmo, Finland, July

Singers Elton John and Rod Stewart having bath at Watford football ground. Soccer mad Elton, just back from a tour of America, wants to be a director of Watford F.C

Tabby kitten and duckling
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten and duckling coming through the door. 1950s

Queen Mother drinks a pint of beer in a pub in Stepney

George Morris, the celebrated bell ringer, on 8 bells, 1863
George Morris, the celebrated bell ringer, playing on eight bells at once, in the steeple of St James Clerkenwell, London

Flatiron Building, New York City

The Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Sage, Tyne Bridge and Newcastle upon Tyne river quayside

Whale Shark - mouth open feeding, & diver. Australia. Worldwide
VT-6318 WHALE SHARK and Snorkeller - mouth open feeding. 60ft long. Australia - Worldwide. North West coast Australia. Ningaloo Marine Park

Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs, and coastguard cottages, Cuckmere Haven, near Seaford, East Sussex, England

Hairless Animals - Sphinx cat, rodent & rat
LA-7110 Hairless Animals - Sphinx cat, guinea pig & rat Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, North America

Leafy Seadragon - an example of brilliant camouflage as neither predators nor prey recognise it as a fish Rapid Bay
AUS-1747 Leafy Seadragon - an example of brilliant camouflage as neither predators nor prey recognise it as a fish Rapid Bay

La Sagrada Familia, Gaudi cathedral, Barcelona, Catalonia (Cataluna) (Catalunya), Spain, Europe

Group of three Welsh women in traditional costume Date: circa 1890s

Nun on a skateboard, holding her arms out for balance. Date: circa 1970s

Captain Berrys dachshunds in the park
A large number of dachshunds, one of them a rough coated specimen, are taken for a walk in the park. They belong to a Captain Berry of Queens Gate Terrace, South Kensington, London

Gaudi architecture, Parc Guell, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barcelona, Catalunya (Catalonia) (Cataluna), Spain, Europe

CAT PIANO
Variations on a catatonic scale : the keys are linked to the cats tails, and when depressed the resulting miaows create a concatenation of feline counterpoint

Bigbury-on-Sea - The Burgh Island Hotel Tractor
Transportation in the Sea Tractor over to the Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea, South Devon, allowing guests to travel to/from the mainland at High Tide

Cricket for the Middle-Aged (litho)
5217819 Cricket for the Middle-Aged (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cricket for the Middle-Aged)

Mary Pinnock as Ophelia by Julia Margaret Cameron
Ophelia (Mary Pinnock) by Julia Margaret Cameron. Date: 1867

The Spiral Bridge - Hastings, Minnesota, USA - completes in 1895, the only one of its kind in the world. Date: circa 1930s

Mrs Mills, celebrity pianist, with dog
Unusual Friends - Mrs Mills, celebrity pianist, with dog. 1960s

Cowboy riding elk, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA
Cowboy riding an elk in the high street, Sheridan, Wyoming, USA. Date: circa 1910

Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Punaluu black sand beach, Big Island, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific, North America

Swinging on Ringing Bell
The bell ringers of Seville - a rather unusual method where the ringers are swinging on the bells themselves

Gousse Arsene, 27, deck swabber on the Pierre Guillaumat, a 555, 000 ton Cargo Ship. OPS Him riding a bicycle on the huge deck of the super-tanker. 24th January 1980

Horse and Boxer dog
Unusual Friends - horse and Boxer dog. 1950s

Zebra-drawn trap of Lord Walter Rothschild
Rothschild broke in and trained several zebras to pull a trap, which he memorably used to visit Buckingham Palace in 1898 Date: 1898

Sand and surf at Lumahai Beach, Island of Kauai, Hawaii USA
Sand and surf at Lumahai Beach, Island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Mitchells Corn Palace, The Worlds Only Corn Palace at Mitchell, South Dakota, USA. The card notes that this building is redecorated annually at a cost of $10

Nun Swivels Hula Hoop On Hips
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: October 18, 1958. Benedictine Sisters at the Christ King Convent in Oklahoma City try their hand at the hula hoop craze that is sweeping the country

Studebaker Commander

Fiat Multipla MPV

Great Hammerhead Shark - Swims towards the photographer. These sharks are considered dangerous. Coral Sea. Australia
VT-8479 Great Hammerhead SHARK - swimming towards the photographer Coral Sea. Australia Sphyrna mokarran These sharks are considered dangerous

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II taking a picture at the Royal Windsor Horse Trials. 17th May 1981

Picture No. 12479924
Sphynx Cat, dresssed as Dracula Date:

Dachshund on a bookshelf
Unusual Friends - Dachshund on a bookshelf. 1950s

Two kittens with a drumkit
Unusual Friends - two kittens with a drumkit. 1950s

Restaurant de la Reserve, Nice, France. Date: circa 1910s

Fontainebleau Forest - Three Mausoleum Boulders
Fontainebleau Forest - Barbizon, France - The Three Mausoleums. The Forest is popular location for the climbing activity of Bouldering - the sport climbing of rocks such as this. Date: circa 1908

Bow Fiddle Rock, Portknockie, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom

Picture No. 10921789
Christmas Pudding Cat - Exotic short-haired tortoiseshell. Cat made to look like a traditional Christmas Pudding Digital Manipulation.. Date:

Will Mellor at the World Custard Pie Championships 2012

Great Snoring
A signpost pointing to the village of Great Snoring, North Norfolk, England, has clearly effected the man beneath it!

Devils Tower, Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Alligator Snapper Turtle Showing lure formed by tongue, South America
PM-4035 Alligator Snapping Turtle - Showing lure formed by tongue South America. Macroclemys temmincki Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Thorny Devil Near Newhaven Station, Nthn Territory, Australia
DH-3160 Thorny Devil Near Newhaven Station, Nthn Territory, Australia Moloch horridus Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Carnival, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Borgund Stave Church, Norway
Borgund Stave Church, the best preserved 12th century stave church in the country, Borgund, Western Fjords, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Detail of the coloured glass and mirror inlay work in the interior of the Lake Palace Hotel, the Lake Palace, Udaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Los Gigantes cliffs, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Cat - Cornish Rex - Shorthaired Bicolour Black & White
LA-1916 Cat - Cornish Rex, Black & White shorthair Bicolour. Standing, side view Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Organ - Tippoos Tiger
The unusual organ Tippoos Tiger, constructed to the order of Tippoo Sahib (1753- 1799), Sultan of Mysore, and represents the mauling of an East India Company Officer

Margaret Rutherford September 1963 Actress Pictured at home Gerrards Cross Bucks

The Titans Goblet, 1833. Creator: Thomas Cole
The Titans Goblet, 1833

Moifaa, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Moifaa, 1911. Portrait of Moifaa, a New Zealand-bred racehorse who won the 1904 Grand National by eight lengths. Moifaa had travelled from New Zealand

Northrop YB-49
Yb-49 Flying Wing Prototype with a Rear Bubble Canopy Modification High over the Mojave Desert, with Eight Allison J-35 Jet Engine Date: 1940s

Whippet and Blackbird
Unusual Friends - Whippet and Blackbird. 1950s

Alberobello, Puglia, Italy

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

Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs, Birling Gap, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs, Birling Gap, East Sussex, England

Parc Guell park with architecture deisgned by Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona, Spain

Perranporth Rock Arch
The Rock Arch, an unusual formation, on the beach at Perranporth, Cornwall, England. Date: 1960s

Hairless Animals - Mexican Hairless Dog, Sphinx Cat, rodent & rat
LA-7107 Hairless Animals - Mexican Hairless Dog, Sphinx Cat, guinea pig & rat Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Monkey driving a toy car
A rather surreal photograph of a monkey driving a model vintage car

The Cawston Ostrich Farm - South Pasadena, California, USA. A large ostrich pulls a wheeled cart, containing an enthusiastic lady passenger! The boss of the farm in bowler hat stands proudly behind

The Hesse-Cassel and Greek royal families
The youngest daughters of Vicky, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Empress of Prussia, the Princesses Sophie and Margarete of Prussia with their husbands and children at Friedrichshof in 1904

Sea Horse / Leafy Seadragon - endemic to South Australian waters. Fm: Syngnathidae
AU-15-MS LEAFY SEA DRAGON / SEAHORSE endemic to S. Australian waters Phycodurus eques Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Vampire Squid. Going in to "pineapple" defensive posture. California USA
DOW-291-N Vampire Squid - going into pineapple defense posture California, USA Vampyroteuthis infernalis Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fossil Centipede in Amber - Dominican Republlic - 15-40 million years old - oligocene
CAN-2447 Fossil Centipede in Amber - Dominican Republlic 15-40 million years old oligocene and miocene - amber is hardened tree resin which preserves organisms trapped inside - Dominican amber comes

Four-leaf Clover Herbarium specimen, England
SPH-3419 Four-leaf Clover - Considered as being lucky Herbarium specimen, England Trifolium repens Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Gaudi architecture, Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Catalunya (Catalonia) (Cataluna), Spain, Europe

Tivoli Gardens at Christmas, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Taktshang Goemba (Tigers Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Great Hammerhead Shark - Can grow to 6 meters in length. They are found all around the tropical oceans but rarely seen
VT-8475 Great Hammerhead SHARK Coral Sea. Australia Sphyrna mokarran Can grow to 6 meters in length. They are found all around the tropical oceans but rarely seen

Czechoslovakian Wolfdog
LA-1797 DOG - Czechoslovakian Wolfdog History: In 1982 the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog was recognised as a breed. It resulted from the cross-breed match between a Geman Shepherd dog

Ardconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland, McCaig Tower
Ardconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland showing the McCaig Tower. Situated on the west coast of Scotland and built of Bonawe granite between 1897 and 1902

The Big Hollow Tree - Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Big Hollow Tree - Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

The New Pramobile
London, England: c. 1930. The latest invention in transportation and baby care at the British Industries Exhibition is the new fangled Pramobile, with a speed of 1.5 mph. Its made by Dunckley

Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) Pair, Isle of May, Firth of Forth, SCOTLAND
Atlantic Puffin, (Fratercula arctica), in evening light, Isle of May, Firth of Forth, Scotland

An Autumnal, mushroom fantasy
Mushrooms personified, in this unusual illustration featuring three naked women and a child with mushroom caps upon their heads

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"Unusual Moments Captured: Singers Elton John and Rod Stewart Enjoy a Relaxing Bath at Watford Football Ground" In a surprising turn of events, music legends Elton John and Rod Stewart were spotted indulging in an unconventional activity at the Watford football ground. The two iconic singers, known for their larger-than-life personas, decided to unwind by taking a bath together amidst the stadium's facilities. This unexpected sight left fans bewildered yet amused as they witnessed these renowned artists embracing their playful side. "A Rare Encounter: Brown Bear and Grey Wolf Coexist in Wetlands of Kuhmo" Nature enthusiasts were treated to an extraordinary spectacle when a brown bear (Ursus arctos) and grey wolf (Canis lupus) were captured sharing the same habitat within the wetlands of Kuhmo. Despite being natural competitors, these majestic creatures seemed to have found harmony in this unique ecosystem. Witnessing such coexistence between predator and prey serves as a reminder that nature constantly surprises us with its intricate dynamics. "The Architectural Marvel: La Sagrada Familia Stands Tall Amidst Barcelona's Skyline" Gaudi's masterpiece, La Sagrada Familia, stands as an awe-inspiring testament to human creativity and devotion. This magnificent basilica has captivated visitors from around the world with its intricate design and breathtaking beauty. Its towering spires reach towards the heavens while its ornate facades tell stories of faith and artistry. A visit to this architectural wonder is truly an unforgettable experience. "Cultural Heritage Unveiled: Three Welsh Women Embrace Tradition Through Traditional Costume" Immersed in vibrant colors and rich heritage, three Welsh women proudly don traditional costumes that symbolize their cultural roots. With each stitch representing centuries-old traditions passed down through generations, these outfits serve as living artifacts preserving Wales' unique identity. Their gracefulness evokes nostalgia for times gone by while celebrating the enduring spirit of Welsh culture. "The Supersonic Marvel.