| Images: the Strange and the Unusual |
| Cabinet Photographs, Carte de Visites, etc. |
| "Naval Mounted Horse" Novelty Cabinet Photograph Hong Kong c. 1900's |
| P.O.W.? c. 1890s |
| Girl Wearing 17th Lancers Uniform Post 1902 |
| 5th Royal Irish Lancer Chicago, Illinois, USA c. 1890 |
| Double Sided Cabinet Photograph c. 1900 |
| US Cavalryman Salford, Manchester, England c. 1880's |
| Army Service Corps Private and Handicapped Brother c. 1890 |
| Postcards |
| A Prisoner of the Zulus? c. 1900 |
| "Isandlwana" Japanese Post Card c. 1900 |
| Bugler Govier & Lt Col. Curzon Rifle Brigade c. 1895 |
| Lancer Dobinson "One of the 600" c. 1890 |
| Teaching an Old Dog a New Trick c. 1880 |
| Scottish Rifle Volunteer Parody c. 1870 |
| Stereoviews |
| Unusual Backwards Stereoview c. 1890 |
| Postal Cover addressed to No7709 Pte. Jones B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot. Rorke's Drift, Natal. 22 January, 1879 |
A seeming incredibly rare
postal cover mailed from the
island of Lundy to a certain
Private Jones of B Company,
24th Foot and postmarked to
arrive at the mission station of
Rorke's Drift on the fateful
22nd day of January 1879.
The cover is postmarked Lundy
Island, 8 January, 1879. Counter
marked by the Army Post Office
Natal, 22 Jaunary, 1879. The
ship letter stamp indicates that
this letter was to be posted to
Pte. Jones via Royal Mail
Steamer. The letter is marked
"undelivered" on the reverse....
postal cover mailed from the
island of Lundy to a certain
Private Jones of B Company,
24th Foot and postmarked to
arrive at the mission station of
Rorke's Drift on the fateful
22nd day of January 1879.
The cover is postmarked Lundy
Island, 8 January, 1879. Counter
marked by the Army Post Office
Natal, 22 Jaunary, 1879. The
ship letter stamp indicates that
this letter was to be posted to
Pte. Jones via Royal Mail
Steamer. The letter is marked
"undelivered" on the reverse....
| Girl in uniform of the 4th Volunteer Battalion The Hampshire Regiment c. 1890 |
| Girl in Highland Costume Wearing 1877-79 South Africa (Zulu War) Medal Ireland c. 1900 |
| Lady in Red Stereoview c. 1860's |
| Man Costumed for Amateur Theatrics c. 1890 |
This photograph is another of those
out of place images that pose many
interesting possible explanations.
Here we have a veteran member of
the Royal Artillery classically posed
with his foreign service helmet on
the studio plinth next to him, his two
Jack Russell Terriers at his feet. He
could have been in a studio located
at Aldershot, India or Cairo but
instead he was photographed at
Pawtucket, Rhode Island in the
United States sometime in the early
1900s.
out of place images that pose many
interesting possible explanations.
Here we have a veteran member of
the Royal Artillery classically posed
with his foreign service helmet on
the studio plinth next to him, his two
Jack Russell Terriers at his feet. He
could have been in a studio located
at Aldershot, India or Cairo but
instead he was photographed at
Pawtucket, Rhode Island in the
United States sometime in the early
1900s.
| Royal Artillery Gunner Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Early 1900s |
| Royal Artillery Sergeant Double Exposure Novelty CVD c 1870s |
| Unidentified bemedaled sergeant wearing Victoria Cross Early Kodak Photographic Print Early 1900's |
This is another of those odd photographs that I have been unable to an
early circular format Kodak photographic portrait of what appears to be
a veteran British sergeant wearing a considerable number of medals
including the Victoria Cross.
Based upon the Wolseley pattern helmet he is wearing the photo would
date at least from the early 1900's when that pattern head covering
became general issue to other ranks.
early circular format Kodak photographic portrait of what appears to be
a veteran British sergeant wearing a considerable number of medals
including the Victoria Cross.
Based upon the Wolseley pattern helmet he is wearing the photo would
date at least from the early 1900's when that pattern head covering
became general issue to other ranks.
