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Gas masks protected against fallout dust.
E. Bacon - Inventor J. S. Peress explains the workings of his new rustless diving suit, made of Staybrite Silver Steel, at the Olympia Shipping Exhibition in London. The suit weighs 550 pounds and can work at a depth of 650 feet. 30th November 1925.
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Adelaide Herrmann - Aerial suspension, 1930.
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Giuseppe Desiato - Napoli, 1967.
Allan Grant - Shovel-brush, used by Comedian Billy de Wolfe, is artfully designed to sweep and scoop in one simple motion, 1947.
Autoportrait déformé, New-York, 1957.
timeofbeauty: Allan Grant - New back brush lets bather see just what she is up to, 1947.
H. William Tetlow - Gigi the dog catches a free ride from one of the cows at milking time, on Tang Hameson’s farm at High Falls, New York, 1968.
Arthur Tress - Dream Collector, 1960s.
Allan Grant - Cutaway broom here demonstrated by Paramount actress Olga San Juan quickly sweeps two-steps at a time, 1947.
Ginger, a young cat trying to join in the conversation, when the phone is answered, 1934.
Gérard Landau - Pierre Tchernia chez un artisan de l'illusion, 1956.
Delina Rossa
Contortionist woman, 1940s.
Arthur Tress - Boy with Giant Ball, New York, 1969.
Allan Grant - Comedian Billy de Wolfe and actress Olga San Juan with tooth brush, 1947.
Arthur Tress - San Francisco, 1964.
Clofullia, vers 1865.
Clémentine Delait et ses chiens, Thaon-les-Vosges (Vosges), France.
A rabbit playing a toy piano, 1956.
A lamb and a cat playing draughts, watched over by a bantam, at Langford, Somerset, 1933.
A dog dressed up for a tea party, 1934.
A Chimpanzee posing in a top hat and tails, 1925.
A chained up panda lying on its back with a telephone receiver placed on its stomach, 1940.
A cat wearing headphones to listen to a radio, 1926.
A cat hangs a row of tame rats on the washing line to dry, 1933.
A cat and a bulldog in a toy car, 1933.
Evelyn Richter - Autoportrait, 1952.
Elmira Humphries, Radio Queen, 1939.
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Gymnaste sur la plage, vers 1930.
Gay 90’s Studio, San Francisco.
Forêt d’obus, vers 1910.
Flying Fish at Santa Catalina, 1935.
Flamenco, 1956.
photos-de-france: Clermont-Ferrand, le Père Noël fait le plein d’essence de son solex le 24 decembre 1964.
littleplasticthings: L’homme à la tête de caoutchouc, 1901.
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photos-de-france: Exposition coloniale, Paris, 1931.
Dorothy Lamour & Popeye.
Djoubi, 1974.
Dindes en landau, 1940.
Devo par Barney Bubbles.
Dessous féminins, vers 1960.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, 1972.
Brian Borough
photos-de-france: Défense d’uriner.
Clahuchu et son épouse. Ces deux momies auraient été trouvées par des hommes de la Marine française, dans une grotte tombale sur l'île d'Haïti en 1740. Ils sont censés appartenir à une tribu perdue appelée “Ju-Ju” ou diables hommes
Christmas Tree hair, 1962.
Christmas card, 1900s.
Chantal & Dumont, vers 1960.
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Bud Bassette decorating underwater Christmas Tree, 1948.
Alexander Gardner - Mushroom Rock on Alum Creek, Kansas, 1867.
Bela Lugosi & Wallace Ford in Lock Your Doors, 1943.
