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Une vendeuse avec la plus grande chaussure, 1932.
Un exercice des sapeurs-pompiers londoniens (An exercise of the fire brigade londoners), 1932.
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Tattooed man, 1920’s.
Tall-Tale Postcard
Stacked People
Salvador Dali - Aphrodisiac Dinner Jacket, 1936. The most important early formal display of Surreal Things was the exhibition Surrealist Objects at the Galerie Charles Ratton in Paris in May 1936. Here were assembled some of the great Surrealist objects.
photos-de-france: René Maltête - Périgueux vous souhaite la bienvenue.
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Nina Leen - Fashion squirrel, 1960’s.
Jeffrey Harp
Captain Pfeiffer, a regular visitor to London Zoo, succeeds in training a giraffe to take food straight from his lips, London, 1933.
Zippy the chimpanzee polishes bootblack Tony Finizza’s shoes while Tony watches and laughs at the spectacle, 1955.
Zeppelin, 1930.
Zeng Jinlian stands with one of her normal-sized friends. She’s only 16, but she’s the tallest girl in the world. Her ultimate height may reach 8 feet.
stars-et-shooting: Yale Joel - Portrait de Philippe Halsman au travail avec Salvador Dali, 1954.
Yves Montand & Edith Piaf.
Young Helen poses on a stack of Paint Cans, 1930.
Young chimpanzee Kokomo Jnr quenches his thirst with a glass of orange juice, straight from the fridge at his owner’s apartment in New York City, 1955.
photos-de-france: Xavier Martin tente de photographier Jack Nicholson à Saint-Tropez et celui-ci lui répond en lui montrant ses fesses en juillet 1976.
vieuxmetiers: Workers Safety in 1915.
Colin Raff
Woman in a chicken suit, 1910.
Woman found in Pompei in 1875.
Wolf Man
With all those directions to follow on the Los Angeles freeways, finally here’s one to disregard. But how ?
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Willi Ruge sautant en parachute, 1931.
stars-et-shooting: Weegee - Autoportrait, 1950.
Volkswagen Beetle.
Le robot Willie Vokalite, 1931.
William Powell relaxing on the set of Love Crazy, 1941.
Mini Railroader, 1968.
th' High-Strung & Knife-Happy Hillbilly Blues Revue
Trampoline, 1973.
Visite au zoo, 1973.
The motorcycle ladder, 1961.
Félicien Rops - Parodie humaine, 1881.
William C. Shrout - Halloween Party, 1941.
stars-et-shooting: Weegee
Tony the Orangutan.
Replica of one of the Roswell alien corpses is on display in the town’s crash site museum.
Manute Bol - Tallest Man, 1986.
Joel Meyerowitz
Home on wheels, 1921.
George Clinton
Crab People.
Appearing vexed about ‘sharing’ his milk with pet rabbit Lazarus, Bobby Schilingloff got fresh carton after his was 'milknapped’ during classroom nutrition break, 1969.
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René Maltête
Production still from Invasion of the Saucer Men, 1957.
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Headless portrait, 1800’s.
Fiji mermaid.
The amazing Russell Nesbit flips a youngster into the air in a workout for his remarkable show.
Donal the duck is a quack mailman.
