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Chad the goat peers over a gate and is flanked by human hands, at Chessington Zoo, in greater London, on July 15, 1970.
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Original caption: “Champagne inspector wearing a mask.” Undated.
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Original caption: “Sled dogs trained by the U.S. Army pull a machine gun sled over the top of a hill in New Hampshire. The sleds carry the guns, ammunition, and two men each. The soldier in the rear does the steering and frequently pushes when the sled is stuck.”
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Original caption: “Musician and instrument builder Fred Limire plays ‘the world’s largest banjo’ (it measures 5 feet & 4 inches long) as he sits on a stool outdoors, in Rochester, New Hampshire, 1920s or 1930s.”
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Original caption: “View of Ruth Jump as she aims a bow, in mid-flight after a jump off a diving board, in Los Angeles, California, 1920s or 1930s.”
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Original caption, circa 1930: “Advertising for new telephone customers in England. A man is riding a bike and his sidecar consists of a colossal telephone.”
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Original caption, April 3, 1930: “One more vehicle is hoisted onto the top of a mountain of wrecked motor cars at Long Beach, California.”
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Original caption, March 1, 1949: “Farmer Mrs. Maud Lee and her daughter Pat enjoy elevenses at their farmhouse in Keynsham, near Bristol, with their pet lamb Betty.”
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Original caption: “Royal Air Force air gunner trainees watch the electric track-mounted model aircraft target after firing practice from the quad Browning .303 machine gun turret at the Hells Mouth Airfield moving target range gunnery school, at RAF Penrhos on April 23, 1941, in Penrhos, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom.”
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Two nuns wear goggles and hold a water hose.
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Original caption: “Cows grazing near oil wells in a southwestern American state.”
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Original caption, circa 1933: “Hollywood cosmetics expert Max Factor takes precise measurements of a young woman’s head and face with a contraption like an instrument of torture.”
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Original caption: “Stunt flier Lillian Boyer hangs from the wing of a biplane in midair during an aerobatic performance.”
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Original caption: “Photographer on Rope.”
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Original caption, circa 1910: “Horse-drawn fire engine at 72nd Street and Broadway, New York City, racing to a fire.”
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Original caption: “Aviatrix Helene Alberti, poised on a knoll on the Anderson estate, prepares to test a theory of ‘cosmic motion’ with a pair of bat-like wings and a hand-held spinning wheel (described as a ‘helicopter’), in Brookline, Massachusetts, 1920s or 1930s.”
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Original caption: “Water scootering back to the office after lunch? It was ‘skipper’ businessman Jack Hornsby, with his 17-year-old daughter Stella sailing pillion, during a try out on the River Thames, London. It is an amphibious motor scooter fitted with two floats which are let down before entering the water. A paddle fixed to the back wheel, and it is steered by a rudder controlled by the handlebars. October 20 1965.”
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Original caption, September 28, 1965: “Muzzled alligators pass the winning posts in an underwater race at Silver Springs, Florida.”
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Original caption, May 19, 1936: “Motorcycle stunt of the London Signal Corps in Wembley stadium.”
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Original caption, August 1, 1926: “Large human effigies in national costume being drawn through the streets during the Fisher Fete at Boulogne.”
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Original caption: “Railwaymen wearing gas masks sit in a rail coach, Blackpool, England, 1938.”
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Original caption: “Jack Berryman and his assistants fly a box kite 9 feet high and 21 feet wide designed by his father which lifts a little girl off the ground.”
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A rolling advertisement, a car designed to resemble a Life Savers candy roll is parked at a curb on a busy city street, in 1940.
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A passenger on bus a that is crossing the 59th Street Bridge to Queens looks southward, toward the hazy New York City Midtown skyline, circa 1940.
Also, be sure to see previous editions of this informal series: Weird, Wonderful Photos From the Archives, and Weird, Wonderful Photos From Another Era.
