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Bizarre, weird, rare historical photos. Because that's what the Internet wants.
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Cat on the Cob: 1951
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Ostrich Jockey: 1903
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Coca-Nuts: 1947
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Self-Propellered: 1922
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Small Businessmen: 1938
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Office Xmas Party: 1925
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Bromo Tower: 1912
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Waiting to Inhale: 1942
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Footloose: 1946
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Study Buddy: 1942
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A Dickey Christmas: 1919
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Freaks Museum: 1942
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No Kōrt: 1939
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Out of Cluck: 1941
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Beach Policeman: 1922
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Now Pleying: 1956
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Flipper: 1942
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Solomon R. Guggenhat: 1960
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Everything But War: 1941
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Seven Up: 1942
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Chicken Dinner: 1942
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Mystery Meat: 1935
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Double Duty: 1942
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Crazy Cabin Inn: 1942
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Grounded: 1953
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Corn Fight: 1939
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O America!
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Warning Sign: 1940
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Plate Me a Grape: 1921
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Dept. of Beer: 1942
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Fatal Stroll: 1902
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Future Tents: 1959
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The Orange Menace: 1941
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The Big Sleepy: 1917
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Dr. Springs: 1939
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Joe Blow: 1936
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Maud Wagner: 1907
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Bonus Points: 1928
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Tattooing & Curios: 1941
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The Last Roundup: 1941
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![June or July 1926. Washington, D.C., or vicinity. "NO CAPTION [Man lying in front of train on tracks]." Perhaps some diligent Shorpysleuth can figure out what's going on here. 4x5 inch glass negative, Harris & Ewing Collection. View full size.](jpg/shorpy-34181a.thumbnail.jpg "Dude on the Tracks: 1926")
Dude on the Tracks: 1926
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Very Big Words: 1953
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![Washington, D.C. "U.S.J. Dunbar, 6/27/23." The sculptor Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar and a model of the proposed "Mammy" monument. 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size.
In 1923, a group of white women wanted to build what they called a "monument to the faithful colored mammies" in Washington. These women, members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, pressed lawmakers in Congress to introduce a bill ... [read more]](jpg/shorpy-24343u.thumbnail.jpg "The Mammy Memorial: 1923")
The Mammy Memorial: 1923
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Savage Retail: 1939
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Bottlecap Blowup: 1939
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Bottlecap Bijou: 1939
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Gas Demonstration: 1942
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Hydration Station: 1940
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Saints & Sodas: 1940
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Madame Sylvia: 1936
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Driven to Drink: 1930
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Next Exit: 1939
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Top Billing: 1939
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A Sign Unto You: 1939
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Can Much?
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The Cheshire Cows: 1940
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A Pounding Headache: 1950
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Redwood Deadwood: 1891
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A Crooked House: 1938
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Crazy Over You: 1954
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Freak Show: 1941
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House of Fleas: 1940
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The Great Escapist: 1900
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Houdini Swims: 1908
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Human Freaks: 1941
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Stares & Stripes: 1941
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The Crime Car: 1941
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Unlikely Suspects: 1941
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Crime Museum: 1941
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The Hills Have Holes: 1940
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Bal Masque: 1939
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Back-Assward: 1940
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Wed on Their Feet: 1923
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Flying Wing: 1948
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Gems of Gettysburg: 1875
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Fishing for Love: 1940
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Pickle-Low Party: 1939
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Remain Calm: 1943
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Helicopter Baby: 1954
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Tipple Boy: 1908
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