Curiosity Collection (page 8)

Stuffed Giraffes
The staircase of the old British Museum in Montague House. Stuffed giraffes at the head of the staircase are being admired by visitors. Original Artwork: Painting - George Scharf the elder

Foxy Trousers; Ten week-old Fox Cub Twentieth Century Fox
Ten week-old fox cub Twentieth Century Fox, takes a look around London from the safety of his owners trousers.Picture Post - 8406 - A Fox Discovers London - pub. 1956

Three children peer through the fence on a bridge over one of Londons many canals
August 1953: Three children peer through the fence on a bridge over one of Londons many canals. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6625 - London Canals - unpub

Festival of Britain Exhibition; Dignitaries of St Pauls Church look at an engine
Dignitaries of St Pauls Church look at an engine on display in the Transport Pavilion on the day that the King officially opens the Festival of Britain Exhibition

Missile And Cyclone
15th May 1959: A group of children watches as the first American ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) rises into launching position at the Aquarium Compund, Coney Island, Brooklyn

British Army Baby
A crowd of people at Aldershot watching the British Armys new airship Baby being demonstrated. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Waiting For The Train
3rd December 1939: Anxious watchers at the barrier of Ipswich railway station waiting for the LNER Evacuation Special train to arrive bringing evacuees to safety from London. (Photo by H. F)

Head For Heights - New York
circa 1940: American Legion roof spotter Benjamin Franklin enjoys the New York Skyline. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Bongos Colour TV
8th July 1971: Bongo, a west African lowland gorilla, watches the BBC test-card on a colour television in his new luxury enclosure at Twycross Zoo in Warwickshire

Landfall
Passengers on the QE2 line the rails as the ship arrives in New York. (Photo by Stroud/Getty Images)

Two turkeys sitting in barn windows

Dogs Dinner?
A larger dog sniffing a tiny Jack Russell terrier, 18th January 1970. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

British Bulldog
circa 1930: A bulldog puppy contemplates two china bulldogs from the safety of a wooden tub. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images)

Seaside Zoo
August 1891: Animals huddle in tiny cages on a cart. A mobile zoo, or menagerie, on the sands at Yarmouth has drawn a small crowd of children

Tiger Cubs
16th December 1935: Three tiger cubs in a cage at Whipsnade Zoo view a Christmas cracker with great suspicion. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Baby Jaguar
circa 1950: A baby jaguar sitting on a chair in the nursery of Bronx Park Zoo, New York. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Invalid Elephant
12th January 1954: A fourteen year old African elephant called Diskie recovers in a private, heated enclosure after being pushed into the eight-foot deep moat that surrounds the elephant paddock by

Childrens Zoo
12th April 1956: A young boy remains in the safety of his mothers arms at the elephant enclosure. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

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