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Ghastly and Strange

by State Library of NSW

A collection of some of the stranger images added to Flickr Commons by the State Library of New South Wales

107 photos · 551 views

Two men in masks, Lunar Park, Sydney, c. 1945

Australia’s oldest contortionist David Mitchell, 1942

Rosaleen Norton, Kings Cross, Sydney, 21 June 1943

Mrs. Leslie Walford (heavily made up with baby doll), re-enacting, Fra Filippo Lippi's 'Madonna Adoring the Divine Child, Sydney, 1918

Spiritualists, Balmain, 31 May 1939, by Ray Olson

Tattooed lady Betty Broadbent, 4 April 1938

Dancer 1940 SLNSW_FL9728049

Tattooed lady Betty Broadbent, 4 April 1938

Beatrys Vitringa, dancer, Sydney, June 1946

Skeleton series, 1938, Ray Olson

Strong man, Australia, 20 May 1938

Gwen Brown, Balalaika ballerina in Shadow series, 1938 by PIX photographer Ivan

Tattooing a mans head with a butterfly, Fred Harris Tattoo Studio, Sydney, 17 December 1937, photographer Ray Olson

Tattooed man from the front, Australia, 25 December 1937

Mrs. Rankin, Mrs. Garvan as Fra Angelico's painted angels, Sydney, 1918

Member of the Ardinis acrobatic troupe, Sydney, Australia, March 1948

Woman in a bottle, trick photography, Sydney, 1938 - State Library of New South Wales

Chicago Fire Arms Co., Protector palm pistol, Sydney C.I.B. H.Q, 30 September 1940

Collage portrait with dangling heads, in Alfred William Leslie Ellis. World War One Album, c. 1917

Harry Fell, hairdresser, Melbourne, 28 October 1952

Woman with a dragon tattoo, Sydney, 17 December 1937

Permanent waving a man's hair, 1938

Contorionist 1938 SLNSW_FL9722100

Tumble Bug ride entry, Lunar Park, Sydney, 1940

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