Ungainly Collection

Santos-Dumont Biplane
The ungainly Santos-Dumont 14- bis biplane, though it never stays in the air for more than 21 seconds, is officially the first aircraft to fly in Europe... at Bagatelle, Paris Date: 1906

An Inexperienced Palanquin Rider, Tom Shaw Hiring a Palanquin on the Esplanade
CH441597 An Inexperienced Palanquin Rider, Tom Shaw Hiring a Palanquin on the Esplanade, Calcutta (pencil, pen & ink and w/c on paper) by D Oyly

Copyphotograph of an earlier photo of the Naval Reserves at Fishers Island
MNY380933 Copyphotograph of an earlier photo of the Naval Reserves at Fishers Island, New York with a group of sailors in a rowing boat

A hen Peacock chick soon after hatching

Araucana chick emerges from its broken shell

Ugly Duckling 2
Passers-by comment on the ugly ducklings ungainly appearance

Cookham Bridge
A new iron bridge, ungainly but useful, is erected over the Thames at Cookham, Berkshire. I doubt if local resident Stanley Spencer will be inspired to paint it

Long Skirts in Ballroom
Perils of trained skirts in crowded ballrooms when your partner has two left feet! A man steps on the long skirts of two women simultaneously & lands on the floor

Maxim Project 1889
Hiram Maxims first flying machine - a monster which became less ungainly in subsequent models

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