Bike Collection (#15)

The American Burlesquers 15 beauties : Bunco bike. Date c1897

All Clear by Helen McKie - ARP wardens on bicycles
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a rather lecherous looking older male Air Raid Patrol warden cycling alongside a young, pretty female colleague. Date: c.1940

The Motor Cyclist and the Magnetic Shell
" The Motor Cyclist and the Magnetic Shell: A Military Fantasy" H. M. Batemans animated, slightly maniac style is perfectly suited to this sequential cartoon showing a motorcyclist being

Motor bike & sidecar & tram
The Wonders of Speed. Book illustration.Date: 1924

Police motorcyclist, 1904
A police sergeant fully equipped for running to earth motorists who exceed the speed limit. Under law introduced in 1904, all motor vehicles were compelled to be registered

French view of an English Gent in London
Spectacularly stereotypical French view of an English Gent in London, complete with plaid trousers, pith helmet, sinister expression (!) and a background of dark satanic mills!!! Date: 1901

Ice Cream Motor Bike
This rather serious man in a leather bomber jacket is actually a travelling salesman, selling ice creams from his motorcycle! Date: 1930s

A group of cyclists in France
A silhouette showing a group of cyclists in the Bois de Boulogne, France Date: 1898

Cycle Cross, cross country cycle racing. Date: 1981

Safety Bike
A man wheels a Safety Bicycle, an early form of bicycle from the 1890s which replaced the Penny Farthing. However, he obviously does not think it safe enough to ride through Holborn, London! 1930s

FROST BIKE
Frost bike - hoar frost on some parked bicycles! Date: 1940s

C W A Scott as a little boy
Flight Lieutenant Charles William Anderson Scott, AFC (13 February 1903 15 April 1946) record-breaking English aviator, best known for winning the MacRobertson Air Race in 1934

Kangeroo safety bicycle advert, 1885
Faster than any bicycle, safter than any tricycle: the record breaking Kangeroo safety bicycle. Somewhat resembling a penny farthing, the machine was made by Hillman

Machine Gun Battalion at Dieval, northern France, WW1
Men of the 24th Motor Machine Gun Battalion at Dieval, northern France, awaiting an inspection by General Horne towards the end of the First World War. Date: 12 June 1918

Museum display of British soldiers with machine gun
A museum display of dummy British soldiers with various means of transport and a Vickers machine gun. Date: 20th century

Museum display of British soldiers with transport
A museum display of dummy British soldiers with various means of transport. Date: 20th century

Man of a Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit, WW1
A man belonging to a Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit with a Scott motorcycle during the First World War. Date: March 1915

Bicycle / Girl Falls Off
A girl comes right off - and her bikes a write-off ! Date: circa 1900

Girls Cycling, Autumn
Two Danish girls cycle along a suburban road in autumn, while the leaves fall about them in a picturesque manner Date: 1900

Scouts on Bikes 1930
The Happiness of the Road: A batch of happy boy scouts on their return from a weekend camping near Windsor, Berkshire, England. Date: 18 May 1930

Two sightseers at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Two late Victorian sightseers at Stonehenge, Wiltshire. One man sits on a flat stone (possibly the sacrificial stone), while the other man leans on his bicycle

Metropolitan Police motor cyclists
A group of Metropolitan Police motor cyclists, with the River Thames and Tower Bridge in the background

Policemen with their bicycles
A group of policemen with their bicycles

Group of soldiers and civilians at a training camp
A group of soldiers and civilians at a training camp, posing for their photo outside a tent. The soldiers are dressed in a variety of uniforms, and two are holding bicycles, while one holds a spade

Man on an early motorcycle in front of a house
A man on an early motorcycle, possibly a Triumph, registration A 2421, in front of a house

Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Two Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle

Cyclist in Bridge Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A cyclist with his bicycle smiles at the camera in Bridge Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Young man and pennyfarthing, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A young man and his pennyfarthing bicycle, posing against a painted backdrop in the photographers studio in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Young man and bicycle, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A young man and his bicycle, outside a cottage in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse
A man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse on a wet day

Policeman with three boys and their bicycles
A policeman chats with three boys, who are out and about with their bicycles on an icy day

Met Police officer on a country lane
A Metropolitan Police officer on the beat, wheeling his bicycle along a country lane in a rural part of London

Children on a tricycle
Two adorable children pose for their picture while riding a smart looking tricycle. A little boy in his finest Sunday best outfit takes charge of steering

Jarrott: motor cycle race winner
Mr Jarrott, winner of the two mile oil motor cycle race on November 29th 1897, England

Turkey, Izmir - Turkish man with bicycle
Mustafa with his bicycle at Smyrne (Izmir), Turkey. Date: 1903

Reserve Officers Training Corps maneuvers
The ROTC(Reserve Officers Training Corps) Army Artillery on maneuvers at Purdue University, America, January 1926. A 1918 Dodge Brothers Command car is leading three Harley Davidson motorcycles

Chimpanzee at Earls Court Exhibition
An intelligent chimpanzee named Consul who appeared as part of Bostocks Jungle at the Earls Court Exhibition. This photograph shows him going for a ride on his tricycle. (3 of 3)

What Next by Cathinca Amyot
A humorous colour illustration of a maid attempting to ride a bike

Christmas time chaos
A chaotic but merry scene depicting a family at Christmas. The children, all very energetic and excited, play musical instruments, help decorate the tree and play games

Lady and Bicycle
A lady in long white summer dress and boater leans on her upright bicycle at the entrance to a summerhouse or grotto in the grounds of a large country house

Holiday Amusements
Holiday pastimes - the elder girl has her bike, her brother is off to play tennis, the youngest has a cart to pull - and maman has her sewing

MINEHEAD - 1903
The Parade Minehead Somerset

Cycle Race, Germany
Race in progress in a German stadium

Velocar Horizontal Bike
The Velocar horizontal bicycle

Oxford Student on Bike
An Oxford student on her bike

Watching a Cycle Race
Watching a cycle race in a stadium

Bike Tricks
Two boys showing off on their bikes, riding them by standing on the saddles!

BOY RACER
A smiling boy leaning on the handlebars of his racing bike

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