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Bike Collection (page 4)

Background imageBike Collection: Poster, Cycles Saving, Grand Premier Prix, Gold Medal, 13 Rue Corbeau, Paris

Poster, Cycles Saving, Grand Premier Prix, Gold Medal, 13 Rue Corbeau, Paris. Safe enough to strap your baby onto the handlebars! Date: circa 1900s

Background imageBike Collection: Poster, De Dion Bouton Cycles - it's the Parisian's bicycle! Date: circa 1905

Poster, De Dion Bouton Cycles - it's the Parisian's bicycle! Date: circa 1905

Background imageBike Collection: Poster, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring race track, World Championship, 1 August 1965

Poster, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring race track, World Championship, 1 August 1965, including a cycle race. Date: 1965

Background imageBike Collection: Compagnie Dunlop - Manufacturing Dunlop Tyres 1896

Compagnie Dunlop - Manufacturing Dunlop Tyres 1896
In the 1890s, when Dunlop tyre was first introduced the bicycle was popular in France that they were unable to keep up with extraordinary demand for pneumatic tyres

Background imageBike Collection: Calavera of the Newspapers, Mexico

Calavera of the Newspapers, Mexico -- skeletons on bicycles. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageBike Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Bike race between

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Bike race between Girona and the Aragonese front (14th-18th April 1937)

Background imageBike Collection: Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment

Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment
A group of people on a Right to Work demonstration, with a satirical comment on the words of the Conservative politician Norman Tebbit to the unemployed to "Get on yer bike

Background imageBike Collection: Cycle Cross, cross country cycle racing. Date: 1980s

Cycle Cross, cross country cycle racing. Date: 1980s

Background imageBike Collection: Comic postcard, Two men with motorcycle - rear light Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men with motorcycle - rear light Date: 20th century

Background imageBike Collection: Comic postcard, Pretty woman with a bicycle

Comic postcard, Pretty woman with a bicycle Date: 20th century

Background imageBike Collection: Comic postcard, Couple riding bicycles on a country lane Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple riding bicycles on a country lane Date: 20th century

Background imageBike Collection: Comic postcard, Woman with bicycle on country lane Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman with bicycle on country lane Date: 20th century

Background imageBike Collection: Comic postcard, Large man with beer and bicycle outside a pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large man with beer and bicycle outside a pub Date: 20th century

Background imageBike Collection: Woman cycling along path between houses

Woman cycling along path between houses
A woman cycles along a cobbled path between old timbered houses. A cat sits in a patch of sun. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageBike Collection: Parked car, Croydon, Surrey

Parked car, Croydon, Surrey
View through the windscreen of a parked car in Croydon High Road, with postman on bike, and tram. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageBike Collection: Bicycle and shadows

Bicycle and shadows
Old bicycle parked on kerb casts shadows on pavement. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageBike Collection: Abandoned butchers bike in Deptford bomb crater, London

Abandoned butchers bike in Deptford bomb crater, London
An abandoned butchers bike lies in a crater in the road left by a bomb in Deptford, South-East London, WW2. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageBike Collection: Comic postcard, Dangerous curves at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Dangerous curves at the seaside Date: 20th century

Background imageBike Collection: A lady kitted out for a cycling trip in warm coat and long socks standing alongside a

A lady kitted out for a cycling trip in warm coat and long socks standing alongside a magnificent bicycle made for two, which is heavily laden with tent and belongings. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBike Collection: World War II Berlin action against black market 1945

World War II Berlin action against black market 1945
Vintage World War II photograph - German police question a woman in the Reichstag Gardens Berlin in an action against black marketeers. August 1945

Background imageBike Collection: The Grand Prix Day, 1895

The Grand Prix Day, 1895. Woman in check dress with wide sleeves and ribbons at Longchamp race track for a big race. Crowd of fashionable gentlemen in top hats, soldiers and passengers in carriages

Background imageBike Collection: Two girls with their new bicycles and proud parents

Two girls with their new bicycles and proud parents
British family outside their house. The parents look very proud, possibly because their two duaghters have just learning to ride their shiny new bicycles! Date: circa 1920

Background imageBike Collection: Society Returns to the Bicycle by Hynes

Society Returns to the Bicycle by Hynes
Fantastic caricatures of some of the most famous faces in 1930s British society, all furiously peddling away on bicycles. Back row from left: Sir Henry Birkin

Background imageBike Collection: Bicycle in Daks 1940

Bicycle in Daks 1940
Advertisement for the Daks suit from Simpson of Piccadilly, ideal for wartime wear in clean, dust-resisting whipcord, hardy corduroy or practical grey flannel. Date: 1940

Background imageBike Collection: Two men and their bicycles

Two men and their bicycles. circa 1900

Background imageBike Collection: Woman in a park with her bicycle

Woman in a park with her bicycle. circa 1900

Background imageBike Collection: Woman gardener on her motor-cycle 1916

Woman gardener on her motor-cycle 1916
Woman jobbing gardener on her motor-cycle with her tools. During the war many women entered the agricultural industry, becoming manual labourors to replace men as they went off to fight. 1916

Background imageBike Collection: A New Knight of the Road by Webster Murray

A New Knight of the Road by Webster Murray
A motorcyclist with a woman riding pillion rides through the night as the ghost of a mounted highwayman looks on with surprise. Date: 1924

Background imageBike Collection: Poster, Motocyclette New-Map

Poster, Motocyclette New-Map. 1930

Background imageBike Collection: Advert, The Bamboo Cycle Co Ltd

Advert, The Bamboo Cycle Co Ltd
Advert for The Bamboo Cycle Co Ltd, Holborn Viaduct, London EC. 1897

Background imageBike Collection: Man as Machine. Registering the Heat-Energy of the Body

Man as Machine. Registering the Heat-Energy of the Body
Page from The Illustrated London News demonstrating the calorimeter experiment at Sheffield University whereby a man is installed in a chamber In order to observe the heat generated by his body

Background imageBike Collection: Never too old to learn to cycle

Never too old to learn to cycle. 1892

Background imageBike Collection: Velocipede competition in Leipzig, Germany 1885

Velocipede competition in Leipzig, Germany 1885
Scenes from a velocipede competition in Leipzig, Germany. Date: 1885

Background imageBike Collection: A group of children, one on a bike, and a dog

A group of children, one on a bike, and a dog, off out for an adventure. c. 1925

Background imageBike Collection: Advert for The 20th Century Cycle Lamp 1897

Advert for The 20th Century Cycle Lamp 1897
Advertisement for 19th century bicycle lamps. Date: 1897

Background imageBike Collection: Cartoon, Pillion-bibycle 1875

Cartoon, Pillion-bibycle 1875
An idea for the tandem, a man pedaling at the front with the woman sitting precariously at the back sidesaddle. 1875

Background imageBike Collection: Phantom bicycle

Phantom bicycle, steered from the middle of the frame, or from both wheels and not from the front wheel alone, the front wheel only turns half way

Background imageBike Collection: Advert, BSA Motor Cycle

Advert, BSA Motor Cycle, December 1929, Tom O Loughlin, Stricklandgate, Kendal. 1929

Background imageBike Collection: Hemmings unicycle 1869

Hemmings unicycle 1869
Richard Hemmings monowheel patented in 1869. Consists of a person sitting inside, turning a hand-powered smaller wheel which is pressing against the outer wheel. Date: 1869

Background imageBike Collection: Santa Claus on a motorbike on a Christmas postcard

Santa Claus on a motorbike on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus on a motorbike decorated with holly on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageBike Collection: Santa Claus on a motorbike on a French Christmas postcard

Santa Claus on a motorbike on a French Christmas postcard
Santa Claus riding a motorbike, with elf and presents, on a French Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBike Collection: Advert for Christy Saddles Co. 1897

Advert for Christy Saddles Co. 1897
Advertisement for bicycle v-shape saddle with colled springs and leather top. 1897

Background imageBike Collection: Couple riding bicycles on a Christmas card

Couple riding bicycles on a Christmas card
Couple riding bicycles along a country lane on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageBike Collection: Book cover, Some Clerical Types by John Kendal

Book cover, Some Clerical Types by John Kendal. 1901

Background imageBike Collection: Facade of Milan Cathedral, Milan, Italy

Facade of Milan Cathedral, Milan, Italy
Partial view of the facade of Milan Cathedral, Milan, Italy, with a boy and his bicycle. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBike Collection: Telegram Messenger Boy

Telegram Messenger Boy - People You See. From Teddy Bear (24 October 1964). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1964

Background imageBike Collection: Catford Gold Vase - cycling event 1897

Catford Gold Vase - cycling event 1897
Short-lived between 1895 to 1900, cycling and athletics track at Catford, London. During the first stage of the six hours, some grand riding was shown by J

Background imageBike Collection: Two-seated velocipede 1869

Two-seated velocipede 1869
Popular in America this two-seated velocipede an early form of bicycle, the back seat was intended to be used side-saddle for ladies. Date: 1869



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