Challenge Collection (page 2)

LCC-LFB Greenwich Station firemen, Challenge Cup winners for Smartest Turn Out, 1920. Date: 1920

Garrett Showmans Tractor 33419, Challenge at Bristol steam rally. Maker: Richard Garrett & Sons, in Leiston, Suffolk Type: Showmans Tractor Number: 33419 Built: 1919 Registration: BJ 4201 Cylinders

The Schneider Trophy 1929 - Calshot Spit, England
Photograph from the Schneider Trophy of 1929 held at Calshot Spit, England. The Coupe dAviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize)

FALL / MALTESE TERRIER / 35
CHAMPION MALTESA RUFFLES Seven times Challenge certificate winner, with his daughter ELLELTESSA ELLINETTE. Owned by Miss Shepperd. Date: 1935

FALL / FOX TERRIER / TAFFY
CHAMPION KIPYARD TAFFY Challenge Certificate winner. Owned by Miss Pearson. Date: 1929

FALL / ENGLISH SETTER / 1929
FANTAIL OF ARDAGH Challenge Certificate winner. Owned by Whitwell. Head study. Date: 1929

FALL / DEERHOUND / ROSS
CHAMPION AESTHETIC OF ROSS Challenge Certificate winner. Owned by Miss Loughrey. Head study. Date: 1931

NEW ZEALAND MAORI DANCE
The HAU-HAU, a religious /patriotic dance of the Pai Marire fanatics, which expresses in dance movement a challenge to the authorities, somewhat like a war dance. Date: 1864

FALL / WELSH SPRINGER / 1928
GUNMASTER Owned by Mr A. Davies. Challenge Certificate winner. Date: 1928

FALL / BULLMASTIFF / 1930
HAMPION FARCROFT Challenge certificate winner. Owner: Mr S.E. Moseley Date: 1930

FALL / CHOW CHOW / 1932
CHAMPION CHOONAM MOONBEAM Owned by Mrs Mannooch. Challenge certificate winner. Head study. Date: 1932

FALL / GREYHOUND / 1932
CHAMPION BARMAID Owned by Mrs Marchetti. Challenge certificate winner 1933-1934. Date: 1932

FALL / JAPANESE CHIN / 1933
LITTLE TARTAR OF ST OMER Challenge certificate winner (1933) Owned by Mrs DAutour. Date: 1933

SAMOYED / KARA SEA / 1928
CHAMPION KARA SEA Challenge certificate winner owned by Mr D. Edwards. Date: 1928

FOLKLORE / CASSEUR DE BOIS
LE CASSEU DE BOIS (= the branch-breaker) entity of Berry, central France, who may challenge the peasant as he gathers firewood Date: 1855

Opening session of the First State Duma, Russia
The opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws. Date: April 1906

Garrett Showmans Tractor BJ4201
Garrett Showmans Tractor, regn. BJ4201, number 33419, Challenge at a Bristol Steam rally. Built in 1919 by Richard Garrett & Sons at Leiston in Suffolk, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine

Coronation of George IV
View depicting the Coronation of George IV in Westminster Hall enacting the Champions Challenge, a feudal ritual

Start of Major Woods Unlucky Flight - Receiving a blessing
Major J C P Wood and Captain C C Wyllie met with misfortune during their preliminary flight from Eastchurch to Limerick, whence they intended to cross the Atlantic from west to east

Fancing - The Ladies Cercle d Escrime - the winning team
The Ladies Cercle d Escrime - the winning team of the Martin-Edmunds Inter-Salle Challenge Cup held at Salle Bertrand (Bertrands Academy)

Bamber Gascoigne - British television presenter and author
Bamber Gascoigne (1935- ), British television presenter and author, best known for being the original quizmaster on University Challenge. Date: 1966

WWI Poster, Have you a reason or only an excuse?
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Which? Have you a reason or only an excuse for not enlisting? Now! Date: 1915

Schneider Trophy, SS Colombie, Spithead, 1931
Poster advertising views of the Schneider Trophy race from on board the cruise ship Colombie on 12 September 1931 in Spithead Harbour

People in Nevski Prospekt, Petrograd, Russia
Aerial view of crowds of people in Nevski Prospekt, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, anticipating a counter-revolutionary challenge from General Kornilov and his Cossack soldiers

Shakespeare Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA
Shakespeare Rock, a popular climbing challenge at Glenbrook, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA. Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake on the state border between California and Nevada. Date: circa 1910

The Mailed Fist strikes at last, WW1
The mailed fist strikes at last. The German Empires challenge and the British Empires answer on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914

Poster, Why Aren t You in Khaki? You ll Be Wanted. Enlist At Once. A poster designed to shame people (especially men) into joining one of the wartime services. circa 1914-1915

Puss in Boots challenges the Magician to turn into a mouse
Puss in Boots challenges the Rich Magician to turn himself into a mouse -- this is a trick, as Puss immediately catches the mouse and eats it

Small tabby kitten challenges big dog
Unusual Friends - small tabby kitten challenges a big dog. 1950s

Ascent of Mont Blanc in the Alps between France and Italy. 1834

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