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Cycling Collection (#10)

Background imageCycling Collection: Gentleman crashes on his bicycle and utters a loud

Gentleman crashes on his bicycle and utters a loud... " Mark of exclamation!" Date: circa 1940s

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling beauty waving

Cycling beauty waving
Care-Free. A sporting young brunette peddling through the countryside on he bicycle, waving to those who are lucky enough to witness her passing. Date: early 1940s

Background imageCycling Collection: Scorchers Progress - Embankment - Errant city cyclist

Scorchers Progress - Embankment - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress VI - The Thames Embankment, London - An errant city cyclist finally gets his comeuppance having caused havoc with his erratic cycling across the city

Background imageCycling Collection: Scorchers Progress - St James Palace - Errant city cyclist

Scorchers Progress - St James Palace - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress II - St James Palace, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here the mounted guards around St

Background imageCycling Collection: Scorchers Progress - Royal Exchange - Errant city cyclist

Scorchers Progress - Royal Exchange - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress V - The Royal Exchange, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here pedestrians

Background imageCycling Collection: Scorchers Progress - Whitehall - Errant city cyclist

Scorchers Progress - Whitehall - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress IV - Whitehall, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here horses rear in alarm, throwing their riders as the cyclist approaches at speed

Background imageCycling Collection: Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclist

Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress III - " Twas in Trafalgar Square" - London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users

Background imageCycling Collection: Boy getting on to his new Bicycle

Boy getting on to his new Bicycle
Interesting photograph of a boy getting onto his new Bicycle. He is obviously used to riding a Penny Farthing as his method of mounting the bicycle is akin to the way one had to mount a Penny

Background imageCycling Collection: Young Boy with a Penny Farthing Bicycle

Young Boy with a Penny Farthing Bicycle
Studio photograph of a small young boy with a large penny farthing bicycle. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageCycling Collection: A Busy Corner, Hamilton, Bermuda

A Busy Corner, Hamilton, Bermuda
A Busy street Corner, Hamilton, Bermuda Date: circa 1940s

Background imageCycling Collection: Family on a tandem - Bermuda

Family on a tandem - Bermuda
A jolly holidaying family on the Western Atlantic Island of Bermuda - riding into town on a tandem bicycle. There is a seat for everyone, including a small pet monkey! Date: circa 1940s

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling race Paris-Brest (1891). Starting line

Cycling race Paris-Brest (1891). Starting line
" Cycling race Paris-Brest (1891). Starting line in Paris. Illustration from " Le Petit Journal". Etching. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Background imageCycling Collection: Women: Cycling Costume

Women: Cycling Costume
Costumes of 1900. Date: 1900

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling lessons - Mumbai, India

Cycling lessons - Mumbai, India
Cycling lessons for Indian Women in Mumbai, India. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCycling Collection: Hercules bicycles Coronation advertisement

Hercules bicycles Coronation advertisement
Advertisement for Hercules Bicycles, founded in 1910 in Birmingham, showing the street of a typical British town decorated with flags, swags and bunting for the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Background imageCycling Collection: The Donaldson bicycle lithos for the season of 1896

The Donaldson bicycle lithos for the season of 1896. Date ca. 1896

Background imageCycling Collection: Athletic sports

Athletic sports. Date c1887 July 12

Background imageCycling Collection: All Clear by Helen McKie - ARP wardens on bicycles

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

Background imageCycling Collection: Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood

Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood
Blind inmates enjoying activities such as cycling, boating, and swings at Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood. The specially constructed cycles had their wheels side-by-side. Date: 1895

Background imageCycling Collection: Italian Sharpshooter on a bicycle

Italian Sharpshooter on a bicycle
A mobile member of the Italian Army - a cycling sharpshooter Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCycling Collection: Meteor Bicycles Poster

Meteor Bicycles Poster
Poster for the bicycle Meteor, 1910s. Date: 1910s

Background imageCycling Collection: Egyptian man on a bicycle, Cairo

Egyptian man on a bicycle, Cairo - just passing the pyramids as he races to work! Date: 1903

Background imageCycling Collection: French view of an English Gent in London

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

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycle race in Malmo

Cycle race in Malmo
Cycle race, Malmo, Sweden about 1910. Date: 1910

Background imageCycling Collection: Final Lap Bell

Final Lap Bell
Cycle racing : Ringing the final lap bell, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Background imageCycling Collection: A group of cyclists in France

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

Background imageCycling Collection: Swedish cyclists

Swedish cyclists
Cyclists by a crossing, Landskrona, 1950. Date: 1950

Background imageCycling Collection: Road racing

Road racing
Road Racing, , Arlov, Scabia 1947 Date: 1947

Background imageCycling Collection: Motor cycle racing

Motor cycle racing
Road Racing, , Arlov, Scabia 1947 Date: 1947

Background imageCycling Collection: Racing Cyclist

Racing Cyclist
A racing cyclist. Date: 1980s

Background imageCycling Collection: Cyclists in Hamilton, Bermuda

Cyclists in Hamilton, Bermuda
Cyclists in Bermuda - this postcard is captioned " Rapid Transport" Date: circa late 1930s

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling by the sea

Cycling by the sea
A female cyclist, silhouetted by the setting sun, rides by the sea. Date: 1898

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling with gas masks in WWII

Cycling with gas masks in WWII
Two French women cycle to work in Paris with gas masks slung over their shoulders in canisters. Date: 1939

Background imageCycling Collection: Ireland / Tim Healy Pass

Ireland / Tim Healy Pass
A fine impression of cyclists and cattle on one of the S- bends of the Tim Healy Pass, County Cork, Ireland. Date: 1950s

Background imageCycling Collection: Students on Bicycles

Students on Bicycles
Young male students leaving the engineering building at Cambridge University, many on bicycles Date: circa 1960

Background imageCycling Collection: A German Bicycle Boat

A German Bicycle Boat
A bicycle boat on a street in Germany. Date: early 1930s

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling Winners Rostrum

Cycling Winners Rostrum
Two happy cyclists waving from the Winners Rostrum of the Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Background imageCycling Collection: Sprint Cyclists

Sprint Cyclists
Sprint cyclists, nose to tail on the cycle race track, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Background imageCycling Collection: Danish Women Cyclist

Danish Women Cyclist
Ladies cycling in Copenhagen, Denmark, where simply EVERYONE goes awheel nowadays. Date: 1930s

Background imageCycling Collection: Thames Pastimes

Thames Pastimes
Fishing and cycling on the banks of the River Thames at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Date: 1940s

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycle Race Push Start

Cycle Race Push Start
A cyclist is given a push start at the beginning of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycle Race Starting Gun

Cycle Race Starting Gun
An old man in a peaked cap blows the starting whistle and fires his gun at the start of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling Girls

Cycling Girls
Two young women cyclists rest awhile and study a map, near High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Background imageCycling Collection: Amusing Signpost

Amusing Signpost
Beleve it or not, while cycling in Bedfordshire, England, this rider suddenly saw this sign post telling him he was within a mile of Ireland! Date: 1940s

Background imageCycling Collection: Blonde Tour Cyclist

Blonde Tour Cyclist
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, in the picturesque village of West Pennard, Somerset. The Church of St. Nicholas, built on a hill, has a sloping aisle. Date: 1930s

Background imageCycling Collection: Tour Cyclist on Rocks

Tour Cyclist on Rocks
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, goes through a rough patch, wheeling her bicycle over some rocks on a path or dry river bed, Quantocks, Somerset. Date: 1930s

Background imageCycling Collection: Mending a Puncture

Mending a Puncture

Background imageCycling Collection: Cycling Stop

Cycling Stop
A young male tour cyclist stands beside a tandem to admire the unusual combination of a farm and church at Graveley, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s



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