Fast Collection (page 2)

Poster, Brooklands, Weybridge, First Race Meeting of the Season, Saturday 12 March, Car & Motor Cycle Races on Track and Road Circuit, The Right Crowd and No Crowding. Date: circa 1935

FARIES & DEAD CHILD 1922
They stole little Bridget, ...they thought that she was fast asleep, but was dead with sorrow...they have kept her ever since, watching till she wake... Date: 1922

MEXICAN POSTMAN
The Mexican postman needs a fast horse, for he may encounter bandits who will try to lassoo him, steal the mail and probably leave him dead. Date: circa 1900

FAIRIES & DEAD CHILD
They stole little Bridget...They thought that she was fast asleep, But she was dead with sorrow... They have kept her ever since, Watching till she wake... Date: 1886

English Electric Lightning T. 5 XS420
English Electric Lightning T.5 XS420 (msn B1/95005), at FAST Farnborough. Date: circa 2005

Comic postcard, Two women chat about men Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men in a speeding car Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man driving a car with beer bottles Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsman discusses runners training Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, A fast one from the demon bowler Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bunny faces the fast bowler Date: 20th century

Amphibious army exercises in East Anglia, 1941
Amphibious army exercises in East Anglia: troops attacking an enemy seaplane with fast motorboats, 1941. Protecting East Anglian waterways from possible enemy landings

Speed and the World Speeds with You
Photo montage in The Bystander reflecting the 1930s obsession with speed and transport, as exemplified by pictures of racing cars, aeroplanes and steam trains. Date: 1932

1932 Gee Bee Model R Racer Aircraft - in which Mr James Doolittle won the Thompson Trophy at a speed of 252.6 mph - built by Messrs

Advert, Grants Stand Fast Scotch Whisky
Advertisement, Great Moments, Grants Stand Fast Scotch Whisky, depicting a man on a yacht. 1935

The Zephyr of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Company. Date: 1935

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

Motor racing along a country lane - ParisMadrid race 1903
The notorious ParisMadrid race of May 1903 was an early experiment in auto racing, organized by the Automobile Club de France and the Spanish Automobile Club, Automovil Club Espanol

Rosalind Russell in Fast and Loose (1939) wearing a Dolly Tree gown Date: 1939

The Finish by H. M. Bateman
The Judges Nightmare - The Finish. Horses and jockeys finish a race with a dead heat. Date: 1927

Fast car
Black & white illustration of saloon car driving fast. Date: 1938

Illustration, Fisherman fast asleep. first published 1838

Amusements in Biarritz by Bryan de Grineau
Sketches recording life in Biarritz as pictured by the artist Bryan de Grineau in 1931. Holidaymakers are trying out the Basque sport of pelota - wearing a beret of course

Freddie Trueman - Cricket commentator Date: 1980s - 1990s

Parry Thomas, racing driver, inspecting 400 hp engine
Parry Thomas, motor racing driver, inspecting the 400 hp engine on Babs, the car which he designed, gaining a world land speed record of 170.6 mph. circa 1920s

Bimotore Alfa-Romeo racing car
The Bimotore Alfa-Romeo, a road-racing car which covered the measured mile at 200.8 mph. 20th century

Sporting with Winter Sports by H. M. Bateman - tobogganning
A tobogganist takes a rather steep hill, wins the cup but limps away bruised and bandaged. Date: 1912

Albatros L. 72c Albis D-1140
Albatros L.72c Albis D-1140 (msn 10108) of the Hamburger Fremdenblatt newspaper. The L.72 was most likely studied as a bomber during the early secret German rearmament programs

Three children on a sleigh
Three cute children enjoying a sleigh ride. Date: 20th century

Women Jockeys Foreseen
A RATHER FAST STEEPLECHASE Women jockeys foreseen Date: 1864

Bloomerism 1852
Cruikshanks Exhibition of Bloomers in Hyde Park - a satire on the fashion which Amelia Bloomer made famous Date: 1852

FAST DRINKING
This girl is drinking her coffee while running for the metro : she should take better care of her stomach, thinks the Caisse Primaire Centrale de Securite Sociale Date: 1947

SOCIAL / FRENCH BFAST 20C
A French family at breakfast Date: 1907

WW1 era Comic Postcard - Boy leans in for a kiss
WW1 era Comic Postcard - A boy leans in for a kiss with his donkey cart-driving girl. She replies with the slightly devastating retort " I can drive one donkey but not two!" Date: circa 1916

Racing at Brooklands in the 1930s
Racing cars at Brooklands whizzing around the track. Date: 1932

Merchant of Venice
Act II, Scene v Shylock & Jessica " Fast bind, fast find"

Motor racing Aintree, England
Jean Behra in a factory Maserati Lightweight 250F at the British Grand Prix, Aintree, England 20th July 1957. Date: 1957

Quebec Steamship Company - S. S. Bermudian
The S. S. Bermudian of the Quebec Steamship Company - held the record for the fastest trip between New York and Bermuda of 39 hours, 20 minutes, set on 9th February, 1912. Date: circa 1913

The fast mail. Date c1875

Jesse Owens, American athlete
James Cleveland Jesse Owens American athlete, four times champion, seen here taking part in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, pictured in starting pose. August 1936

Donald Campbell - Bluebird Proteus CN7 model
The Bluebird-Proteus CN7 was a Land Speed Record-breaking car, driven by Donald Campbell. This model was sold to mark the 1963 attempt at the world land speed record by Campbell at Lake Eyre

Miss England speedboat - world water speed record
Miss England III, last of a series of speedboats used by Henry Segrave and Kaye Don to contest world water speed records in the 1920s and 1930s

The Man Who Watches The Speedometer by Bateman. This illustration is of a man in his car. The faster he goes the more the speed affects him. First he looses his hat, then his hair

Poster, Flotta Lauro, fast de luxe passenger and freight services. 1952

Race - steam train and racing car, 1920s
A racing car races a steam engine and begins to out pace it. Date: 1929

Bristol M1C frowned upon by Officialdom, this fast single seater became the much sought mount of senior pilots

First ride of Pony Express, Missouri to California, USA
Depiction of the first ride of Pony Express, from St Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, USA, on 3 April 1860. Showing the first messenger setting off on what was the first fast mail line

Road safety poster, A Long Way Off? Drivers travel much faster than we do! Showing two children trying to cross a busy road, with two scenarios

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