Innovative Collection

Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Locomotive No. 10, 000 leaving Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Scotland - designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley

The Transporter at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
The Newport Transporter Bridge - a transporter bridge crossing the River Usk in Newport, South Wales (Monmouthshire). A Grade I listed structure, designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin

The Bone Shaker Bicycle of the 1840 s
Photograph of a cyclist on a Bone Shaker bicycle of the 1840s to 1850 s. This type of bicycle was innovative in having pedals, but earnt its moniker through the used of solid wood or metal wheels

RMS Oceanic - White Star Line
The RMS Oceanic One of the greatest White Star liners. She was the first ship built after Thomas Ismay bought the company, with a highly innovative design

New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure
The New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure. Cartoon by William Heath Robinson

Xmas Pudding in Trenches
Innovative British soldiers use a German steel helmet as a saucepan for their Christmas pudding

USA - New York University - New York University. They once called it the University of the City of New York, an innovative

Dreadnought at Speed
The innovative battleship undergoing trials at sea. Her combination of high speed and heavy gunpower will be copied worldwide. Date: circa 1906

Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway - a unique coastline railway running through the shallow coastal waters of the English Channel between 1896 and 1901. Date: circa 1900

Flying Archers
Two archers flying through the air as part of an innovative dance routine! Date: 1930s

Harness electric corset - a boon to women of all ages
Mr C. B. Harness electric corset - a boon to women of all ages - The Medical Battery Co. Ltd - 52 Oxford Street, London (The Electropathic and Zander Institute). (3/3) Date: circa 1890s

Vickers VA. 1 hovercraft G-15-252
Vickers VA.1 hovercraft G-15-252, under way during trials off Southampton, 27 October 1961. Date: 1961

Vickers VA. 3 hovercraft G-15-243
Vickers VA.3 hovercraft G-15-243, under way during trials on the Solent, 17 May 1962. Date: 1962

GUSTAVE COURBET, French artist
Gustave Courbet 1819 - 1877, innovative French artist of the Realist movement and member of the Paris Commune Date: 1871

The Flat Iron Building, New York City, NY, USA Date: 1906

Living drop-curtain in Better Days, London Hippodrome
A living drop-curtain at the London Hippodrome revue, Better Days, with various young ladies draped through peep holes. Date: 1925

Aerotrain designed by Electro-motive section of the GMC
The Aerotrain designed by the Electro-motive section of the American General Motor Company - half the weight of a normal train. Date: 1955

The Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway - a unique coastline railway running through the shallow coastal waters of the English Channel between 1896 and 1901. Date: 1896

Unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard
Austria - an unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard - combining two different angle shots taken at the same moment, combined into one image. Date: 1910

Oatlands Court, Putney Heath - LCC 11-storey block of flats
Oatlands Court - LCC 11-storey point block of flats on the Ackroydon Estate on the Eastern fringe of Putney Heath. Date: 1953

Jacquard Looms in operation for figured weaving
A row of Jacquard Looms in operation for figured weaving Date: circa 1830s

Gymnastics at the Hermitage School, Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1907 by Jean-Ovide Decroly (18711932), a Belgian teacher and psychologist. Date: circa 1920

Greenhouse by Sir Joseph Paxton at Chatsworth House
Greenhouse ( The Great Conservatory ) of 1837 by Sir Joseph Paxton at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire - demolished in 1920. Date: circa 1910s

GLC-LFB Chemical Incident Unit (CIU)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

Blitz in London -- improvised shoulder protectors
Blitz in London -- the London Fire Brigade innovated to protect its fire crews from injury from falling debris by utilising old rubber tyres, cut to form shoulder protectors

Adams Universal Microscope - made by George Adams Snr. about 1755 for King George III, while he was still Prince of Wales

Adjustable back chair with hidden movement
Adjustable back chair incorporating new patented hidden movement! Date: circa 1910s

New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London - Unique Moving Wall
New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London with its unique Moving Wall opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1956

The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement for Electric Cookers
The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement promoting the benefits of an Electric Cooker. Date: 1920s

Marie Effie Bancroft - English actress and theatre manager
Marie Effie Bancroft (18391921), English actress and theatre manager. Bancroft and her husband were important in the development of Victorian era theatre through their presentation of innovative

Subathers Form a Word
A group of innovative sunbathers, form the word l Italia, presumably on a beach in Italy! Date: early 1930s

Fun Seaside Transport - Bubble Boating. This postcard was presented as an award for correct dictation in 1931! Date: late 1920s

Kindergarten section of the Hermitage School, Brussels
The Kindergarten section of the Hermitage School, Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1907 by Jean-Ovide Decroly (18711932), a Belgian teacher and psychologist. Date: circa 1920

English Experimental Gas Turbine Locomotive bult by Barwell, English Electric Company. Date: 1957

GLC-LFB Brigade Headquarters Control Unit (CU)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

GLC-LFB Breathing Apparatus Coach (BAC)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

GLC-LFB Forced entry and lighting unit at Clapham
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

Projecting advertisements from a moving train
Illuminated advertisements, projected from a moving train for the benefit of the passengers. A very innovative concept indeed

Advertisement for Brake Linings
An advertisement for Don and Capasco brake linings, Manchester, depicting siz cars on their invisible transporter, stressing the quality of their brakes

Small three-wheeled car
Sporty chap in his miniature three-wheeler

Breuillards device to assist walking
Dr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel

Venus Airship
The innovative people of Venus develop this birdlike man- powered airship which moves by flapping its wings. Date: 1942

Chinese Cart
A Chinese covered cart with an innovative tarpaulin fron to give shade to the horse from the sun

Sunbeam-Talbot 1948
The first innovative post-war design, the Sunbeam-Talbot 80 and 90 maintain their pre-war reputation for elegance

Barrage Balloon for Xmas
Who says that the war spoiled the British Christmas? Here, an innovative table decoration features a barrage balloon with presents attached as sand-bags

Caproni Ca-3 Bomber
Italy is one of the first to build purpose-designed bombers, notably the inno- -vative Caproni whose twin booms allow space for a third motor with a gunner above it

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