Maxim Collection (#2)

Maxim. Sebast. Foy - 2
MAXIMILIEN SEBASTIEN FOY French soldier and statesman, wearing his military uniform. Date: 1775 - 1825

Maxim. Sebast. Foy - 3
MAXIMILIEN SEBASTIEN FOY French soldier and statesman, wearing civilian dress. Date: 1775 - 1825

Maxim / Hiram / Cig Card
SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884) Date: 1840 - 1916

Maxim Gorky / Oval Photo
MAXIM GORKY Russian writer (born Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov) Date: 1868 - 1936

MAXIMs 1894 PROJECT
Hiram Maxims monoplane project, is tested on a track at Baldwyns Park, Kent : its failure to rise more than a few centimetres discourages further experiments Date: 31 July 1894

Zodiac / Sagittarius / Maxim
illustrated as an archer firing an arrow at a target held by a frog (!) Date: 1887

Zodiac / Scorpio (Maxim)
a peculiar illustration showing a knight putting a scorpion to the sword Date: 1887

WW1 - Indian maxim section awaiting the enemy, Suez Canal
WW1 - An Indian maxim section helping to defend Egypt against the Turks. The three Indians are positioned on baron land, awaiting their enemy

Brown stem with several leafy stalks and tiny white florets of Angelica miqueliana Maxim.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Maxim Maxim
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, Maxim Maxim -- Fire should be withheld till a favourable target presents itself, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

A Maxim Maxim
A MAXIM MAXIM. Fire should be witheld until a favourable opportunity presents itself. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

The new Maxim flying machine
Illustration showing the new flying machine designed by Sir Hiram Maxim in full working order. The ride was opened at Earls Court in 1905. Date: 1904

The Latest Novelty in Flying Machines
One of the machines attached to the mammoth merry-go-round invented by Sir Hiram Maxim, shaped like a rather terrifying fish. Date: 1904

The whirling table on propeller test at the shed at Bald?
The whirling table on propeller test at the shed at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, where Sir Hiram Maxim constructed his steam-driven aeroplane, 1890

Sir Hiram Maxim steam-driven aeroplane in the course of ?
Sir Hiram Maxim steam-driven aeroplane in the course of construction at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, 1890

The shed at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, where Sir Hiram Maxim ?
The shed at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, where Sir Hiram Maxim constructed his steam-driven aeroplane, 1889

The steam engine for driving the whirling table in the s?
The steam engine for driving the whirling table in the shed at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, where Sir Hiram Maxim constructed his steam-driven aeroplane, 1890

The completed Maxim 1910 biplane at Crayford, Kent

Sir Hiram Maxim with his assistant Dr A. P. Thurston at t?
Sir Hiram Maxim with his assistant Dr A.P. Thurston at the controls of the completed Maxim 1910 biplane at Crayford, Kent

The Maxim 1910 biplane at Crayford, Kent

The Maxim 80hp water-cooled, four-cylinder engine in the?
The Maxim 80hp water-cooled, four-cylinder engine in the Maxim 1910 biplane at Crayford, Kent

The Maxim 80hp water-cooled, four-cylinder engine for th?
The Maxim 80hp water-cooled, four-cylinder engine for the 1910 biplane in a test rig at Crayford, Kent

Two-cylinder steam engine used by Sir Hiram Maxim, circa?
Two-cylinder steam engine used by Sir Hiram Maxim, circa 1890

Sir Hiram Maxim in 1894 with one of the two steam engine?
Sir Hiram Maxim in 1894 with one of the two steam engines of 180bhp used in his first flying machine

Maxim Gorky, Russian Writer with a Gusli Player
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Maxim Gorky) (1868-1936), Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist

Entertainments at Southport, Merseyside including Hiram Maxims " Captive Flying Machine" amusement ride (which opened in 1904), helter skelter lighthouse

The rear Maxim gun position on the gondola of Naval Airship No3, Astra Torres

Hiram Maxim model for a steam-driven aircraft 1890
Hiram Maxim model for a steam-driven aircraft, 1890

Sir Hiram Maxim and his first aeroplane with members of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, 1891

Sir Hiram Maxim with his flying machine at Baldwyns Park, Kent

Sir Hiram Maxim and visitors at his shed at Baldwyns Park, Kent, showing the motor for driving the whirling table and shaft to same, 1893

Hiram Maxims flying machine at Baldwyns Park Kent
From 1891-1894 Hiram Maxim constructed in the grounds of Baldwyns Park a huge steam-powered biplane machine. Powered with the assistance of a Thorneycroft marine boiler

Hiram Maxim / IMechE

Hiram Maxim and gun

First armed motor vehicle. A powered quadricycle with a Maxim machine gun demonstrated by F R Simms, June 1899, Simms Motor Electronics Corporation, Acc no.9979, p.96a Date: 1899

Maxim Gorky (1868-1936)
Russian writer, Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov known as Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). Oil on canvas by Isaak Israilevich Brodsky (1883-1939), circa 1900. Date: 1900

A Performance of The Children by Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), at the Moscow Artistic Theatre in 1905, directed by Vladimir Nemirovich-Dancheno (1859-1943)

The Vacationers
Poster advertising the performance The Vacationers by Russian writer, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), at the Great Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, directed by George Tovstonogov

The Lower Depths
Design by Moseev for the third act scenery of The Lower Depths (1956) by Russian writer, Maxim Gorky Maksim (1868-1936)

Children of the Sun
A Scene from Children of the Sun by Russian writer, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). Performance at Moscows Chamber Opera Theater, 1937, directed by Alexander Tairov (1885-1950). Date: 1937

Russian writers Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev and Maxim Gorky. Photography

Maxim Gorky
Russian writer, Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov known as Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), with a group of children

Maxim Gorky / Domenica
MAXIM GORKY (1868 - 1936) Russian writer (Born Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov) attending London revolutionary meeting. Date: 1907

Book cover design, Aerial Warfare by RP Hearne, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908, with an introduction by Sir Hirams Maxim. 1908

Maxim Gorky - Russian writer
Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov - Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist. Date: 1906

Joy Wheels, Festival of Empire Exhibition, Crystal Palace
Joy Wheels and Maxim Flying Machine at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

Maxim Flying Machine, Festival of Empire Exhibition
The Maxim Flying Machine in operation at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

Gauges used to manufacture Vickers-Maxim gun
Gauges used to manufacture the Vickers-Maxim gun, a heavy machine gun which was used from the late 1880s through to the 1940s in many wars by many countries. Date: 20th century

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