Speed Collection (#11)

Silk postcard, HMS Olympic, giving the liner's measurements

Postman riding on an ostrich on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1880s

Racing scene on a greetings card -- a competition between a horse and a bicycle, with cheering spectators. circa 1890s

Penlee lifeboat, Mabel Alice, off Penzance, Cornwall
Penlee lifeboat, Mabel Alice, travelling at speed off the coast of Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

The Hon C. S. Rolls in his 110 H. P. Mors car
Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910) British engineer and aviator in 1906. Henry Royce built his first motor car in 1904 and in May of that year met Charles Rolls

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

Map: The Invasions of England and Ireland - 1627
Map: The Invasions of England and Ireland With al [sic] their Civill [sic] Wars since the Conquest Corn Danckertsz sculpsit [London] George Humble, 1627 (c)

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

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

Sir Malcolm Campbell & Donald Campbell in toy motor car
Another speed king of the future? Young Donald Campbell and his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell with Donalds electric motor car

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and Ooloo. That reminds me -- some folks are a bit slow. Bonzo and Ooloo sitting on a bench together watching a snail go by. Originally published as Valentine postcard no

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

Daylight Train on the coast, California, USA
Daylight Train on the Southern Pacific line, travelling along the coast between San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 1942

Timken tapered roller bearing axleboxes - train
A recent innovation by British Timken Ltd - a tapered-roller-bearing wagon bearing unit for freight stock made suitable for high speed and replacing the old plain-bearing axlebox

Poster, Indian Air Force jets with elephant
Poster, Indian Air Force jets (Folland Gnats) with elephant in the foreground, design by Laurence Fish, original artwork for a magazine advertisement. Date: circa 1950

Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III giant German biplane
Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III, serial no. 10/15, giant German biplane, the only one built. It went into operational use near Riga in Latvia, making its first operational sortie on 13 August 1916

Paris to Bordeaux Race 1895
The first car driving on Michelin tyres to win the Paris to Bordeax race in 1895. Ceramic tile picture ftom the Michelin Building in Fulham Road, London Date: 1905

Paris Vienne Race Michelin
Paris - Vienne Race 1902. Farman sur Panhard. Tile picture from the Michelin Building in the Fulham Road, Chelsea

Stirrup Charge by 2nd Dragoons & Black Watch - St Quentin
Stirrup Charge by the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) & Black Watch at St Quentin, 30 August 1914. by Countess Feodora Gleichen, RE (1861-1922)

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

Poster advertising Bugatti automobiles and autorails

The Loch Ness Monster at Foyers. " You can t do that there ere" 1959

Cross-section of the Liner Mauretania by G. H. Davis
A cross-section of the Cunard Liner " Mauretania", after its refit. At the time, the liner held the Atlantic speed record, with an average speed of 26.25 knots

Vicar captured by Cannibals
Shakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: " If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it

Malcolm Campbells famous Blue Bird II
The Blue Bird II -the car in which Malcolm Campbell established a new world land speed record of 245.736 miles per hour. Shown here an illustration of the exterior of the car and a cross section

Neville Frederick Duke, OBE, DSO, DFC**, AFC, FRAeS, 1922-2007, in the cockpit of Hawker Hunter WB188 after its successful attempt on the World Air Speed Record in September 1953. Date: 1922

Gloster Meteor F4 EE454 Britannia
Gloster Meteor F4, EE454, Britannia, as prepared for its successful attempt on the world speed record, 606mph

LCC-LFB Fireman using the sliding pole
Following a visit to the United States, the Chief Officer (Captain Eyre Massey Shaw) saw these devices in American firehouses, and brought the idea into his own fire stations

George Hoy challenge
George Hoys challenge to the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to race his donkey against their trains, 1856 Date: 1856

Kings Scout certificate
A Kings Scout certificate, with the Royal Crest at the top, signed by King George (V or VI). The wording reads: As a Kings Scout you have prepared yourself for service to God and your fellow-men

Luggage label design, The Flying Scotsman
Luggage label design for a book of ten large size labels, depicting a silhouette image of The Flying Scotsman

Controls and instrument panel of a plane, WW1
A close-up view of the controls and instrument panel in the cockpit of a British plane in service during the First World War. 1914-1918

World Champion Typist - Albert Tangora
Albert Tangora (1903 1978) set the world speed record for sustained typing on a manual keyboard for one hour, 147 words per minute, on October 22, 1923

Chairman of the UK Bentley Club
Arthur Cocks, the Chairman of the UK Bentley Club with his pride and joy, a spotless 1926 vintage Speed 6 Bentley

Donald Campbell Memorabilia, including his helmet, a biogrpahy about him, a Bluebird pennant and the trophy awarded to aommemorate a new world water speed record of 216.2 mph set on Lake Mead in 1955

Electric Train carriage - Egypt
Electric Train used to travel to Cairo, Egypt direct from Heliopolis. The writer of this card praises the comfort of the ride

The New Holland Ferry, on the Humber, April 1848
Engraving of the New Holland Ferry, on the Humber River, belonging the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, from the Illustrated London News, 15th April 1848

SS Ernest Bazin, 1897
Illustration of M. Bazins Roller Steamer, SS Ernest Bazin, leaving Le Havre on a sea trial, July 1897. This vessel, launched in 1896

Selwin Francis Edge driving
Selwin Francis Edge, an Australian, (usually known as S.F. ) with riding mechanic, breaking speed records at Brooklands in a Napier racing car. The pipes around the side of the car act as a radiator

Klausen Motor Racing
A poster for the Motor Racing events at Klausen, Switzerland on 22nd and 23rd August 1925 for Cars and motorcycles

Peugeot Car Advert 1930S
An advertisement for Peugeot motor cars, depicting one of their racing models at full pelt

Tin Model of a Bluebird
The Bluebird in which Sir Malcolm Campbell set a new land speed record of 301.129 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 3rd September 1935

7th birthday card, boy on a tractor. 20th century

Ticketed motorists, 1903
Some early motorists who, having found to be exceeding the speed limit, have received tickets. Date: 1903

Cover design, The Golden West -- 12 complete stories for seven pence. circa 1927

Sir Malcolm Campbell - Bluebird
Sir Malcolm Campbells Bluebird breaking the land speed record at Daytona Beach in 1931. Date: 1932

Motorcycle racing
Thrill-fiends on wheels! An exciting motorcycle race in which one competitor skids and flies into the air. Date: 1933

Dirt track rider, 1930s
A dirt track rider motorcycling at speed past a group of cheering boys. Date: 1932

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