Speed Collection (#17)

The experimental Airspeed AS10 Oxford III P1864
The experimental Airspeed AS10 Oxford III, P1864 was fitted with Cheetah XV radials and Rotol constant-speed propellers

The High Speed Fury K3586 powered by a Rolls-Royce Goshawk
The High Speed Fury, K3586, powered by a Rolls-Royce Goshawk evaporatively-cooled engine

The High Speed Fury K3586 with vee interplane struts
The High Speed Fury, K3586, with vee interplane struts

The High Speed Fury K3586
The High Speed Fury, K3586

Boeing 247s of United Air Lines
Luxury at three miles a minute: Comfort goes hand in hand with speed in the new high-speed Boeing 247s of United Air Lines

Sqn Ldr Neville Duke taxies out Hawker Hunter 3 WB188
Sqn Ldr Neville Duke taxies out Hawker Hunter 3, WB188. The first Hunter prototype was modified for a successful attempt on the world speed record in 1953. Date: 1953

Hawker Hunter 3 WB188
Hawker Hunter 3, WB188, the first Hunter prototype was modified for a successful attempt on the world speed record in 1953. Date: 1953

The 1931 RAF High Speed Flight. Left to right: Flt Lt E.J. Linton Hope, Lt G.L. Brinton RN, Flt Lt F.W. Long, Flt Lt G.H. Stainforth, Sqn Ldr A.H. Orlebar, Flt Lt J.N. Boothman, FO L.S

Supermarine S6B S1596
Supermarine S6B, S1596. This aircraft went on to claim the World Absolute Speed Record

Single-speed hand lathe, light pattern. Height of centres 7 inches

Full speed on the ten mile circuit
At full speed on the ten mile circuit; travelling at 150 mph, even faster than the plane flying above

Auto racing (May 1904). Race for the Gordon Bennett
Auto racing (May 1904).Race for the Gordon Bennett International Trophy. Drawing

Sailing

Paris-Madris Race 1903
Hon. Charles Rolls, son of Lord Lllangattock, a leading English automobilist, and the car with which he started in the ill-fated race from Paris to Madrid. Date: May 1903

LFDCA-LFB Clapham fire station turn-out
One of a series of photos capturing Claphams three fire engines turning out from the fire station at night

LCC-LFB The hose laying lorry at Southwark HQ
The Brigades first high speed hose laying lorry, seen at the then Brigade headquarters at Southwark, SE1

LCC-MFB lithograph print of firefighters in action
Metropolitan Fire Brigade firefighters race to the scene of a fire on their horse drawn steamer fire engines

LCC-LFB sliding pole and rigging
The sliding pole was introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1904 after its Chief Officer, Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, made an official visit to the USA

LCC-LFB steam fire engine racing in Hyde Park
King Edward VII took the Review of the London Fire Brigade in Hyde Park. Part of the review involved a demonstration of driving skills by the coachmen of the London Fire Brigade

NFS (London Region) fire float on the Thames, WW2
A motor launch fire float under tow by a fireboat on the River Thames

GPO By Air Mail Poster

Advertisement for Star toboggans, showing people sledding at night. Date c1887

Can you stop? - Speed and stopping distance - Iowa State Safety Council. Safety poster features a chart including miles per hour, feet per second, and estimated distance required to react, brake

A brush for the lead: New York Flyers on the snow. Date 1867. A brush for the lead: New York Flyers on the snow. Date 1867

Speed! The terror of the sea. Illustration shows travelers rushing past the cobwebbed ramp to a ship that claims to take Five Days to New York

Plenty of speed, but no control. Illustration shows four fashionably dressed young women gathered around a well-dressed man. Date 1913 October 1

Built for speed; 1912 model. Illustration shows a beautiful young woman, fashionably dressed with large hat, standing before a group of wealthy men

American railroad scene: lightning express trains leaving th

The Believers Vision. Angels ever bright and fair, Take oh take me to your care. Speed to your own courts my flight, Clad in robes of virgin white.Woman dreaming while asleep of angels. Date: ca. 1873

Motorbike
Dramatic black and white motorbike illustration of a motorcycle cornering at speed. Date: 1936

A prince of the blood. Date c1893

Wild Irishman. Date c1854

Highlander, by Glencoe, dam Castanet, by Monarch. Date c1854

A great double team trot. Date c1891

Iroquois: by imp. Leamington, dam Maggie B. B. by Australian
Iroquois: by imp. Leamington, dam Maggie B.B. by Australian. Date c1882

Neck and neck to the wire. Date c1884

The racing King Salvator, mile record, 1: 35 1 / 2: by Prince C
The racing King Salvator, mile record, 1:35 1/2: by Prince Charlie, dam Salina by Lexington. Date c1891

A sharp pace from start to finish. Date c1884

Well bunched at the last hurdle. Date c1887

Ready for the signal: the celebrated running horse Harry Bassett, by Lexington, dam Canary Bird, the property of Col. D. McDaniels & Co. of Princeton, N.J. (James Roe, rider). Date c1872

The prairie hunter: one rubbed out!. Date c1852. The prairie hunter: one rubbed out!. Date c1852

The leaders. Date c1888

The water jump. Date c1884

Parole: brown gelding, by Imp. Leamington, dam Maiden by Lexington. Jockey on running horse. Date c1879

A head and head finish. Date c1892

Racing cracks at the starting post. Date c1886

Head and head at the winning post. Date c1884

Peytona and Fashion: in their great match for $20, 000. over the Union Course L.I. May 13th. 1845, won by Peytona, time 7:39 3/4 7:45 1/4. Date between 1835 and 1856

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