40 Collection

Class 40 Diesel-electric locomotive - English Electric Co
One of the new 2000 b.h.p. Class 40 diesel-electric locomotives built by The English Electric Company Ltd. in conjunction with the Vulcan Foundry Ltd

St Swithin / Dudley / Maxims
SAINT SWITHIN or SWITHUN Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastic, Bishop of Winchester, associated with a prediction of rain for 40 days

Diagram of Rolls-Royce Merlin Aircraft Engine, Carburettor Date: 1942

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, polar explorer
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 - 1922), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer. Seen here at the age of 40 in windproof garments

Turf Bog, Connemara (c.1920-40). Craig, James Humbert 1877-1944. Date: 1920-40 (circa)

Duke Wellington / Lawrence
DUKE OF WELLINGTON - formal portrait, aged circa 40

Sailing Barge Match on the Thames, July 1864
Engraving of a sailing barge match on the Thames, from the Illustrated London News, 23rd July 1864. This match was hosted by the Prince of Wales Yacht Club over a course from Erith to the Chapman

Customs / Saint Swithin s
According to tradition, if it rains on the 15th of July - St Swithins Day - it will continue to rain for the following 40 days

Poster, French Line CGT, Plymouth to New York
Travel poster, French Line CGT, designed by Rodmell, Harry Hudson (1896?1984), Plymouth direct to New York, lithograph in colours backed onto linen. Printed by EDIA, Paris. 40ins. 25ins

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-ACIU
de Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-ACIU (msn 3041) of Surrey Flying Services Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered on 25.07.33 was previously owned by Marmaduke Furness (Lord Furness)

Town crier, St Marys, Scilly Isles
The local town crier, Wilfred Tonkin, on St Mary s, Scilly Isles. Seen here announcing the fact that the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, has taken up residence in his holiday bungalow

London Restaurant
Well-to-do customers dining on the street outside Antoines Restaurant, 40 Charlotte Street, Soho, London. Date: early 1930s

The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923
Aerial photograph of Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United

The 15, 000th Curtiss fighter, a P-40 Warhawk, emblazoned with the insignia of the 28 air forces operating Curtiss fighters during WW2. November 1944

Experiment on an apple tree. Illustration (prob. Engraving) from Stephen Hales, Statical essays: containing vegetable staticks.. Vol. I, 3rd ed. Date: 1738-40

A 1 / 40 scale model of the airship Akron
A 1/40 scale model of the airship Akron in the Full-Scale wind tunnel at the National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics Laboratories at Langley Field, Virginia, USA, in January 1935. Date: 1935

Gilbert Jessop (1874-1955)
Photograph of Gilbert Jessop, the Gloucestershire and England batsman, who was famous for his feats of quick-scoring - he once scored a century in only 40 minutes

World Map / Pomponius Mela
A world map according to Pomponius Mela, showing Europe, Africa, Asia, and the rest in the lower half

Correze Man / Neanderthal
CORREZE MAN (Neanderthal) reconstructed from a skull found at La Chapelle-aux- saints, France, in 1908/9

Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk IV -these progressively replaced the interim Boomerang with Australian fighter squadrons serving in the Pacific

HMS Dorsetshire, British heavy cruiser
HMS Dorsetshire (40), British County class heavy cruiser. Date: circa 1930

Owen Jones Moresque 40
Spandrils of arches from various parts of the Alhambra

Stevenson Age 40
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON The Scottish writer and poet at the age of 40

Duke Wellington / Philips
DUKE OF WELLINGTON - formal portrait, aged circa 40

Tattooist, Samoa
TATTOOING IN SAMOA A Matai (= tattooer) works on a young man : he does about 40 cm2 in an hours session, continued at intervals till the operation is completed

The Pilgrimage of Grace (October 1536-October 1537) - a massive protest against Henry VIIIs break with the Roman Catholic Church, the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Pilot and 40 passengers after a flight at 6, 500ft in a ?
Pilot and 40 passengers after a flight at 6, 500ft in a Handley Page aeroplane. Cricklewood Aerodrome, 15 November 1918. The pilot, in flying kit, is Mr Prodger and Mr Handley Page is to his left

Heinkel He 177A-5 - R6 Greif TS439
Royal Aircraft Establishment - Heinkel He 177A-5/R6 Greif TS439 at RAE Farnborough. (Marked as F8 of II/KampfGeschwader 40 when captured at Bordeaux by French resistance forces) Date: 1944

Ypres Battlefield Markers and signs
Over the 40 years that we have been writing about these battlefields, there has been many attempts to signpost the places of interest

Alabama Air National Guard - Republic RF-84F Thunderflash
Alabama Air National Guard - Republic RF-84F-35-RE Thunderflash 53-7529, of the 160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, with 53-7526, 53-7542, 53-7547, 53-7611 (-40) and 53-7595 (-40)

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 89a Dragon Rapide G-AEXO
de Havilland DH.89a Dragon Rapide G-AEXO (msn 6368) of North Eastern Airways Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. G-AEXO was first registered on 19.05.37

Sud Aviation-Sikorsky HSS-1 Seabat OT-ZKE - B5
Belgische Luchtmacht - Sud Aviation-Sikorsky HSS-1 Seabat OT-ZKE / B5 (msn SA146), of 40 Squadron. (Belgische Luchtmacht- Force Aerienne Belge - Belgian Air Force) Date: circa 1975

Gloster F. 9-40 5758M - DG202-G
Gloster F.9/40 5758M / DG202/G, the first of the nine F.9/40s which preceded the Gloster Meteor, at RAF Yatesbury on 31 March 1958. Date: 1958

Poster, White Star Line to United States and Canada
Poster, rare White Star Line agent's poster from Southampton, Cherbourg, Liverpool, Queenstown to USA and Canada. Printed by Liverpool Printing and Stationery Company. 24ins. 40ins

Poster, Cunard Line, Europe America on the Aquitania
Travel poster, Cunard Line on the Aquitania, Europe America, by Odin Rosenvinge, lithograph in colours backed onto linen. Printed Turner & Dunnett Ltd, London. 25ins. 40ins. Date: circa 1914

P&O poster, A Hundred Years of Sea Transport
Rare P&O oversize poster ?P&O 1837?1937 A Hundred Years of Sea Transport?, shows every vessel during that period. Framed and glazed. 40ins. 62ins. Date: 1937

Poster, Porsche Wins Road America Can-Am
Motorsport - Porsche Wins Road America Can-Am, polychrome poster. 30 x 40 inches. Date: circa 1973

Porsche poster, Le Mans 24 hour race
Motorsport - Porsche poster, Le Mans 24 hour race. 30 x 40 inches. Date: 1976

Porsche poster, Triumph of Reliability 24 hr Daytona USA
Motorsport - Porsche poster, Triumph of Reliability: 24 hours of Daytona USA. 30 x 40 inches. Date: 1975

Lockheed C-130H Hercules NZ7001
Royal New Zealand Air Force - Lockheed C-130H Hercules NZ7001 (msn 382-4052), of 40 Squadron, at RAF Greenham Common, on 23 June 1979 for the International Air Tattoo. Date: 1979

Breguet Br 1050 Alize 40
Aeronavale - Breguet Br 1050 Alize 40 (msn 040). at Greenham Common for the international Air Tattoo on 31 July 1976. Date: circa 1986

Lockheed P-3A Orion 149668
Lockheed P-3A-10-LO Orion 149668 (msn 185-5009, base code JA, call-sign 40'), of VX-1, (Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One - AIRTEVRON ONE), at an RAF Station in the UK. Date: circa 1963

Rockwell Sabre 40 I-RELT
Rockwell NA-265-40A Sabre 40 I-RELT (msn 282-133, line number N65740), of Elettronica S.p.A. at London Heathrow Airport. Date: 1982

Gardan GY80 Horizon G-ATXF
Gardan GY80-150 Horizon G-ATXF Ste. Exupery-Grasse'(msn 40), at Halfpenny Green airfield in August 1966. Date: 1966

40 a Scimitar
Supermarine Scimitar F.1. This is one of the series of Graphics Training Aids (GTA) used by the United States Army to train their personnel to recognize friendly and hostile aircraft

4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Alex Winton breaks down at start
4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Alex Winton (40 Winton for America) breaks down at start and forced to retire. Date: 2nd July 1903

Victorian mourning card, Edgar George Pottle
Victorian mourning card, In Loving Remembrance of Edgar George Pottle, MRCS LRCP, who died April 9th, 1880, aged 40, interred in the family grave, at Highgate Cemetery

Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader
Chinese Communist leader, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), also known as Chairman Mao, around the age of 40. Date: 1930s

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