Achievement Collection

Hillary and Tensing Bhutia conquering Everest
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing Sir Edmund Hillary together with Sherpa Tensing Bhutia reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 29 1953

Roger Bannister - First sub-4 minute mile - Iffley Road
Roger Bannister of Great Britain (1929-2018), with a time of 3 mins 59.4 seconds, becomes the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes, at the Iffley Road Sports Ground, England on 6th may 1954

Marie Curie - Nobel Prize-winning Polish Scientist
Marie Curie (1867-1934) - Polish Scientist, twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for her pioneering research on radioactivity, the first woman Nobel winner. Date: 1911

Patriotic poster, Buy British - Britain Always First
Britain Always First - poster celebrating Britihs achievements in breaking speed records on land, water, air and rail. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

US Centenary Celebration
The first century of the United States of America as an independent country is celebrated with these scenes of great and memorable events

Giffards Dirigible
Henry Giffards steam-powered dirigible - a major step towards the achievement of powered aerial navigation

The Paris exhibition at night. The Exposition Universally of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France

Parade for Harold Gatty and Wiley Post
A parade along Broadway for navigator Harold Gatty 1903-1957) and pilot Wiley Post (1898-1935), celebrating their record-breaking achievement of flying around the world in under nine days. Date: 1931

LCC election leaflet, Conservative Party
Conservative Party London County Council Election Leaflet, 7 March 1946 Date: 1946

Dalgety & Co Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Dalgety & Company Limited, promoting a Dodge Brothers motor car, seen beside a pool filled with boys swimming

Cartoon, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty
Political cartoon, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty - Look what I have done! - with ships and aircraft in the background, by Louis Wain Date: 1914

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard landing in a field
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist landing in a field, causing disruption to people and animals. Date: circa 1785

Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the Channel in a balloon
Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the English Channel in a balloon, 7 January 1785 -- 100th anniversary commemoration. Date: 1785

Piccards Feat - recovery on landing
Aftermath of the ascent by Professor Picard of Brussels University on August 18 1932, by balloon to around 10 1/2 miles, the greatest height achieved by a man at that point

Johannes Treu, the worlds strongest tooth-athlete
Power achievement of the Russian Johannes Treu, claimed to be the worlds strongest tooth-athlete. circa 1898

Brother and sister have built a snowman
Our Snow Man - a brother and sister smile with a sense of achievement, having built a snowman. Date: 1911

Queen Victoria with four generations of her family
Queen Victoria pictured with her son, Edward, Prince of Wales, ( Bertie, later King Edward VII), her grandson, George, Duke of York ( Georgie, later King George V) and her great-grandson

Spain. Segovia. The Alcazar. The Throne room. Two thrones
Spain. Segovia. The Alcazar. Castle and residence of monarchs of Kingdom of Castile. The Throne room. Two thrones bears the arms of the Catholic monarchs

Book plate in Latin, Trinity College, Dublin, confirming high achievement in an examination. The handwriting suggests a recipient named Charles Lambart

Queen Elizabeth II and a thousand years of greatness
Illustration celebrating the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 depicting the Queen in her ceremonial regalia surrounded by historical figures which have contributed to Britains greatness

Cartoon, Henry Irving crowned with a laurel wreath
Cartoon -- Bears his blushing honours thick upon him! The legendary actor-manager Henry Irving is crowned with a laurel wreath. 1883

W. A. M. Edwards, athlete
W.A.M. Edwards, one of the best Oxford athletes of the 1930s. He won the University cross-country race two years in succession; and also the Three Miles for Oxford at Queens in 1928

WW1 - Successful Zeppelin raid
WW1 - The achievement and success of a recent zeppelin raid. The zeppelin is characterised as the child, that has returned, weeping to its Father the emperor

Canadian scout with Kings Scout certificate
Canadian scout, Bryan Peterkin, with his Kings Scout certificate

Admiral Ballard presenting badges to scouts, Malta
Admiral Ballard of the Royal Navy presenting badges to Maltese scouts

Captain James Cook -- an allegory
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer. An allegory, showing Neptune raising him up to Immortality, a Genius crowning him with a Wreath of Oak, and Fame introducing him to History

Stereoscopic television pictures by G. H. Davis
Stereoscopic television pictures: a notable British achievement. Three-dimensional pictures across the ether: the latest triumph of the inventor of television. Date: 1942

Polar bears celebrate Peary reaching the North Pole
Dancing Polar Bears raise glasses of champagne and toast Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (18561920), the American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6th 1909

Sir Albert Spicer
SIR ALBERT SPICER Australian whose most outstanding achievement was to get his photo taken by Henry King : nothing else is known about him, it seems... Date: 1846? - ?

Jade Pagoda - Rep. of China Building - Century of Progress E
Jade Pagoda - Republic of China Building (Jade Pavilion) - Worlds Fair, Chicago - part of the " A Century of Progress" exhibition. Date: 1933

Book cover design, The Mastery of the Air, by William J Claxton, Glasgow: Blackie and Son Limited, 1914. 1914

William H. Wests great achievement, The storming of San Juan Hill. Date c1899

Presentation Cups
Presentation cups for men and women who have distinguished themselves by sporting prowess, intellectual achievement or giving money to the right people... Date: 1930

First flight from the UK to Australia - The Crew
First flight from the UK to Australia in a Vickers Vimy plane. Sir Ross Macpherson Smith (second left) and his brother Sir Keith Macpherson Smith (far left)

Glacier Peak
Climbers reach the peak of a glacier. Date: 1930s

The Statistics Board at Frankfurt Airport during the Berlin
Photograph showing American aircrew studying the achievement board at Frankfurt-on-Main showing the daily and overall tonnage of supplies flown from Frankfurt to Berlin, during the airlift of 1948

Storia Di Due Anni
Title page of Vecchis Storia di due anni which recounts the history of two crucial years in the history of Italy - the struggle for and the achievement of independence

London / Project / Blackfria
Builders involved in various tasks atop two huge arches under construction. One of the arches clearly shows the scaffolding required to form such a huge structure

Parmentier and Potato
French agriculturist Antoine PARMENTIER presents a potato to Louis XVI; some laughed, but the king placed a shoot in his buttonhole in recognition of Parmentiers achievement

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