Ahead Collection (page 2)

Christmas card, motoring snow scene. 1939

The Olde Mole - Black and white view along walk- cannons on right, harbour on left, rock ahead Date: circa 1890s

A narrow build up street on a Greek Island. Errol Holders back to the camera to the left, a Unisex salon sign to the right and three men further ahead Date: 1978

Runner holding an accordion - Istanbul, Turkey
A Turkish Fireman - a runner who ran ahead to warn of a fire, making an almighty wail and a racket on his accordion. Date: 1873

Suffragettes Demonstrating Chelmsford 1908
The scene on a Saturday in late November 1908, outside an inn, Chelmsford, Essex. The W.S.P.U organised a colourful demonstration ahead of the forthcoming by-election

Startling Stories - The Giant Atom by Malcolm Jameson. A man holds a woman protectively as they both look fearfully out of a spaceship window, the view ahead shows the sun orbiting planet earth

Tram Construction at Belfast, Electro-Motor Carriage and Tram Base in Finishing Shed - a view of the undercarriage and wheels of a tram and a finished tram base ahead in a large indoor workplace

Cloughy, Co. Down - a view along the sea wall to the village up ahead, there is a motor car on the road. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Cloghy). Date: circa early 1900s

Woodside, Rostrevor, Co. Down - a view from the trees and mountain road ahead, to the bay of Rostrevor, where buildings are visible to the right. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Rostrevor)

Future Prediction - Flying Machines in the Year 2000
Future Prediction - How flying Machines would transform everyday life in the Year 2000 (as one flies over the Rhine...) - for him, for her and for the whole family! Date: 1900

Snap Playing Card - Sailor with telescope. circa 1910s

Cajun Pass Ascended
Two powerful engines are required to haul trains up to the summit of Cajun Pass, on the Santa Fe line : behind lies the Mohave Desert, ahead is welcoming California. Date: 1923

Driver Peers Ahead
The driver peers ahead from his open footplate which gives him only minimum protection from rain and wind, hail and snow. Date: 1888

Danger ahead
Dutch boy eyeing a pretty girl is in danger of tripping over a basket of eggs. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915

Sicily Introduction
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of an illustrated Sicilian scene. Theres a mountain ahead and a farmer with his cow-drawn wagon walks through a landscape of trees and fields

Spain - Plaza de San Fernando
Black and white lantern slide of a scene outside the Plaza de San Fernando. There are trees towering up ahead, while ladies and gentlemen meander across the front grounds

Suffragette In Police Van Womens Parliament. A W.S.P.U publicity stunt ahead of the Womens Parliament at Caxton Hall and the deputation to the Prime Minister Asquith, 24th February 1909

Battleship v. destroyer by G. H. Davis
Battleship versus destroyer: an important question explained. Should a destroyer attack a battleship from astern or ahead

Rufus the cat watches a mouse
Full Speed Ahead! -- Rufus the cat watches a mouse and plans to track it down. Date: 1912

Danger Ahead - Cover by David Wright
Front cover of Danger Ahead by Peter Saxon, in the Sexton Blake Library series, designed by David Wright and featuring an elegant looking dark-haired woman wearing a strapless dress relaxing against

Full Speed Ahead
Having persuaded his lady friend to come for a ride, a little Dutch boys commands his wooden hobby horse to travel " Full Speed Ahead" ! (2/3) Date: circa 1920

Trouble Ahead! by Muriel Dawson -- an inquisitive little girl tips a bowl towards her to see what is inside. 1925

Ahead of all, N. L. Hansen & Co s. Magnolia Tobacco, unsurpas
Ahead of all, N.L. Hansen & Co s. Magnolia Tobacco, unsurpassed by any in use. For sale here. Print shows an African American man with arms stretched out holding tobacco leaves in each hand

A tight race ahead. Illustration shows Alton B. Parker, William Jennings Parker, David B. Hill, Arthur P. Gorman, an unidentified rower, William Randolph Hearst, unidentified rower

I guess I can keep right ahead. Illustration shows a well-dressed, contented, obese capitalist labeled Trusts wearing skates labeled Protective Tariff

Trouble ahead for the trainer. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a trainer in a circus, holding a whip and getting tangled in ropes attached to a hippopotamus labeled The Trusts

Get ahead! Adult education classes : For adults at no charge. Poster encouraging adults to attend adult education classes. Date between 1936 and 1941

Bon Ton Burlesquers 365 days ahead of them all. Date c1898

The Fast Denver Ltd. Locomotive climbing Soldier Summit
The Fast Denver Ltd. climbing Soldier Summit, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s

Gentleman smoking a cigarette while deep in contemplation
A middle-aged man sits facing a fireplace with his legs stretched forwards, resting infront of the open fire; he smokes a cigarette whilst staring ahead

Waterloo Place
Duke of Yorks column and St Jamess Park ahead, Pall Mall off to the right, Trafalgar Square out of sight on the left : the prominent building is the United Service Club

Journeys End
Couple dancing on ice, not aware of the hazard ahead of them

Superstition. By A. E. Bestall
A humorous cartoon showing a young woman driving her uncle through the countyside. She is reassuring her passenger about how safe and experienced she is, not concentrating on the road sign ahead

Struth by Bruce Bairnsfather
Ole Bill, the soldier creation of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather during World War I, stands amidst his luggage at the end of the war, and contemplates his new life ahead

Dollar in Trouble / 1933
Americas false optimism at the time of the depression - not noticing the leak in the dollar balloon blue skies ahead are promised

LOOK AHEAD
Tom sees a group of fortune- tellers and prophesiers coming towards him but refuses to be tempted to look at the future

An electric portable cleaner
Domestic vacuum cleaners began to appear in households from around 1907. This particular version seems ahead of its time

Overtaking in Towns
Overtaking in towns : never overtake unless you can see sufficiently far ahead to do so with safety

Summertime Special Train
Full steam ahead: The No. 5073 steam locomotive, at speed, near Reading, heading to Paddington railway station, London, with the Summer Special

Good Morning Campers
Good morning campers! An enthusiastic boy in stripy pyjamas stretches his arms from his tent, excited at the prospect of the day ahead!

Migrants from the East
Refugees migrate westward ahead of the invading Huns

Living Shield, Belgium
To discourage the enemy from shooting at them as they invade Belgium, the Germans round up local civilians and force them to go ahead of them as a living shield

Nuns Tied to Bridge
To discourage the French from blowing up a Belgian bridge ahead of the advancing invaders, the Germans have the bright idea of tying a group of nuns to it

French Avant-Courier
When a French nobleman travels, he sends an avant- courier ahead of him, to arrange food or accommodation at a convenient inn

Napoleon Ahead
NAPOLEON I riding at the head of his staff

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