Avis Collection

AVIS monoplane early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Tony Richardson, English film director and producer
Tony Richardson (Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson, 1928-1991), English theatre and film director, and producer. Seen here (standing)

Red root, Wachendorfia thyrsiflora, native to South Africa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

ORDER OF AVIS A knight of this Portuguese order, created in 1162 to oppose the infidel Moors currently invading the peninsula

Bristol Coanda monoplane early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

2nd Lieutenant Leslie Frederick Forbes bombing the railway
2nd Lieutenant Leslie Frederick Forbes (Royal Flying Corps.) descending to within 350 feet to bomb the railway. He was subsequently awarded the MC. Deeds That Thrill The Empire - Page 796. W. Avis

Lt George Ivan Carmichael dropping bombs - Menin Station
Lieutenant George Ivan Carmichael (Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps) dropping bombs on the rails at Menin Railway Station from a height of only 120 feet

Captain Davies encounters two German sentries, Messines
Captain Davies (1st/8th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment - TF) encounters two German sentries while on an evening reconnaissance - Messines, June 1915. Deeds That Thrill The Empire - Page 242. W. Avis

Avis monoplane flown by Hon Alan Boyle 1910
Avis monoplane flown by Hon Alan Boyle. 1910. Date: 1910

Nouvelle experience de Mlle. Elisa Garnerin. Avis. Broadside announcing a parachute jump at Rouen, France, by Elisa Garnerin, who made many parachute descents between 1815 and 1836

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