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Lockheed SR-71 BlackbirdUSAF Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Date: 1960s
Brooklands PosterA poster for the racing programme at Brooklands Race Tract at Weybridge, Surrey, featuring Sir Malcolm Campbell driving (at the time) the worlds fastest car, Bluebird
Aerial view of the coast at Dawlish, Devon, with a train passing through. circa 1980s
S. F. EdgeSelwyn Francis Edge (1868 - 1940), Australian businessman, racing driver, and record-breaker. He is principally associated with selling and racing De Dion-Bouton, Gladiator; Clem鮴 -Panhard
Lockheed YF-12A BlackbirdUSAF Lockheed YF-12A Blackbird Date: 1960s
Percival P3 Gull Six, G-ADPR, Jean, used by Jean BattenPercival P3 Gull Six, G-ADPR, Jean, used by Jean Gardner Batten, CBE, OSC (19091982), - a New Zealand aviatrix - on two record-breaking flights in the 1930s. Date: circa 1937
East Promenade, Cromer, Norfolk. Date: circa 1900
A tow breaker machine, linen production, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
Linen manufacture, Tow breaker machine Date: late 19th century
Stone breaker
Stone breakers Victorian period
Promenade at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard
Tankerton, Kent, viewed from Whitstable Pier - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Steps and beach, Trusthorpe, LincolnshireSteps and beach, Trusthorpe, near Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard
Felix Hotel, Felixstowe, Suffolk - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard
Beach viewed from West Pier, Brighton, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Three mine workers in AmericaThe United Mine Workers (UMWA) had won a sweeping victory in an 1897 strike by the soft-coal miners in the Midwest, winning significant wage increases and growing from 10, 000 to 115, 000 members
Malcolm Campbell CaricatureAn Edward Hynes caricature of the champion motor driver and land speed record breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948). Date: 1933
Jim Mollison and KangerooScottish aviator James Allan Jim Mollison (1905-1959) was greeted by a kangaroo in Croydon, at the end of his record breaking flight from Australia to England
Triple-screw ice breaker, the Kosma Ninin, in a chapter entitled Some Strange Ships, by G G Jackson Date: circa 1927
Comic postcard, Couple and plump lady. I haven t brought my wife with me - but its all right, I ve left her behind before. Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple on the beach Date: 20th century
Jean Batten, New Zealand aviatorJean Batten (1909 - 1982), New Zealand aviator. She made a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world, including the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936
Violette Cordery, 1926British racing driver and long distance record breaker Violette Cordery (1900-1983), whose successful driving earned her the title of Queen of Motorists, pictured behind the wheel in 1926. 1926
S F Edge, racing driver and cyclistSelwyn Francis Edge (1868-1940), Australian-born British businessman, racing driver, cyclist and record-breaker. early 20th century
Ventnor, Isle of Wight. circa 1880
Woman runs from wavesA young woman in a clinging red tank style one-piece swimsuit with a ruffle edged collar & a beret style bathing cap encounters a large wave. Alarmed, she runs for her life Date: 1926
Our Little Sailor - 1890our little sailor - equipped with boat and spade Date: 1890
FOLKLORE / CASSEUR DE BOISLE CASSEU DE BOIS (= the branch-breaker) entity of Berry, central France, who may challenge the peasant as he gathers firewood Date: 1855
Messerschmitt Me-209V-1The only Example of the Type - Messerschmitt Me-209V-1 Prototype World Speed Record Holder Which Test-Pilot Fritz Wendel Flew to a New World Speed Record of Almost 756 Km/H (469 Mph)
Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A SchwalbeLuftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe Taxiing Date: 1940s
Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A SchwalbeA Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A Schwalbe Parked Date: 1940s
Messerschmitt Me-262A SchwalbeA Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262A Schwalbe Flying Date: 1940s
Luddites smash weaving machinery in a Nottingham textile factory. The Luddites were a movement of radical group of English textile workers
Catalina, California, USA - Everett Adargo, deep sea diverCatalina, California, USA - Everett Bernard Adargo (1891-1971), deep sea diver, who set a record of descending to 56ft in 3 minutes, 15 seconds
Breaker boy eating during a food break at a coal mine in Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA Date: circa 1900
War Workers AlphabetA poem of the alphabet showing wartime womens working jobs from A to Z, including things such ass for shepherdess. Every letter of the alphabet includes an illustration
Donald Campbell Memorabilia, including his helmet, a biogrpahy about him, a Bluebird pennant and the trophy awarded to aommemorate a new world water speed record of 216.2 mph set on Lake Mead in 1955
Stone-breaking cell in a workhouseIllustration showing a workhouse stone-breaking cell. Tramps and vagrants broke stones in return for a nights accommodation Date: circa 1909
Lieutenant Rimington - breaker & teacher of Army horses, WW1Lt. Mike Rimington, late of the 37th Lancers, seen breaking unruly and vicious horses for the British Army at the Underdale Hall Remount Department near Shrewsbury in 1916
Roger BannisterSIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER CBE, neurologist and athlete best known for being the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Date: 1929 -
Peggy Salaman, 19 year old aviatress, who flew from Lympe in Kent to Cape Town, South Africa in November 1931, beating the existing record set by Glen Kidston by more than a day
Mosul, Iraq - Iraqi man with his giant CornichonIraq - Mosul, a man stands proudly with his giant Cornichon (gherkin), weighing a whopping 22 kgs!
Three boys with seal on a pebbly beachUnusual Friends - three boys with seal on a pebbly beach. 1950s
Madeira Road, Brighton, Sussex. circa 1890
Breaking Basalt for Road Metal, Co. AntrimBreaking Basalt forRoad Metal, Co. Antrim - an outside view of a breaker for making the blocks of Basalt smaller. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s
Flax Breaker in a Co. Antrim Scutch Mill, Toome - an interior shot showing a man operating a flax breaker. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge). Date: circa early 1900s
Solitary man on the beach at Eastbourne, Sussex. circa 1960s
Music cover, The Sea Side Schottische, by Ezra Read. circa 1890s
Mrs A. B Marshalls patent ice breaker 1899Ice breaker that can break large chunks of ice into pieces about the size of a chestnut or very small pieces. Date: 1899
Mrs A. B Marshalls ice breaker 1890sIce breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, useful for hotels, confectioners, refreshments and cabins, butlers and pantries. Date: 1890s
Mrs A. B Marshalls patent ice breaker 1890sIce breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, specially adapted to the wants of hotels, restaurants, confectioners and creameries. Date: 1890s
Icebreaker in Baltic SeaOperations of icebreaking in the Baltic Sea have started again and our photo shows one of the icebreakers in action. Date: 24 January 1930
The Supreme Sunbeam with Henry Segrave at the wheelThe Supreme Sunbeam, 1000 HP car, with Henry Segrave at the wheel -- he was the first man to reach over 200 mph, on Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, 29 March 1927. Date: 1927
View of hotels on the coast road, Tangier, MoroccoView of hotels on the coast road, including Hotel Cecil and Hotel Bristol, Tangier (Tangiers), Morocco. circa 1900
Holidaymakers on the beach, Torquay, DevonHolidaymakers on the beach, with a view of the pier in the distance, at Torquay, Devon. Date: circa 1960s
Albert Fileux, engineer, passenger of John MoisantAlbert Fileux, mechanical engineer, passenger of John Moisant on many of his pioneering flights, including a cross-Channel trip from France to Britain on 17 August 1910. Date: circa 1910
Sgt. Major Pete Robinson, cowboy horse breaker, 1916Sergeant Major Peter Robinson, an ex-cowboy, who was engaged in breaking in army horses in the South of England during the First World War. Date: 1916
Autocar Poster -- speed record on Saltburn SandsAutocar Poster -- Sir Algernon Guinness setting a new speed record of 120 mph on Saltburn Sands in a 200 hp Darracq car. Date: 1908
Woman with tent and car, Stratheyre, Isle of Skye, ScotlandA woman standing between a parked car and a circular open tent with a wind breaker at Stratheyre, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Date: 1930
Three children paddling in the seaThree children in stripy swimsuits, paddling in the sea
Seaside view, Shanklin, Isle of WightSeaside view at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, showing the beach, the pier and the sea from the top of the cliff. Date: 1936
People leaning against a breaker on a beachPeople on holiday, leaning against a breaker on a pebbly beach. The woman on the left is holding up some food for a little dog. Date: 1930s
Girl and boy at the seasideTwo children, a girl and a boy, at the seaside, sitting on a wooden breaker on the beach, with a pier in the background
Woman on a pebbly beachYoung woman on a pebbly beach, leaning back against a wooden breaker. Date: C.1920
Rooftop view of St Ives, Cornwall, with a church tower at the centre and the beach on the right. Date: 1922
Trade catalogue for ice cream moulds 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing pewter ice cream moulds. Date: 1911
Rudolf SamoilovichRUDOLF LAZAROVICH SAMOILOVICH Russian explorer in the Arctic, with the ice-breaker Krassin. Date: CIRCA 1930
William Pett RidgeWILLIAM PETT RIDGE Writer, author of The second opportunity of Mr Staplehurst and A breaker of laws neither of which I have read and I don t suppose you have. Date: 1860 - 1930
Waves crashing on the front at Morecambe, Lancashire. Visible (just) back right is the Morecambe Tower, built in 1898 and standing some 232ft high
Gypaetos barbatus, lammergeierPlate 1, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal
General Strike 1926
Peggy Salaman in court dressPeggy Salamon, 19 year old aviator, who broke the record for the flight from England to Cape Town, South Africa in 1931, in court dress as a debutante the year before. Date: 1931
Rough Sea at Staithes, YorkshireA fabulous wave hits the quayside at Staithes, Yorkshire Date: 1908
Rough sea hitting the East Pier at Whitby, YorkshireA rough sea hitting the East Pier at Whitby, Yorkshire Date: circa 1909
Breaking WaveStudy of a breaking wave. Date: 1950s
Record-breaking cauliflowerA gigantic record-brealing cauliflower and the very proud gardener responsible for this remarkably-leaved vegetable! Date: circa 1894
Monsieur Coulon and his amazing beardMonsieur Louis Coulon (b.1826 in Vandenesse, France) - a Mould-maker of Montlucon, who had a record-breaking beard (3.3m) - pictured here being held by two children
Duke of Abruzzi and Ship Stella PolariDuke of Abruzzi and Arctic Exploration Ship Stella Polari - card produced in memory of the Festivities - 27th January 1901
SS Sampo, 1898Photograph of Steamship Sampo a newly constructed ice-breaker, built by Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. for the Senate of Finland, 1898
Mr Eyston in his M. G. MidgetBreaker of Sir Malcolm Campbells world speed record for baby cars seen here in his M.G. Midget. Eyston established more records during his racing career than virtually any other driver
Doll BreakersDoll breaker!
Russian Ice Breaker 2The YERMAK (variously spelt) built in Britain for the Russians who employ it to clear sea-routes on Lake Baikal
