Cycles Collection

Policeman on BSA motorcycle, London
A Metropolitan Police officer riding a BSA motorcycle in London. The BSA could travel at up to 70 miles per hour

Surrey Cottages
Picturesque black and white cottages and the fragrant smell of woodsmoke complete this beautiful corner of rural England, Eashing, a tiny hamlet near Godalming, Surrey

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth Quality Motor Cycles Date: 1939

Advertisement for De Dion Bouton Cycles. 1925

Inside a Lambretta dealers shop
A shop with a very large stock of Lambretta scooters. Date: circa 1960s

Penny Farthing Bicycle, Skipton, Yorkshire
Man with a Penny Farthing Bicycle, Skipton, Yorkshire. 19th century

Rudges Cycles Poster
Poster advertising bicycles by Rudge and Whitworth of Nottingham, England showing a young lady from around 1940 perched on one of their models

Cycling in Battersea Park, London

Cover design, Triumph Motor Cycles, Advance List
Triumph Motor Cycles, Advance List, cover design of sales brochure, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Despatch riders with Douglas motorcycles, WW1
Two despatch riders with Douglas 349cc motorcycles during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Poster, Robin Hood Cycles. The greatest value in cycling -- a product of Raleigh Industries, Nottingham. Date: circa 1950

Harley Davidson advertisement, WW1
First world War advertisement for the Harley-Davidson motor company ltd showing an officer riding a motor cycle and gallantly helping a fashionably dressed lady into its sidecar. Date: 1915

Metropolitan Police officer on his bicycle, Ferrier Estate
A Metropolitan Police officer, PC Percy Ungate, riding his bicycle along Moorehead (or Moorhead) Way, on the Ferrier Estate, a large housing estate in Kidbrooke, south east London

Triumph Tiger 100 Motorbike, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Poster, Rudge Cycles, made by Raleigh Industries of Nottingham. With a bowing Sir Walter Raleigh, Elizabethan courtier

Humber cycles advertisement featuring Edward VII, 1902
Advertisement for Humber cycles, endorsed (apparently) by King Edward VII. At least he is pictured riding one. Date: 1902

Cycling in New York
New Woman. Female bicyclist and onlookers on Riverside Drive, near Grants tomb

Traffic Accident Group
A Metropolitan Police Traffic Accident Group, consisting of two Triumph motorcycles and one Wolseley 6/110 motor car, fitted with radio transmitter and loudspeaker

Poster advertising Sunbeam motor cycles. Five sunbathing beauties are chatted up by a handsome motor cyclist

Cheerful Land Girl
A cheerful Land Girl cycles to work with her spade over one shoulder

Poster, Motor Show, Automobile Club of France
Poster, 5th Motor Show, Automobile Club of France, Cars and Cycles, Champs Elysees, Paris, 10-25 December 1902. Date: 1902

Advertisement for Georges Richard, Paris, automobiles and cycles. circa 1898

Policemen on their motor cycles
A long line of Metropolitan Police officers on their motor cycles. Date: circa 1940s

Motorcycling in Scotland
Touring Scotland by motorcycle and sidecar! A glimpse through Lochy Bridge, showing the great peak of Ben Nevis in the distance, Inverness-shire

Cycling Scrap
A girl cycles happily on a bicycle thats rather too small for her, and which at any moment may catch her skirt and cause a nasty accident

Peugeot Lion Cycles poster. Date: circa 1920

Poster - Cie Francaise des Cycles - French Bicycle Company
Poster - Cie Francaise des Cycles. Date: circa 1895

Poster for Swift Cycles, Coventry Machinists Co. Ltd. - Rue Brunel, Paris. Date: 1895

Swift - The World's Best Cycles - Swift Cycle Co. Ltd, Coventry. Date: circa 1920s

Swift - The World's Best Cycles - Swift Cycle Co. Ltd, Coventry. Date: circa 1920s

Original Poster for Peugeot Cycles. Date: 1931

Original Poster - Triumph Cycles
Triumph Cycles, Coventry - original poster. Date: circa 1920

BSA Bicycles - B.S.A. Cycles Ltd. Date: 1942

Latest style of American velocipede 1869
America were in the middle of bicycle craze, different types of cycles were introduced

Velocipede, early form of bicycle 1869
Samuels patent human-powered bicycle. Date: 1869

Singers cycle works Coventry 1896
Exterior of Singer and Company, Limited in Coventry. Date: 1896

Advertisement for Hercules Bicycles - a smart lad in his school uniform is delighted with his new racing bicycle, as is his proud Mother

Jimmy Michaels, Cyclist
Bicycling, Jimmy Micheals, Interviewed by Bob Davis. Portrait of Welsh bicycle racer Jimmy Micheals posed on his bike, held steady by another man on the track at Manhattan Beach

Nottingham Trinity Square Campion Taxi Service in 1927

Humber bicycles cinema advertisement

Poster, Samuel Cody and Family, Wood Green Cycle Track
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Rare promotional poster for Cody?s Grand Race Meeting at the Wood Green Cycle Track, North London, for his Horses versus Cycles Race. 37ins. 51ins

Triumph Tiger 85 Motorbike, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Triumph 3H Motorbike, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Across the Libyan desert by motorcycle
Two motorcyclists crossed the Libyan desert from Cairo to Siwa and back again. This was the first time this had been done

Atlanta Women's Cycling Club, New Zealand
Atlanta Cycling Club, New Zealand, outdoor sporting portrait, women's cycling club, with cycles and hats. From an article, The New Zealander as an Athlete'. Date: 1895

Poster, Clement Bicycles and Cars Date: 1906

Poster, Hurtu, Motor Cars and Bicycles, Paris
Poster, Hurtu, Motor Cars and Bicycles, Avenue de la Grande Armee, Paris, Noyel, Mechanic, Grande Rue Gannat. Date: circa 1900

Poster, Terrot Motor Cycles, Dijon, France Date: 1926

Poster, Barre Bicycles, Paris - depicting President Fallieres, King Edward VII and Emperor Franz Josef mocking Kaiser Wilhelm. Date: circa 1910

Poster, It's a Hurricane - woman riding a bicycle, with an aeroplane flying overhead. Date: circa 1950

Poster, Ride a Raleigh, the all-steel bicycle - Effortless. Date: circa 1925

Poster, Cycles Saving, Grand Premier Prix, Gold Medal, 13 Rue Corbeau, Paris. Safe enough to strap your baby onto the handlebars! Date: circa 1900s

Poster, De Dion Bouton Cycles - it's the Parisian's bicycle! Date: circa 1905

Compagnie Dunlop - Manufacturing Dunlop Tyres 1896
In the 1890s, when Dunlop tyre was first introduced the bicycle was popular in France that they were unable to keep up with extraordinary demand for pneumatic tyres

Woman cycling along path between houses
A woman cycles along a cobbled path between old timbered houses. A cat sits in a patch of sun. Date: circa 1950s

Advert, Bankss Motor Car and Cycle Garage, Wilmslow Advert
Advert, Bankss Motor Car and Cycle Garage, Manchester Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire. 1905

Poster, German motorcycle racing successes on DKW
Poster, German motorcycle racing successes in four out of five classes on DKW Auto Union cycles (later part of Audi). 1936

Advert, A Donaldson & Co Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for A Donaldson & Co Ltd, Motor Cars and Cycles, Westfield Avenue and Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Coventry Cross Cycles
Advert for Coventry Cross Cycles, Oxford Street, London, and Deansgate, Manchester. 1897

The Evolution of the Cycle -- tricycle and two bicycles
The Evolution of the Cycle -- the first crank-driven tricycle, Dalzells Machine (circa 1840), Landiss Machine (1861). (4 of 8) Date: 1892

The Evolution of the Cycle -- three cycling machines
The Evolution of the Cycle -- Bramley and Parkers Machine (1830), Juliens Machine (1830), Cochranes Machine (1831). (3 of 8) Date: 1892

The Evolution of the Cycle -- Dandy-Horse
The Evolution of the Cycle -- Duke of Marlboroughs Dandy-Horse, Johnsons Dandy-Horse, Cruikshank drawing At Full Speed ( all early 1800s). (2 of 8) Date: 1892

The Evolution of the Cycle -- Ovenden and Bolton
The Evolution of the Cycle -- Ovendens Machine (1761) and Boltons Machine (1804). (1 of 8) Date: 1892

Family of three on a tandem -- father, mother and little boy sitting in a seat attached to the back. Date: circa 1980s

Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles, Rhinoceros on Velocipede
Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Rhinoceros on a Velocipede. 1892

Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Polar Bear on Bicycle
Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Polar Bear on a Bicycle. 1892

Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Hippo on Penny Farthing
Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Hippo on a Penny Farthing. 1892

Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Elephant on Velocipede
Zoo Animals Up To Date on Cycles - Elephant on a Velocipede. 1892

The One Hour Motor Tricycle Record

Crystal Palace new cycling track, 1896
The Crystal Palace new cycling track, 1896. Twenty-five miles race - Stocks beats Walters. J. W. Stocks, twenty-five miles winner. Start for the ten miles professional race. Date: 1896

Advert for Christy Saddles Co. 1897
Advertisement for bicycle v-shape saddle with colled springs and leather top. 1897

Crowd of people on a street corner, Birmingham
Crowd of people on a street corner, near Sutton Park, Birmingham, outside a building where cycles can be stored for the bargain price of two pennies (2d). circa 1910s

Pleasure velocipede 1869
New World, pleasure, recreation or exercise, this newly invented contraption was used by young and old in public or private grounds

Two-seated velocipede 1869
Popular in America this two-seated velocipede an early form of bicycle, the back seat was intended to be used side-saddle for ladies. Date: 1869

Advert for Rudge Whitworth Cycles 1895
Advertisement of Rudge Whitworth Cycles, manufacture of bicycle for leisure, race and business. 1895

Sir Arthur du Cros
Sir Arthur Philip du Cros, 1st Baronet du Cros (1871 - 1955), British industrialist and politician. Managing director of Dunlop Rubber Company and Unionist member for Hastings. Date: 1896

Harvey du Cros
William Harvey du Cros (1846 - 1918), Dublin-born financier, the founder of the pneumatic tire industry, based on the discovery of John Boyd Dunlop, first applied to cycles

FAVOR CYCLES POSTER
A colourful poster for Favor cycles and motorbikes from the 1920s period. 1927

Poster for Cycles Medinger Date: 1897

Bike Couple with Pines Date: 1925

Captain on Bicycle Date: 1922

Tandem Bride and Groom Date: 1897

Bicycle Race Date: 1890

CULOTTES ON CYCLES 1937
Two French ladies cycle into the countryside on their tandem clad in tailored costumes comprised of culottes (divided skirts), a belted blouse or D-B jacket. Date: 1937

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