Cycling Collection (page 9)

Dutch scouts on a cycling trek, Netherlands, checking their map

British soldier asking directions in France, 1914
How Tommy Atkins finds his way in France. A British soldier with a bicycle, lost in the windmill country of France, receives directions from a French peasant in November 1914 in the First World War

Poster, Coronation Easter Parade of bicycles
Poster, Join the Coronation Easter Parade with a bicycle built by Raleigh Industries. Get your New Elizabethan model here. Date: circa 1953

Manufacture of Dunlop tyres, 1896: trimming the casings
Manufacture of cycling accessories: women trimming the casings of Dunlop tyres. Date: 1896

Manufacture of Continental Pneumatic tyres, 1900
Manufacture of cycling accessories: a man admires a Continental pneumatic tyre. Date: 1900

Manufacture of Dunlop tyres, 1896: inserting the wires
Manufacture of cycling accessories: women inserting the wires into Dunlop pneumatic tyres. Date: 1896

Manufacture of Dunlop tyres, 1896: inflating the tubes
Manufacture of cycling accessories: women inflate the tubes of Dunlop tyres. Date: 1896

Selfridges cycle advertisement by H. L. Oakley
Delightful advertisement for the cycle department of London department store, Selfridge s, guaranteeing top speeds at low prices and featuring a silhouette of a cyclist zooming downhill by H. L

Cycle track on roadway, Germany
A cycle track on a roadway in Germany, with two cyclists making good use of it. Date: 20th century

Road reserved for use of cyclists, Germany
A road or path reserved entirely for the use of cyclists, in Germany. Date: 20th century

Boy cycling over a bridge
A boy cycling over a bridge. Date: circa 1940s

Cycling silhouette
An aerial view of a group of cyclists in silhouette. Date: 1896

Alexandra Park
International cycling in the Park. Date: 1887

Bicycles by the Thames
Parked bicycles (including a tandem) along the tree-lined River Thames at Datchet, Berkshire, England. Date: 1940s

Bicycle Boat
A Bicycle Boat, a new type of boat, which can be used as a comfortable sidecar on land and a paddleboat on water! The pedals of the bicycle work the paddles. Date: early 1930s

Sandwich Toll Gate
Taking the toll : A man driving a motorcycle and sidecar pays a toll at the Barbican, Sandwich, Kent, England. All vehicles have to pay to cross a bridge. Date: early 1940s

England / Old Cleeve
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, in the picturesque village of Old Cleeve, near Minehead, Somerset, England. Date: 1930s

Lynmouth before Flood
A cyclist standing in the harbour of the lovely village of Lynmouth, North Devon, England, as was before the great storm and flood of August 1952. Date: 1940s

Tour Cyclists Farewell
Thanks for everything - a tour cyclist says goodbye to the nice landlady of the bed and breakfast where he has been staying. Date: 1930s

Cyclist in Plus Fours
A cyclist wearing plus fours, stops to read the inscription on the sundial monument to daylight saving campaigner William Willet, Petts Wood, Chislehurst, Kent, England. Date: 1939

Women Motor Cyclists
Two young women motor cyclists, who appear to be accepting a drop of drink from a man with a flask, non- alcoholic, we hope. Date: early 1930s

Tricycle Race 1930S
Toddlers take part in a tricycle race on the deck of the Italian ship the Conte Verde. Date: early 1930s

Repeating Pattern - Bicycles. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - 100 Stone Steps Date: 1910s

Warley Road, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Gentleman crashes on his bicycle and utters a loud... " Mark of exclamation!" Date: circa 1940s

Cycling beauty waving
Care-Free. A sporting young brunette peddling through the countryside on he bicycle, waving to those who are lucky enough to witness her passing. Date: early 1940s

Scorchers Progress - Embankment - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress VI - The Thames Embankment, London - An errant city cyclist finally gets his comeuppance having caused havoc with his erratic cycling across the city

Scorchers Progress - St James Palace - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress II - St James Palace, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here the mounted guards around St

Scorchers Progress - Royal Exchange - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress V - The Royal Exchange, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here pedestrians

Scorchers Progress - Whitehall - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress IV - Whitehall, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here horses rear in alarm, throwing their riders as the cyclist approaches at speed

Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress III - " Twas in Trafalgar Square" - London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users

Boy getting on to his new Bicycle
Interesting photograph of a boy getting onto his new Bicycle. He is obviously used to riding a Penny Farthing as his method of mounting the bicycle is akin to the way one had to mount a Penny

Young Boy with a Penny Farthing Bicycle
Studio photograph of a small young boy with a large penny farthing bicycle. Date: circa 1890s

A Busy Corner, Hamilton, Bermuda
A Busy street Corner, Hamilton, Bermuda Date: circa 1940s

Family on a tandem - Bermuda
A jolly holidaying family on the Western Atlantic Island of Bermuda - riding into town on a tandem bicycle. There is a seat for everyone, including a small pet monkey! Date: circa 1940s

Cycling race Paris-Brest (1891). Starting line
" Cycling race Paris-Brest (1891). Starting line in Paris. Illustration from " Le Petit Journal". Etching. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Women: Cycling Costume
Costumes of 1900. Date: 1900

Cycling lessons - Mumbai, India
Cycling lessons for Indian Women in Mumbai, India. Date: circa 1910s

Hercules bicycles Coronation advertisement
Advertisement for Hercules Bicycles, founded in 1910 in Birmingham, showing the street of a typical British town decorated with flags, swags and bunting for the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

The Donaldson bicycle lithos for the season of 1896. Date ca. 1896

Athletic sports. Date c1887 July 12

All Clear by Helen McKie - ARP wardens on bicycles
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a rather lecherous looking older male Air Raid Patrol warden cycling alongside a young, pretty female colleague. Date: c.1940

Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood
Blind inmates enjoying activities such as cycling, boating, and swings at Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood. The specially constructed cycles had their wheels side-by-side. Date: 1895

Italian Sharpshooter on a bicycle
A mobile member of the Italian Army - a cycling sharpshooter Date: circa 1910s

Meteor Bicycles Poster
Poster for the bicycle Meteor, 1910s. Date: 1910s

Egyptian man on a bicycle, Cairo - just passing the pyramids as he races to work! Date: 1903

French view of an English Gent in London
Spectacularly stereotypical French view of an English Gent in London, complete with plaid trousers, pith helmet, sinister expression (!) and a background of dark satanic mills!!! Date: 1901

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