Driving Collection (page 13)

Air Raid Warning - Take Cover, WW1
Side view of a motor car driven by a special constable with a sign informing the public of the all clear following an air raid

LFB crew on motorised vehicle
LCC London Fire Brigade crew on a motorised vehicle, February 1934. Date: 1934

Two firefighters with fire engine
Two firefighters with a fire engine -- one man sits at the wheel while the other adjusts a lamp. Date: circa 1930s

LCC-LFB learner drivers on a London street
A picture taken outside the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, on 14 September 1935, showing a motorised Dennis fire engine with an L-plate on the front

LCC-LFB trainees looking at an engine
A group of trainee firefighters and an instructor, looking at the engine of a motorised fire vehicle with an L plate on the front before setting out on the road. Date: circa 1920s

Princess Diana, William and Harry meeting firefighters
Princess Diana and her sons, Princes William and Harry, meeting firefighters at the The Blitz Remembered Service at St Pauls Cathedral, London, on 25 October 1990

Firefighter at the wheel of a fire engine
A firefighter sitting at the wheel of a fire engine at the London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1

Myrtle Newton, hotel driver, WW1
Miss Myrtle Newton of Cambridge who had accepted the post of motor car driver at the Kings Head Hotel in Cirencester on the understanding that by so doing she would release a man for service during

King Albert I of Belgium and his consort, Queen Elisabeth
The King of Belgium and his consort, Queen Elisabeth, driving through Brussels. Date: c. 1914

Lance Corporal Joynson drives the enemy back with bombs
Lance Corporal Joynson (1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers) heading an attack and driving the enemy back with bombs near Hooge - June 16th 1915

Lord Desborough and youngest son, Ivo
William Henry Grenfell, Lord Desborough driving himself to the traditional Eton Harrow cricket match in July 1914, accompanied by his youngest son, Ivo. Date: 1914

Attrition - or the Driver Who Was Tired by H. M. Bateman
Humorous, sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman, showing an army driver oblivious to the shell fire that gradually entirely obliterates the truck he is driving on the Western Front. Date: 1918

Gas powered car by Annie Fish, WW1
A car powered by coal gas which was contained in a rubber bag similar to a pneumatic tyre and placed on the top of the car

Gas powered car with lady chauffeur, WW1 cartoon
" You ll have to get rid of the chauffeurette, Alfred - shes getting much too flighty." Cartoon commenting on the double novelty of gas powered cars

Roman chariot race at Kensington Olympia, 1886
The Paris Hippodrome at Olympia, the National Agricultural Hall, Kensington: the Roman chariot race, by a four abreast driving team(droski fashion). Date: 1886

Miss Donnett Paynter with ambulance, WW1
Miss Donnett Paynter with her motor ambulance given by her father, Commander Hugh H. Paynter, R.N. for use at the FANY Convoy

Farmer on tractor on a frosty morning
Frank Reynolds on his tractor driving his empty milk churns uo to his farm ready for the nights milking in Rodbourne, Wiltshire. England. Date: circa 1965

Woman driving a car

Riley Pathfinder reg. No. WAF 580 at Cosawes Caravan Park, (Rene Fraser at the wheel)

Prominent racing personalities at Brooklands
Caricatures of famous racing personalities at Brooklands by The Tout - Mr Ns Hinde, the Hon. L Bruce, Major Linday Lloyd, Mr Malcolm Campbell, Dr Da Costa, Gordon Watney and the Hon R Westenra

Post Office savings bank girls in Womens Reserve Ambulance
Girls of the Post Office Savings Bank in Blythe Road, West Kensington as part of the Womens Reserve Ambulance, with one of their number, Lieutenant Yates

Lady Drogheda in her car, 1917
The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909 and divorced him in 1922 to marry Guillemo Delanda a polo player

Female taxi drivers in cab shelter, WW1 by Annie Fish
Humorous impression of lady taxi drivers drinking tea in a cab shelter and charming the cabmen official. The Taxi Drivers Union objected to women taxi cab drivers during the First World War

Female taxi drivers, WW1 by Annie Fish
Humorous illustration by Annie Fish in The Tatler showing a tongue-in-cheek impression of women taxi drivers during the First World War, more concerned with adjusting make up than driving

Staff & female motor drivers of Balloon Training Depot, RFC
The staff and lady motor drivers and clerks of the balloon training depot of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Date: 1917

Mrs Sprott as a Red Cross ambulance driver, WW1
Mrs Sprott, daughter of Sir George and Lady Berry of Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, pictured in her uniform as a driver of Red Cross ambulances in France

Winter dispatch carrying on the Western Front 1917
Corporal Newsham, a British Press despatch rider, studying a map on his motorcycle at Rollancourt in northern France during the First World War

Warland dual rims advertisement with lady driver, WW1
First World War advertisement for Warland Dual Rims for quick tyre changes - essential for the motor vehicle driver, and the chauffeuse particularly

British School of Motoring Advertisement, WW1
An advertisement for the British School of Motoring (BSM) from 1916, specifically aimed at ladies which encourages women to learn to drive because, it is a healthy, enjoyable, and if desired

Lady chauffeur costume from Dunhills, WW1
A tailored suit of velvet Persian skin with hat to match for the lady chauffeur obtained from Dunhill s. Date: 1916

Anthony Wilding driving armoured car at Dunkirk, 1915
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 in an armoured car with trailer attached at Dunkirk, bound for the front

Anthony Wilding in Paris, 1915
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian

A woman chauffeur, WW1
A Miss Webber, the first motor cab driver to be trained and employed by a London cab company due to the shortage of male drivers

Comfort of motorists in climbing hills by W H Robinson
By fixing telescopic, hand operated device to the back wheel, the motorist can keep his car at all times on an even keel, when ascending up steep hills. Date: 1919

Lady Motorists, 1916
Two women dressed for motoring during the First World War, which saw many women take on traditional male roles. Date: 1916

Advert for Gamages motoring needs 1926
Selection of motoring garments suitable for all weathers, showing at Olympia. 1926

Advertisements for John Sinclairs tobacco by H. L. Oakley
Four complementary advertisements for John Sinclairs Barneys and Punchbowle pipe tobacco, designed by H. L. Oakley and featuring men at work and leisure enjoying a quality smoke. Date: 1920s

A Facer by Wilmot Lunt
An ex-WRAF (Womens Royal Air Force) worker asks her pretty friend who is still in uniform and acting as a driver, I wonder why they demobbed me before you? Don t you, Maude. Date: 1919

Carrying On - The W. A. A. C. Girl WWI womens roles
A girl in the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps during World War One. Date: 1918

Miss Christobel Ellis decorated for war work well done
Christobel Ellis, younger daughter of the Rev. the Hon. William Ellis, and a cousin of Lord Howard de Walden. An experienced and enthusiastic motorist

The atoms power for peace by G. H. Davis
The atoms power for peace: the shape of things to come. Showing an atomic-driven locomotive, power house and liner, based on an expert forecast. 1945

Lady Motorist at the Wheel
Atylish Lady Motorist at the Wheel - an advertising plate for John Bull Tyres. Date: circa late 1940s

Advert for E. Johnson chrome leather ulster 1923
Winter motoring, for men and women who motors in the cold winter months, either for work or pleasure, a warm leather ulster is indispensable

British School of Motoring - ladies learn to drive 1915
Advertisement for the British School of Motoring encouraging ladies to learn to drive, a particularly useful skill during the First World War. Date: 1915

Autocar Poster -- Paris-Berlin race
Autocar Poster -- scene from the Paris-Berlin race, featuring a Mors No.4 car driven by Fournier, beating a Panhard car. Its average speed during the race was around 44 mph. Date: 1901

A. F. Wilding, the famous tennis player
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian

Pug Peter -- animals in a red car
Pug Peter -- Peter moves in the very best Society. A group of assorted animals driving through the snow in a red car. Date: 1905

Life out in the American Prairie. Date: C. 1910

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