Enterprise Collection

King George VI - Thanking British Children
A certificate from King George VI to the children of Great Britain on 8th June, 1946 - issued as a momento for sharing in the hardships and ultimate triumph during World War Two

Travelling Charlady
A travelling charlady, up a ladder, cleaning a front door, her motorcycle with its Stop Me For Cleaning, No Job Too Small sign, parked behind her!

Meat Mincer 1889
The Enterprise meat chopper, or mincer, is apparently the best in the world

A Fish Auction in Columbia Market
In 1869 Baroness Burdett-Coutts paid for the building of the great Columbia Market (for fish) between Hackney and Bethnal Green Roads on the site of Nova Scotia Gardens

Rockwell Space Shuttle Orbiter OV-101 Enterprise. The first Orbiter built, used for atmospheric flight testing and never up-graded to flight status

Archangel, Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal Yard
Arkhangelsk (Archangel), Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal Yard. The Shergolds arrived in Russia from Britain in the late 18th century

Garrett Showman's Tractor 33818, Enterprise at a steam rally on 30 May 1971. Maker : Richard Garrett and Sons, in Leiston

David Jones
A coloured reproduction for a David Jones Advertisement, portraying the man himself, whose abounding enterprise and enthusiasm, coupled with a business vision ahead of his time

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162174
United States Navy- Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162174 (msn 54), of VRC-40 Detachment V, tasked with supporting USS Enterprise nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Date: circa 2000

Douglas A-4C 148552 and 148462
United States Navy - Douglas A-4C 148552 (msn 12745, base code AE, call-sign 308) of VA-64, carrying out air-air refuelling, using the buddy-pack system, with 148462 (msn 12655, base code AE)

Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, originally a private enterprise with women teachers, closed to men. Date: 1907

Men of a Co-Operative - Bethesda Street, Merthyr, Wales. Date: circa 1909

Consumer cooperative - Arndtstrasse, Vienna, Austria
The exterior of the Consumer cooperative (KGW) - Arndtstrasse, Vienna, Austria - the largest and most powerful consumer cooperative in Austria for decades

Photograph of Enterprise PH, Holborn, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Cartoon, The Ancient Mariner in the City (financiers)
Cartoon, The Ancient Mariner in the City -- a satirical comment on the difficulties financiers in the City of London were facing at the time, in a parody of Coleridges long narrative poem: Money

B Beeston and Sons Ross Enterprise bus. Date: circa 1940

Enterprise bus. Date: circa 1940

C Ross Enterprise bus. Date: circa 1940

British enterprise in railway travelling: the salon de luxe, 1904 Date: 1904

Cycle lever chain works in France 1896
English inventor William Spears Simpson invented the cycle lever chain that we still use today. It was such a success that they were unable to keep up with demand

The Naval Steelworks of Saint-Chamond, Loire, France
The Naval Steelworks (with drop hammer forges) of Saint-Chamond, France. The Compagnie des forges et acieries de la marine et dHomecourt (FAMH)

THOMSONS ROAD STEAMER
Thomsons road steamer (traction engine) Enterprise hauling a train of coal wagons. Date: 1870

American Screw Company s. United States. Engraving, 1884
American Screw Company s. Manufactory of patent Gimlet-Pointet Screws. United States. Engraving, 1884

Members of Franklin expedition at Fort Enterprise
Members of the first Franklin expedition (1819-1822), including John Franklin, John Hepburn and Dr John Richardson, at Fort Enterprise, North America

Ross / Cutting the Ice
During Rosss voyage to find Franklin, they have to cut out the ice to allow the Enterprise and the Investigator pass. Date: 1848 - 49

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he... Old King Cole and a lady selling tickets to hoards of excited children to enter the world of nursery rhymes

WOLWA
The WOLWA is a female shaman or seeress who is consulted by those seeking to learn the likely outcome of their enterprise, project or undertaking

Andrew Besley, photographer, at an exhibition about wrecks and rescues in the south west of England. Seen standing by press photographs of the Flying Enterprise

Soho, London - 1 Greek Street W1, sign for The House of St Barnabas-in-Soho, founded in 1846 as a homeless charity (described here as a temporary home for women)

His Waterloo by H M Bateman, The Foreman of a crazy-pavement enterprise comes up against a frightful problem. A pavement tile with straight sides, a square of perfect proportions

HMS Enterprise, anti-aircraft crew, Dar-es-Salaam
HMS Enterprise, Emerald class cruiser, with anti-aircraft gun crew, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: 1928

Fortune of War cafe, WW1
Page of illustrations by Samuel Begg in The Illustrated London News, depicting scenes at a Fortune of War caf頩 n London. The idea for the cafes was thought up by Lieut. J E

Hancocks Enterprise
Mr Hancocks Enterprise well deserves its name, for his is a valiant attempt to harness the mighty power of steam to the task of propelling a public conveyance. Date: 1833

ROSS / ENTERPRISE / 1848-9
The ice breaks up during the boyage to find Franklin. Rosss ships are the Enterprise and the Investigator. Date: 1848 - 49

Steamer of the Fall River Line, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1908

Pilots of VF-6 on USS Enterprise, August 1942

Poster, Britain Today, showing the benefits and freedoms available

Sir Richard Tangye
Sir Richard Trevithick Tangye, civil engineer and industrialist, manufacturer of engines and other heavy equipment. Seen here in the late 1850s with the Great Eastern steamship before its launch to

Kiddies Refreshments
Young entrepreneurs running a food and drinks stall selling milk (2d a cup), cocoa (3d a cup and milk! Date: early 1930s

The front cover of Enterprise August 1949
The front cover of Enterprise, August 1949, the internal magazine of the de Havilland companies. Date: 1949

Dodge & Co. Manufacturers of lumber. Dodge & Co. Manufacturers of lumber

William H. Wests Big minstrel jubilee a majestic enterprise. Date c1899

Bootblack at Prince of Wales investiture, Caernarvon

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Mrs Winston Churchill
Graciousness, enterprise, dignity, staunchness, a sympathetic outlook and an acute sense of humour are all characteristics of Mrs (Clementine) Churchill

Stanley and Tippoo Tib leaving Matadi, 1887
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre right on horse) and Tippoo Tib (1837-1905) (right of Stanley, with sword) leaving Matadi, on the Congo river, 1887

An operating theatre with an all female audience
The Womens Medical College of Pennsylvania, a unique college founded by a private enterprise and directed by a committee of female doctors

Female doctors in training
The Womens Medical College of Pennsylvania, a unique college founded by a private enterprise and directed by a committee of female doctors

Enterprise Steam Omnibus
The Enterprise Steam Omnibus, built by Walter Hancock of Stratford for the London & Paddington Steam Carriage Company, which began running on 22 April 1833

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