Farthing Collection (page 2)

Grimsby Town Hall Cycling Club Victorian period

Town Hall, Grimsby

George Lacy Hillier, English swimmer and cyclist
George Lacy Hillier (1856-1941), English swimmer, racing cyclist (including the pennyfarthing) and all-round athlete. late 19th century

Advertisement, Surrey Machinist Co, Blackman Street, London, depicting a pennyfarthing bicycle. 1883

Salmo salar, or Parr and Samlet
Salmo salar (Salmo salmulus) Parr and Samlet, also known as Branlin, Palmer Trout, Trotter, Hipper and Farthing Trout. Date: 1865

Fern Street Settlement
Poor working class children in Londons East End, queueing up for the Fern Street Settlement, set up in 1905 by Clara Grant; a bundle of toys in exchange for a farthing. Date: early 1930s

J H Adams, English pennyfarthing cyclist. late 19th century

Charles Crute, English pennyfarthing cyclist, and first Captain of the Sutton Bicycle Club. late 19th century

Gladstone as Cyclist
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE As a cyclist, he rides a penny-farthing - but wishes he were on a safety model at election time ! Date: 1809 - 1898

Tom Hughes with his penny farthing
Tom Hughes and his penny farthing in 1888 - and Tom later in 1938

Advertisement, Burnett & Co, Leeds, Bicycles. 1890s

Advert Bicycle W. Fletcher Penny Fathing
Advertisement, W Fletcher & Co, Bow Street, Sheffield, for bicycles and tricycles. 1890s

Advertisement, The Dutton Bicycle and Tricycle. 1890s

Advertisement, The Facile Safety Bicycle, Ellis & Co Limited, Fleet Street, London. 1890s

Mass Gathering of Cyclists with Penny-farthing Bicycles & Tricycles, England. Date: 1880s

Sicily - Politeama in Palermo
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of a circular building, the Theatre Politeama, which has mounted statues galloping on the roof

British coins, two George VI farthings (a quarter of a penny) for 1949 and 1951, with a wren on the reverse. The farthing ceased to be legal tender after 1960. Date: 1949, 1951

British coin, Edward VII farthing
British coin, an Edward VII farthing (a quarter of a penny) for 1909, with Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1909

British coins, three George V farthings (a quarter of a penny) for 1918, 1930 and 1932, with Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1918-1932

British coins, two Queen Victoria farthings (a quarter of a penny) for 1860 and 1868. With Britannia on the reverse, with a lighthouse and a ship in the background. Date: 1860s

British coin, George VI farthing
British coin, a George VI farthing (a quarter of a penny). Date: 1941

Botanical Sketchbook -- Field Scabious. Date: 1920s

WW2 - Austerity - Getting by with alternative transport. Comic postcard from wartime England by Evelyn E Morris, showing alternative forms of transport available if the petrol pumps ran dry

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

Florence Barwood, Dr Archibald Merton Ballantyne
From left: Florence Barwood, Dr Archibald Merton Ballantyne, RAeS Secretary 1951-1973, and Miss J. Farthing. Outside the Grand Hotel, Brighton

Athletic sports. Date c1887 July 12

Safety Bike
A man wheels a Safety Bicycle, an early form of bicycle from the 1890s which replaced the Penny Farthing. However, he obviously does not think it safe enough to ride through Holborn, London! 1930s

Kangeroo safety bicycle advert, 1885
Faster than any bicycle, safter than any tricycle: the record breaking Kangeroo safety bicycle. Somewhat resembling a penny farthing, the machine was made by Hillman

Nocturnal Cycle Rally
A nocturnal cycle rally at Woodford, Essex. Date: 1889

Punch / Ruskin / Whistler
JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER American painter and etcher Punch comment on his winning his court fight with Ruskin Date: 1834 - 1903

Penny Farthing Race
The Last Lap - a race on penny-farthing bicycles. Date: late 19th century

Start of pennyfarthing ride, Lands End
The start of an NSPCC Centenary pennyfarthing ride from Lands End in Cornwall to John o Groats in Scotland, with two intrepid cyclists and the local mayor

Penny Farthing Race / Silk
The Last Lap Five racing cyclists approach the finishing line on their Penny Farthings

Penny Farthing Scrap
A rider uses a loud-hailer to warn people to get out of his way

Penny Farthing Bicycle under full sail, 1890
Engraving showing a cyclist riding a Penny Farthing bicycle using an umbrella to sail along on a windy day at the British seaside

Circus Acrobat / Garnier
In a fine display of balance, a gentleman rides a penny farthing while his assistant performs a handstand on the handlebars

Cyclists at a European Frontier on a Penny Farthing
Engraving showing two English cyclists on Penny Farthing or Ordinary bicycles reaching a Border post as they travel across Europe

Cycle Encounter
A meeting of cycles past and present occurs when a Penny Farthing encounters a modern bicycle outside Hatton, Middlesex

Osmond on Pennyfarthing
F J Osmond, noted racing cyclist, on his machine

Blackheath / Photo C1895
A photograph looking up Tranquil Vale showing the now very busy junction as a wide empty road with a few horses and carts. A Penny Farthing leans against a lamp post

Richard Wagner / Sambourne
RICHARD WAGNER German composer: a satirical comment on his four-opera Ring Cycle at Her Majestys and Drury Lane

Social / Denmark Afternoon
Sunday afternoon in the Triangelen, Copenhagen - tramcars galore, carts and carriages, a cyclist on his penny-farthing, and people just enjoying the weekend

Tom Hughes and Bike
Tom Hughes with the bicycle he purchased in 1887

Cycling Cats Good Night
A ginger tom with a Cheshire cat grin whizzes by on a penny farthing with 3 kittens in tow as he wishes us Good Night from a banner. Probably the final slide of the evening

Modern Zodiac: Sagitar
The Modern Zodiac: An Artists Almanac of English Society. A woman in a tam-o shanter surrounded by a foggy street, fox hunters & Gog & Magog at the Lord Mayors show

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