Ft Collection (page 2)

Hubert Latham, Henry Farman and Roger Sommer at Riems
Hubert Latham in his Antoinette IV, with Henry Farman in his Farman III biplane and roger Sommer, also flying a Farmn III at the Grande Semaine d Aviation de la Champagne, held near Reims in France

United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325 on take-off as a floatplane. After retiring from the 1922 Curtiss Marine Trophy Race with mechanical trouble, the Navy had no urgent need for both 18Ts

United States Air Force - Lockheed HC-130H Hercules 64-14866
United States Air Force - Lockheed HC-130H-LM Hercules 64-14866 (msn 382-4099) of Military Airlift Command Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service (ARRS), at RAF Lakenheath

ENGLAND / ARCHAEOLOGY
At 1, 800 ft long, Maiden Castle is one of the largest and most completely excavated Hillforts in Britain. Date: circa 1890

Diagram of French tank WWI
Diagram of internal Layout of French Renault FT-17 Char Mitrailleur Mosquito Tank

Large Artesian Well, Oasis Ranch nr Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Artesian Well (the largest in the World), on the Oasis Ranch near to Roswell, New Mexico, USA - more than 900 feet deep and flowed 9100 gallons of water a minute - used to irrigate local farmland

Catalina, California, USA - Everett Adargo, deep sea diver
Catalina, California, USA - Everett Bernard Adargo (1891-1971), deep sea diver, who set a record of descending to 56ft in 3 minutes, 15 seconds

WW1 - French tanks (Renault FT-17) advancing, Oise, France
WW1 - A team of French tanks (Renault FT-17), are seen here advancing in order through a village in the department of Oise, Northern France. Date: 1918

Watkins Tower - Proposed Design - Wembley Park, London
Programme for a series of musical concerts and entertainments at Wembley Park, London in July 1894 (Wembley Park officially opened to the public in May 1894)

Charles Rowell. The Celebrated Pedestrian. Born in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, August 12th 1853. Height 6 ft. 5 ins. Weight 140 lbs. Winner of the Astley Belt

Spain and Portugal - Monument collumn - Barcelona - column with lions at 4 corners and figure on top. Part of Box 149 Boswell collection - Portugal and Spain

Griffith Brewer and Alec Ogilvie in the basket of 1, 800cu ft hydrogen balloon Bee standing in the airship shed at Etterbeck, Brussels, before ascending on 27 July 1912

Inflating the goldbeater skin 500 cubit feet balloon
Inflating the goldbeater skin 500cu ft balloon before letting it up to take photographs

500cu ft balloon being inflated with hydrogen at Netley before being taken out to take photos on Southampton Water. Holding the balloon from left: ???

Goldbeater skin balloon of 500 cubic feet
Goldbeater skin balloon of 500cu ft inflated with coal gas, with camera attached being let up from 20 Waldegrave Park, Strawberry Hill

Yosemite Park - California - Mariposa Grove - the tremendous Grizzly Giant redwood - 34 ft diameter Date: 1952

White Star Line, triple screw steamer Olympic, 882 1 / 2 ft. l
White Star Line, triple screw steamer Olympic, 882 1/2 ft. long, 46, 359 tons. Postcard showing the Olympic steamship at sea. Date between 1910 and 1915?

Horses. Leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle. Irregular. Photograph shows twenty-four consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Frankie, jumping over a hurdle. Date c1881. Horses. Leaping a 3 ft

Horses. Leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle. Photograph shows twenty-four consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Phryne L. jumping over a hurdle. Date c1881. Horses. Leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle

View of journalist Joseph Croce-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, Zenith

16-inch coast artillery gun stamped Watervliet Arsenal 1921, Ft. Story, Va. Date 1942 March. 16-inch coast artillery gun stamped Watervliet Arsenal 1921, Ft. Story, Va. Date 1942 March

Steam-Boat Knickerbocker. 320 feet long, 32 ft. 6 inches Beam, 10 ft. 6 incs. Hold, 64 ft. wide including guards, and is propelled by a beam Engine

John Ennis. The Celebrated Pedestrian. Born at Richmond Harbour, County Longford, Ireland, June 4th 1842. Height 5 ft. 8 ins. Weight 150 lbs

Lowering the life boats
A diagram showing life boats from the Titanic being lowered to the water. The distance is compared to the height of a city office block

Large Trout Catch
A record catch. Such large fish (1 ft. 7 inches and 41 pounds in weight) are rare. The normal weight of a grown trout is 1 pound. The big red skin spots are typical. Date: 1930s

German V-2 Base at Watten; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the huge concrete bunker of the German V-2 base at Watten, near St. Omer, France, 1944. This bunker was 300 ft. long, 200 ft. wide and 50 ft. tall

Replica Swedish Ten-Daler Coin, 1937
Photograph of a replica of an old Swedish Ten-Daler piece, measuring about 1 ft. by 2 ft. Made of copper, this coin weighed about 44 lbs

The Crater of Mont Pelee, Martinique, 1926
Photograph showing an aerial view of Mont Pelee, Martinique, the volcano that erupted and destroyed St. Pierre in May 1902

Balmoral from Driveway
A view of Balmoral from the driveway. Built in 1854 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The clock tower is 100 ft tall

Thomas Edison / Ilz Ft
THOMAS ALVA EDISON In his Workshop

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping