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Hawker Hart British light bomber biplaneHawker Hart K3025 British two-seat light bomber biplane with 480hp Rolls Royce Kestrel engine. Date: early 1930s
Avro Tutor British biplaneAvro 621 Tutor K4798 British two-seat biplane with a 215hp Siddeley Lynx engine. Date: early 1930s
Westland Wallace British biplaneWestland Wallace British two-seat biplane K3562 with a 500hp Bristol Jupiter engine. Date: 1933
Westland Wapiti British biplaneWestland Wapiti British two-seat general purpose military biplane J9237 with a 500hp Bristol Jupiter engine. Date: 1920s-1930s
Hawker Nimrod British fighter biplaneHawker Nimrod British carrier-based single seat fighter biplane with 480hp Rolls Royce Kestrel engine. Date: 1930s
Charlotte Fire Department vehicle, North Carolina, USA, August 1935. It was the first enclosed Sedan-type fire appliance in America -- a six-cylinder engine of 160 horsepower with a pumping capacity
Paris: Le Mot 1914-1915 Bound folioParis: Le Mot. 1914-1915. Bound folio with a book cover by A.G. Gonon and a book plate for H.P. Gassier (French cartoonist - 1883-1951)
Farmers wife tractor ploughing 1917Woman ploughing a parafin 16 h.p tractor, specially built for war time agriculture, capability of ploughing five archers a day. Date: 1917
Autocar Poster -- speed record on Saltburn SandsAutocar Poster -- Sir Algernon Guinness setting a new speed record of 120 mph on Saltburn Sands in a 200 hp Darracq car. Date: 1908
Marie Lloyd, entertainer, and her 20 hp Austin carMarie Lloyd, born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (1870-1922), British music hall singer, entertainer and comedienne, seen here getting into her 20 hp Austin car. Date: 1914
Advertisement, Napier carAdvertisement for the Alpine-tested 30-35 horsepower, six-cylinder noiseless Napier car. Date: July 1914
Sir Henry Birken in the 1931 French Grand Prix at PauSir Henry Birken (refreshing himself with an orange) in the 4.5-litre, four cylinder, 240 hp supercharged Bentley, four seater sports car, weighing two tons
Delage which won the French Grand Prix at MontlheryThe supercharged twelve-cylinder 2 litre Delage which won the French Grand Prix at Montlhery in 1925 at 69.7 mph for 621 miles. These cars would reach 134 mph with 190 hp available from the engine
Sir Henry Segrave on the Sunbeam at BrooklandsSir Henry Segrave on the six-cylinder 105 hp 2 litre Sunbeam photographed at Brooklands before winning the 1923 French Grand Prix at an average of 75.3 mph for 496 miles at Tours Date: 1923
F Nazzaro - 1922 French Grand PrixF Nazzaro on th 90 hp 2 litre six-cylinder Fiat with which he won the 1922 French Grand Prix at an average of 79.2 mph over 499 miles at Strasbourg
First Grand Prix Winner - The Hungarian, Szisz, who won the first Grand Prix of the Automobile Club de France on Jun 26/27 1906, averaging 63 mph for 769.9 miles on the Sarthe course
HP Panhard70 HP Panhard, winner of Circuit des Ardennes Race, 1902 Date: 1902
40 HP Panhard, Paris-Berlin Race, 1901 Date: 1901
M. Deutschs AirshipM.Deutschs Airship. The La Ville de Paris, 201 feet long with a maximum diameter of 35 feet. Made by Mr. Edward Surcouf for M. Deutsch de la Meurthe. Powered by a 70 hp Chenu motor. Date: 1907
Metropolitan Fire Brigade carA Metropolitan Fire Brigade car. This 10-12hp car chassis was purchased in 1903 and converted in Brigade workshops to run as a first aid and firefighting tender
Motorised pump and crew in Tottenham. The vehicle was 100 hp, and cost £ 3000
Rev. HP Wright, principal chaplain to the forces in the Crimea & Reverend Messieurs Wallace, Sykes, Parson, HA Taylor, Boudier, Parker, Preston & Crozier
Flying StandardAn unobtrusive family saloon, this is the Flying Standard 20-hp V-eight. Date: 1937
Renault SaloonThe Renault 12-1 hp touring saloon is a no-frills family saloon. Date: 1937
Aeroplane Radio PilotThe Captain of H.P. 42 Heracles aeroplane, using a Marconi radio. Date: 1931
Ford Car & Caravan
German Fokker monoplane, WW1A German Fokker monoplane (possibly an M5), 80 hp with an Oberursel engine, in service for reconnaissance during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
German Fokker D VII fighter planes, WW1Four German Fokker D VII fighter planes on an airfield towards the end of the First World War. It had a 180 hp Mercedes engine, and was a single-seat fighter plane. Date: circa 1918
German Fokker E III fighter plane, WW1A German Fokker E III fighter plane with a 100 hp Oberursel engine, used during the First World War from 1915 onwards. Photograph taken by a member of No.11 Wing, RFC. Date: 1915-1918
Sopwith T1 Cuckoo biplane launching torpedo, WW1A British Sopwith T1 Cuckoo bomber biplane launching a practice torpedo over the sea towards the end of the First World War. It was powered by a Sunbeam Arab V8 200 horsepower engine. Date: circa 1918
British BE2B biplane captured by Germans, WW1A British BE2B bomber biplane captured by the Germans during the First World War. It had a 70hp Renault engine. Date: 1914-1918
British FE2B night bomber, Western Front, WW1A British FE2B night bomber biplane with a 160hp Beardmore engine belonging to No. 100 Squadron RFC, seen here floodlit on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Bristol F2B fighter biplane on an airfield, WW1A Bristol F2B fighter biplane with a 200hp Sunbeam Arab engine on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918
Major Harvey-Kelly with his Renault aeroplane, YorkshireMajor Hubert Dunsterville Harvey-Kelly (1891-1917), World War I pilot credited with being the first British pilot to land in France after the declaration of war
Singer 12 Hp SaloonThe Singer 12hp saloon is the quintessential family car of the 1930s, neat, refined and unobtrusive. Backward- opening doors are still common. Date: 1937
Jowett 7 HP Fabric Saloon on the beachTwo women parked on the beach with their Jowett 7 HP Fabric Saloon. Note the direction the door opens, contrary to the style today
Wolseley Motorcar in the London to Brighton Rally, 1948Photograph showing Mr. W.T. Grose driving his 1903 10-h.p. Wolseley car over Westminster Bridge in London, during the Royal Automobile Clubs Veteran car run from London to Brighton, 14th November 1948
Darracq Motorcar in the London to Brighton Rally, 1948Photograph showing Mr. R.D. Gregory driving his 1904 15-h.p. Darracq car up Brixton Hill, during the Royal Automobile Clubs veteran car run from London to Brighton, 14th November 1948
Train that runs on a single curve, the Gyroscopic carThe train that runs on a single rail. The Gyrscopic car invented by Louis Brennan, exhibited at Gillingham in Kent. The 22 ton car was designed to carry 10 to 15 tons
Amphibious Car, France, 1909Photograph of a Canot-Automobile Ravailler amphibious car taking to the water, France, 1909. The car had a 14-hp engine, capable of 40km per hour on land and 10km per hour on the water
American oli powered diesel electric locomotiveThe Streamline Union Pacific Train for high speed passenger service. This oil powered diesel electric locomotive is fitted with a 900 H.P twelve cylinder diesel engine
A motor ambulance supplied by Carters, New Cavendish StreetA motor ambulance presented for service with the Russian cavalry, a Carters type 20 H.P. The ambulance could carry four stretchers and had accommodation for a nurse attendant
Rolls Royce 192640-50 h.p. six-cylinder New Phantom limousine - already described in 1926 as an aristocrat of the road
1905 Swift motor car next 1930 Swift motor carPhotograph showing the 1905 Swift car beside a modern 8-h.p. Cadet of the same make (both driven by women)
First British carPhotograph of the first British motor car, an 8-h.p. Lanchester, made in 1896 and exhibited in the historical section of The Motor Show
Wolseley 24 / 30 hp Limousine LandauletteA Wolseley 24/30 hp Limousine Landaulette. The Landaulette (or Landaulet, or Landau) was a body style with a folding rear portion of roof that allowed passengers to enjoy fine weather
Motoring in the Bois in style in 1900: Vis-a Vis styleThis is a vis-a vis (face to face) style of seating for the motor car common to the little, slow, primitive cars of Victorian motoring