Import Collection (page 204)

Northumberland Dock
Engraving showing the opening of the Northumberland dock at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1857

Opening of the Royal Albert Dock at Woolwich
The opening of the new Royal Albert Dock at Woolwich by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught in 1880

Dock no. 2 at Chatham
Dock no.2, at Chatham in Kent, recently opened in 1858. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1850s and 60s to cover an area of 380 acres

The premature end of the Paris-Madrid automobile race
An illustration of the premature end of the Paris-Madrid automobile race, showing the arrival at Bordeaux of the first car driven by M. Louis Renault

Prince of Wales visiting the Great Eastern steam-ship
Engraving showing the Edward, Prince of Wales, visiting Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Eastern steam-ship in 1865, prior to its voyage to lay the transatlantic cable

Advertisment for Sunbeam Cars
Advert for Sunbeam Cars

Game of chess by telegraph
A game of chess played between London and Portsmouth, through the electric telegraph of the South Western Railway on April 10th, 1845. Suggested by Mr

Famous six cylinder Siddeley-Deasy motor car
A photograph showing a Siddeley-Deasy with Connaught coach work

Landing cable at Porthcurnew Bay
Engraving of the landing of cable for the Falmouth, Gibralter and Mediterranean Telegraph at Porthcurnew Bay, Cornwall

Advertisement for Cadillac cars
Advertisment for Cadillac cars showing an illustration of the car with a war scene in background, a reference to the fact that Cadillac cars provided excellent service to the American Army in France

Helen Wills
Cartoon by Matt of Helen Wills, American tennis player

The Central Post Office Telegraph Establishment
Series of sketches showing different departments of the Central Telegraph Establishment at the General Post Office in London

Instrument gallery of the Central Telegraph Office
Telegraphists at work in the instrument gallery of the Central Telegraph Office in Newgate Street, London, 1874

A bonnet view of 30h. p. Sheffield-Simplex with Pytchley Li
A photograph showing Countess Fitzwilliams new 30h.p. Sheffield-Simplex with Pytchely Limousine body by Van Den Plas

Advertisement for Sunbeam Talbot car
A full colour illustrated advertisement for the Sunbeam Talbot Ten car showing an elegant lady stepping out of the car in front of a grand house

Chris Higham & his Ford Capri GT
Chris Higham and his Ford Capri GT

Autographic telegraphy
D Arlincourts autographic telegraph, able to transmit a copy of handwriting by electric currents. Several versions based on a similar principle were in circulation during the mid-19th century

Spread of car exhibits from the 15th Olympia Motor exhibitio
Spread showing photographs of some notable cars from the 15th Olympia Motor show in 1921

Advertisement for British Standard car
Advertisement for the British Standard car, entitled Integrity, with illustration of the car and a bullion scale. The advertisement states

Advertisment for Ford Motor Exhibition at Royal Albert Hall where you can see the new deluxe ford

Milking by electricity
Illustration to show the process of milking cows with the Lawrence-Kennedy cow milker. The sketch also shows in fig.iv and v, a new hand- milking machine invented by Mr. C.S. Padfield of Bath

Leo Abse & his Bentley
Leo Abse and his Bentley. Leo Abse was a well known MP, especially known for introducing Private Members bills legalising homosexuality and making divorce easier

Tide predicting machine: front view
Photograph of the front view of the tide-predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876. Constructed by Lege for the Indian government

Metropolitan Gallery in Telegraph Street
Women at work in the Metropolitan Gallery in Telegraph Street receiving telegraphs for the London area

Testing the recovered Atlantic telegraph cable
Group of engineers testing the recovered 1865 Atlantic cable. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858

L. J. W. Bailey & his Jensen
L.J.W. Bailey and his Jensen car. Date: 2nd May 1970

Telegraph apparatus in the Eiffel Tower
Wireless telegraph apparatus in the Eiffel Tower, Paris for transmitting the time to vessels up to 3000 miles away at sea

20h. p. Austin Marlborough Landaulette
A photograph showing the 20h.p. Austin Marlborough Landaulette. The car had a 10ft wheelbase chasis. Its fitments included a ventilator in the roof

Spread of car exhibits from Olympia Motor exhibition 1913
Spread entitled The march of the motor car to perfection: unusually interesting exhibits at Olympia, showing various car exhibits at the 1913 Olympia motor show

Richard Hambro & his Mercedes
Richard Hambro and his Mercedes car. Hambro is a succesful business entrepeneur, later to be the founder of JO Hambro Investment Management

25-50h. p. Talbot car
Photograph of the 25-50h.p. Talbot car. The vehicle gained 62 awards in competitive trials during the season of 1913

Landing the Atlantic cable in Hearts Content Bay, Newfoundl
Engraving showing the landing of the Atlantic cable in Hearts Content Bay, Newfoundland in 1866. This was

Manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph cable
Machines covering the Atlantic cable wire with gutta percha at the Gutta Percha Companys works in Wharf Road, London. Before the advent of man-made materials, gutta percha

Advertisement for Rolls Royce Phantom II car, with a photograph of a chaffeur driven Rolls with two fur-wearing ladies as passengers

Advertisement for Humber cars
Advertisement for the Humber Snipe 80 car

Advertisement for Dunlop tyres
An illustrated advertisement of a great hall full of cars for Dunlop tyres, captioned Wherever you see a lot of cars- you see a lot of Dunlop tyres

Peter Easton & his NSU car
Peter Easton, the successful right hand batsman and his NSU car

Advertisement for Ford motor cars
Full page advertisement for Ford cars with photo story of the 334, 930 miles driven in Ford cars over 72 consecutive hours

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; Fly clot
Illustration showing protective clothing for horses and other animals to prevent them being bothered by flies and other insects

Advertisement for Daimler Vogue sports saloon car, showing a photograph of a sporty couple with their car, loading a rifle and with a large dog in the back seat of the car

Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph
Crowd scene showing people in Jersey celebrating the opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph in 1858

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; More wet
Illustration showing ideas for protective rain wear in the form of various rain shades and capes worn on the head and body

Something Rotten in the State of Denmark
Illustration by Lawson Wood, showing two Easter chicks holding their beaks by a rotten egg

Bits and Pieces
A drawing by Beauchamp satirising the changing female fashions of 1928

Field telegraph
A field telegraph in use by two soldiers during army manoeuvres in the New Forest, Hampshire in 1895

Shipping the Atlantic Telegraph onboard the Great Eastern
Engraving showing Isambard Kingdom Brunels steam-ship Great Eastern receiving the Atlantic cable from a smaller vessel. The cable was manufactured at Messrs

The Electric Light
Engraving of electric light apparatus, known as the Dynamo-Electrical machine. Made by the Russian engineer M. Jablochkoff

The world of tomorrow- some dreams of invention run riot; se
Comical illustration of a scientific idea for the future (note date, 1st April 1905), of a man on the telephone shaking hands with a mechanical type hand protruding from the wall

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