Innovation Collection (page 3)

Paris Exhibition 1900 - The Dome
Slide showing a colour picture of the Central Dome of the exhibition.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 8

Paris Exhibition 1900 - The Fountain Group
Slide showing a colour picture of the fountains outside the exhibition.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 7

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Exhibition from Dome (left)
Slide showing a colour picture taken from the exhibitions dome, overlooking the exhibition.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 11

Paris Exhibition 1900 - The Dome and Fountains
Slide showing a colour picture of the external view of the Central Dome of the Gallerie des Machines, Exposition Universelle de Paris with fountains.. Part of Box 198. Paris Exhibition

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Statuary Court (East)
Slide showing a colour picture of a large hall, with glass roof, filled with statues.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 4

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Statuary Court (West)
Slide showing a colour picture of a large hall, with glass roof, filled with statues.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 5

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Chinese potters
Slide showing a colour picture of a exhibition of group of chinese men working clay.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 24

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Italy
Slide showing a colour picture of a exhibition of Italian statues.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 25

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Camp of Samoyeds
Slide showing a colour picture of a exhibition of Samoyedic peoples from Siberia, including a reindeer and tent.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 23

Paris Exhibition 1900 - The first artists
Slide showing a colour picture of an exhibit of pre-historic man cave painting.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 22

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Edisons exhibits
Slide showing a colour picture of part of the exhibit housing machines and inventions by Edison.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 19

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Machinery department (North East)
Slide showing a colour picture of a large hall with glass ceiling with different machines on show.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 17

Paris Exhibition 1900 - The Central Avenue from east
Slide showing a colour picture of the view down an avenue inside the exhibition with exhibits set up.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 16

Marconi strangles Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph snakes
THE INFANT HERCULES Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), strangling the twin snakes of Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph with his new Wireless telegraph system

Flying at the speed of sound by G. H. Davis
Flying at the speed of sound: radical aircraft conceptions in a new era of aeronautics. Explanatory drawings showing how the problem of compressibility is being tackled

Early British dirigible, front view
Early British dirigible, seen from the front, on the ground with crew. Date: early 20th century

Early British dirigible on the ground
Early British dirigible, seen here on the ground, with crew. Date: early 20th century

Early British dirigible on the ground with crew
Early British dirigible, seen here on the ground, with crew. Date: early 20th century

Early British dirigible in flight. Date: early 20th century

Advert for Innovation Ingenuities wardrobe cabinets 1915
Mahogany or walnut wardrobe cabinets for men and women. 1915

Gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Barton
An absolutely fascinating postcard showing the gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Francis Alexander Barton (1861-1939), who made a successful flight on 24th July, 1905

New phone line at the number 27 Post Office, Japan
The opening of the new telephone line at the number 27 Post Office, Japan. Inset portraits of two postal officials. Date: 1911

The Marseille Transporter bridge, France
The Marseille Transporter bridge, buit in 1905 and destroyed in 1944 during WW2. This card shows the suspended platform of the transporter conveying a limited cargo of one horse and cart

Fun Seaside Transport - Bubble Boating. This postcard was presented as an award for correct dictation in 1931! Date: late 1920s

NY Fair - Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Exhibit
New York Worlds Fair 1939 - Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Exhibit Building Date: 1939

Travel & Transport Building - Worlds Fair, Chicago
Travel and Transport Building - Worlds Fair, Chicago - with a suspended dome - part of the " A Century of Progress" exhibition. Date: 1933

Travel and Transport Building - Worlds Fair, Chicago - with a suspended dome - part of the " A Century of Progress" exhibition. Date: 1933

English Experimental Gas Turbine Locomotive bult by Barwell, English Electric Company. Date: 1957

Hertzs radio set 1886 1935

Wheatstones Tape Telegraph 1858 1935

Graham Bells Telephone 1886 1935

Early use of the magnet 1935

Edisons Lamp / Original
Edisons original lamp and lamp fitting. Date: circa 1880

The great Wallace shows An innovation in aerialism, the triple revolving trapeze of the sisters Vortex.... Circus poster showing the Vortex sisters performing their trapeze act. Date c1898

Harem trousers replace the hobble skirt
From fetters to freedom: the hygienic harem replaces the horrible hobble skirt. Four radical designs from New York and Paris

Ambletuse, France - Train Renard - A Road Train

The Eclipse Halter - Advertorial postcard
The Celebrated Eclipse Halter - Horse Tack design patented in 1884. Date: circa 1900s

Projecting advertisements from a moving train
Illuminated advertisements, projected from a moving train for the benefit of the passengers. A very innovative concept indeed

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: on board the Great Eastern, the crew prepares for the final attempt to grapple the lost telegraph cable which had snapped at the beginning of August

Saint Malo, France - Le Pont Roulant
Le Pont Roulant at Saint Malo - a remarkable track-mounted ferry bridge, enabling the crossing at high tide between the hold of the Exchange, Saint Malo to Naye of Saint-Servan

Advertisement for Brake Linings
An advertisement for Don and Capasco brake linings, Manchester, depicting siz cars on their invisible transporter, stressing the quality of their brakes

Terrified by modern female fashion
The Harem Skar em!! Not in those trousers! A lady in the latest fashion, based on the costume of the Turkish Harem - causes men to flee from her path in surprise

Breuillards device to assist walking
Dr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel

Shooting birds from floating cycle
A sporting gentleman in top hat hunts ducks out in the middle of a lake thanks to his remarkable floating aquatic cycle - useability possibly determinate on the level of swell

Ice-cutting Machine
A late 19th century Steam-powered Ice-cutting Machine operating on the frozen exoanse of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Possibly one of historys more risky undertakings for an apparatus of this

Remarkable Life-saving Body Suit
A rather remarkable and very unusual life-saving body suit, comprising of flexible leg and domed upper section, complete with breathing tube and flotation ring

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

New design for train snow plough
A new design for a railway snow plough - the unit on a non snow-bound track showing the interior workings

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