Kilometres Collection

Shackleton / Wild / Adams
Ernest Shackletons expedition reached within 100 miles of the South Pole. Shackleton, Wild and Adams 178 kilometres from the South Pole

Rocket Mail to I O Wight
Gerard Zucker demonstrates his rocket system for a postal service between the English mainland and the Isle of Wight, but his rocket travels only three kilometres

Poster, Samuel Cody, Velodrome de la Seine, Paris
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: S. F. Cody Wild West Show (c.1893). Known as a showman, sharpshooter, horseman, aviator and aircraft designer

The Monarch
Drypoint of large tree by the Kalgan River, stretching 140 kilometres, in Western Australia. Date: circa 1918

Poster, De Dion Bouton Cycles - it's the Parisian's bicycle! Date: circa 1905

Anglo-French attack on Tunis 1390
The expedition of the French and the English to a town some 100 kilometres from Tunis, at the request of the Genoese. The fleet sets sail. Date: 1390

Vintage 19th century / 1900 photograph: Worms, a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about 60 kilometres south-southwest of Frankfurt-am-Main

Civic reception for Olympic victor Harold Whitlock
Civic reception for the Olympic 50 kilometres Marathon victor Harold Whitlock at Deptford Town Hall, south east London, 12 August 1936. Date: 1936

DRIVING THROUGH TORINO
Mussolini drives for three kilometres through the streets of Torino, fervently applauded all the way Date: November 1932

Anglo-French attack on Tunis 1390
The expedition of the French and the English to a town some 100 kilometres from Tunis, at the request of the Genoese. The fleet sets sail. Date: 1390

Diy Heliograph
A simple heliograph is easily constructed, and uses the suns rays to transmit messages, in morse code, over distances up to 100 kilometres

Southern Belle Express
The London to Brighton express is made up of five to seven Pullman coaches, and covers the 81 kilometres in less than 60 minutes

Australian Convicts
Tasmanian convicts sentenced to hard labour are made to carry a hundredweight of shingles - 50 kilos - for up to 50 kilometres, but this will be abolished by the 1850s

Tour of the Colonies - Aden- parsee address - Royal couple receiving address. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

Hole in the Earth 1912
Prof Flammarion proposes to bore a hole eight kilometres into the Earth in order to study the composition of the inside of the planet Date: 1912

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Kloof near Palapye
Black and white lantern Slide of Kloof near Palapye - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 13 Kloof near Palaype - The word Kloof (cf)

Visit to Madeira - Porto Santo from the ship
Black and white lantern slide of Porto Santo as seen from a ship - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Belgian boy scouts with road sign
Four Belgian boy scouts (or cubs) grouped with their bicycles around a road sign, 17 kilometres from Brussels

Anti-German cartoon, on the road to Paris, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a French satirical cartoonist, showing an ugly German soldier who has fallen off his bicycle by a milestone on a country road 40 kilometres from Paris

Australia Water Hole
A water-hole in the bush - the only water for 80 kilometres !

De Havilland Hornet Moth
A two-seater biplane popular with private aviators; it will fly at 180 km/h for over 1000 kilometres

Libya Scenery
Wadi Muchgun, three kilometres west of Cyrene

Paris Expects Germans
With the German invaders less than 50 kilometres from Paris, the city prepares for attack : trenches are dug near the Porte Maillot - fortunately, they will never be needed

Germans Invade France
The German invasion of France - passing through a village some 50 kilometres from Paris, watched by villagers who have no reason to expect anything but the worst

Driving Blindfold
French motorist drives an accident-free 3 kilometres, blindfolded and with his hands tied behind his back

Mammoths Found Frozen
Two mammoths are found frozen in the Jamalm Peninsula, 2400 kilometres north of Saint Petersburg

View of Ein Kerem, near Jerusalem
View of Ein Kerem, a village 5 km from Jerusalem. On the right the ancient ruins of the Church of the Visitation can be seen. According to tradition, it is there that John the Baptist was born

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