Kite Collection (page 3)

S H R Salmons multiple celled rhomboidal kite
S.H.R. Salmons multiple celled rhomboidal kite at the Findon International Kite Competition on the Sussex Downs, 25 June 1903. Date: 1903

Charles Brogdens kite at the Findon International Kite Competition on the Sussex Downs, 25 June 1903. Date: 1903

A Baden-Powell kite

A Baden-Powell military kite

A Baden-Powell kite at the Findon International Kite Competition on the Sussex Downs, 25 June 1903. Date: 1903

A Cody kite

Samuel Cody and his kite at Findon
Samuel Cody and his kite at the Findon International Kite Competition on the Sussex Downs, 25 June 1903. Date: 1903

Samuel Cody adjusting black kite at the Findon International Kite Competition on the Sussex Downs, 25 June 1903. Date: 1903

Samuel Cody adjusts his kite (probably white kite) at the Findon International Kite Competition on the Sussex Downs, 25 June 1903. Date: 1903

Baden-Powell man-lifting kite

Major Baden-Powell demonstrating his man-lifting kite

Hargrave with three-celled kite. Hargrave Slide 72

80ft two-celled kite. Hargrave Slide 71

Four-celled kite. Hargrave Slide 70

Two-celled kite. Hargrave Slide 69

Hargrave with I-celled kite. Hargrave Slide 68

Further evolution of the cellular kite. Hargrave Slide 36

Cody man-carrying kite

S Salmon 18-winged kite 1907
S. Salmon 18-winged kite, 1907. Date: 1907

Model glider; a kite mounted on a pole (with a weight beneath), and a cruciform tail unit attached by a universal joint. 1804. From Cayleys original notebook

Conservators diagram of the Lawrence Hargrave Box-Kite model

Lawrence Hargrave and his three-cell box-kite

Lawrence Hargrave and his single-cell box-kite

Lawrence Hargrave and James Swaine experimenting with four man-lifting kites, based on Hargraves invention of the box-kite structure

Milvus migrans, black kite
Plate 23 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Elanoides forficatus, swallow-tailed kite
Plate 4, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Ictinia mississippiensis, Mississippi kite
Plate 117 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Milvus milvus, red kite
Plate 13 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

The Kite
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The Kite. Cartoon for tapestry. Weaved at the Real F brica

People You See: Health Visitor. From Teddy Bear (23 January 1965)

Childrens Toys

BELLs KITE - 1
The inventor Alexander Graham Bell, with a small model of his tetrahedral kite design. Date: 1903 - 4

Satirical cartoon, March of Intellect No. 2, showing various forms of transport including balloons and other flying machines. circa 1828

Kite time. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt sitting on a fence on a hill, flying a kite labeled Popularity; below are several potential Democratic presidential candidates

Youth flying a kite. Print shows a young man holding a string attached to a kite held by a young woman standing on a veranda above him. Date between 1772 and 1774

The Year of the Dog - A Japanese card, but produced for the Chinese market. A cute dog holds the string of a Chinese kite in his mouth. Date: 1910

A consultation. Date c1871

Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward. Date 1901

Left side view of glider flying as a kite, in level flight, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1900

Side view of Dan Tate, left, and Wilbur, right, flying the 1902 glider as a kite. Date 1902 Sept. 19

Left side view of the 1900 Wright glider before installation of forward horizontal control surface, flying as a kite, tipped forward; Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station

1901 glider being flown as a kite, Wilbur at left side, Orville at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1901

Benjamin Franklins Experiment, flying a kite in a storm, demonstrating the identity of Lightning and Electricity, from which he invented the Lightning Rod. Date: June 1752

Silhouette of Dutch children
Silhouette of three Dutch children and their pet dog. The boy on the left is playing with his hoop and stick, while the boy and girl in the centre are flying a kite

Repton Priory, Derbyshire
Boys play a game with balls, and another flies a kite, in the grounds of Repton Priory, Derbyshire. A famous public school for boys was founded here in 1557, and no doubt these boys are pupils there

Brahminy Kite
A Brahminy Kite. Date: 1960s

Evening dresses by Philippe et Gaston and Drecoll
Two fashionable ladies wearing boat neckline evening dresses. On the left, a white crepe dress encrusted with pearls with a kite shaped design and ruffle to the side, by Philippe et Gaston

Air Scouts with a kite
Three Air Scouts stand holding a large kite between them. circa 1950s

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