Mile Collection (page 3)

Olympics / St Louis / Swim
C Rausch wins the mile and half mile swimming races for Germany

Heart of Midlothian, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland

The Heart of Midlothian on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh - Victorian period

Photograph of an old anvil found in Kent and probably in use in 1660s at Bugsell Forge. Shown alongside a ruler. The relics were found on the site of an old iron works about 1 mile north of

Old tilt hammerhead found in Kent
Photograph of an old tilt hammerhead found in Kent and probably in use in 1660s at Bugsell Forge. Shown alongside a ruler

Photograph of Albert Arms, Mile End, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1913

Mile Oak School, Portslade - Dining Room
Boys seated in the dining room at Mile Oak Industrial School at Portslade, near Brighton. Date: circa 1930

Catalan Way
SPAIN. Barcelona. TheCatalan Way(inCatalan, Via Catalana), also known asThe Catalan Road to Independence(in Catalan, Via Catalana cap a la Independ讣 ia) was a 400km (249 mile)

Roger Bannister
SIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER CBE, neurologist and athlete best known for being the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Date: 1929 -

The king of the road: Dexter driven by his owner Mr. Robert Bonner of the New York Ledger at Prospect Park Brooklyn August 31st 1869, trotting a mile to a road wagon. weighing with driver 319 lbs

There Was a Crooked Man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse

Mile Oak School, Portslade - Games
Boys play games in the playground of Mile Oak Industrial School at Portslade, near Brighton. Date: circa 1930

Mile Oak School, Portslade - Cookery Instruction
Boys receiving cookery lessons in the kitchen at Mile Oak Industrial School at Portslade, near Brighton. Date: circa 1930

De Valera saluting - Anglo-Irish Treaty
Sinn Fein President De Valera saluting at a review of I.R.A. troops at Six Mile Bridge, Co. Clare. Date: 1921

A mile-long KFOR invasion column stretching from the border between Macedonia and Kosovo to the Kosovo plains.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles

Hadrians Wall - near Borcovicium (Houseteads Fort)
Hadrians Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Picts Wall, Vallum Hadriani) - MileCastle near Borcovicium (Houseteads Fort) - a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia

Drawing for a Wall Painting for S. Brigida in Piazza Farnese, Rome (1878). Brandon, Jaques-mile-Edouard 1831-97. Date: 1878

Three-Mile Water, Wicklow - a scenic view of a bridge and river and trees. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Wicklow: Wicklow). Date: circa early 1900s

University Sports - Oxford and Cambridge
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News depicting various Sports at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, such as long jump, mile race, shot put, quarter mile and three miles race

Varsity sports - Lutyens running the mile for Cambridge
Sketch of runners at the varsity sports event in 1893 depicting Lutyens running the mile for Cambridge University. Date: 1893

Train Near Little Falls
An early American train, on the 20-mile line through the Mohawk Valley from Little Falls to Utica, New York state Date: circa 1835

Buildings / Blackpool Towe
A workman carrying out renovations on Blackppol Tower above the Golden Mile in the winter-time. Date: 1938

Mile castle near Borcovicius, Northumberland. Date: circa 1920

Gold prospectors on the way to Coolgardie, Australia
Gold prospectors on the hundred-mile journey to Coolgardie in Western Australia, some with carts, others pushing wheelbarrows. Date: 1850s

Finish of the Thousand Miles Trial in 1900
The finish of the Thousand Miles Trial which ended on 12 May 1900 in Whitehall, London. The first car in the row is a 12 h.p. Panhard driven by Charles Rolls who is seated at the wheel

Barnardos Copperfield Road Ragged Schools, Mile End
The Ragged Schools run by Thomas Barnardos East End Juvenile Mission in Mile End, East London. Date: circa 1877

North Cray Roadside milestone - Black and white lantern slide. North Cray Milestone on grass verge. Showing 4 miles to Farningham and 1 mile to Foots Cray.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection

Firefighters in action in Commercial Road, East London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at business premises, 81/85 Commercial Road, East London, 18 June 1957. The first floor, a large tailors workshop

Wooden box with Ruhleben Internment Camp coat of arms
Inlaid wooden box inscribed with the Ruhleben Internment Camp coat of arms on lid, together with the Camp motto Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope)

Daily Mail coloured map of part of the Western Front
Daily Mail coloured print of a map of part of the Western Front from Bethune and La Bassee in the North to Albert and Peronne in the South with Arras in the centre of the map

Lady Drogheda, The Flying Countess
Lady Droghedas Official Air Services Exhibition at the Peoples Palace, Mile End Road, 1-19 November 1917. Date: 1917

Railway construction in France, Western Front, WW1
Broad gauge railway construction on the Western Front in France during World War One. Progress was made at a rate of one mile per day. Date: circa 1916

Zeppelin airship flights by night, by G. H. Davis
The possibilities of Zeppelin airship flights by night. Showing a 360 mile route from Heligoland to Selby, and an inset map with various routes marked

Mass production of aircraft by G. H. Davis
Potentialities of mass production of flying boats as troop carriers and heavy freighter airplanes during the Second World War

Miracle Mile, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, USA
Miracle Mile, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 20th century

Runners and starting pistol at Fenner s
Runners at the start of the mile race at Fenner s, in an athletics competition between the English A.A.A team and the past and present athletes of Cambridge University. The race was won by R. S

Festival of Empire exhibition, 1911
The Empire at the Palace: a one-and-a-half mile worlds tour. The Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace (held from May to October 1911), featured the All-Red route

Spring Garden, Stepney
Pleasure Garden at the Mile End Road, Stepney, which lasted from 1702 till about 1764. Date: early 18th century

Mile End Road
The Tavern in the Mile End Road, east London. Date: circa 1895

London Milestone
A tall stone milestone on the famous Bath Road (The A4), England : 1 mile to Hungerford, 8 miles to Newbury, 64 miles to London. Date: 1940s

Miss Mitfords Home
The home of Mary Russell Mitford at Three Mile Cross, three miles from Reading, Berkshire. Date: 1843

Charing Cross Shoeblack
A one-legged shoeblack at Charing Cross Station yard. In 1914, within a 3 mile radius of here, there were 1000 shoeblacks, but less than 40 when this picture was taken. Date: early 1950s

The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail prize
The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British in September 1909. Horace Short is on the right

Blitzen Benz record-breaker - painting by Andrew McGeachy
The Blitzen Benz car, built in Mannheim by Benz & Cie running a full speed. At Brooklands on November 9, 1909, at the Brooklands circuit at Weybridge, Surrey

Lady Droghedas Official Air Services Exhibition - Paintings
Photographic reproduction of paintings by contemporary artists at Lady Droghedas Official Air Services Exhibition at the Peoples Palace, Mile End Road, 1-19 November 1917

Zeppelin parts at Lady Droghedas Official Air Services Exhibition at the Peoples Palace, Mile End Road, 1-19 November 1917

The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1000
The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British in September 1909. Horace Short is on the right

J T C Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1000 prize
J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British aeroplane in the Short Biplane No2 at Leysdown in

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