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Background imageMiles Collection: The exhibition dancers Captain W. Maxwell Stuart and Barbara

The exhibition dancers Captain W. Maxwell Stuart and Barbara Miles, London, 1923 who are teaching at the Queens Hall Roof Date: 1923

Background imageMiles Collection: Bodelwddan Church

Bodelwddan Church - Large Interior - High Arches. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. The Marble Church (St. Margarets Church), Bodelwyddan

Background imageMiles Collection: Berwick on Tweed

Berwick on Tweed - Many arched bridge over river. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town in the county of Northumberland

Background imageMiles Collection: English Cathedrals - Rochester - the West Door

English Cathedrals - Rochester - the West Door - Decorated arched Doorway. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals Rochester is a town

Background imageMiles Collection: Trout Inn Godstow

Trout Inn Godstow - View over river to Inn. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Godstow is a hamlet on the River Thames about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of the centre of Oxford

Background imageMiles Collection: University Sports - Oxford and Cambridge

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

Background imageMiles Collection: University Sports - The three miles: Freemantle

University Sports - The three miles: Freemantle
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, depicting Freemantle running the three miles race Date: 1897

Background imageMiles Collection: 4th Avenue, New York

4th Avenue, New York
Today 4th avenue is a thoroughfare in the New York city Borough of Brooklyn stretching for six miles. Widely known as Park avenue

Background imageMiles Collection: Birket Foster - 3

Birket Foster - 3
MILES BIRKET FOSTER Artist reputed for his scenes of English country life. Date: 1825 - 1899

Background imageMiles Collection: Birket Foster - 2

Birket Foster - 2
MILES BIRKET FOSTER Artist reputed for his scenes of English country life. with his autograph Date: 1825 - 1899

Background imageMiles Collection: Saint Denis Carries Head

Saint Denis Carries Head
St Denys had his head cut off, he did not care for that, He took it up and carried it two miles without his hat. Date: - 258AD

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles Prance, Informer

Miles Prance, Informer
MILES PRANCE, Catholic goldsmith who found fame during the Popish Plot as an informer, claiming to reveal the murderers of Edmund Berry Godfrey : perjurer, impostor. Date: flourished 1678 - 1689

Background imageMiles Collection: A Good Nights Sleep

A Good Nights Sleep
A young woman has sweet dreams, miles away, in deep sleep. Date: 1930s

Background imageMiles Collection: Shrimper / Coxyde, Belgium

Shrimper / Coxyde, Belgium
A shrimper on horseback, Coxyde, which lies low amongst the sandhills five miles west of Nieuport Date: circa 1912

Background imageMiles Collection: British Michelin Prize

British Michelin Prize
Some of the ingenious devices in the cockpit area of Mr Codys aeroplane, which won the British Michelin Prize for the longest flight over a marked course (189.3 miles) Date: 31 December 1910

Background imageMiles Collection: Paris - Madrid Race 1903

Paris - Madrid Race 1903
M.Gabriel, the winner of the first and only stage of the Paris-Madrid race, and the car with which he made the distance to Bordeaux in 5 hours and 13 mins (342 miles) Date: May 1903

Background imageMiles Collection: DESERT EXPRESS TRAIN

DESERT EXPRESS TRAIN
Libyas " Desert Express", jammed with soldiers, colonists and natives. The Gadames-Tripoli railway runs 350 miles through unbearable heat, unprotected from the sun Date: 1940s

Background imageMiles Collection: Mary Miles Minter

Mary Miles Minter (1902 - 1984), American actress

Background imageMiles Collection: Finish of the Thousand Miles Trial in 1900

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

Background imageMiles Collection: The Dance of Shiva (1927)

The Dance of Shiva (1927)
Miles and Jai Marchons conception of The Dance of Shiva (1927) Date: 1927

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles Mander (1930)

Miles Mander (1930) Date: 1930

Background imageMiles Collection: A scene taken during the filming of The First Born (1928)

A scene taken during the filming of The First Born (1928) with John Lodor (with Megaphone) Madeline Carroll, Miles Mander and Annette Benson Date: 1930

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles Mander and June in Riding for a King (1926)

Miles Mander and June in Riding for a King (1926) one of the Stephen Donaghue racing dramas Date: 1927

Background imageMiles Collection: Kau Kau Korner, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Kau Kau Korner, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Signpost at Kau Kau Korner, a drive-in restaurant in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, also known as the Crossroads of the Pacific, showing the distances to various places such as Tokyo, Shanghai, Tahiti

Background imageMiles Collection: Long Key Viaduct, Long Key, Florida, USA

Long Key Viaduct, Long Key, Florida, USA
North end of the Long Key Viaduct, Long Key, Florida, USA. The Viaduct is over 2.5 miles long. Date: circa 1910

Background imageMiles Collection: Advert for Schmidt menswear, York, Philadelphia, USA

Advert for Schmidt menswear, York, Philadelphia, USA
Advertisement for Hs Schmidt & Co menswear, York, Philadelphia, USA with a calendar for January 1912. Depicting the Puritan style of 1630, with Miles (Myles) Standish

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles Master III -used American engines in place of the

Miles Master III -used American engines in place of the scarce Rolls-Royce Merlin

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles Martinet -one of the first ever aircraft specific

Miles Martinet -one of the first ever aircraft specifically designed as a target tug

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles Magister -the RAFs standard basic trainer built

Miles Magister -the RAFs standard basic trainer built in large numbers

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles Messenger -this light VIP transport type was used

Miles Messenger -this light VIP transport type was used by such as General Bernard Montgomery as his personal transport

Background imageMiles Collection: Sir Malcolm Campbells Racing Car Bluebird, Bonneville Sal

Sir Malcolm Campbells Racing Car Bluebird, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. Hit the speed of 301 miles per hour. Date: 1935

Background imageMiles Collection: Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 - Ornate Pavilion

Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 - Ornate Pavilion
Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 was a major national exhibition on an area by the Rhine which covered over 130 acres and had vast numbers of exhibits to showcase German industry

Background imageMiles Collection: Switzerland - Handeck, Falls of the Aar

Switzerland - Handeck, Falls of the Aar
Coloured lantern slide of the Aar Falls at Handeck. A waterfall on the Aare River in Bern, Switzerland; it is located about 9 miles south of Meiringen village

Background imageMiles Collection: Japan - A little shrine on Ishi-yama, near Otsu Otsu

Japan - A little shrine on Ishi-yama, near Otsu Otsu
Lantern slide of a little shrine on Ishi-yama, near Otsu. Otsu (Otsu-shi) is a small village in Japan. It is located about five miles from Kyoto

Background imageMiles Collection: Japan - The town Otsu, on lake Biwa Otsu

Japan - The town Otsu, on lake Biwa Otsu
Lantern slide of the town Otsu, on lake Biwa. Otsu (Otsu-shi) is a small village in Japan. It is located about five miles from Kyoto, and is considered a central and strategic location in Japan

Background imageMiles Collection: North Cray Roadside milestone

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

Background imageMiles Collection: HMS Suffolk, British heavy cruiser, itinerary, China

HMS Suffolk, British heavy cruiser, itinerary, China
HMS Suffolk (55), British County class heavy cruiser, at Wei-Hai-Wei, China Station. Giving details of her itinerary. Date: 1928-1930

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles Messenger 2A G-AJFC

Miles Messenger 2A G-AJFC built in 1947. Owned privately by George Gibson it crashed at Bognor Regis in 1963 Date: circa 1960

Background imageMiles Collection: Mr Eustace Miles in his restaurant at Charing Cross

Mr Eustace Miles in his restaurant at Charing Cross Date: 1907

Background imageMiles Collection: Golden Gate Bridge cable, San Francisco, California, USA

Golden Gate Bridge cable, San Francisco, California, USA
A section of suspension cable used in the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge at Oakland, San Francisco, California, USA. Seventy thousand miles of wire were used in the finished cables

Background imageMiles Collection: Firefighters in action, Miles Street, Vauxhall, SW8

Firefighters in action, Miles Street, Vauxhall, SW8
Firefighters in action at the premises of Brunton & Co, lead manufacturers, in Miles Street, Vauxhall, SW8, on 6 March 1957. The first floor and roof were on fire when the first crews arrived

Background imageMiles Collection: Bailey escape ladder fitted with Miles mounting

Bailey escape ladder fitted with Miles mounting

Background imageMiles Collection: Ladder, carriage frame and runners

Ladder, carriage frame and runners (battery operated). Showing the Miles mounting quadrant

Background imageMiles Collection: Two foldout Daily Mail Military Maps Numbers - WWI era

Two foldout Daily Mail Military Maps Numbers - WWI era
Two foldout Daily Mail Military Maps Numbers 1 and 2. No. 1 - The Franco-Belgian & German Frontiers, Scale 12 Miles to the Inch. No. 2 - Austro-German & Russian Frontiers, Scale 24 Miles to the Inch

Background imageMiles Collection: Wailly, near Arras July 18 Ruins of church and street sc

Wailly, near Arras July 18 Ruins of church and street sc
Wailly, near Arras. July 18. Ruins of church and street scene. Aerial formation in the sky. 3 miles East of Arras - Route 16

Background imageMiles Collection: Zeppelin in flames as seen through telescope

Zeppelin in flames as seen through telescope from Southfields, September 3rd 1916. Signed Walter Hunt.This relates to the Zeppelin raid on the night 2nd/3rd September 1916

Background imageMiles Collection: The Advance Guard

The Advance Guard. Date: circa 1914

Background imageMiles Collection: Two men with Austin car

Two men with Austin car
Two men with an Austin car, parked at the roadside under a signpost in Brecon, Wales



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