Pioneer Collection

Rosalind Franklin
ROSALIND FRANKLIN Pioneer Molecular Biologist she made important contributions to understanding the structure of DNA

The Royal Logistic Corps

David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (b.1926) English naturalist, widely considered the pioneer of the nature documentary

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON (1836 - 1917), physician, womens rights supporter & the first woman to be elected mayor. She was the sister of Millicent Fawcett

Porter Rockwell / Cdv
ORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL American frontiersman, Utah pioneer and reputed Mormon Destroying Angel, photographed in June 1866

Marie Curie - Nobel Prize-winning Polish Scientist
Marie Curie (1867-1934) - Polish Scientist, twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for her pioneering research on radioactivity, the first woman Nobel winner. Date: 1911

Amy Johnson - pioneering English pilot
Amy Johnson (later Mollison) CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps erect Nissen Huts
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - erecting Nissen Huts in preparation for the arrival of the main body of the army - the caption notes that many men in the pioneer Corps fought in

Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English female pilot - pictured standing in front of her Gipsy Moth just before she undertook a 19-day solo flight to Australia

Santos-Dumont / Sem
ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT Brazilian aviation pioneer in France Date: 1873 - 1932

Hillary and Tensing on Mount Everest
Hillary and Tensing nearing the summit of Mount Everest. Date: 1953

Edward Jenner / Thiriat
EDWARD JENNER Physician and pioneer of vaccination

Suffragette Hyde Park Demonstration 1908. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst stands beside Mrs. Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918) Pioneer Suffragist then aged 75 yrs, in a Votes for Women sash

Gardens at Gravetye Manor, near East Grinstead, Sussex
View of the gardens at Gravetye Manor, near East Grinstead, West Sussex, showing daffodils growing in the foreground, and the Elizabethan manor house in the background

Charlie Chaplin
The movie legend Charlie Chaplin in classic pose

Gutenbergs printing press
Gutenberg inspects the first sheet of his Bible, which has just come off the press

Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams National Aviation Day Campaign Air Display (also known as Cobhams Flying Circus), Chapel Farm, Lochgelly Road, Kirkcaldy, 13-14 July 1935. Date: 1935

Royal Engineers unloading ships at Surrey Docks, London, 194
Drawing showing Royal Engineers and men of the Pioneer Corps, under Government orders, busily unloading ships in Surrey Docks, London, August 1945

Markham / Percival Gull
Beryl Markham, English pioneer aviator, and her Percival Gull: she was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from London to North America

Charles A. Lindbergh with his Plane, Spirit of St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh with his Plane Spirit of St. Louis, Gosport, May 27th 1927 1927

Charlie Chaplin
Pioneer film comedian Charlie Chaplin

Worlds oldest surviving photograph - Niepce
" Image of Chateau by Nicephore Niepce. He developed heliography, a technique used to produce this image, the worlds oldest surviving photograph in 1825 Date: 1825

Ezra Meeker dressed as a Frontiersman
Ezra Meeker, the self-appointed champion of the Oregon Trail, seen here dressed as a Frontiersman. Date: 20th century

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France
WW2 - Men of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France. Date: 1940s

Lady Dufferin, Wife of 8th Viceroy of India
Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Lady Dufferin, 1843-1936), wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 8th Viceroy of India

Wright Flyer A ( Shorts)
A Shorts Wright Flyer a Biplane Flying at Low-Level in 1910 Date: 1910

American Express Train (19th c. ). Litography
American Express Train (19th c.). Litography

Blanchard and Jeffries crossing English Channel
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries crossing the English Channel by balloon. They left Dover, crossed the sea, and landed near Blanay, between Calais and Boulogne

Daniel Boone
DANIEL BOONE American Pioneer

Are you nervous? If so, find the nerve! Photograph of Dr. Rufus Weaver showing the nervous system of a man. Date: 1906

Daniel Boones Cabin and the house in which he died
The Original Cabin of Daniel Boone (1734-1820) - American pioneer at Femme Osage, Missouri and the house in which he died (built by his son Nathaniel) at St. Charles, Missouri. Date: 1906

Portage des Chats
Tinted steel engraving by British artist W. H. Bartlett of portage or carrying of canoes and equipment where waterfalls occur, 1840 Date: 1840

Commander C. R. Samson R. N
Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 5 February 1931), British naval aviation pioneer

Frederick Handley Page
Sir Frederick Handley Page (1885-1962), aircraft industry pioneer, known as the father of the heavy bomber

The first Scottish Aviation Pioneer, VL515, was re-engin?
The first Scottish Aviation Pioneer, VL515, was re-engined with a 520hp Alvis Leonides radial to become the first Pioneer II, G-AKBF

Three ballooning personalities
Three miniature portraits of ballooning personalities, arranged in a triangle, with a small balloon at the centre, and signatures below

Mr Morrison and his aeroplane on Hove Lawns, Brighton

Pioneer Woman Sculpture
English born sculptor Bryant Baker (1881 - 1970), putting the finishing touches to his famous sculpture Pioneer Woman now at Ponca City Museum, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Date: 1930

Sir Alan Cobham (1894 - 1973), English aviation pioneer. In the 1930s, when this photograph was taken (with his wife?), he pioneered inflight refuelling. Date: 1930s

Sir George Cayley
sir GEORGE CAYLEY aviation pioneer

HEUVELMANS (1916- )
BERNARD HEUVELMANS French pioneer cryptozoologist and writer

A portrait of Isadora Duncan, 1931
A portrait of the famous American dancer Isadora Duncan, 1931 Date: 1931

Voisin Bird of Passage biplane
John Theodore Cuthbert Jtc Moore-Brabazons Voisin Bird of Passage Biplane Number 4 Parked Outside the Short Brothers Hangar at Leysdown in 1909 Date: 1909

Sundial in Petts Wood, Kent
A rambler stops to look at a sundial in Petts Wood, Kent, set up in memory of William Willett, pioneer of daylight saving whose ideas led to British Summer Time. 1939

Commander Samson with other British airmen, WW1
Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 5 February 1931), British naval aviation pioneer

Ernst Dryden / Party / 314
ERNST DRYDEN Poster artist, fashion pioneer and Hollywood costume designer. Fancy dress party in Vienna with Dryden pictured in the centre

Wright Flyer
Rudder of Alec Ogilvies Wright Flyer When the Handle of the Control Lever is Turned over As Shown Date: 1911

Edward Jenner / Ridley
EDWARD JENNER Physician and pioneer of vaccination

Amy Johnson / Cig Card
Amy Johnson (Mrs Mollison), pioneer British aviator who made several record flights - seen here in 1935

Racial / Canada / Courrier
A French Canadian hunter or courrier du bois with a rifle and a hatchet Date: 1891

Pioneer settlers outside their log cabin. A woman cooks over a fire, watched by two children

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) giving a demonstration of his electronic musical instrument to a group of invited Scientists (including Sir Henry Wood (left) and Sir Oliver Lodge) at the Savoy Hotel

Scene from the film The Burning Heart - a demonstration by George (Gustav Frohlich) of the magical ether-wave machine invented by Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) a Russian and Soviet inventor

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) giving a demonstration of his electronic musical instrument to a group of invited Scientists (including Sir Henry Wood (left) and Sir Oliver Lodge) at the Savoy Hotel

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) a Russian and Soviet inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments and the first to be mass-produced. Date: 1927

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) a Russian and Soviet inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments and the first to be mass-produced. Date: 1927

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993), Russian and Soviet inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments and the first to be mass-produced. Date: 1928

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) giving a demonstration of his electronic musical instrument in concert at the Albert Hall (pictured) where he played Schubert's Ave Maria and other airs

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) giving a demonstration of his electronic musical instrument to a group of invited Scientists (including Sir Oliver Lodge)

L C Smith Building (Smith Tower) by night, Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington, USA Date: 1913

Samuel Cody
Samuel Franklin Cody (1867 - 1913), Wild West showman and early pioneer of manned flight

Upper Second Avenue Business District, Seattle, USA
Upper Second Avenue Business District and the New Washington Hotel (inset image shows the Totem Pole and Pioneer Square) - Seattle, Washington, USA. Date: circa 1908

Gnome-Bleriot monoplane at the Eastbourne Aviation Company, Eastbourne, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Gnome-Bleriot monoplane at the Eastbourne Aviation Company, Eastbourne, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Sir Alan J. Cobham, English aviation pioneer - Romantic Stories of Air Heroes, 1937

Claude Grahame-White, aviation pioneer - Romantic Stories of Air Heroes, 1937

Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson British aviation pioneer
Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson, British naval aviation pioneer - Romantic Stories of Air Heroes, 1937

Wooden work table with painted top and homemade fringe
Wooden square work table with painted top and homemade fringe. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D

Wedding basket and nursery furniture. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D

Models of vignettes for embroidered handkerchiefs
Models of vignettes of a goat, peacock, stag for embroidered handkerchiefs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D

Examples of candlestick with embroidered screen and straw basket for matches. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Patterns for wire work baskets, pans, etc. in gold, silver, copper and iron wire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Models for various boxes made of paper board. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Patterns for painting on porcelain: landscapes, fruits, candle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

A mat woven from thick coloured string. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D

Bowl in the shape of a corn-sheaf. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D

A pincushion, basket made of melon seeds, and a long purse. Een toilet of baker-kussen, een breitobbetje van meloen pitten en eene lange beurs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. C

Patterns for letters and needle booklets, and a work bag in embroidered lace. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. C

Necklace, earrings and a cross in woven human hair. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Patterns for basket, box and mat in woven straw. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Model for an octagonal work basket in fabric and straw. Embroidered initials. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. C

Embroidery patterns for fruits, berries and acorns. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Patterns for Turkish tapestry: guinea pig in a garden and bouquet of flowers in a vase. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Patterns for paper flowers to decorate a candlestick base, and candlestick with garland of paper flowers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D. Sluyter A

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