Pioneer Collection (page 2)

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

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, four planes
Advance Training Machines. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965) was a Scottish peer and record-breaking air pioneer who was later shown to have passed secret

Mercedes Gleitze (1900-1981) - British professional swimmer. She was the first person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel

Harry Hawker - Homecoming of the Australian Aircraft pioneer
Wild scenes greet the return, in 1914, of Harry Hawker (1889-1921) - Australian aviation pioneer - on his return to Australia (to demonstrate the advanced Sopwith Tabloid)

Wright Brothers, aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, 1909
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, where they were giving various flight demonstrations to set new records for altitude and duration. 1909

W T Stead (1849-1912) - English Newspaper Editor and pioneer of investigative journalism in the Victorian era. Championed the raising of the age of consent from 13 to 16. Date: 1905

Amy Johnson alongside a Zogling primary glider
Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English female pilot (the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia) standing beside a Kegel-built Zogling primary glider, near Wendover

Lady members of the Heston Park flying club
A 3000 mile holiday tour by air by members of the Heston Park flying club, including a number of women pilots, set out from Heston Air Park (Aerodrome) in twenty aircraft

Marjorie Vereker and Adelaide Cleaver - Heston Aerodrome
Mrs Marjorie Rosamond Seton Dower Vereker (nee Mulliner) (1902-1992) and Adelaide Franklin Cleaver (nee Pollock) (1885-1939)

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Avro 504
The Avro Flight (A) Staff, group photo with Avro 504. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965)

Sir Alan Cobham with his de Havilland DH. 60 Moth biplane
Sir Alan John Cobham (18941973) - English aviation pioneer in the cockpit of his de Havilland DH.60 Moth G-EBKT, a light-weight, two-place, single-engine

John Fitch - American inventor of the steamboat
John Fitch (1743-1798) - the ill-fated inventor of the steamboat, who ended his own life in Bardstown in 1798, Kentucky, USA

Coanda-1910 motor-jet biplane
The Coanda 1910 Biplane, Exhibited by Romanian Inventor Henri Coanda at the Second International Aeronautical Exhibition Salon in Paris in October 1910

Humber-Sommer Biplane
Pilot Henri Pequet Sitting in the Humber-Sommer Biplane Used for the Worlds First Official Indian Aerial-Post Airmail Service at Allahabad, India

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 3 G-APRS (msn 561, ex XT610), of Air Atlantique Classic Flight Date: circa 1995

AAI RQ-2 Pioneer 808
Israeli Defence Forces/Army - AAI RQ-2 Pioneer 808, at a Paris Air Show. Date: circa 1997

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC. 1 XL969
Royal Air Force - Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.1 XL969 (msn 522), on 20 May 1958, two days after delivery. Date: 1958

Pioneer Womens Memorial Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Date: circa 1930s

Samuel Cody, wooden components from aircraft
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Fascinating collection of original bamboo and other wing stanchions and aircraft spars used in a variety of Samuel Cody?s aircraft

Samuel Cody, bamboo components from aircraft
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Fascinating collection of original bamboo and other wing stanchions and aircraft spars used in a variety of Samuel Cody?s aircraft

Poster, Daily Graphic, Army Aeroplane's Successful Flight
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Rare Daily Graphic Newspaper Billboard poster ?Army Aeroplane's Successful Flight Illustrated?. 20ins. 29ins. Date: early 20th century

Samuel Cody assorted memorabilia
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Extremely important Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate No.9, 1910, issued to S. F

Promotional material, The Cody War Kite
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Rare original promotional material for the Cody War Kite. 10ins. 12ins. Date: early 20th century

Promotional material, Cody War Kite and Cody Flyer
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Rare original promotional brochure for the Cody War Kite. 10ins. 12ins

Studio portrait of Samuel Cody, with Michelin Trophy
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: A fine May & Co. studio portrait of Cody alongside his Michelin Trophy. 12ins. 10ins. Date: early 20th century

Charles Lindbergh in Spirit of St Louis aeroplane
Colonel Charles Lindbergh in Spirit of St Louis aeroplane, first transatlantic flight Date: 1927

Compton Chintz
A floral patterned chintz famously designed by William Morris, pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, manufactured by Morris and Co. Ltd. Date: circa 1890s

Morris & Company Premises
A photograph showing the shop window premises of Morris and Co, a furnishing and decorative arts manufacturer founded in 1861 by William Morris, a pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement. Date: 1879

Morris and Burne-Jones Family Photo
A family photograph consisting of British Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Coley Burne-Jones with his father, wife and children, and Pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement

Kelmscott Manor Garden Front
A photograph which shows the front garden of Kelmscott Manor, a country home of socialist pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris

Kelmscott Manor, Panelled Room
A photograph of a panelled room interior of Kelmscott Manor, the country home of William Morris, pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement

William Morris at 23
A photograph of British craftsman and pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris, seen here at the age of just 23, resting his arm on a nerby table, by courtesy of John William Mackail

Elm House, Walthamstow
A pencil and ink drawing of Elm House, in Walthamstow, the place of birth of the Pre-Raphaelite craftsman, William Morris, a pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement. Date: circa 1890s

Pioneers in speed during reign of King George V
Pioneers in Land and Air Speed during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Alcock, Brown, Segrave, Campbell, Scott, Campbell Black. Date: 1935

Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Black Creek Pioneer Village Date: circa 1970s

Claude Graham White, pioneering aviator
Claude Graham White, nicknamed Claudie, pioneering aviator Date: 1911

H. Desbrowe Annear, Esq
A portrait pencil drawing of the influential Australian architect, Harold Desbrowe-Annear, pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement and designer of the Federation Arch, Princes Bridge in 1901

Simeon Lord
A portrait painting of Simeon Lord, a pioneer merchant and magistrate in Governor Lachlan Macquarie's day. He became one of Sydney's wealthiest men, and often traded shipping cargoes

Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, writer, poet and traveller
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874-1945)was a prolific poet and novelist, penning more than 70 books. As well as being married to a man for fifteen years

Early aerial photograph and aviators
An early aerial photograph of Paris captured during Emile Dubonnet's (1883-1940) pioneering 65 mile flight from Juvisy to Orleans in 1910

Henri Farman in an early Voisin biplane Date: circa 1907

Two Pioneer films, Streets of London, and The Second Mate - and now in production, Human Cargo Date: 1929

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 1 XC-CUJ (msn 505, ex G-AOER), at Mexico City on 24 February 1975. Date: 1975

Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 3 G-AYFA
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 3 (CC.1) G-AYFA (msn 538, ex XM285, ex G-31-15), slowly succumbing to spares recovery among the glider trailers at Shobdon

1914 Swiss National Exhibition The Fruit Stall
The thirdSwiss National Exhibitionof1914was opened inBernon15 Mayand lasted until15 October.right at the outbreak of the First World War

1914 Swiss National Exhibition The Vegetable Stall
The thirdSwiss National Exhibitionof1914was opened inBernon15 Mayand lasted until15 October.right at the outbreak of the First World War

1914 Swiss National Exhibition The Flower Stall
The thirdSwiss National Exhibitionof1914was opened inBernon15 Mayand lasted until15 October.right at the outbreak of the First World War

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