Pioneering Collection (page 2)

A demonstration flight of Wrights Flyer - France and an inset portrait of pioneering aviator Wilbur Wright (1867 - 1912). Date: 1908

Jean Batten (1909 - 1982), Pioneering aviator from New Zealand. 1937

Charles Mounir Follenai
CHARLES MOUNIR, chevalier de FOLLENAI French marechal-de-camp, associated with Jouffroy and others in pioneering attempts at steam navigation. Date: CIRCA 1770

Jacques Charles
JACQUES-ALEXANDRE-CESAR CHARLES French scientist and pioneering balloonist Date: 1746 - 1823

Matthew Baillie
MATTHEW BAILLIE Scottish medical researcher, known especially for his pioneering work in morbid anatomy. Date: 1761 - 1823

Matthew Baillie (Head)
MATTHEW BAILLIE Scottish medical researcher, known especially for his pioneering work in morbid anatomy. Date: 1761 - 1823

Joseph Philippe Deleuze
Joseph Philippe Francois DELEUZE French naturalist, and pioneering researcher into hypnotism Date: 1753 - 1835

Peter Dollond
PETER DOLLOND Optician; joined his father, John Dollond, in pioneering optical instruments Date: 1730 - 1820

Girls building at the Wigman School
Page from The Sketch reporting on the novel sight of girl pupils at the Mary Wigman School in Berlin working as assistants to the workmen engaged on building a new school-house

R34 Airship, Transatlantic crossing 1919
Flying over the fleet in the firth of forth, the R 34 the first British transatlantic dirigible. Illustration showing the armed demonstration flight over Heligoland

Marconi plaque, Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall
A plaque to Guglielmo Marconi, set in a granite wall near some buildings on the sea shore at Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall

Herbert Wilcox, pioneering British film producer and director Date: 1930s

The Tornado, Bleriot plane of B C Hucks
The Tornado, Bleriot plane of Bentfield Charles Hucks, the first English pilot to loop the loop. Date: circa 1913

Florence Parbury, traveller and war worker
Florence Parbury, described by the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News as one of our most versatile and accomplished women, and a great traveller

Marie Hilton, founder of the pioneering cr裨 e at Stepney Causeway, where working women could leave their children

The Auditorium, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, England Date: 1900s

Cottage Homes on Bridge Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, England Date: 1900s

Lindbergh flying American Clipper over Miami, Florida
Pioneering pilot Charles Lindbergh flying an American Clipper over Miami, Florida, on 21 November 1931. Date: 1931

Albert Fileux, engineer, passenger of John Moisant
Albert Fileux, mechanical engineer, passenger of John Moisant on many of his pioneering flights, including a cross-Channel trip from France to Britain on 17 August 1910. Date: circa 1910

Bleriot monoplane crosses English Channel
Bleriot monoplane crosses the English Channel, 25 July 1909 -- a written record of the pioneering event. Date: 1909

Guillaume Busson in Bleriot monoplane, Le Havre
French aviator Guillaume Busson in a Bleriot monoplane at Le Havre. Date: circa 1910

Emile Aubrun in Bleriot monoplane
French aviator Emile Aubrun in a Bleriot monoplane, taking part in an air race. Date: circa 1910

John Moisant, aviator, with kitten mascot
John Bevins Moisant (1868-1910), American aviator, with his kitten mascot standing on his shoulder. Date: circa 1910

Dutch rover scout practising fire lighting in the traditional way -- by friction

French scouts doing pioneering work, Switzerland
French scouts from Le Mans at Kandersteg, Switzerland, doing pioneering work at camp. Date: 1957

Amy Johnson solo flight London to Australia
In May 1930 Amy Johnsons six-day flight from Croydon, London to Karachi, set a new record for a solo flight to India. Amy standing infront of the Gipsy moth aeroplane " Jason"

Jean Batten in 1934
Jean Batten (1909 - 1982). Pioneering aviator from New Zealand. In May 1934 Batten successfully flew solo from England to Australia in the Gipsy Moth

Park Row Building, New York. A pioneering steel framed skyscraper in the citys financial district. (119 meters tall) Date: 1910s

Electrical Skin treatment Demonstration, 1887
Aleksei Gerasimovich Polotebnov (1838 to 1907) was a pioneering Russian Dermatologist. He invented and demonstrated numerous skin treatments designed to prevent or cure skin diseases of all types

Garnerins descent by parachute
Newspaper report with colour illustrations of Garnerins descent by parachute, London. Date: 21 September 1802

Louis Paulhan in Blackpool
Louis Paulhan (1883 1963), pioneering French aviator. Louis seated in his French biplane Farman III, at a competition at Blackpool in September 1909

Canadian Pioneer Family
A Victorian family in Quebec, Canada. Date: 1890s

Germany - The Eccentric Weisgarber Family
The Eccentric Vegetarian Weisgarber Family from Blankenburg (Harz) - a town and health resort in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains

Jean Batten in 1937

Balloon descent, Beuvri near Bethune, France
View of the Plaine de Beuvri (or Beuvry) near the town of Bethune in Artois, north of Paris. Balloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin near a windmill

Balloon descent, Chateau de Beuvri, France
Balloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin in front of the Chateau de Beuvry, near Bethune. They had ascended from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, earlier the same day

Balloon descent, Prairie de Nesle, France
Balloon descent of Charles and Robert onto the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, surrounded by various witnesses, including an English gentleman, Mr Fares, who was the first to greet M Charles

Garnerin descending in his parachute, Paris
Garnerin descending in his parachute, with his discarded balloon on the left. Claimed to be the first to descend from a balloon by means of a parachute

Garnerin descending in his parachute, with his discarded balloon on the left. Claimed to be the first human being to descend from a balloon by means of a parachute (animals had previously been used)

Sweden - Trollhattan
Trollhattan, Southern Sweden - founded by the river Gota alv, at the location of Trollhattan Falls. In the late nineteenth century

Scouts practising pioneering, Grenada, West Indies
Scouts practising pioneering in Grenada, West Indies. 1949

The Pioneer by Pjzeska
A confident young woman of the pre-WWI era, nonchalantly smokes a cigarette at a restaurant table, ignoring the shocked expressions of her fellow diners and male waiter. Date: 1930

Vickers Vimy aeroplane with Rolls Royce engines
The Vickers Vimy aeroplane with two Rolls Royce engines. It served as a British heavy bomber during the First World War, and was the first plane to fly the Atlantic Ocean non-stop in 1919

Aviation competition at Rheims, 1909, Farman, Latham & Paulh
Page from the Bystander reporting on the record flights made at Rheims Aviation Meeting in 1909. showing the winner, Henri Farman who flew 116 miles in 3 hours, 4 minutes

Hubert Latham at Rheims, 1909 - the Bird Man in Full Flight
Hubert Latham, pioneering French aviator seen in his bird like Antoinette monoplane at Reims in 1909. Latham recorded the second longest flight at the event, Henri Farman the longest. Date: 1909

Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937), pioneering American female aviator, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler at the point during her attempt at flying around the world solo

Marconi plaque, Bass Point, Cornwall
A plaque to Guglielmo Marconi, set in a granite wall near some buildings on the sea shore at Bass Point, Cornwall. It marks the location of Marconis telegraph station during the pioneering days of

People boarding a Transair aeroplane, Vienna
A group of people boarding an aeroplane operated by Transair, in Vienna, Austria. (1 of 3)

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