Record Collection (page 7)

Record rainfall, Ealing Common, West London
Record rainfall on the evening of 15 June 1903 at Ealing Common, West London. 1903

The Hon C. S. Rolls in his 110 H. P. Mors car
Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910) British engineer and aviator in 1906. Henry Royce built his first motor car in 1904 and in May of that year met Charles Rolls

Miss England speedboat - world water speed record
Miss England III, last of a series of speedboats used by Henry Segrave and Kaye Don to contest world water speed records in the 1920s and 1930s

John A. Macready
American Flight-Lieutenant J.A. Macready photographed before making an attempt at the altitude record. His outfit is made from wool, leather, fur and down to keep him warm

Catalina, California, USA - Everett Adargo, deep sea diver
Catalina, California, USA - Everett Bernard Adargo (1891-1971), deep sea diver, who set a record of descending to 56ft in 3 minutes, 15 seconds

Sir Malcolm Campbell & Donald Campbell in toy motor car
Another speed king of the future? Young Donald Campbell and his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell with Donalds electric motor car

Guinness Record. Leonardo da Vini portrait with nails done
Albania. Tirana. International Center of Culture or Enver Hoxha Museum. Guinness Record. Leonardo da Vini portrait with nails done

Boxing match which lasted a record 75 rounds, between John L Sullivan (1858-1918), nicknamed the Boston Strongboy, and Jake Kilrain (1859-1937)

Southern cassowary by JG Keulemans
Hand-coloured lithograph of cassowary head by JG Keulemans (c. 1898), based on the live animals at Walter Rothschilds Museum at Tring

Poster, the Rolling Stones latest disc
Poster advertising the Rolling Stones latest disc. Date: 1960s

Two girls with gramophone, Balham, SW London
Two little girls with an old wind-up gramophone and a 78rpm record on a pavement in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Silver Menu holder - Ulster Volunteer Force badge
Silver Menu holder belonging to Major L. G. Tempest Stone, CMG, containing the Ulster Volunteer Force badge and engraved on base - RCM Major L. G. Tempest Stone, South Belfast Ulster Club, 1914

Decca gramophone advertisement, 1917
Advertisement for Decca gramophones, ideal for use at the Front during the Great War due to it being self-contained, portable and having no loose parts

Cross-section of the Liner Mauretania by G. H. Davis
A cross-section of the Cunard Liner " Mauretania", after its refit. At the time, the liner held the Atlantic speed record, with an average speed of 26.25 knots

Cartoon, His Masters Voice, WW1
Cartoon, His Masters Voice, showing Kaiser Wilhelm as a German dachshund looking back at a British bulldog inside the amplifier of a wind-up gramophone

Ancient Red Indian man - aged 127! His name is Ga-be-nah-quor-yarc and he was from Minnesota. Date: circa 1911

Malcolm Campbells famous Blue Bird II
The Blue Bird II -the car in which Malcolm Campbell established a new world land speed record of 245.736 miles per hour. Shown here an illustration of the exterior of the car and a cross section

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 -

Record Roach Catch
A World Record brace of roach fish, caught in Lambeth Reservoir, Surrey, England on 6 September 1938 by W. Penney. The top fish weighed 3lb 1 oz, the bottom fish 3lb 14 oz! Date: 1938

Marriage Certificate - 1904
Marriage Certificate of William Cottee Woods and Edith Frances Pooley. Woods Father was a Shipowner and Pooleys Father was a Stockbroker. Date: 1904

Neville Frederick Duke, OBE, DSO, DFC**, AFC, FRAeS, 1922-2007, in the cockpit of Hawker Hunter WB188 after its successful attempt on the World Air Speed Record in September 1953. Date: 1922

Gloster Meteor F4 EE454 Britannia
Gloster Meteor F4, EE454, Britannia, as prepared for its successful attempt on the world speed record, 606mph

Trotting stallion Directum by Director: record 2: 05 1 / 4
Trotting stallion Directum by Director: record 2:05 1/4. Date c1894

Peggy Salaman, 19 year old aviatress, who flew from Lympe in Kent to Cape Town, South Africa in November 1931, beating the existing record set by Glen Kidston by more than a day

Round the World Walker - George M. Schilling
Famous American athlete George M. Schilling, who walked around the world for a wager. In nine years he circumnavigated the globe, walking 55

World Champion Typist - Albert Tangora
Albert Tangora (1903 1978) set the world speed record for sustained typing on a manual keyboard for one hour, 147 words per minute, on October 22, 1923

Hiram - The largest horse in the world! 21 hands high, weighing 3065 pounds. Date: 1907

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