Revolving Collection

Colt Guns and Rifles - breech-loading arms. circa late 19th century

Advert for Follows & Bates winding machines 1900s
Various machines from the late 19th Century early 20th century, advertised in The Ironmonger Diary and Text Book, for Follows & Bates in Manchester. Circa 1900

Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1896
Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1896

Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1895
Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1895

Three point turns by W H Robinson
No need for three point turns, with this double torpedo model with revolving body for obviating the difficult of turning the car in narrow lanes. 1919

In front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London
A great stage and a great curtain: in front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London. Top centre: a diagrammatic view of the revolving stage

Interior of new Pullman Mors car
Photograph showing the plush interior of the Marquis of Angleseys new Pullman Mors car, which included polished mohogany, revolving leather arm chairs and heating

Revolving Bookcase
This revolving bookcase holds fewer books for its floor- space than any conceivable design, but it could be handy for portfolios and outsize books that need to be flat

LIFEs A GAME by Sydney Horler popular fiction revolving round football

Development of trench warfare in France by Matania
Protecting the man and armouring the trench. French soldiers wearing the new steel helmet holding an armoured trench during a violent German artillery bombardment

Early 20th century oak ship's dining chair tops
MARITIME: Early 20th century oak ship's revolving dining chair tops of unknown provenance

Price's rotary digger and greathead shield
Front view of Price's combined rotary digger and greathead shield with six revolving arms and removal buckets Date: 1909

Dioptric revolving lighthouse Date: 1889

Men and women's rubber heel tips that were easily fixed to the shoe. Date: 1904

Camouflage v Camouflage During Invasion Practice
William Heath Robinson has come up with a solution to save on man-power in the East Coast of England. Revolving helmets being paraded around on a primitive pulley system with the locals clapping

Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946), writer, historian, best known for his science fiction novels. Pictured in his study at his home, Spade House, Sandgate

W Heath Robinson - The New Revolving Dining Table to Dispense with Waiting

Photograph showing a time-fuse from a German shrapnel-shell which burst over British lines. Date: 1915

Advert for for Maple & Co chairs 1900
Large selection of wooden chairs available from Maple & Co, in Tottenham Court Road, London. 1900

Awad Kamel Fahmy
Egypt man - Awad Kamel Fahmy, sitting in his revolving chair in front of a rather impressive roll-top desk

Main Entrance and Foyer, Strand Palace Hotel, London
Main Entrance and Foyer of the Strand Palace Hotel, London, with art deco style decor. Date: circa 1930s

Revolving a steam engine
Roundabout ride for a steel giant. A large steam engine is turned around on a revolving track. Date: 1932

Clifton Recreation Grounds, Bangor - a scene showing a Fairground in progress with revolving Hobby-Horses and a lot of people. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Bangor)

China medallions, Tea and Coffee Sets, Plate 39
China medallions, Tea and Coffee Sets on revolving trays, Plate 39, showing patterned cups and saucers, plates, teapots and coffee pots. Date: circa 1880s

Advert for H. W Garrard & Son domestic equipment 1889
Domestic machinery including a rotary knife - cleaning machine and a mincer machine. 1889

Chez Ami Nightclub, Buffalo, New York State, USA
Scene inside the Chez Ami Nightclub at 311 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York State, USA. The nations smartest nite club, where the bar revolves, lighted exclusively with a mile of neon tubing

Large globe, PanAm terminal, Miami, Florida, USA
People looking at a large globe on display in the lobby of the Pan-American Airways terminal in Miami, Florida, USA. Date: 1936

Fairground Attraction, Newbridge, Lancashire
Fairground Attraction, Newbridge, Barrowford, near Nelson, Lancashire, England. Tom Grave - Flying the Revolving Wheel Date: 1904

Murrays Roman Gardens, New York
A view of Murrays Roman Gardens, New York, showing the revolving dance floor Date: circa 1920

Night view of Magnolia Building, Dallas, Texas, USA
Night view of the Magnolia Building, Dallas, Texas, USA, with a large revolving Pegasus sign at the top. Date: 1936

Merry-Go-Round Cafe, San Francisco, California, USA
Scene inside the Merry-Go-Round Cafe, O Farrell Street, San Francisco, California, USA. The food is selected from a long revolving table. Date: circa 1930s

Reception of the May Fair Hotel
The reception area of the newly opened May Fair Hotel in Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, featuring revolving doors and floral decoration on the walls. Date: 1927

A revolving house by G. H. Davis
A revolving house the owner can turn while in his bath. Rotated like a turntable to catch the sun at any point: the Villa Tournesol

Sailing without sails by G. H. Davis
Sailing without sails: wind action on rotating cylinder masts. Partly driven and partly drawn forward by the action of wind on rapidly revolving cylinders

Promenade, Gardens, Revolving Tower, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
The Promenade, Gardens and Tower (with a viewing platform which revolved as it went up and down!) at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Atlantic City, USA - The Revolving Observation Tower
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - The Revolving Observation Tower overlooking the beach. Date: circa 1901

Three-cylinder engine revolving on fixed crankshaft. Hargrave Slide 25

Gnome revolving-cylinder motor

Sands and revolving tower, Yarmouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Parade and revolving tower, Morecambe, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The great Wallace shows An innovation in aerialism, the triple revolving trapeze of the sisters Vortex.... Circus poster showing the Vortex sisters performing their trapeze act. Date c1898

Timbys cordon of revolving towers, for harbor defence

Herr Granada, Alma Fedora in their own invention, the revolving pyrotechnic fountain marvellous sic high wire artists. Date 189-?

Revolving Bow Tie
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Revolving table seat / W H Robinson
Post War Britain. When each of these card players experiences a dull moment in their game, they can swivel on their revolving seat

Revolving gun-turret
A revolving German gun-turret, revealed after constant bombardment of its trench by the French in September 1915. The turret had a quick-firing gun served by three men, who were locked inside

Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gun
Photograph showing two Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gun. The revolving barrel Hotchkiss machine-gun was invented by the American

A flying roundabout; Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention
Illustration of Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention, which may be described as a roundabout in which the revolving bodies are suspended in the air in cars that are attached by steel wire ropes

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