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Bluebird on Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964Illustration showing Donald Campbell (1921-1967) driving Bluebird across Lake Eyre, Southern Australia, during his successful attempt on the world land speed record in July 1964
The DRG Class SVT 877 Hamburg Flyer sometimes also Flying Hamburger or in German Fliegender Hamburger was Germanys first fast diesel train
Poster advertising Austin Healey Sprite MK IIPoster advertising the Austin Healey Sprite MK II
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1932Monaco Grand Prix Poster - held on the 17th April 1932. The race was won by Tazio Nuvolari in an Alfa Romeo. 1932
Man riding on a steam rocketThe Flight of Intellect. A comic image of a thin man riding on a steam rocket, with his top hat flying off behind him. Portrait of Mr Golightly experimenting on Mess Quick & Speeds new patent high
Steam Engine / GovernorGovernor, or Fly-Ball Governor, invented by James Watt to regulate the supply of steam in order to preserve a nearly fixed engine speed
Supermarine aeroplane, Rolls-Royce S. 6The Supermarine aeroplane, Rolls-Royce S.6, winner of the International Schneider Trophy Air Race in 1922, 1927 and 1929, and holder of the world speed record of 357.7 mph
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1931Poster for the 3rd Monaco Grand Prix - held on the 19th April 1931. The race was won by Louis Chiron in a Bugatti. 1931
Monaco 1952 posterStunning poster advertising the 1952 Grand Prix in Monaco, featuring a sleek red car speeding around the palm trees of the principality
Nonsuch Palace / SpeedNonsuch Palace, Surrey
Harrys New York bar in Paris. Patrons attempting to break the world record for drinking two litres of beer in seventeen seconds. C. 1947
Jaguar car advertisementAdvertisement for Jaguar cars featuring an illustration of the 3.4 Mark 2 Saloon being driven down the motorway by its proud owner who relishes the grace, pace and space
Policeman on BSA motorcycle, LondonA Metropolitan Police officer riding a BSA motorcycle in London. The BSA could travel at up to 70 miles per hour
Motor Racing 1930SA poster advertising a mixed car and motorcycles racing programme at the Nurburgring in Germany
Harley-Davidson AdvertLeslie Parkhurst sits astride the Harley-Davidson that took him to a new motor-cycle world land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida
Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally 1959Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally, 20-21 June 1959. Date: 1959
Italian Grand Prix posterPoster for the meeting of the first ever Italian Grand Prix, held at Brescia - 4th to the 11th September 1921. The meeting also includes racing for aeroplanes and motorcycles
Orient Express train in a rural settingThe Orient Express - countryfolk stop to watch the express go by
Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally 1961Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally, 10-11 June 1961. Date: 1961
Roger Bannister - First sub-4 minute mile - Iffley RoadRoger Bannister of Great Britain (1929-2018), with a time of 3 mins 59.4 seconds, becomes the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes, at the Iffley Road Sports Ground, England on 6th may 1954
J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British painter. Rain, Steam anJ.M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British Romantic landscape painter. His work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism. Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway (1844)
Hitchin, Herts 1940SThe corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. The Half Moon pub, sells Noted Luton Ales, too
Poster, Le Mans 24 hour rally 1962Poster, Le Mans 24 hour rally, 23-24 June 1962. Date: 1962
Poster, Iso Scooter, 150cc, design by F Mosca. circa 1959
Motorbike racing - Tourist Trophy RaceMotorcycle race - high speed cornering in the great Tourist Trophy Race. Date: 1932
Autocar Poster -- Circuit des Ardennes raceAutocar Poster -- British driver Charles Jarrott winning the Circuit des Ardennes race in the famous 70 Panhard. His average speed during the race was 54 mph. Date: 1903
Postman in the SnowThis stalwart postman does his duty and delivers the post rain or shine, or in this case, thick winter snow. No chance of exceeding the 30 mile per hour speed limit!
Vintage Bentley Speed 6 at Locquirec, Brittany, FranceVintage Bentley Speed 6 (6.5 litre) with driver at the wheel in Locquirec, Brittany, north-west France. Date: circa 1960s
Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Locomotive No. 10, 000 leaving Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Scotland - designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley
Autocar Poster -- Targa Florio race, SicilyAutocar Poster -- Italian champion Felice Nazzaro driving the Fiat car in which he won the Targa Florio race in Sicily. His average speed for the race was around 33 mph on gruelling mountain roads
Prince Michael of Kent driving an E-type Jaguar at Brands HaNineteen year old Prince Michael of Kent (born 1942) driving at 100mph in an E-type Jaguar at Brands Hatch race track in April 1962
Brooklands PosterA poster for the racing programme at Brooklands Race Tract at Weybridge, Surrey, featuring Sir Malcolm Campbell driving (at the time) the worlds fastest car, Bluebird
Lockheed P-38 Lightning in action; Second World War, 1944Illustration showing an US Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning shooting down a German aeroplane during the Second World War
Stockholm Grand PrixA poster for the Stockholm Grand Prix, 29th-30th May 1948
Hitchin, Herts 1940SThe corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. A horse and cart keeps strictly to this limit
Poster, See Phillips First -- a wonderful range of sports machines, ask here for free illustrated catalogue. Date: circa 1939
Poster, Guernsey Airways, offering frequent services to and from the Channel Islands, with a map showing places and flight durations. circa 1936
Use the Air Mail PosterGPO Poster, Use the Air Mail, The Fastest Mail. Depicting the underside of a monoplane against a blue and black sky
International Air Rally Poster 1937Poster, High Speed Thrills! International Air Rally, Lympne, 28-29 August. Spectacular RAF Hendon Acrobatics, Racing, Live Parachuting, Foreign Aces. Organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. 1937
Grand racer Kingston, by Spendthrift: dam imp. Kapanga, by Victorious, 2nd dam Kapunda, by Stockwell. Date c1891
Advert for Malcolm campbell 1931Dunlop Tyres pay tribute to Malcolm Campbell when he drives his Bluebird on Daytona Beach, Florida, at a speed of 395 km/h. Date: 1931
A biplane and a steam trainSpeed on the rails and in the air. A biplane flying over a steam train - the London Express - about to disappear into a tunnel. Date: 1928
Norfolk Broads - River ThurneA sign by the windmill points the way to the Lion Hotel on the River Thurne, Norfolk. The sailing boat on the broad certainly seems keen to get home for supper! Date: circa 1930s
Poster for Speedboat Race - Lake GardaA Poster for an International Speedboat Race, held on Lake Garda, Italy in May 1931
Italian victory in Berlin Winter OlympicsAn Italian victory in the ski team event in the Winter Olympics at Garmisch, Germany
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tatters chasing the carIllustration by Cecil Aldin -- Tatters, a wire-haired fox terrier, not wishing to be left behind, chasing his masters car on hearing the horn sounding. Date: 1927
Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, YorkshireAn emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire
Poster advertising Imperial Airways, boasting of 28 new Empire Flying Boats which travel at 200 miles per hour. Flights serving Europe, Africa, India, the Far East and Australia