Speed Collection (page 10)

Silk postcard, HMS Olympic, giving the liner's measurements

Postman riding on an ostrich on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1880s

Racing scene on a greetings card -- a competition between a horse and a bicycle, with cheering spectators. circa 1890s

Penlee lifeboat, Mabel Alice, off Penzance, Cornwall
Penlee lifeboat, Mabel Alice, travelling at speed off the coast of Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

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

Map: The Invasions of England and Ireland - 1627
Map: The Invasions of England and Ireland With al [sic] their Civill [sic] Wars since the Conquest Corn Danckertsz sculpsit [London] George Humble, 1627 (c)

The Man Who Watches The Speedometer by Bateman. This illustration is of a man in his car. The faster he goes the more the speed affects him. First he looses his hat, then his hair

Race - steam train and racing car, 1920s
A racing car races a steam engine and begins to out pace it. Date: 1929

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

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and Ooloo. That reminds me -- some folks are a bit slow. Bonzo and Ooloo sitting on a bench together watching a snail go by. Originally published as Valentine postcard no

Schneider Trophy, SS Colombie, Spithead, 1931
Poster advertising views of the Schneider Trophy race from on board the cruise ship Colombie on 12 September 1931 in Spithead Harbour

Timken tapered roller bearing axleboxes - train
A recent innovation by British Timken Ltd - a tapered-roller-bearing wagon bearing unit for freight stock made suitable for high speed and replacing the old plain-bearing axlebox

Poster, Indian Air Force jets with elephant
Poster, Indian Air Force jets (Folland Gnats) with elephant in the foreground, design by Laurence Fish, original artwork for a magazine advertisement. Date: circa 1950

Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III giant German biplane
Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III, serial no. 10/15, giant German biplane, the only one built. It went into operational use near Riga in Latvia, making its first operational sortie on 13 August 1916

Paris to Bordeaux Race 1895
The first car driving on Michelin tyres to win the Paris to Bordeax race in 1895. Ceramic tile picture ftom the Michelin Building in Fulham Road, London Date: 1905

Paris Vienne Race Michelin
Paris - Vienne Race 1902. Farman sur Panhard. Tile picture from the Michelin Building in the Fulham Road, Chelsea

Stirrup Charge by 2nd Dragoons & Black Watch - St Quentin
Stirrup Charge by the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) & Black Watch at St Quentin, 30 August 1914. by Countess Feodora Gleichen, RE (1861-1922)

Road safety poster, A Long Way Off? Drivers travel much faster than we do! Showing two children trying to cross a busy road, with two scenarios

Poster advertising Bugatti automobiles and autorails

The Loch Ness Monster at Foyers. " You can t do that there ere" 1959

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

Vicar captured by Cannibals
Shakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: " If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it

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

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