Speed Collection (page 3)

Rugby Hero 1928
A dynamic rugby player surges forward

The Invasions of England and Ireland With al [sic] their Civ
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)

Queen launches the ship that bore her name
In September 1938 HM the Queen launched the ship that bore her name. In October 1946 the Queen returned to the Clyde. She accompanied the vessel during the speed trials off the Isle of Arran

Cover design, Air Union timetable, serving London and Paris. Travel By Air -- Pleasure, Comfort, Speed, Regularity, Safety. Showing a stylised red plane flying over fields. circa 1928

Garrett Davis: by Glencoe, dam by Sir Leslie. Date c1854

Brough Superior
A handsome car combining speed and elegance which will nevertheless vanish without a trace... Date: 1936

A. C. Sports Car
A.C. sports two-seater - maximum speed 90 mph ! Date: 1936

Slow Coach and infuriated passenger
A lovely postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Urgent - featuring a carriage being pulled by a very tired old nag and being driven by an old soak of a driver

Poster advertising Rafaga bicycles. They don t run... they fly! Available from all the main garages in Spain

Extra Streamline / W Heath Robinson
A long, low sleek streamlined car body. Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture

How To Be A Motorist / W Heath Robinson
A man speeds off in his car, chased by a series of road signs. Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

American Destroyer
A destroyer of the United States Navy at high speed

Drivers view at Brooklands
An impression of rounding a banked curve at Brooklands at a speed of 110 miles per hour, from the mechanics seat of a 59.6h.p. Benz, driven by Mr. L. G. Hornsted

At Full Speed 1914
At full speed !

Fiat Ardita Advert 1932
Publicity for Fiats Ardita - as you see, it has a nice well-rounded steering wheel : but does the rest of it reach this high standard ?

Race to Gretna / Newhouse
ONE MILE FROM GRETNA A couple desperate to marry race to Gretna Green in a four horse open top carriage but are pursued by those who wish to stop them

Stainforth / Supermarine
Flight Lieutenant George Hedley Stainforth, British aviator, and the Supermarine S6B in which he exceeded the 400mph speed record in 1931

Sikorsky Bomber
Igor Sikorsky designed this bomber for the United States Army, with a 30 metre wing span, and an anticipated speed of 225 km/h

French Motorbike Champ 2
Hoffmann, French motor cycling champion; to tell the truth, hes standing still, but a little retouching gives the illusion hes travelling at speed

Malcolm Campbell 1932
Malcolm Campbell drives his Bluebird on Daytona Beach, Florida, at a speed of 408 km/h

Chrysler Advert 1929 - 2
GIVE MA A CAR WITH THE SPEED OF THE WIND - GIVE ME A CHRYSLER ! - one of Ashley Havindens striking press advertisements for Chrysler in Britain

Track Cycling Race - Continental Pneumatic Advert
Continental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) advertising postcard showing a track cycle race in full swing. Date: 1916

Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplane Number 5 Which Broke the Wor?
Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplane Number 5 Which Broke the World-Record for Speed in September 1922 Coupe Deutsch Entry Eugene Gilbert Date: 1922

LMS Princess Coronation Class 6220 Coronation - built in 1937, which special livery of Caledonian Railway blue with go-faster stripes

HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer
Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny & Bros

Comic postcard, People in a charabanc for Coronation
Comic postcard, People in a charabanc, going to the Coronation Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Our Demon Bowler Date: 20th century

Malcolm Campbells Blue Bird, land speed record 1928
Artists impression of the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird fitted with a Spring engine from the Air Ministry, with bodywork designed by Mulliner

Malcolm Campbell with his Bluebird car, 1931
Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948), British racing motorist and motoring journalist, with the Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird (Blue Bird II)

Leduc 0. 21 01, mounted on a S. E. 161
Leduc 0.21 01, mounted on its SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc mother-ship, parked next door to the second 0.21, also mounted on a Languedoc mother-ship

North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang N1202 Houstonian (msn 111-29080, formerly 44-10947), with race number 60. One of three owned by Oil Tycoon Glenn McArthy

Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark 125482. The third production aircraft of ten completed, 125482 was bailed to the Allison Engine Company for flight testing of turboprop engines at Edwards Air Force Base in

de Havilland Venom prototype VV612. The prototype Venom F.1 was produced by fitting moderately swept wings on the fuselage and tail of a Vampire FB.5 whilst on the production line

Korean War era - Speed Limit sign close to the 38th parallel north, which formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War. Date: circa 1952

I ll be with you soon - or bust! Young man in a red sports car breaking the 5mph speed limit and incurring the wrath of a nearby policeman Date: 1933

Express train at full speed on Pennsylvania Railroad, USA
New York to Chicago express train at full speed on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Date: circa 1910

Doug Pinkerton, high wheeler -2
Champion racing cyclist Doug Pinkerton racing his high-wheel, or penny farthing bicycle. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Doug Pinkerton, high wheeler -1
Champion racing cyclist Doug Pinkerton racing his high-wheel, or penny farthing bicycle. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

The Bolt from the Blue, speeding 1920s couple
A couple in an open top red car, more interested in each other than the road, fail to notice a police officer attempting to stop them for speeding. Date: 1929

Sqn Ldr Bill Waterton leaves Gloster Meteor EE549 at Fa?
Sqn Ldr Bill Waterton leaves Gloster Meteor EE549 at Farnborough after flying from Le Bourget to Croydon in 20 minutes at an average speed of 616mph on 16 January 1947

Challenger II main battle tank, at speed on the Larkhill racecourse / exhibition ground, during the 2006 Larkhill Royal Artillery open day. Date: 2006

Achievements

Part of Greece Showing, Athens, Crete and Rhodes

Monument of John Speed, In The Chancel of St Giles ?
Monument of John Speed, In The Chancel of St Giles, Cripplegate, London

Cunard's RMS Aquitania at speed

HMS Argus 149
Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum

Collection of ocean liner books
OCEAN LINERS: Good collection of liner books including Union Castle Chronicle, Normandie Her Life and Times, Titanic and The Californian, etc

17th Century (1605) Map of Oxfordshire

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