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Speed Collection (page 9)

Background imageSpeed Collection: Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador

Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador
Bea Airspeed As-57 Ambassador Airliner Flying Past Cumulus Cloud Date: 1951

Background imageSpeed Collection: Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe

Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe
Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe Taxiing Date: 1940s

Background imageSpeed Collection: Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A Schwalbe

Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A Schwalbe
A Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262B-1A Schwalbe Parked Date: 1940s

Background imageSpeed Collection: Messerschmitt Me-262A Schwalbe

Messerschmitt Me-262A Schwalbe
A Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262A Schwalbe Flying Date: 1940s

Background imageSpeed Collection: Squadron Leader Augustus Henry Orlebar

Squadron Leader Augustus Henry Orlebar
Sqn Ldr Augustus Henry Orlebar, 1897-1943, Officer Commanding, RAF High Speed Flight

Background imageSpeed Collection: Racing at Brooklands in the 1930s

Racing at Brooklands in the 1930s
Racing cars at Brooklands whizzing around the track. Date: 1932

Background imageSpeed Collection: Corinne Griffith impersonates speed -The Lilies of the Field

Corinne Griffith impersonates speed -The Lilies of the Field
Corinne Griffith (1894-1979), dancer and actress known as the orchid lady of the screen pictured in a scene from the Alexander Korda film, The Lilies of the Field

Background imageSpeed Collection: Birthday card with people and car

Birthday card with people and car
Birthday card with people and A C Cobra car -- Speed into a Happy Birthday. 1950s

Background imageSpeed Collection: Three people on a 1920 Bradbury motorcycle & sidecar

Three people on a 1920 Bradbury motorcycle & sidecar
Three people on a 1920 Bradbury 500cc, 3 speed hand change, motorcycle & sidecar circa 1920s

Background imageSpeed Collection: Off the Point de la Vieille at Monte Carlo, water skiing

Off the Point de la Vieille at Monte Carlo, water skiing
Woman water skiing off the Point de la Vieille at Monte Carlo beach on the French Riviera. Part of a series of illustrations by Fortunino Matania done in the Bystander to publicise the resort

Background imageSpeed Collection: WW2 poster, Keep them both flying

WW2 poster, Keep them both flying! Speed is vital! Date: circa 1942

Background imageSpeed Collection: American Hot Rod postcard - for sticking on ones car bumper

American Hot Rod postcard - for sticking on ones car bumper, luggage, walls, dens, offices and factories! " These humorous signs are easy to apply

Background imageSpeed Collection: Supermarine Spitfire I Speed Record Attempt parked

Supermarine Spitfire I Speed Record Attempt parked

Background imageSpeed Collection: Nakajima Ki-44 Army Type 2 Tojo -among the first of t

Nakajima Ki-44 Army Type 2 Tojo -among the first of the Japanese fighters to forsake agility for speed and punch Entered service with Army in December 1941

Background imageSpeed Collection: Autocar Poster -- first French Grand Prix

Autocar Poster -- first French Grand Prix
Autocar Poster -- Szisz in his red Renault, in which he won the first French Grand Prix. His average speed for the race was 63 mph. The circuit used was near Le Mans. Date: 1906

Background imageSpeed Collection: Ancient Greek Charioteer with one black and one white horse

Ancient Greek Charioteer with one black and one white horse. Promotional card for Red Star Line travel promoting a classical sense of speed, direction and control. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSpeed Collection: GLC-LFB Turntable ladder overturned on roadway

GLC-LFB Turntable ladder overturned on roadway
Lack of stability at speed and when manoeuvring very occasionally resulted in fire engines overturning, because of the relatively high centre of gravity (loading) of the turntable ladder

Background imageSpeed Collection: George Hoy donkey

George Hoy donkey
George Hoys donkey, remonstrance of the Tottenham passengers, 1856

Background imageSpeed Collection: Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1948

Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1948
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - held on the 16th May 1948. The race was won by Giuseppe Farina in a Maserati. 1948

Background imageSpeed Collection: Trotting stallion Mambrino Champion owned by M. F. Foote

Trotting stallion Mambrino Champion owned by M. F. Foote
Trotting stallion Mambrino Champion owned by M.F. Foote. Date c1867

Background imageSpeed Collection: The two-horse act

The two-horse act. Picture shows a male bareback rider on two horses balancing his female partner on his right leg. Date c1874

Background imageSpeed Collection: The fast mail

The fast mail. Date c1875

Background imageSpeed Collection: Silhouette of jockey and racehorse

Silhouette of jockey and racehorse
Silhouette of jockey galloping along on a racehorse

Background imageSpeed Collection: Cockpit of British SE5A biplane on airfield, WW1

Cockpit of British SE5A biplane on airfield, WW1
View of the cockpit and controls of a British SE5A biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield with other aircraft

Background imageSpeed Collection: Donald Campbell - Bluebird Proteus CN7 model

Donald Campbell - Bluebird Proteus CN7 model
The Bluebird-Proteus CN7 was a Land Speed Record-breaking car, driven by Donald Campbell. This model was sold to mark the 1963 attempt at the world land speed record by Campbell at Lake Eyre

Background imageSpeed Collection: Model of the R. M. S. Queen Mary in a test tank, 1934

Model of the R. M. S. Queen Mary in a test tank, 1934
Photograph of an 18-foot model of the R.M.S. Queen Mary being tested in an experimental tank. The designers were seeing how the ship would cope with an Atlantic Gale when run at full speed

Background imageSpeed Collection: Swiss Grand Prix 1934

Swiss Grand Prix 1934
A striking poster for the Grand Prix of Switzerland held at Bern

Background imageSpeed Collection: Ufos / Sacramento

Ufos / Sacramento
The crew of an aircraft of Central Western Airlines see this huge wingless cigar- shaped UFO travelling at very high speed



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