Speeding Collection (page 2)

Children on a sled
Two happy children speeding down a snowy slop on a sled. Artist: Helen Grace Culverwell Marsh Lambert Date: circa 1920

Cartastrophes by W H Robinson
A cow carries on eating grass, after it has just been run over by a speeding motorist, farmer is upset that the cow has two holes in his back where the tyres once were. Date: 1919

Assembling the Whitley night bomber by G. H. Davis
How a Whitley night bomber is assembled in section, speeding up aeroplane production by simplification during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Full Speed Ahead
Having persuaded his lady friend to come for a ride, a little Dutch boys commands his wooden hobby horse to travel " Full Speed Ahead" ! (2/3) Date: circa 1920

We are Moving - Humorous Motoring postcard, showing a male driver getting rather over-excited at the wheel, courtesy of the amorous advances of his lady passenger

Blitzen Benz record-breaker - painting by Andrew McGeachy
The Blitzen Benz car, built in Mannheim by Benz & Cie running a full speed. At Brooklands on November 9, 1909, at the Brooklands circuit at Weybridge, Surrey

Result Three killed by speeding car at dark corner. Poster about the possible hazards resulting from vandalism, showing a child throwing a stone at a street light. Date 1936 or 1937

Pulled over for speeding
A flapper girl pulled over for speeding by two policemen. The caption reads " You needn t say anymore, Miss. We know all the excuses. Yours is the eleventh on the list!" Date: 1928- 1929

Egyptian man on a bicycle, Cairo - just passing the pyramids as he races to work! Date: 1903

Santa Claus Flying Round The Earth In His New Aerial Car, by
A colour illustration showing Father Christmas speeding up his deliveries by using a flying machine as his sleigh. Date: 23rd November 1907

Time Speed Happily - Cars Speeding legally
Time Speed Happily - A New Years card for 1908. Cars Speeding legally by, whilst a policeman (as Old Father Time, perched on a winter world complete ith beard and scythe)

Fire engine in Paris, answering a call
An electric fire engine of the Paris Fire Brigade, answering an emergency call. 1900

Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Son
Cover illustration for Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Son, showing five people on a toboggan speeding downhill. In the background is a snowy alpine scene with mountains

DFP car speeding through the desert
A car manufactured by DFP -- Doriot, Flandrin & Parant -- is driven through the desert by four French tourists, causing shock and surprise to people and camels

Bablot in a 1911 motor race
The winning driver Paul Bablot speeding through the countryside in his Delage car during a motor race of 1911, the Coupe des Voitures Legeres (Light Cars Cup), held at Boulogne sur Mer, France

Anon. Ever so Fast! 1920
Book cover showing a variety of vehicles zooming along a road, including an open top car, a bus, a removal van, a motorcycle and a motorcyle with a sidecar

Met Police stopwatch -- outer casing
A Metropolitan Police issue stopwatch for the purpose of catching speeding motorists. This method worked on the principle of timing motorists over specific distances to estimate their speed

Poster advertising circular tours in Finland. A holidaying couple stand on top of a hill, waving to a speeding train below

Aerial torpedoes designed by an Australian engineer, Mr A Dunbar Wigram. They were expected to revolutionise the methods of modern warfare, by speeding over land and sea with a deadly aim

Tatler Motor Show Number 1954
Front cover of The Tatler featuring an illustration of an intrepid driver wearing cap, goggles and scarf steering his vintage car to the summit of a very steep hill

Copa Barcelona 1911 poster
Poster advertising a motor race in Barcelona in June 1911, organised by the Catalan Automobile Club

The Tatler Motor Supplement front cover, 1913
Cover illustration for The Tatlers 1913 motoring supplement featuring two lady motorists and their dog driving at speed through the countryside

Sleighing at Harlem, New York, 1873
Engraving showing horse drawn sleighs speeding through the snow in Harlem, New York, 1873

WW1 / 1915 / KAISER PARIS
The Kaiser drives headlong across the battlefield towards Paris, while Victory sits on his bonnet blowing her - or his - trumpet

An Aerial Policeman
Speeding will be just as much an offence in the sky as on land, and we shall need aerial traffic cops to make sure aviators keep within the prescribed speed limits

Car Startles Horse 1900
The hare and the tortoise retold - the hare wins A speeding car startles a horse and cart

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