Speedy Collection

Gyrocopter Beats Traffic
The Campbell Cricket one-man gyrocopter is used for speedy commuting above the traffic and passengers queuing at the bus stop Date: late 1960s

Champion Australian axemen at the London Hippodrome
Peter McClaren, the champion axeman of Australia) and Harry H. Jackson, giving an exhibition of tree cutting at the London Hippodrome in 1907. Date: 1907

Wedding in a hurry, 1944
Wedding in a hurry. Article with advice about speedy marriages in wartime, in Britannia & Eve, May 1944. Date: 1944

Harold Lloyd in Speedy
Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) - American comic film actor, producer and director - seen here as Harold Speedy Swift in Speedy (1928). Date: 1928

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British clipper ship for the Australia run, built by Cox of Bridport Date: 1853

WW1 era Comic Postcard - Boy leans in for a kiss
WW1 era Comic Postcard - A boy leans in for a kiss with his donkey cart-driving girl. She replies with the slightly devastating retort " I can drive one donkey but not two!" Date: circa 1916

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

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

Balloon Puffa Pump -- speedy and hygienic. circa 1960s

Poster, Air Taxis, always at your service, sure, speedy and satisfactory. Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd. 20th century

Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia - Ice Yachting - almost as fast and dangerous as motoring !! Date: 1908

Harold Lloyd
American film actor, Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), seen here in a caricature surrounded by scenes from the film Speedy. Date: 1928

No 4711 Eau de Cologne advert, 1927 - speedy travelling is apt to dry the skin but no 4711 cools and refreshes the skin Date: 1927

Tristram Speedy
TRISTRAM CHARLES SAWYER SPEEDY British soldier and administrator, adventurous life in exotic places notably Ethiopia : depicted in native costume. Date: 1836 - 1910

Havelock Moralising
SIR HENRY HAVELOCK Scottish military commander, urging his comrades to steer clear of drink which is the most speedy road to the guard-room and the cells. Date: 1795 - 1857

Poster promoting luggage delivery by bus
Overloaded? Hand in your parcels for speedy delivery by bus. circa 1960

Fast Delivery advertisement
Advertisement for the DCL (The Distillers Company Limited). Thei fast delivery is illustrated here by a tanker being throw fast like a ball from a mans hand. Photographic montage by Heinz Zinram

Can you fix a puncture quickly? I ve 150000000 appointments
Illustration showing Father Christmas hurrying to a garage to get a speedy repair to his sleigh

Burns / Tam O shanter
TAM O SHANTER Tam O Shanter and his speedy Meg

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