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Background imageStart Collection: At the Start of the Cresta Run, St. Moritz, 1912

At the Start of the Cresta Run, St. Moritz, 1912
Photograph showing a member of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club leaping onto his machine at the top of the Cresta Run, 1912. This famous course was first laid out in 1884

Background imageStart Collection: Racing pigeon release

Racing pigeon release
Racing pigeons released from their traps from transport lorries at the start of a race from Worcestershire to Tipton in The Black Country in the English Midlands Date: 1992

Background imageStart Collection: Monaco Grand Prix / 1969

Monaco Grand Prix / 1969
Jackie Stewart, in a Matra- Ford (7), leads Chris Amons Ferrari (11) away from the grid at the start of the Monaco Grand Prix. Both failed to finish the race

Background imageStart Collection: Pigeon racing at Crystal Palace, London

Pigeon racing at Crystal Palace, London
15, 000 birds from all parts of England and Scotland are released from Crystal Palace, south London, at the start of a championship pigeon race

Background imageStart Collection: Oxford Vs Cambridge 1873

Oxford Vs Cambridge 1873
The Boat Race - Ready to Start

Background imageStart Collection: Scene with fishermen at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon

Scene with fishermen at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon
Scene with fishermen and boats at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon -- coastal erosion can be seen in the middle distance, caused by storm damage and protected over the years by sea defences

Background imageStart Collection: Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart / Mary I of Scotland)

Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart / Mary I of Scotland)
Mary, Queen of Scots (15421587) (Mary Stuart / Mary I of Scotland). Date: circa 1580s

Background imageStart Collection: The Derby 1923 by Cecil Aldin

The Derby 1923 by Cecil Aldin
Leaving the post at the start of the Derby of 1923, a race famously won by Papyrus, owned by Mr B. Irish and ridden by Steve Donoghue

Background imageStart Collection: Its Mine, Poster

Its Mine, Poster, Canada, the right land for the right man, with Canadian National Railways

Background imageStart Collection: Canada, the right land for the right man Poster

Canada, the right land for the right man Poster, showing a man farming and harvesting wheat, by Canadian National Railways

Background imageStart Collection: Herne Hill Velodrome, cyclists ready to start 1900

Herne Hill Velodrome, cyclists ready to start 1900
Start of the Century Cup, in the velodrome, south London. Date: 1900

Background imageStart Collection: Polish cavalry at the start of World War Two

Polish cavalry at the start of World War Two
Poland as a military power: cavalry, tanks and infantry (part of a spread in the Illustrated London News)

Background imageStart Collection: The 24 hour Bicycle Race at Herne Hill, 1892

The 24 hour Bicycle Race at Herne Hill, 1892
Photograph showing the Cyclists participating in the 24 hour Bicycle race at Herne Hill velodrome, on the 22nd July 1892, shortly before the start. The race was won by F.W

Background imageStart Collection: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret - George V Silver Jubilee

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret - George V Silver Jubilee
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose waiting before the start of the Thanksgiving Service marking King George Vs Silver Jubilee at St. Pauls Cathedral, London. Date: 1935

Background imageStart Collection: Clocking-In Machine

Clocking-In Machine
A Clocking In machine in a factory records the hours workers start and leave the workplace

Background imageStart Collection: Maps / Australia 1850S

Maps / Australia 1850S
Map showing the location of the GOLDFIELDS, so presumably made fairly soon after the start of the Australian Gold Rush in 1851

Background imageStart Collection: LCC-MFB funeral of Fireman Martin Sprague

LCC-MFB funeral of Fireman Martin Sprague
View of the funeral procession of Fireman Martin Sprague, who was killed in a fire

Background imageStart Collection: Harbour / Belfast Opening

Harbour / Belfast Opening
Opening of the New Channel, Belfast Harbour - the start of the procession

Background imageStart Collection: Whippet Race Start

Whippet Race Start
Three owners demonstrate how whippets are started in a race Date: 1960

Background imageStart Collection: Hungarian Grand Prix

Hungarian Grand Prix
The start of the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest

Background imageStart Collection: The Hand of Militarism in Europe, WW1 outbreak

The Hand of Militarism in Europe, WW1 outbreak
Like a modern Gulliver playing the war-game with the troops of Lilliput - a Sinister Picture suggesting the present state of things in Europe

Background imageStart Collection: The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923

The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923
Aerial photograph of Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United

Background imageStart Collection: Middle Europe Map

Middle Europe Map
Map of Middle Europe from after the Vienna Congress until the start of World War I (1815 - 1914)

Background imageStart Collection: Beesands, Devon

Beesands, Devon
Beesands - a small settlement located midway between Hallsands and Torcross on the coast of Start Bay in South Devon, England. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageStart Collection: The Flying Scotsman, pulling out of Kings Cross

The Flying Scotsman, pulling out of Kings Cross
The Flying Scotsman pulling out of Kings Cross station at the start of its 392 mile non-stop to Edinburgh. The journey took just under eight hours in 1933

Background imageStart Collection: England / Lyme Regis

England / Lyme Regis
Jane Austens Corner by the harbour of Lyme Regis, Dorset. The start of The Cobb sea defence is just visible to the left of the picture

Background imageStart Collection: Spitfire at Start War

Spitfire at Start War
The Spitfire as it appears at the outbreak of World War Two, a magnificent machine which immediately proves its superiority in the earliest weeks of fighting

Background imageStart Collection: The Kings Cup Air Race - The Competitors at Hanworth

The Kings Cup Air Race - The Competitors at Hanworth
The Kings Cup Air Race - The Competitors aircraft arrived at Hanworth Aerodrome prior to take off in the early hours of the morning. Date: 4 July 1930 1930

Background imageStart Collection: Scene with lobster pots at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon

Scene with lobster pots at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon
Scene with lobster pots and rowing boats at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon. circa 1970s

Background imageStart Collection: Start of Lewes motorcycle speed trial

Start of Lewes motorcycle speed trial
Crowds gather around a racetrack in Lewes, Sussex as man on a motorcycle prepares to be pushed off to begin the race, under a start banner indicating the sponsor, Dunlop

Background imageStart Collection: Man making lobster pot at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon

Man making lobster pot at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon
A man using withies (willow branches) to make a lobster pot at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageStart Collection: WWI Poster, Belgian & Allies Aid League

WWI Poster, Belgian & Allies Aid League
Design by Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), Belgian & Allies Aid League, Will you help these sufferers from the war to start a new home. Help is better than sympathy

Background imageStart Collection: Start of a Cock Fight

Start of a Cock Fight Date: circa 1906

Background imageStart Collection: The start of the England to Australia flight

The start of the England to Australia flight from Hounslow Aerodrome, London, 12 November 1919. In flying clothing (from left) Ross Smith, Keith Smith, Sergeant J.M. (Jim) Bennett and Sergeant W.M

Background imageStart Collection: Go-Kart Race 1950S

Go-Kart Race 1950S
An official waves a Union Jack flag to start the race. Date: 1950s

Background imageStart Collection: Flea Circus Chariots

Flea Circus Chariots
Professor Tomlins flea circus: a flea is pushed into position at the start of the chariot race; fine harnessing wires attach the fleas to the chariots Date: 1960s

Background imageStart Collection: Between Decks on an Emigrant Ship, 1850

Between Decks on an Emigrant Ship, 1850
Engraving showing distressed needlewomen below decks on an emigrant ship, with their belongings, making themselves confortable before the voyage begins

Background imageStart Collection: R. A. Duff and V. Trumper of the Australia Team, 1902

R. A. Duff and V. Trumper of the Australia Team, 1902
Photograph showing R.A. Duff and Victor Trumper (on right) of the Australian Cricket Team, going out to bat at the start of the Australian second innings, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, July 1902

Background imageStart Collection: Costume / Diabolo 1817

Costume / Diabolo 1817
Man: blue coat with gold buttons, lapels & split cuffs; light coloured pantaloons (trousers). Woman: white muslin dress with ruff, hem decorated with lace & rouleaux

Background imageStart Collection: Wizatd of Oz / Poppy Field

Wizatd of Oz / Poppy Field
Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion start to yawn and fall asleep amongst the poppies while the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman wonder what to do

Background imageStart Collection: Loading a V1 Rocket

Loading a V1 Rocket
Loading a V1 rocket into the launch pad. Use of these rockets accelerated after the start of the Second World War

Background imageStart Collection: Norge Polar Flight

Norge Polar Flight
The Norge airship, hired from Italy by Amundsen, at the start of its flight over the North Pole. From Spitzbergen it made a 17-hour flight to Alaska

Background imageStart Collection: Christmas morning swim in the Serpentine

Christmas morning swim in the Serpentine
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News featuring various sketches of the Christmas morning swimming handicap in the Serpentine in Hyde Park

Background imageStart Collection: Debutantes Curtsying

Debutantes Curtsying
Debutantes learning to curtsy at the famous Josephine Bradley School, preparing to be presented at Buckingham Palace and other High Society events, at the start of the Season. Date: 1930s

Background imageStart Collection: London Territorial regiments at the start of WWI

London Territorial regiments at the start of WWI
Just before the British Army was mobilised following the outbreak of World War I

Background imageStart Collection: Starting the days war - the Gudeli Track, WW1

Starting the days war - the Gudeli Track, WW1
The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. Starting the days war - the Gudeli Track. By Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945). 1917-1918

Background imageStart Collection: Start of a Womens Sledging Competition

Start of a Womens Sledging Competition
Start of a Womens Luge (Sledging) Competition at the Hotel Bristol in the Territet Suburb of Montreux Switzerland. Date: 1909

Background imageStart Collection: Goodwood: before Start

Goodwood: before Start
Preparing to start a race at Goodwood

Background imageStart Collection: Mania / Hudson Off Rails

Mania / Hudson Off Rails
OFF THE RAIL The speculations of railway financier George King Hudson (1800-1871), start to collapse

Background imageStart Collection: Troublesome Youngsters

Troublesome Youngsters
Young and inexperienced racehorses prove a handful for their jockeys before the start

Background imageStart Collection: Timing a Motor Cycle

Timing a Motor Cycle
Timing a motor cycle : when the machine crosses beams from photo-electric cella at the start and finish of the run, the time is measured. (In fact, the beam is invisible.)

Background imageStart Collection: Hunter Blowing his Horn

Hunter Blowing his Horn
Huntsman blows his horn to start the hunt

Background imageStart Collection: A man using withies (willow branches) to make a lobster or crab pot at Beesands

A man using withies (willow branches) to make a lobster or crab pot at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon. Date: 1960

Background imageStart Collection: A man using withies (willow branches) to make a lobster or crab pot at Beesands

A man using withies (willow branches) to make a lobster or crab pot at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon. Date: 1960

Background imageStart Collection: Local withies (willow branches) for making crab or lobster pots

Local withies (willow branches) for making crab or lobster pots, Beesands, Start Bay, Devon Date: 1960

Background imageStart Collection: A man using withies (willow branches) to make a lobster or crab pot at Beesands

A man using withies (willow branches) to make a lobster or crab pot at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon. Date: 1960

Background imageStart Collection: Work beginning on improvements to the Blackwall Tunnel

Work beginning on improvements to the Blackwall Tunnel, Greenwich, London - the scene at the Northern Aproach. Date: 1958

Background imageStart Collection: Steeple Chase, horse racing board game

Steeple Chase, horse racing board game. 20th century

Background imageStart Collection: HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Background imageStart Collection: Elisabeth Welch theatre programme for her one-woman show Tim

Elisabeth Welch theatre programme for her one-woman show Time to Start Living at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York

Background imageStart Collection: Start of the riot in Cheapside

Start of the riot in Cheapside
Artistic impression of Evil May Day, the name of a riot which took place in 1517 as a protest against foreigners living in London. Apprentices attacked foreign residents

Background imageStart Collection: Group of children lining-up on the starting line for a race

Group of children lining-up on the starting line for a race
Sunny Snaps postcard showing a group of children lining-up on the starting line for a running race - South Coast holiday Camp resort. Date: 1936

Background imageStart Collection: HMS Wakeful - W-Class Destroyer

HMS Wakeful - W-Class Destroyer Date: 1939

Background imageStart Collection: HMS Glorious 77

HMS Glorious 77
Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta

Background imageStart Collection: HMS Courageous 50

HMS Courageous 50
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous 50, an aircraft carrier, seen in July 1936, (formerly a battle-cruiser)

Background imageStart Collection: Start Bay and Blackpool Sands, South Devon

Start Bay and Blackpool Sands, South Devon
Start Bay and Blackpool Sands, viewed from Stoke Fleming, South Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageStart Collection: HMS Courageous

HMS Courageous
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50'), in August 1938. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Background imageStart Collection: French Revolution, Attack on the Bastille, Paris

French Revolution, Attack on the Bastille, Paris Date: 1789

Background imageStart Collection: White Star Line, RMS Olympic - News Bulletin and stationery

White Star Line, RMS Olympic - News Bulletin and stationery
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - News Bulletin dated 19 September 1914, and unused on board stationery. Date: 1914

Background imageStart Collection: RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

Background imageStart Collection: White Star Line - Make a New Start in Canada

White Star Line - Make a New Start in Canada
White Star Line - promotional poster, Make a New Start, £10 to Canada, for all Britishers, irrespective of occupation who intend to make their homes in Canada 18. x 12 inches

Background imageStart Collection: Psalter (Fragments)

Psalter (Fragments)
Parts of three bifolia from a psalter, parchment

Background imageStart Collection: Divers and Diving - Ready to Start

Divers and Diving - Ready to Start Date: 1884

Background imageStart Collection: Ocean race between the Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta

Ocean race between the Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta - The Start Date: 1879

Background imageStart Collection: McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom 67-0223

McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom 67-0223
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-4E-34-MC Phantom 67-0223 (msn 2875, base code GA'), on the flight line at George Air Force Base

Background imageStart Collection: Poster, London Opinion, Your Country Needs You, WW1

Poster, London Opinion, Your Country Needs You, WW1
Original news stand poster, London Opinion, Your Country Needs You, Lord Kitchener

Background imageStart Collection: Artwork, Isle of Man map for motor cycle racing

Artwork, Isle of Man map for motor cycle racing, TT course, pen, watercolour, grey washes Date: 1956

Background imageStart Collection: HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier

HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, an aircraft carrier, (formerly a battle-cruiser)

Background imageStart Collection: HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrier

HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, a Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Background imageStart Collection: 4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Alex Winton breaks down at start

4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Alex Winton breaks down at start
4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Alex Winton (40 Winton for America) breaks down at start and forced to retire. Date: 2nd July 1903

Background imageStart Collection: Wellman's Attempt to Reach the North Pole 1907

Wellman's Attempt to Reach the North Pole 1907
Front cover of The Sphere showing the bow view of the airship. The start of the adventurous journey to reach the North Pole in the airship America. Date: 2 September 1907

Background imageStart Collection: Children bearing tags on their luggage standing on the platform station

Children bearing tags on their luggage standing on the platform station. Being evacuated from London to the countryside. Date: June 1940

Background imageStart Collection: The Crew of the Miguel de Cervantes give the Socialist sal

The Crew of the Miguel de Cervantes give the Socialist sal
Photograph showing the stern of the Republican cruiser Miguel de Cervantes, with the crew giving the Socialist clenched-fist salute, 1936

Background imageStart Collection: Moroccan Nationalist Troops landing in Spain; Spanish Civil

Moroccan Nationalist Troops landing in Spain; Spanish Civil
Photograph showing Moroccan troops of General Franco's Army of Africa disembarking from an aeroplane in Spain, 1936



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