Start Collection (page 2)

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

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.)

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

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

Steeple Chase, horse racing board game. 20th century

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

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

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

WW1 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Patriotic message
An inset portrait accompanies a message to the German people from Kaiser Wilhelm II a month after the start of the First World War - 26th August 1914 (the war began on 28th July 1914). Date: 1914

HMS Glorious 77
Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta.. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First

HMS Courageous 50
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous 50, an aircraft carrier, seen in July 1936, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psalter (Fragments)
Parts of three bifolia from a psalter, parchment. Text in a single column in a Gothic rotunda script in dark brown ink with alternating red and blue decorated capitals and larger red

Divers and Diving - Ready to Start Date: 1884

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

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

Poster, London Opinion, Your Country Needs You, WW1
Original news stand poster, London Opinion, Your Country Needs You, Lord Kitchener. This is the very rare poster that led to what was to become the famous Lord Kitchener Wants You recruiting poster

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

HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, an aircraft carrier, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World

HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, a Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher

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

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

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

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

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. At the start of the Spanish Civil War

A group of London women start an all-female decorating company. Date: 1926

She arrives at Cherbourg, at the start of a spring visit to the south of France Date: 1897

Trolls are malicious, and will start an avalanche just for the fun of it. Date: 1895

Comic postcard, Man en route to Coronation Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Something Accomplished
The Caption says Something accomplished, something done, has earned a nights repose! The card was posted on the third anniversary of the start of WW2. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1942

Lord Kitchener and Lord Haldane arriving at the War Office
Photograph of (right) Lord Kitchener (1850 - 1916), accompanied with Lord Haldane (1856 - 1928), who was the current Lord Chancellor and former War Minister, arriving at the War Office

Jennys Whim Bridge
Up to the start of the 19th century, Jennys Whim was a tavern or place of public entertainment, occupying a site now covered by St Georges Row near to Ebury Bridge, London Date: 1875

The shelter on the Longchamps Race Course, 1868. Woman in tunic over a white crinoline, and woman in pink crinoline dress with train. The Hippodrome de Longchamp racetrack opened in 1857

Start Point lighthouse, Start Bay, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Cartoon, The Bag-Fox (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Bag-Fox -- a satirical comment on the Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, at the start of the Autumn Session of parliament

Cartoon, The False Start (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The False Start -- Gladstone is depicted as a jockey on a horse named Democracy. The Starter, Palmerston, calls out that hes started too soon

Sherman tank Memorial, Leopoldsburg Railway Station
Leopoldsburg is in Belgium and it was directly behind the start line of Operation Market Garden. Here was a huge engineer dump built up to support the XXX Corps ground forces whose job it was to

The Liberation Gate Memorial, Dutch-Belgian border
This Memorial is just inside the Dutch border about 3 kms from Joes Bridge. In the battles before the start of the Market Garden Operation from Joes Bridge

Christmas card, Two puppies with parcels - Start Your Christmas. 20th century

Athlete
Male athlete preparing for start of running race. Date: 1936

Start of a Fun Run, Penzance, Cornwall
The start of a fun run (marathon) in Penzance, Cornwall, with David Moorcroft (b.1953), British middle-distance and long-distance runner. Showing a large crowd of runners and spectators

Unicyclist at start of a cycle ride, Lands End, Cornwall
A unicyclist (left) at the start of a cycle ride from Lands End in Cornwall to John o Groats in Scotland. Date: circa 1980s

Elisabeth Welch theatre programme for her one-woman show Time to Start Living at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003)

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