Starting Collection (page 3)

Bonamy Dobree
BONAMY DOBREE Writer and professor of literature, specialising in the 18th century : a friend, he counselled us about starting this Library. Date: 1891 - 1974

Stirrup Cup in Norway
An elderly Norwegian man drinks from the stirrup cup before starting a hunt. Date: 1908

Horses at starting line, Doncaster racecourse
Horses at the starting line, Doncaster racecourse, with a grandstand in the background. Date: circa 1910

West Flagler Kennel Club, Miami, Florida, USA, with all glass starting boxes. Date: 1940s

Woman athlete in starting position
A young woman athlete in starting position at a sports track. Date: circa 1930s

Women athletes on the starting line
Five women athletes on the starting line at a sports track, with spectators in the background. Date: circa 1930s

People at a sports event in a field, with a row of men about to set off in a sack race. Date: circa 1920s

Mikoyan I-250 -the Soviets were just starting to develop jet propulsion at wars end, this type being first flown in March 1945

Fiesler F-103 or V 1 -Over 9, 500 of these flying bombs were launched against London starting in mid June 1944, with nearly 2, 500 more fired against Antwerp

Armstrong Whitworth AW 38 Whitley V -of the total 1, 814 Whitley built, 1, 645 were Roll-Royce Merlin powered, starting with the Mk IV

Switzerland - Grindelwald, the Wetterhorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view of Mount Wetterhorn from the town of Grindelwald. Long famed as a winter tourist destination with slopes for beginners

Msai Tribesman - drinking Goats blood during a tribal ceremony before starting to dance. Lake Natron - Tanzania - Africa

What shall we do with our SUFFRAGETTES. Suggestions on how to deal with the suffragette menace by channeling their energy into other areas - Road-breaking, Taxi driving

Embroidered crown, flags of the Allied nations
Victory for the Allies. An embroidered crown, flags of the Allied nations and a photographic portrait of a Royal Naval Seaman

Coronation of Prince Edward in carriage
Prince Edward of Wales, procession started from York House, consisting of three carriages, followed by escort of the Royal Horse Guards. Date: 9 August 1902

LFB firefighters in athletics event at Hurlingham
LFB firefighters taking part in an athletics event at Hurlingham. Date: 1967

Runners and starting pistol at Fenner s
Runners at the start of the mile race at Fenner s, in an athletics competition between the English A.A.A team and the past and present athletes of Cambridge University. The race was won by R. S

Athletics event for under-elevens, Seaford, Sussex
An athletics event, a 100-yard sprint for under-elevens at Seaford, East Sussex. The boys stand ready for the starting signal. Date: 1934

Biplanes at Hendon airfield
Biplanes lined up at Hendon airfield ready for a cross-country race. Date: 1913

Stay! by Charles Robinson
An allegorical picture representing Britannia starting on the path of pleasure and joyousness while fate intervenes and holds her back. Date: 2nd July 1902

Sydney Lady Morgan - 3
SYDNEY LADY MORGAN (nee Owenson) Popular Irish novelist, wife of Sir Thomas Morgan MP, portrayed when she was starting to put on weight. Date: 1783? - 1859

Greyhounds in Training
Four muzzled greyhounds in training, having been released from their starting hut. Date: early 1930s

Maurice Farman S7 Longhorn, 19, Mr Castle, the Daily Mirror photographer, starting a flight at Hendon

Short S5 Singapore I, G-EBUP, at Rochester in November 1928 before starting the flight round Africa

Victor Smith in Miles M5 Sparrowhawk G-AELT starting off
Victor Smith in Miles M5 Sparrowhawk, G-AELT, starting off from Portsmouth Airport for the Schlesinger Race to Johannesburg, 29 September 1936. Date: 1936

Louis Bleriot starting his cross-Channel flight
Louis Ble

The first three English Electric Canberra B62s of the Fuerza Aerea Argentina at Warton prior to their delivery flight starting on 17 November 1970. Date: 1970

Pushing to the starting line

Cycling race Paris-Brest (1891). Starting line
" Cycling race Paris-Brest (1891). Starting line in Paris. Illustration from " Le Petit Journal". Etching. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Buddha - Pegu - Strong Siamese influences of Pegu Buddha, being the starting point for endless raids against Siam. The armies, after meditation at the Shwemedaw

The Klondike in Colour
Prospectors on their way to the Klondike : camping at Dyea, the starting point for the crossing of the Chilkoot Pass to Dawson Date: 1899

LCC-LFB Aftermath of a church fire, Avenue Road NW3
The roof of a church which has been seriously damaged by a fire, with crews starting to cut away and damp down

Official programme cover, The London Aerodrome
Official programme cover for the London Aerodrome, Hendon, 7th London Aviation Meeting, 9-13 April 1914 (weather permitting)

Yachts starting, Yarmouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Racing cracks at the starting post. Date c1886

Yachts starting, Hastings, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Yacht starting, Clacton-on-Sea, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The starting point of the great war between the states inauguration of Jefferson Davis. Date c1888 January 19

The starting point of the great war between the states. Inau

William Tobias 80 Grattan St. Brooklyn -12 yrs old. Boy was starting for the subway to sell papers on trains until 6 AM Cause termorrer dey haint no school and I kin sleep all day

2 AM February 12, 1908. Papers just out

Hunstman blows his horn and the chase begins. The Foxhound head off after the target prey to the sound of " Tally Ho!" from the hunters. Date: circa 1910s

Distant view of the Wright airplane just after landing, taken from the starting point, with wing-rest in center of picture and launching rail at right

New York, New York. Thomas Gilmartin is seen bowling at the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street. The rail on the left is a guide to the starting line

Starting of the head-quarters of the combined army in Siberia. Date ca. 1919

Starting blocks - 1948 Olympics
New adjustable, aluminium starting blocks developed by Mr. H. Rottenburg and used at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. Date: 1948

Starting blocks - 1948 Olympic Games
New adjustable, aluminium starting blocks developed by Mr. H. Rottenburg and used at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. Date: 1948

Cycle Race Starting Gun
An old man in a peaked cap blows the starting whistle and fires his gun at the start of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

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