Steering Collection

Jack Johnson on his Racing Motor Car
Arthur John Johnson, better known as Jack Johnson, the American heavyweight boxer, pictured in 1908. Johnson was the World Heavyweight Champion between 1908 and 1915

Balloon ascent from Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent
Preparing a balloon for ascent from the Village of Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent, during which Mr P Cornillot achieved horizontal steering at different heights. 23 August 1825

BSA three wheeler sports car and driver, South Wales
Mr Jack Holt driving his 1932 BSA three wheeler sports car, bought in 1938 from Morgan of Caerphilly. Probably photographed in the Haverfordwest area, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Testing a new type of steering gear / W Heath Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

1910 SimpleX Date: 1953

Young woman at the wheel of a car. 1950

Blanchard and Jeffries crossing English Channel
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries crossing the English Channel by balloon. They left Dover, crossed the sea, and landed near Blanay, between Calais and Boulogne

1906 Tyre Advertisement
An advert for Jenatzy Tyres of Brussels

Kashmir, River Jhelum - woman paddles a wooden boat
Kashmir, River Jhelum - woman with two small children paddles a flat-bottomed wooden boat, or shikara Date: 1986

Voiture Henriod 1900 veteran motor car
Voiture Henriod 1900. A neat little two-seater (with a little seat at back for baby or dog) - tiller steering - motoring at its simplest ! Date: 1900

Autocar Poster -- Paris-Amsterdam race
Autocar Poster -- Charrons white Panhard fitted with wheel steering (instead of a tiller) for the first time in racing history, for the Paris-Amsterdam race. Date: 1898

WW2 Royal Navy Birthday Card
A WW2 birthday greetings card, You're steering straight for a happy birthday! The illustration portrays a boy dressed as a Royal navy sailor steering his ship. Date: circa 1940s

Steam lorry, Llandyssil, Powys, Mid Wales
A steam lorry (Manns patent steam cart) belonging to Evans & Jones, haulage contractors

Fiat Ardita Advert 1932
Publicity for Fiats Ardita - as you see, it has a nice well-rounded steering wheel : but does the rest of it reach this high standard ?

Berlin Motor Race Poster
A poster for a motor racing meeting on 12th and 22nd October at Berlin, Germany

Blind Man and Guide Dog
A German Shepherd leads a blind man in a street, steering him between a lamp- post and a carelessly parked bicycle. Date: 1935

Britannia and Eve, April 1940
Front cover illustration featuring an attractive lady at the wheel of a car, although where the rest of the car is is anyones guess

Two boys on their Go-cart
Two boys (twin brothers?) in their Sunday best sitting on their beautifully-made toy car, complete with slender steering wheel, running board, lamp and number plate

Home made car
A young man got up in motoring kit including a balaclava and goggles, poses at the wheel of an evidently home made car with hand-scrawled number plate!

Chauffeur driving a blue car on a greetings card
Chauffeur driving a blue car with two passengers on a greetings card -- A mile a minute. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard, Little boy and girl on a sailing boat - I'm sick of being without you. Date: early 20th century

How a big ship steers: the necessity for a large amount of elbow room. The swing of a great liner - shown by two positions of a vessel

Cover of Colman's Mustard publicity booklet Mustard Pot's Race

Obese man driving a two-horse carriage in Georgian England
Obese driver and thin woman riding a two-horse carriage in Georgian England. Steering. Handcoloured wood engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from W. H

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1 and Bedford MK
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 being pushed back into its hide by a Bedford MK 4-tonner, during a field deployment in Germany

Bronze ship's eight spoked wheel, Brown Brothers
MARITIME: Brown Brothers and Company, Rosebank Ironworks, Edinburgh, bronze ship's eight spoked wheel. 30ins

19th century brass and wood ship's wheel, made in Belfast
MARITIME: A good 19th century brass and hard wood ship's wheel with the legend NORTHUMBRIAN MAID. BELFAST. 1843 in the brass central boss, on display stand

Pratt's High Test Fuel - Advertisement for Pratt's High Test petrol depicts a woman at the steering wheel, goggles at the ready. Artist: Albert Bailey. Date: 1926

WW2, Willing Hands
An illustration which portrays a little boy dressed as a British WW2 Royal Navy sailor, he is steering his ship. Date: circa 1940s

Seaside donkey pulling a car across Block Island beach, USA
A superb photographic postcard showing a Seaside donkey pulling (a pretty stuck-looking)

The Engineer, three bound volumes, 1910-1911
The Engineer, three bound volumes CXI from January to June 1910, July to December 1910 and January to June 1911, including in supplement Olympic launch, page 209 Olympic fitting-out

White Star Line, embroidered badge in oak frame
White Star Line, period embroidered officer's cloth cap badge contained within an oak frame in the shape of a ship's wheel

Ira L. & A. C. Berk Packard Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Ira L. & A. C

The Motor Picture Book, The Dynasphere - the car of the future? Date: 1930

Cover design, The Motor Picture Book, with 24 colour plates Date: 1930

Original artwork, man and woman in a car, American fashion design (3 of 3) Date: circa 1910

Original artwork, woman driving a car, American fashion design (1 of 3) Date: circa 1910

Poster, Monaco, Motor Boat Exhibition and Competition, March - April 1900 Date: 1900

Poster, Brooklands Motor Course, Weybridge, Surrey, The British Mountain Handicap, Britain's Richest Car Race, Easter Monday, 13 April 1936. Date: 1936

A TRIREME (three banks of oars) The larger oar at the stern is for steering ; note also the lantern, and the hooked prow for ramming an enemy vessel

Trans-Canada Lockheed Aircraft, Pilots cockpit fitted for blind flying Date: 1930s

Woman at the wheel of her car
Stylish woman at the wheel of her car looks round quizzically. Date: circa 1930s

Parked car, Croydon, Surrey
View through the windscreen of a parked car in Croydon High Road, with postman on bike, and tram. Date: circa 1930s

Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c. 1900
Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c.1900

Panhard car of 1899 fitted with first Napier engine, Selwyn Francis Edge is in the passenger seat

Ford Cortina car, steering wheel and dashboard, 1965
Ford Cortina car, showing the steering wheel and dashboard. 1965

Prince and Princess of Wales in a motor car
The Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary) in a motor car. 1905

Bob Burnam in Ohio Racer
Bob Burnam, crowned Speed King of the World, in his Ohio Racer. 1912

Sir Malcolm Campbell in first Blue Bird, a Darracq
Sir Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of his first Blue Bird, a Darracq. 1912

Red Jenatzy, winner of Gordon Bennett Cup motor race
Red Jenatzy, winner of the Gordon Bennett Cup motor race at the wheel of a 1903 Mercedes, with a speed of 49.2 mph. early 20th century

Parry Thomas, motor racing driver, at the wheel of Babs, half an hour before his fatal accident attempting another world speed record at Pendine, Carmarthenshire on 3 March 1928. 1928

Racing car on a wet track with cut tyres
Racing car on a wet track -- the tyres had to be specially treated with shallow cuts transversing the normal tread for extra grip. 20th century

Mrs Gwenda Stewart, motor racing driver. 20th century

John Cobb, motor racing driver. 20th century

Kaye Don at the wheel of his racing car. 1933

John Cobb, driver, in a Napier-Railton, in which he set new speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats, USA in 1935. 1935

Two women in a car in a studio portrait, Paris
Two women in a car in a studio portrait, with a painted backdrop behind them showing the Champs Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Date: circa 1908

Mary Pickford, actress, in a film

Jessica Borthwick on Red Cross schooner, WW1
Jessica Borthwick, owner of the Red Cross schooner Grace Darling, who was fired at from the pier at Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. 1914

Napier car driven by Charles Jarrott
Early Motor Car Racing - Napier car driven by Charles Jarrott in Gordon-Bennett Races. 1903

Charles Jarrott with Bianchi
Early Motor Car Racing - Charles Jarrott with Bianchi

Charles Jarrott in Circuit des Ardennes Race
Early Motor Car Racing - Charles Jarrott at the finish of the Circuit des Ardennes race. 1902

Boy and girl in a car on a cutout Valentines card. circa 1900s

Johannes Treu, the worlds strongest tooth-athlete
Power achievement of the Russian Johannes Treu, claimed to be the worlds strongest tooth-athlete. circa 1898

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

BUGATTI 57.s MODEL 1930S
The Bugatti 57.S competition model racing car. Date: 1930s

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the rescue team at the top of the cliff, transporting a piece of lifting equipment

Comic postcard - Two Street Urchins with their soapbox racer
Comic postcard - She ain t exactly a Rolls Royce, but she rolls fine don t she? 1934

Blonde in Drivers Seat Date: 1950

Early Model Automobile Date: 1950

TEA - CUP THAT CHEERS
A thirsty sailor enjoys a cuppa whilst steering his boat. Date: 1894

AUDINEAU VOITURETTE
Audineau voiturette, with tiller-steering. Date: circa 1899

MV Britannic - chrome mantel clock in stylised shape of a ship's wheel, engraved MV Britannic. 3.5 inches. Date: 1930s

Edwardian 1900s Two Couple Sitting Passenger
edwardian, 1900s, two, couple, sitting, passenger, love, romance, romantic, valentine, valentines, heart, cards, card, boy, girl, boys, girls, child, children, transport, car, cars, greetings

Driver and passengers in a car on a cutout Valentine card
Driver in a car on a cutout Valentine card, with two passengers at the back. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1900s

Driver in a car on a cutout Valentine card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1900s

Packaging, Wood-Milne Pilot Rubber Soles
Packaging design, Wood-Milne Pilot Rubber Soles for Ladies Shoes, price one shilling. circa 1940s

Three frogs boating on a lily leaf on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Advertisement for Poulton & Noel Ltd of London, luxury foods. Date: early 20th century

King George V as a yachtsman at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Date: 1924

Queen Mary ocean liner: Steering-wheels; crows nest
The first example of complete steering-gear duplication; and the first crows nest provided with warmth (besides improved shelter) for the look-out men. Date: 1936

The Silhouette Art of H. L. Oakley
Inside page of a promotional leaflet produced by the silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley, who, as well as genre and portrait cuttings, carried out a lot of advertising work

Little boy sitting in a toy car
A little boy sitting in a toy car, having something to eat before he continues on his journey

Blanchard balloon ascent, Rouen, France
Third balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, with Mr Boby, from the old barracks at Rouen. They later descended on the Plaine de Puissanval. 18 July 1784

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