Trans Collection

The Endurance
A cutaway view of the Endurance, the flagship of Ernest Shackletons Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which began in 1914. Encountering pack ice, the ship became icebound in January 1915

The RMS Olympic - White Star Line - sister ship of the ill-fated RMS Titanic

Sir Ernest Shackleton and others, Antarctic
Sir Ernest Shackleton and three members of a polar exploration party, photographed within 111 miles of the South Pole in 1907-9 on board the Nimrod

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, polar explorer
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 - 1922), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer. Seen here at the age of 40 in windproof garments

Imperial Airways Poster, seaplane Scipio
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a diagrammatic drawing of the seaplane Scipio, one of the new Kent class, for use on the trans-Mediterranean service. 1931

Ernest Shackleton preparing for a trans-antarctic expedition
Sir Ernest Shackleton, dressed in kit suited to Antarctic conditions prior to his trans-Antarctic expedition in 1914

Czech armoured train 1918
A Czech armoured train (Orcik). These were used by the Czechoslovak Legion to control the trans-Siberian railway during the Russian Civil War

Algiers, Algeria - Waterfront Boulevards
Algiers, Algeria - Les Boulevards et les Coteaux (the slopes/ramps) de Mustapha Superieur. Date: circa 1920s

The R. M. S. Berengaria entering harbour
The R.M.S. Berengaria of the Cunard line (originally launched as the S.S. Imperator for the Hamburg-America line in 1912) entering harbour in the 1930s. It was scrapped in 1938. Date: 1930s

Millwall Docks, London
Taking aboard stores and special equipment for the commonwealth trans-antarctic expeditiion: the Canadian seal-catcher M.V

The Trans-Atlantic French ocean liner, SS Normandie
The 79, 000 ton Trans-Atlantic French ocean liner, SS Normandie

Trans-Siberian Railway Terminus, Vladivostok, Russia
Trans-Siberian Railway, Vladivostok, Russia

Front cover design for a brochure for Liner RMS Mauretania
The attractive front cover design for a brochure for the Liner RMS Mauretania, designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the British Cunard Line. Date: 1922

The Long, Long Drift
Illustration by Raymond Sheppard to an article entitled: The Long, Long Drift by John Prebble, relating to the The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17

SS Amerique being towed into Plymouth, Devon, 1874
Engraving showing the French Trans-Atlantic Companys steamship Amerique, which was one of the quickest trans-atlantic steamers of the time, 1874

Frank Wild (1873-1939)
Photographic portrait of Frank Wild, the British naval officer and explorer, London, c.1916

Rail / Break of Gauge
The break of gauge at Gloucester: the trans-shipment of goods from the broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages

Douglas DC-3S N1R (msn 4129) of the BROOKLYN DODGERS (Brooklyn National League Baseball Club), marked with Dodgers World Champions just behind the entry door

Lockheed L1049 Constellation Trans Canada, flying

Trans=Siberian Railway
Mounted soldiers at a crossing watch a train of the Trans- Siberian Railway steams through the snow

Caronia and Sisters
The Caronia. Carmania, Franconia and Laconia are sister passenger liners on the trans- Atlantic run

Andania, Alaunia
Passenger liners on the trans- Atlantic run

WW1 - The Bow Bells - male stage performer in drag
Male performer dressed as a woman - a member of the 56th London UK Division concert party, called The Bow Bells, which was particularly active on the French front from 1916. Date: circa 1916

Boeing 727-22 N285AT (msn 19152 / 507), of American Trans Air. Date: 1986

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJU John Roe (msn 47552 / Line Number640), first flown 19.08.71 and operated from new by Trans Australia Airlines

Steam train on the Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia. Date: circa 1900

Advert for Nord Lloyd
An advert for the Nord Lloyd (or Norddeutscher Lloyd) shipping line. Date: 1939

Poster, Ireland via Trans-Canada Air Lines Date: 1957

Poster, Orient Line Trans Pacific Date: circa 1955

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter CF-UXE (msn 9), of Trans Australia Airlines, at the 1966 SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held from 5-11 September 1966 Date: 1966

Port Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Date: circa late 1930s

Boeing 767-231ER N601TW (msn 24564, line number 14, fleet number 16001), of Trans World Airlines, at Gatwick Airport in September 1997. Date: 1997

Curtiss C-46F Commando N69343 (ex 44-78579), of Trans Caribbean. Date: circa 1961

1943 Syria Trans-Jordanian Frontier Force TJFF regiment
1943 Syria - Trans-Jordan or Trans-Jordanian Frontier Force TJFF army regiment Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Munitions supply to Russia
Japan to the rescue! How our Far-Eastern ally supplies Russia with munitions 1915

Douglas B-26B Invader N202PP (msn 27847, ex 44-34568), of Purolator Products

Convair CV-240 N94264
Convair CV-240-0 N94264 (msn 137) of Trans Texas Airways (TTA). Date: 1963-1966

Hughes 300 EI-AOU of Trans World Helicopters at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1968

Vickers 818 Viscount VH-TVR (msn 318) John Murray of Trans Australia Airlines ( Ta)

Douglas DC-8-61CF N8961T (msn 45902) of Trans International Airways. Date: 1970s

Douglas DC-3 N886Q. Delivered new to Trans World Airways as NC17324 in August 1937 and served until February 1952. Later became N8860, then N886Q, then to N57700. Note - Flags under cockpit

Douglas DC-1 N233Y (TWA fleet number 300) of Trans World Airways Date: circa 1935

Conroy Super Turbo Three N156WC. The second RR Dart powered conversion by Conroy was a surplus Douglas R4D-8-C-117D and was called the Super Turbo Three

Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando N95445 (msn 33477 - ex 44-78081) of Phenix Airlines

LONDON TRANS. TICKETS -1
London Transport bus tickets - 1d, 2d and 3d. Date: unknown

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJK (msn 47008 / Line Number98), first flown 24.01.67 and operated from new by Trans Australia Airlines. Sold in the US as N908AX to ABX Air on 08.01.83

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJO (msn 47326) of Trans Australia Airlines (Ta) Date: 1970-1980s

McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F N4863T (msn 45951) of Trans International Airlines (registration cancelled 03-01-1972) Date: 1970s

Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - note the wonderful signage advertising the Hotel Metropolis and the (rather wonderful) Poodle Dog Cafe !! Date: circa 1940s

Building the Trans-Australian Railway - using a Camel Buggy Date: 1914

Gerda Wegener
GERDA WEGENER Danish artist, married to trans-sexual Einar Wegener (also known as Lili Elbe) Date: flourished 1904 - 1930

Lockheed L14 Super Electra -Trans Canada
Lockheed L 14 Super Electra first flown 29 July 1937. carried 18-22 passengers but outsold by DC-3. 354 built-mainly for RAF as Hudson bombers. Date: circa 1940s

UFO sighting at Trans-en-Provence, France
A sketch of Renato Niccolais garden at Trans-en-Provence, France, where he claims a UFO came down from the sky, hovered or landed for a few seconds, then shot away again, leaving traces on the ground

Supply route through Iran into Russia
Pages from The Illustrated London News on the Persian Corridor, the supply route through Iran into Russia, with various views of the trans-Iranian railway

Cunard Wharf, Boston
Cunard Wharf within Boston Harbour was owned by the Cunard Line Company who had been awarded the first British Trans Atlantic steamship mail contract in 1839

Interior of Latecoere
Interior of the Latecoere 521 flying boat Lieutenant de Vaisseaux Paris, carrying 30 passengers trans-Atlantic or 70 on Mediterranean routes in leg-stretching comfort. Date: 1935

R34 Airship, Transatlantic crossing 1919
Flying over the fleet in the firth of forth, the R 34 the first British transatlantic dirigible

Airbus A300-B4-203 VH-Ta James Cook Ta Sydney
Photographed landing at Sydney airport in November 1981 this Airbus A300 was named James Cook. First flew for Trans Australia Airlines in July 1981 Date: 1981

Canadair DC-4M-2 North Star CF-TFN ex TCA Panshanger
Canadair DC-4M-2 CF-TFN ex Trans Canada Airlines at Panshanger in Hertfordhire, England in 1963.03.09 Date: 1963

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flight
Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, loading supplies into the " Polar Star", before the flight of the 2000 miles from Dundee Island across the Antarctic to the Bay of Whales

Hijras, transvestites of Southern Asia. They are physiological males who have a feminine gender identity. Date: circa 1890s

Ernest Shackletons air-propelled sledges, and a tent
Sir Ernest Shackletons air-propelled sledges, intended for use in the Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Shown here operating as air-propelled water boats

Syria and Lebanon - Tourist Map. Date: circa 1910s

Sretensk, Russia
Sretensk (Kuenga) - a town in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Shilka River. The Trans-Siberian Railway can be seen on the left

Cape / Cairo Railway - 3
CAPE-TO-CAIRO RAILWAY Driving the trans- continental rail link across the plains of the Congo Date: 1914

The Cunard British Line Ocean Liner RMS Mauretania sailing across the Atlantic Ocean with a stylised setting sun behind her. Date: 1922

Lockheed L188 Electra -Trans Australia

Lockheed 1049H Super Constellation of Trans Canada Airlines (forward view) on approach

Douglas DC-9 31 -Trans-Australia

TWA Constellation plane over Geneva, Switzerland
TWA (Lockheed) Constellation passenger plane flying over Geneva, Switzerland. Date: circa 1950s

Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot
American Lincoln Ellsworth and his British colleague and pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon who on 23 November 1935, started from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparations
Lincoln Ellsworth (left) and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (right), his pilot, making preparations for their trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Poster advertising Trans-Canada Airlines -- opportunities unlimited

Sir Ernest Shackleton, polar explorer, photographed in 1914, before his departure on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1874 - 1922

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 -1917
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: how and whence the expedition proposes to start. Showing the proposed methods of transport from the Weddell Sea Base to the South Pole. Date: 1914

Vladivostok, Russia - Trans-Siberian Railway Terminus
Trans-Siberian Railway, Vladivostok, Russia

TWA air stewardess boarding a train
A TWA air stewardess boards a train, perhaps to travel to the airport while a porter stands by the open carriage door. Date: 1940s

TWA air stewardess with an in-flight meal
TWA (Trans World Airlines) stewardess with an in-flight meal on a tray. Date: 1940s

TWA air stewardess prepares a meal
A TWA (Trans World Airlines) stewardess prepares an in-flight meal. Date: 1940s

Trans-Siberian Railway - Tolocha River
Tolocha River in the Ingoda valley, east of Urulga, Transbaikalia territory, Russia Date: circa 1910s

Russo-Japanese War - Captured Wagons, Office and Train
Russo-Japanese War - Captured Russian baggage wagons, The Head Office of the Military Railways at Dairen (now Dalian)

Musick Memorial Trophy
Awarded for the most practical contribution to the safety of aircraft with special regard to trans-oceanic aviation, the Musick Memorial Trophy was presented by R.M

Martin 4-0-4 N 404001 of Trans World Airlines
Martin 4-0-4, N 404001, of Trans World Airlines

Vickers Viscount 720 VH-TVF of Trans-Australia Airlines
Vickers Viscount 720, VH-TVF, of Trans-Australia Airlines

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