Tread Collection

Advertisement for Dunlop Fort safety tyres, night scene showing policeman, woman in car, and the tread on a Dunlop Fort tyre. Captioned Dunlop Fort, the tyres with teeth'. Date: 1939

Poster, Pirelli Long Distance tyres. Date: circa 1950

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

Barney Oldfield, racing driver. 20th century

Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Tomb of Nakht - Vineyard workers squeezing grapes to produce wine. Date: circa 1920s

Cycle Tyres - Dunlop - Roadster and Carrier Range - Fort, Roadster, Magnum, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Champion, Carrier, Invader, Clipper Carrier, Scout and Cruiser. Date: circa 1935

Advertisement for Rapson Tyres
A square enamel sign advertising Rapson Tyres - " The Worlds longest mileage tyres". *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Human-powered Paddler Wheeler Ship, China - men were stationed fore and aft to tread on pedals so that (the vessels) could go forward or backwards. Date: circa 1920s

Suffragette Christmas Card Where Angels Fear To Tread. Christmas card showing suffragette with umbrella captioned, Suffragettes rush in where angels fear to tread purple and green ribbon to side

Motor Tyres Triple Stud Pattern - Dunlop - Three styles - Fort Triple Stud, Standard Triple Stud and Sports. Date: circa 1935

Motor Tyres 90 Pattern - Dunlop - Three styles - Fort 90, Standard 90 and Extra Low Pressure 90. Date: circa 1935

Giant Pneumatic Tyres - Dunlop - Three styles - 90 High Pressure, High Pressure (Triple Stud) and Low Pressure. Date: circa 1935

Cycle Tyres - Dunlop - Speed and Sports Range - Road Racing (Hgh Pressure) File Pattern, Road Racing (High Pressure) File Pattern with Ribbed centre, Sports, Speed, Tandem, Sprite and Sprite Tandem

Motor Cycle Tyres - Dunlop - Eight different styles of tyre
Eight different types of Dunlop Motor Cycle Tyres - the Fort, Standard, Heavy Duty (Beaded Edge), Standard (Ribbed), Solo Sports, Sports, Road Racing (Ribbed) and Road Racing (Triple Stud)

Water removal from tyre tread

Car tyre tread pattern development, 1922-1948

Tread wheel fan at Coldbath Fields Prison, Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Little girl asleep on her mothers lap at bedtime
A little girl asleep on her mothers lap at bedtime, watched by her elder sister. The photograph is entitled Hush Lightly Tread

Seven Dials London
Formerly a very disreputable part of London where policemen feared to tread

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Native soldiers surprised
A night alarm during sentry duty during the 2nd Ashanti War. Native soldiers eyes wide with fear tread softly in the direction of danger

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