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Tyre Collection

Background imageTyre Collection: Lambretta motor scooter

Lambretta motor scooter
A Lambretta motor scooter parked against a fence

Background imageTyre Collection: Map of Palestine and the Holy Land

Map of Palestine and the Holy Land - all places named in their Latin form. Date: 1806

Background imageTyre Collection: Bank holiday at Goodwood

Bank holiday at Goodwood
A plug and spanner bank holiday at Goodwood. R. D. Poore in his 3.8 Alfa-Romeo and Leslie Johnson in the E-type 1 1/2 litre E.R.A. top the rise after St

Background imageTyre Collection: Bicycle Made For Three - Continental Pneumatic Advert

Bicycle Made For Three - Continental Pneumatic Advert
Bicycle Made For Three - Continental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) Advertisement

Background imageTyre Collection: Greetings from Akron, Ohio, USA

Greetings from Akron, Ohio, USA
Greetings postcard from Akron, Ohio, USA, rubber manufacturing center of the world, showing the Goodyear Memorial and a rubber tyre shape containing three scenes (Firestone, Goodrich and Goodyear)

Background imageTyre Collection: BSA three wheeler sports car and driver, South Wales

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

Background imageTyre Collection: Michelin Tyre Advert

Michelin Tyre Advert
The Michelin Man sits atop Olympia and makes sure all the exhibits for the 1913 motor show are equipped with the best tyres. Date: 1913

Background imageTyre Collection: Avon tyre advertisement and motoring items, Goodwood

Avon tyre advertisement and motoring items, Goodwood
Avon tyre advertisement with various motoring items at Goodwood, West Sussex, England. circa 1969

Background imageTyre Collection: Radial ply construction, car tyre

Radial ply construction, car tyre

Background imageTyre Collection: The Micheline - a train on pneumatic tyres

The Micheline - a train on pneumatic tyres
The Micheline - the first train on pneumatic tyres. In commercial use since 1931 - the birth of the Michelin Tyre. This example was run on the L.M.S. Line (Bletchley to Oxford) in 1932

Background imageTyre Collection: 1906 Tyre Advertisement

1906 Tyre Advertisement
An advert for Jenatzy Tyres of Brussels

Background imageTyre Collection: Boys playing with toy car, 1930s

Boys playing with toy car, 1930s
Two boys play with a minature Rolls Royce

Background imageTyre Collection: DUNLOP TYRE ADVERT 14

DUNLOP TYRE ADVERT 14
A lady on a riverbank waves to friends in a motor boat. Date: 1934

Background imageTyre Collection: My Toys. Middlesbrough, 1970s

My Toys. Middlesbrough, 1970s 1970s

Background imageTyre Collection: Poster design, Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court

Poster design, Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court, London, 25 September to 3 October

Background imageTyre Collection: Huntley, Aberdeenshire - repairing a flat tyre

Huntley, Aberdeenshire - repairing a flat tyre
Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - repairing a flat tyre

Background imageTyre Collection: Dunlop advertisement, Windsor Castle

Dunlop advertisement, Windsor Castle
A Dunlop advertisement featuring an illustration of Windsor Castle. 1937

Background imageTyre Collection: Rover 12 Saloon (rear view)

Rover 12 Saloon (rear view)
A Rover 12 Saloon (rear view)

Background imageTyre Collection: Rover car with fitted Coal-Gas installation

Rover car with fitted Coal-Gas installation
A Rover car fitted with a neatly made coal-gas installation. The gas bolster originated by Wood-Milne Ltd. was a recepticle built along the lines of a pneumatic tyre

Background imageTyre Collection: Michelin Tyre Advert

Michelin Tyre Advert
A Michelin Tyre Advertisement, showing the Michelin Man aiding the local workers in rubber collection!

Background imageTyre Collection: Shadow Caravan (closed) - harnessed to a Clyno Car

Shadow Caravan (closed) - harnessed to a Clyno Car
Ready for the Road: A Shadow Trailer Caravan (closed and ready to move off), harnessed to a Clyno Car. 1927

Background imageTyre Collection: Advertisement for Michelin bicycle tyres

Advertisement for Michelin bicycle tyres. 1916

Background imageTyre Collection: View of Robert Street, off Albany Street, NW London

View of Robert Street, off Albany Street, NW London
View of Robert Street, off Albany Street, London, with a motor tyre repair shop on the corner. Date: circa 1908

Background imageTyre Collection: People on a bus, Lincoln to Olympia

People on a bus, Lincoln to Olympia
People on a bus, travelling from Lincoln to Olympia. The advertisement on the side of the bus reads: Battles, Chemists, a century of public service

Background imageTyre Collection: Poster: Keep on keeping up tyre care

Poster: Keep on keeping up tyre care, giving advice on how to make your car tyres last as long as possible. 20th century

Background imageTyre Collection: Vintage Car and grand building

Vintage Car and grand building
An enormous open-top saloon/sedan luxury car standing in front of an impressive arcaded facade/entrance to a large building

Background imageTyre Collection: Dunlop Tyre Advert 17

Dunlop Tyre Advert 17
Motorists stop at a country inn in northern England. Now they must decide which of them will drink, which will drive

Background imageTyre Collection: Social / Country Club 20C

Social / Country Club 20C
Arriving at a fashionable party in the garden of a modern-style house, doubtless the scene of a Christie crime

Background imageTyre Collection: Tyre marks on Santa Monica beach, California, USA

Tyre marks on Santa Monica beach, California, USA
USA - Tyre marks on Santa Monica beach, California

Background imageTyre Collection: Pneumatic Harburg-Wien - Bicycle Tyres

Pneumatic Harburg-Wien - Bicycle Tyres
Pneumatic Harburg-Wien, original poster printed by Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTyre Collection: Tyre (currently in Lebanese territory). Engraving by Aubert

Tyre (currently in Lebanese territory). Engraving by Aubert

Background imageTyre Collection: Continental Aeroplane Fabric

Continental Aeroplane Fabric - The Continental Tyre & Rubber Company (Grt Brit) Ltd. Date: 1911

Background imageTyre Collection: Continental Aeroplane Tyres

Continental Aeroplane Tyres - The Continental Tyre & Rubber Company (Grt Brit) Ltd. Date: 1911

Background imageTyre Collection: The Continental Tyre & Rubber Co - Balloons

The Continental Tyre & Rubber Co - Balloons - The Continental Tyre & Rubber Company (Grt Brit) Ltd. Date: 1909

Background imageTyre Collection: Continental Aeroplane & Balloon Fabrics

Continental Aeroplane & Balloon Fabrics - Continental Tyre & Rubber Company (Grt Brit) Ltd. Date: 1910

Background imageTyre Collection: The Continental Tyre & Rubber Co. Aeroplane Fabrics

The Continental Tyre & Rubber Co. Aeroplane Fabrics - The Continental Tyre & Rubber Company (Grt Brit) Ltd. Date: 1909

Background imageTyre Collection: The Continental Tyre & Rubber Co

The Continental Tyre & Rubber Co - The Continental Tyre & Rubber Company (Grt Brit) Ltd. Date: 1909

Background imageTyre Collection: Zeppelin, Etherfield, Republique, Ville

Zeppelin, Etherfield, Republique, Ville De Paris Used Continental - Continental Tyre & Rubber Company (Grt Brit) Ltd. Date: 1909

Background imageTyre Collection: Track Cycling Race - Continental Pneumatic Advert

Track Cycling Race - Continental Pneumatic Advert
Continental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) advertising postcard showing a track cycle race in full swing. Date: 1916

Background imageTyre Collection: Girl lighting her cigarette - Continental Pneumatic Advert

Girl lighting her cigarette - Continental Pneumatic Advert
Continental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) advertising postcard

Background imageTyre Collection: Indian princess having her hair done, 18th century

Indian princess having her hair done, 18th century. A princess smokes a hookah pipe while maids fix her hair, hold a mirror and play music. In a courtyard with pond, fountains and garden

Background imageTyre Collection: Model P-4 Highway Four Wheel Reversible Trailer

Model P-4 Highway Four Wheel Reversible Trailer. Date: early 1920s

Background imageTyre Collection: Advertising Russian Pneumatic Tyres in Belgium

Advertising Russian Pneumatic Tyres in Belgium
Advertising - Provodnik Russian Pneumatic Tyres in Belgium - " This is what I need to prevent skidding!". Date: circa 1910

Background imageTyre Collection: Road to Beirut, Ladder of Tyre

Road to Beirut, Ladder of Tyre

Background imageTyre Collection: Crossing the Ladder of Tyre on the way to Beirut during WW1

Crossing the Ladder of Tyre on the way to Beirut during WW1

Background imageTyre Collection: Advert, Palmer Flexicord Tyres

Advert, Palmer Flexicord Tyres Date: 20th century

Background imageTyre Collection: Pirelli Tyres Advertisement

Pirelli Tyres Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Pirelli Ltd, promoting the world's best tyre of to-day and the future

Background imageTyre Collection: Motorsport - Le Mans winning Jaguar XJ9

Motorsport - Le Mans winning Jaguar XJ9 rear racing wheel and front tyre from the Tom Walkinshaw Silk Cut Jaguar racing team, 1988

Background imageTyre Collection: Advert - Dunlop cord tyres

Advert - Dunlop cord tyres Date: 1925

Background imageTyre Collection: Advertisement for Dunlop Fort safety tyres

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

Background imageTyre Collection: Advert for Dunlop Tyres

Advert for Dunlop Tyres, as used in motoring and aviation. Date: 1932

Background imageTyre Collection: Advertisement for Dunlop Magna tyres

Advertisement for Dunlop Magna tyres. Colour illustration, with curtains unveiling Dunlop Magna tyre

Background imageTyre Collection: Advert for Dunlop Tyres, using imagery of the Ascot Gold Cup. Date: 1932

Advert for Dunlop Tyres, using imagery of the Ascot Gold Cup. Date: 1932

Background imageTyre Collection: Advert for Dunlop Tyres, featuring the crest of the Prince of Wales

Advert for Dunlop Tyres, featuring the crest of the Prince of Wales. The incumbent Prince of Wales at the time went on to become King Edward VIII. Date: 1932

Background imageTyre Collection: Advert for Dunlop Tyres, promoting them as being in a class of their own. Date: 1932

Advert for Dunlop Tyres, promoting them as being in a class of their own. Date: 1932

Background imageTyre Collection: Dunlop Tyre Service Equipment window display

Dunlop Tyre Service Equipment window display. Date: 1970

Background imageTyre Collection: Poster, Continental tyres

Poster, Continental tyres - never mind about the make of car, it's the tyres that matter most! Date: circa 1908

Background imageTyre Collection: Poster, Pirelli Long Distance tyres. Date: circa 1950

Poster, Pirelli Long Distance tyres. Date: circa 1950

Background imageTyre Collection: Rubber Tree to Finished Motor Tyres 1907

Rubber Tree to Finished Motor Tyres 1907
Showing the plantation where the rubber is produced for the Dunlop Tyres factory where it is pressed, stretched and moulded into shape ready to be used on motorcars. Date: 1907

Background imageTyre Collection: Compagnie Dunlop - Manufacturing Dunlop Tyres 1896

Compagnie Dunlop - Manufacturing Dunlop Tyres 1896
In the 1890s, when Dunlop tyre was first introduced the bicycle was popular in France that they were unable to keep up with extraordinary demand for pneumatic tyres

Background imageTyre Collection: Illustration of a Sealyham terrier by Cecil Aldin

Illustration of a Sealyham terrier by Cecil Aldin
Illustration of a Sealyham terrier called Bunch, by Cecil Aldin. Seen here defying death by dawdling across a one-way street in front of the traffic. Date: 1932

Background imageTyre Collection: Poster Pageant - Advert for Michelin Tyres 1920

Poster Pageant - Advert for Michelin Tyres 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London

Background imageTyre Collection: The Firestone tyre factory, Brentford, London

The Firestone tyre factory, Brentford, London
The iconic Art Deco Firestone tyre factory on the Great West Road, Brentford, London, with passing traffic. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageTyre Collection: Michelin Tyre Company promo postcard

Michelin Tyre Company promo postcard
circa 1910s

Background imageTyre Collection: Advert for Dunlop tyres, 1926

Advert for Dunlop tyres, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageTyre Collection: A Shadow Caravan (open), harnessed to a Clyno Car

A Shadow Caravan (open), harnessed to a Clyno Car
How to enjoy a Motor Holiday : A Shadow Caravan (open), harnessed to a Clyno Car. 1927

Background imageTyre Collection: Historical views of Syria

Historical views of Syria. Ruins of the city of Palmyra or Tadmor in the Desert 70, the bazaar in Aleppo 71, and weaver working on a damask loom in Damascus 72

Background imageTyre Collection: Illuminated calendar for January 1846

Illuminated calendar for January 1846
Calendar for January with figures of Jeremias and St. Petrus, quote from Paul, musicians, disciples, mythical creatures and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Background imageTyre Collection: Motor trip in a slightly charabanc, Bournemouth, Dorset

Motor trip in a slightly charabanc, Bournemouth, Dorset
Motor trip (in a slightly squat charabanc) - Bournemouth - August, 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageTyre Collection: Advert, Firestone car tyres

Advert, Firestone car tyres
Advert, Firestone high speed heavy duty car tyres - Most Miles Per Dollar. Manufactured by the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. Date: 1931

Background imageTyre Collection: Tyre advertisement

Tyre advertisement
Advertisement for Englebert tyres withg chauffeur holding car door open for elegant woman. Date: 1938

Background imageTyre Collection: Horse and cart in a field, Roseland, Cornwall

Horse and cart in a field, Roseland, Cornwall. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageTyre Collection: Advert, J Buchanan & Co, Carriage Makers, Glasgow

Advert, J Buchanan & Co, Carriage Makers, Glasgow
Advert for J Buchanan & Co, North Street, Glasgow, Scotland, Carriage Manufactory. 1905

Background imageTyre Collection: View of William Street, Galway, Ireland

View of William Street, Galway, Ireland, with snow on the ground. Date: circa 1912

Background imageTyre Collection: Racing car on a wet track with cut tyres

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

Background imageTyre Collection: Tyre change and refuelling at Montlhery, France

Tyre change and refuelling at Montlhery, France
Tyre change and refuelling of a Hotchkiss car while attempting to beat records at Montlhery, France. 20th century

Background imageTyre Collection: Mrs Gwenda Stewart, motor racing driver

Mrs Gwenda Stewart, motor racing driver. 20th century

Background imageTyre Collection: Barney Oldfield, racing driver

Barney Oldfield, racing driver. 20th century

Background imageTyre Collection: Auto-Union racing car, tyre change and refuelling

Auto-Union racing car, tyre change and refuelling
An Auto-Union racing car at the replenishment pits, having a tyre change and refuelling. 20th century

Background imageTyre Collection: Evening on the pier at Swinemunde

Evening on the pier at Swinemunde
Women cyclists enjoying a quiet evening on the pier at Swinemunde (Swinoujscie), a port on the Baltic Sea, north-west Poland, near the border with Germany. circa late 19th century

Background imageTyre Collection: Violet Cordery, Queen of Motorists

Violet Cordery, Queen of Motorists
Violet Cordery, whose successful driving earned her the title of Queen of Motorists, showing her sister Evelyn how to tune up a car

Background imageTyre Collection: Interior in Dunlop factory 1896

Interior in Dunlop factory 1896
Thousands of Dunlop pneumatic tyres, Belfast was the scene of its introduction, then a move was made to Dublin, whose Corporation

Background imageTyre Collection: Sir Arthur du Cros

Sir Arthur du Cros
Sir Arthur Philip du Cros, 1st Baronet du Cros (1871 - 1955), British industrialist and politician. Managing director of Dunlop Rubber Company and Unionist member for Hastings. Date: 1896

Background imageTyre Collection: Harvey du Cros

Harvey du Cros
William Harvey du Cros (1846 - 1918), Dublin-born financier, the founder of the pneumatic tire industry, based on the discovery of John Boyd Dunlop, first applied to cycles



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