Varsity Collection

RAF Varsity T Mk. 1 - RAF Gaydon
Royal Air Force Vickers Varsity T Mk.1 WF335 G from 2 Air Navigation School at RAF Gaydon Date: 1967

G O Smith, footballer and cricketer
Gilbert Oswald Smith (1872-1943), amateur footballer who played for Oxford University and the Corinthians, and was captain for England. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Surrey

Vickers Varsity T. 1 VX828
Vickers Varsity T.1 prototype VX828 Date: circa 1950

Yuletide Sports Abroad- Society at St Moritz and Murren
A variety of snowy scenes at St Moritz and Murren in Switzerland, including skating and ice hockey

Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI
The Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI (1 player short!)

Vickers Varsity T. 1 WL624
Royal Air Force - Vickers Varsity T.1 WL624, at RAF Lindholme. Date: 1960

Yacht Race
The Oxford University Yacht Club competing with the Cambridge University Cruising Club at Ryde. They were competing for the H. Yule Oldham Cup, and Cambridge were victorious. Date: 1931

Harvard Try-Out Barge
A twenty-oar barge used at Harvard University to select and train boat crews. The coach can walk up and down the centre deck. Date: circa 1925

Cockpit of Vickers Varsity T. 1 WJ949
Royal Air Force - Cockpit of Vickers Varsity T.1 WJ949, in April 1961. Date: 1961

Navigator standing at the astrodome of a Vickers Varsity T. 1
Royal Air Force - Navigator standing at the astrodome of Vickers Varsity T.1 WJ949, in April 1961. Date: 1961

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport, in November 1977

John Rinkel wins the 100-yards in even time (10sec) at the 1927 Varsity (Inter-University) Sports - a triumphant meeting for the Cambridge team. Date: 1927

Vickers Varsity T. 1 8395M - WF408
Vickers Varsity T.1 8395M - WF408 (msn 554) Date: circa 1995

Vickers Varsity T. 1 WF425
Vickers 668 Varsity T.1 WF425 (msn 568), formerly of the Meteorological Research Flight, at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford

Vickers Varsity T. 1 WJ886 23
Royal Air Force - Vickers Varsity T.1 WJ886 23, of the Central flying School, at RAF Little Rissington, on 1 August 1970. (RAF Little Rissington is the highest active airfield in the British Isles)

Vickers Varsity WL627
Royal Air Force - Vickers Varsity WL627, at RAF Newton. Date: circa 1982

Advert, Real Golf, Andersons Home Golfer
Advert for Real Golf, Andersons patent Varsity Home Golfer, Queen Victoria Street, London EC. 1902

General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers
The General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers manning the signal box at LMS Bletchley. 1926

Royal Air Force - Vickers Varsity T. 1
Royal Air Force - Vickers Varsity T.1 Date: circa 1965

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

Vickers Varsity T. 1 VX828 - 1st prototype
Vickers Varsity T.1 VX828, - 1st prototype flown on 17 July 1949 from Wisley aerodrome. Flight testing and production was carried out rapidly with first deliveries of production aircraft to No.201

Vickers Varsity VX 835 which was the second prototype Varsity. In the photo it is shown with Napier Eland engines (with a go-faster stripe on narcel)

Vickers 668 Varsity T-1
A Vickers 668 Varsity T-1 from the Rae Bedford - Blind Landing Experimental Unit Bleu Flying During Autoland Trials and Test-Flights Date: 1953

Suzy Menkes - editor of Cambridge Varsity magazine
Suzy Menkes (born 1943), British journalist and lead fashion writer for the International Herald Tribune since 1988. Pictured here at the age of 22 as a third-year student at Newnham College

Pembroke College, Oxford - Building and College Crest
Pembroke College, Oxford University - Building and College Crest / Coat of Arms Date: circa 1910s

William E Bromet, English rugby player
William Ernest Bromet (1868-1949), English rugby player for Oxford, Tadcaster, Yorkshire and England. 1890s

Rev E M Baker, England international rugby player who also played for Birmingham Moseley and Oxford University. 1890s

Varsity Sketches - Trapped - Caught by the Master
Varsity Sketches - Trapped - An enterprising student is caught by the Master lighting his cigarette on a street gas lamp! Date: 1907

Varsity sports - Lutyens running the mile for Cambridge
Sketch of runners at the varsity sports event in 1893 depicting Lutyens running the mile for Cambridge University. Date: 1893

W. A. L. Fletcher (Flea)
W.A.L. FLETCHER Known as Flea Rower for Oxford University Boat CLub and took part in the Varsity Boat Race in 1890-93. Date: -

Suzy Menkes - British journalist
Suzy Menkes (1943- ), British journalist, and head fashion reporter and editor for the International Herald Tribune since 1988. Here seen in her office, writing on her type writer

Impressions of Cambridge during World War One, 1915
Arms and the Varsity Man: some impressions of Cambridge in wartime, 1915. Date: 1915

Varsity Match - Oxford V Cambridge at Lord s
The Oxford and Cambridge Cricket Match played at Lords in July over three days, one of the highlights of the summer sporting and social calendar

The Bristol Hercules engine installation on a Vickers Varsity at the 1950 SBAC show at Farnborough

The prototype Vickers Type 668 Varsity, VX828

Vickers Varsity

Southside Varsity Band concert, Harvey A. Sartorius, director, Southside High School, Rockville Centre Harwood Simmons, guest conductor

Southside Parent Teachers Assn. presents Southside Varsity Band concert, high school auditorium, Rockville Centre Benefit students loan fund

The Varsity rugby match 1932
The Oxford university left wing on the run: V. G Jenkins passes the ball cleverly, as he falls, to his wing man, S.L Waide

Oxford University vs. Cambridge University Football Match, 1
Illustration showing Berry of Oxford University scoring a goal in the 1908 varsity match, played at the Queens Club, February 1908. The match was won by Oxford 4-1

The Inter-varsity boat-race: The Crews at Practice
The Oxford rowing team practising for the 1897 Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Race

Varsity Style USA 1917
American Varsity style: S-B three-piece suits (narrow fit) with patch pockets, suit with a belted coat & bellows pockets, plus four suits in window pane checks with spats

Varsity Overcoat 1907
American Varsity style overcoat viewed from the rear: 3/4 length with ample skirts & pocket flaps. This bowler hatted gent wears his to photograph Egyptians & camels

D-B Varsity Suit 1907
American suit: D-B Varsity with broad lapels, shaped cuffs, double pocket flaps & loose-hip trousers tapering at the ankle. A tad too elaborate to be considered elegant

Sac Suit & Yoke Skirt
He wears an American Varsity sac suit with long line jacket & deep pockets. She wears a kilted or pleated skirt with a plain yoke & a blouse with all round collar & bowtie

Varsity Sac Suits 1907
Two American Varsity sac suits - rather shapeless & unbecoming with wide fit trousers that taper to the ankle. Worn with American shoes with bows

Husband / Wife / Letter 1907
American Varsity style sac suit: S-B jacket with a stitched border, trousers with a front crease that taper at the ankle. Worn with an all round collar & lace up shoes

American Overcoats 1907
American father wearing a Chesterfield overcoat with velvet collar & fry-front & son in a Varsity overcoat shop for guns. Both wear bowler (Derby) hats

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