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Wheel Collection

Background imageWheel Collection: Mahatma Gandhi spinning at his wheel

Mahatma Gandhi spinning at his wheel
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, spinning at his wheel (Charakha) in 1931, demonstrating his strong work ethic

Background imageWheel Collection: Bunny girls at the Playboy Club, London 1969

Bunny girls at the Playboy Club, London 1969
Bunny girls operate gaming tables at the Playboy Club in London which opened in 1966. Date: 1969

Background imageWheel Collection: Parade at Cleethorpes

Parade at Cleethorpes
The parade at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire, packed with parked cars and people making the most of a summer stroll along the sea front, perhaps to visit the big wheel or pier Date: 1951

Background imageWheel Collection: Laxey, the Wheel, Isle of Man, England

Laxey, the Wheel, Isle of Man, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageWheel Collection: Family of pigs at play on a postcard

Family of pigs at play on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWheel Collection: Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel

Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel
Shaping a pot on the potters wheel. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999

Background imageWheel Collection: GLC-LFB Dennis diesel Compact Pump

GLC-LFB Dennis diesel Compact Pump
Introduced into London in the mid-1970s, this narrow wheel base pump was not a dual purpose fire engine. It could only carry an extension ladder and not the 50 foot wheeled escape

Background imageWheel Collection: Jack Johnson on his Racing Motor Car

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

Background imageWheel Collection: Wheelwright makinbg wooden wheels, Blists Hill, Ironbridge

Wheelwright makinbg wooden wheels, Blists Hill, Ironbridge
A skilled wheelwright works on a wooden cart wheel in his workshop at Blists Hill Working Museum, Ironbridge, Shropshire. First published The Independent newspaper Date: 1989

Background imageWheel Collection: Land Rover advertisement, 1960

Land Rover advertisement, 1960
Advertisement for Land Rover showing a photograph of it in use to travel over rough terrain during the work on the new Slough - Maidenhead by-pass in 1960. Date: 1960

Background imageWheel Collection: Welsh woman with spinning wheel, Wales

Welsh woman with spinning wheel, Wales
Welsh woman outside a cottage with a spinning wheel, Wales. Date: late 19th century

Background imageWheel Collection: Roulette, The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Roulette, The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Roulette table at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Date: 1940s

Background imageWheel Collection: Talbot Car Advertisement, 1912

Talbot Car Advertisement, 1912
Advertisement for Talbots Invincible car, 1912. John Bull is shown centre, proudly telling Britannia that the car is All British. A British bulldog is shown standing at the wheel of the car

Background imageWheel Collection: Fra Angelico (1387-1455). The Coronation of the Virgin

Fra Angelico (1387-1455). The Coronation of the Virgin
Fra Angelico (1387-1455). Tuscan painter of early Renaissance, part of the Florentine school. The Coronation of the Virgin. 15th Century. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Background imageWheel Collection: Bank Hall Colliery, Mining

Bank Hall Colliery, Mining
Bank Hall Colliery, Burnley, Lancashire, England. The Pit Wheel, in silhouette

Background imageWheel Collection: Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South Wales

Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South Wales
Three men picking coal from a local colliery waste tip during the 1921 strike, South Wales

Background imageWheel Collection: Crooked House, Southend

Crooked House, Southend
The Crooked House, one of the attractions of the funfair in the Peter Pan Gardens at Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

Background imageWheel Collection: Heath Robinson - Lancing-Wheel

Heath Robinson - Lancing-Wheel
RECOMMENDED TO THE WAR OFFICE (REPLY AWAITED) Patent Applied For: The New Lancing-Wheel for Teaching Young Lancers to Lance. A typically convoluted contraption created by William Heath Robinson

Background imageWheel Collection: Penny Farthing Bicycle, Skipton, Yorkshire

Penny Farthing Bicycle, Skipton, Yorkshire
Man with a Penny Farthing Bicycle, Skipton, Yorkshire. 19th century

Background imageWheel Collection: The four-wheel main landing gear of a Convair B-36

The four-wheel main landing gear of a Convair B-36. Each main wheel has a diameter of 56in

Background imageWheel Collection: Design and motto of the Royal Artillery -- Ubique

Design and motto of the Royal Artillery -- Ubique
Design and motto of the Royal Artillery, showing a crown, ornate initials RA in mirror image, a field gun, and the Latin word Ubique, meaning Everywhere

Background imageWheel Collection: Ox-pulled wagon - Lipton Tea Company

Ox-pulled wagon - Lipton Tea Company
Colombo, Sri Lanka - a wagon of the Lipton Ltd. Tea company bearing a mass of wooden tea chests and pulled by a pair of white oxen. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWheel Collection: Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger by Arthur Rackham

Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger by Arthur Rackham
The crucial moment in the story of Sleeping Beauty when Beauty pricks her finger on a spinning wheel thus sending her to sleep for a number of years

Background imageWheel 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 imageWheel Collection: Wheelwrights making cart wheels

Wheelwrights making cart wheels
Wheelwrights or wainwrights making large wooden wheels in a traditional rural workshop. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageWheel Collection: Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)

Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)

Background imageWheel Collection: Hms Dreadnought 1906

Hms Dreadnought 1906
The ship that gave her name to a new style of warship - the mighty HMS Dreadnought leaves Portsmouth harbour, escorted by a paddle-wheel tug

Background imageWheel Collection: Work in a Coal Mine

Work in a Coal Mine
Various workings of a coal mine in Northumberland, England

Background imageWheel Collection: Scene near Mametz Wood, Western Front, WW1

Scene near Mametz Wood, Western Front, WW1
German ammunition wagons destroyed by British artillery fire near Mametz Wood on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageWheel Collection: Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metal

Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metal
Two young men, one in a top hat, the other in a bowler hat, sorting through a rather unpromising pile of scrap metal in a junk yard

Background imageWheel Collection: Tewkesbury Watermill

Tewkesbury Watermill
This famous old watermill at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, was immortalised by Dinah Mulock Craik in her book John Halifax, Gentleman

Background imageWheel Collection: Stagecoach and horses on an oval Christmas card

Stagecoach and horses on an oval Christmas card
Stagecoach and horses travelling through the snow at night on an oval Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWheel Collection: Isle of Man, Groudle Glen - Water Wheel

Isle of Man, Groudle Glen - Water Wheel Date: 1907

Background imageWheel Collection: Sleeping Beauty by Arthur Rackham

Sleeping Beauty by Arthur Rackham
Princess Briar Rose, aka Sleeping Beauty, pictured in a perfect pose as she sleeps for a hundred years after pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel

Background imageWheel Collection: Maintenance worker greasing pivots and slides

Maintenance worker greasing pivots and slides
A Railway engineer, wearing no discernible protective clothing, greasing the pivots and slides with a grease gun. Photograph by Heinz Zinram. 1950s

Background imageWheel Collection: The Wiener Riesenrad

The Wiener Riesenrad (German for Viennese Giant Wheel ), or Riesenrad is a Ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austrias capital Vienna

Background imageWheel Collection: BP employee opening the flow valves

BP employee opening the flow valves
A British Petroleum employee opens the flow valves of an oil plant in the Middle East (likely to have been in Iraq or Iran)

Background imageWheel Collection: Orffyreus Wheel & Man

Orffyreus Wheel & Man
The perpetual motion wheel of Orffyreus, real name Johann Ernst Elias Bessler, is set in motion by a man

Background imageWheel Collection: Woman spinning - India

Woman spinning - India
Woman spinning on a traditional hand-made wheel, India

Background imageWheel Collection: Riding a Penny Farthing bicycle

Riding a Penny Farthing bicycle

Background imageWheel Collection: 1910 SimpleX Date: 1953

1910 SimpleX Date: 1953

Background imageWheel 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 imageWheel Collection: Despatch riders with Douglas motorcycles, WW1

Despatch riders with Douglas motorcycles, WW1
Two despatch riders with Douglas 349cc motorcycles during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Background imageWheel Collection: Tandem bicycle

Tandem bicycle. 19th century engraving

Background imageWheel Collection: Yogi on bed of nails - Serampore, West Bengal, India

Yogi on bed of nails - Serampore, West Bengal, India. Date: 1925

Background imageWheel Collection: WW2 defence, illustration by William Heath Robinson

WW2 defence, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Defence during WW2 -- Stout members of the sixth column dislodge an enemy machine gun post on the dome of St Paul s, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J

Background imageWheel Collection: Stela of the royal scribe Ani. Egyptian art. New

Stela of the royal scribe Ani. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Relief. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

Background imageWheel Collection: NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2

NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2
An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London

Background imageWheel Collection: Great Well - Carisbrooke Castle

Great Well - Carisbrooke Castle
The Great Well at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, powered by a donkey in a wheel!

Background imageWheel Collection: Great Eastern Railways Locomotive works at Stratford

Great Eastern Railways Locomotive works at Stratford
A view along the north side of the Great Eastern Railway

Background imageWheel Collection: Hansom cab 1875

Hansom cab 1875
Two-wheeled Hanson cab, waiting for a fare. Date: 1875

Background imageWheel Collection: Young woman at the wheel of a car

Young woman at the wheel of a car. 1950

Background imageWheel Collection: In front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London

In front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London
A great stage and a great curtain: in front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London. Top centre: a diagrammatic view of the revolving stage

Background imageWheel Collection: Pinocchio -- father in wheelchair

Pinocchio -- father in wheelchair
Pinocchio -- He constructed an elegant little wheel chair in which he could take his father out on fine days. Date: 1911

Background imageWheel Collection: Woman with spinning wheel, Isle of Harris, Scotland

Woman with spinning wheel, Isle of Harris, Scotland
On the Isle of Harris, Scotland, a woman uses an elegant old spinning wheel to make Harris tweed, while her dog sleeps beside her. Date: 1920s

Background imageWheel Collection: Cartwrights Great Wheel - Skegness, Lincolnshire

Cartwrights Great Wheel - Skegness, Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1905

Background imageWheel Collection: Capriccio Landscape, by Jean Victor Bertin

Capriccio Landscape, by Jean Victor Bertin (1767-1842). Date: circa 1810

Background imageWheel Collection: LCC-LFB horse drawn 75ft turntable ladder (TL)

LCC-LFB horse drawn 75ft turntable ladder (TL)
Shand Mason (Blackfriars) supplied the London Fire Brigade with this hand operated 75 foot turntable ladder on a four wheel horse drawn carriage

Background imageWheel Collection: LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1

LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth

Background imageWheel Collection: LCC-LFB Shand Mason motor steam fire engine

LCC-LFB Shand Mason motor steam fire engine
The motor steam fire engine with independent pumping and propelling engines was developed later than the Merryweather Fire King self-propelled steam engine

Background imageWheel Collection: Dr Christopher Dresser on a rickshaw, Japan

Dr Christopher Dresser on a rickshaw, Japan
Dr Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) - English designer and theorist - best known as a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement

Background imageWheel Collection: Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east London

Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east London
The Great Crane at the Arsenal, Woolwich, south east London, used to lift sections of large guns

Background imageWheel Collection: Old English Sheepdog turned into wool

Old English Sheepdog turned into wool
An Old English Sheepdog with its enterprising owner, who has spun its coat into balls of wool for knitting

Background imageWheel Collection: Hopi Potter 1908

Hopi Potter 1908
Nampeyo, a renowned pot-maker of the Hopi village of Tewa, northeastern Arizona : her pots are hand-made in every sense - no wheel or elaborate tools are used

Background imageWheel Collection: Vintage photograph WW II - British Churchill tank

Vintage photograph WW II - British Churchill tank
Vintage photograph World War II - British Churchill tank, Italian campaign, crossing of the Senio River

Background imageWheel Collection: Early Motor Cars - Karl Benz aged 81

Early Motor Cars - Karl Benz aged 81
Early Motor Cars - Karl Benz in 1925 aged 81, seated in his first car of 1885. 1925

Background imageWheel Collection: Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, in south east London, London

Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, in south east London, London, laying in marsh land between Greenwich and Gravesend

Background imageWheel Collection: Production of Gounods Faust by Carl Rosa Opera Company

Production of Gounods Faust by Carl Rosa Opera Company
Characters from Charles Gounods opera Faust in a touring production by the Carl Rosa Opera Company

Background imageWheel Collection: ROMAN ART. Roman marble relief from a conmmemorative monumen

ROMAN ART. Roman marble relief from a conmmemorative monument to the Battle of Actium (31 BC). Detail of a processional scene. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Background imageWheel Collection: Drivers & personalities in the Five Hundred Miles Race, 1929

Drivers & personalities in the Five Hundred Miles Race, 1929
Five of the leading lights in the great Five Hundred Miles Race which took place at Brooklands on 12 October 1929

Background imageWheel Collection: Firefighters with motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFB

Firefighters with motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFB
Firefighters with a motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFB (Metropolitan Fire Brigade)

Background imageWheel Collection: Autocar Poster -- Paris-Amsterdam race

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

Background imageWheel Collection: Irish spinner and spinning wheel. County Galway, Ireland

Irish spinner and spinning wheel. County Galway, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageWheel Collection: Communist Factory Worker

Communist Factory Worker
A young man, the ideal of the heroic communist worker, working at a complicated piece of machinery in a cellulose paper factory in Balakhna, Russia

Background imageWheel Collection: Wheel worked by dog - turning roasting spit, Carmarthenshire

Wheel worked by dog - turning roasting spit, Carmarthenshire
Wheel worked by a dog for turning the roasting spit - used until the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. This example was the property of the late Sir John Williams, Bart

Background imageWheel Collection: A Corrymeela Farm Kitchen

A Corrymeela Farm Kitchen - an interior view of two ladies sitting beside a fire with griddle and pot. One of the ladies is working a spinning wheel

Background imageWheel Collection: A Corrymeela Farm, Cushendun

A Corrymeela Farm, Cushendun - a view of a thatched cottage with lady outside feeding a pig, to the left is a spinning wheel. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Cushendun)

Background imageWheel Collection: The Improved Ladys Own Sewing Machine

The Improved Ladys Own Sewing Machine by Leigh & Crawford, Brooke Street, Holborn, London EC. 19th century

Background imageWheel Collection: Who People Are Dating - Diane Ferraz and Nicky Scott

Who People Are Dating - Diane Ferraz and Nicky Scott
Musical duo, and, at the time, romantically linked couple, Diane Ferraz and Nicky Scott who performed together in the band, The Ferris Wheel, pairing black female singers with white male performers

Background imageWheel Collection: Boy with bicycle wheel, Balham, SW London

Boy with bicycle wheel, Balham, SW London
A little boy with a bicycle wheel on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

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

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

Background imageWheel Collection: Street scene in Corfe Castle, Dorset

Street scene in Corfe Castle, Dorset
Street scene in the picturesque village of Corfe Castle, Dorset, with the Purbeck Garage on the left. Date: 20th century

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

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

Background imageWheel Collection: Garden tools used by the Royal children

Garden tools used by the Royal children. 3 Swiss Cottage, Osborne



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