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Background imageWheel Collection: Steam lorry, Llandyssil, Powys, Mid Wales

Steam lorry, Llandyssil, Powys, Mid Wales
A steam lorry (Manns patent steam cart) belonging to Evans & Jones, haulage contractors, laden with goods which have just been loaded from a train at Llandysul (or Llandyssil)

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: Young woman at the wheel of a car

Young woman at the wheel of a car. 1950

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: Capriccio Landscape, by Jean Victor Bertin

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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. Seen here are Charles Manners as Bertram, the Irish tenor Barton McGuckin as Faust

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: 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: 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: 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. At the top is Mr Kaye Don who drove a supercharged Sunbeam, Earl Howe (top right)

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: Paisley, Scotlands Industrial Souvenir

Paisley, Scotlands Industrial Souvenir. 1905

Background imageWheel Collection: Spinning wool, Glen Columbkille, County Donegal, Ireland

Spinning wool, Glen Columbkille, County Donegal, Ireland
Woman in her cottage spinning wool in Glen Columbkille (Glencolmcille, Gleann Cholm Cille), County Donegal, north-west Ireland. Date: circa 1900s

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: 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: 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. The number plate, identifies this fine vehicle as from Liverpool (" K" ) and it was vehicle number 388 registered

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. Here the recruit squad are rescuing by carrying down on the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder pitched to the third

Background imageWheel Collection: The croupiers who showed signs of emotion 1927

The croupiers who showed signs of emotion 1927
Croupiers starts to sweat after giving all the casinos money to a lucky winner, who is disappearing under a pile of cash in front of him

Background imageWheel Collection: Welsh Women in Traditional Costume by Cross at St Davids

Welsh Women in Traditional Costume by Cross at St Davids
Welsh Women in Traditional Costume by The Old Cross at St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWheel Collection: Spoking a Wheell

Spoking a Wheell
A wheelwright fitting spokes to the hub of a wheel, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Background imageWheel Collection: MAXWELL 1911

MAXWELL 1911
A lady rebukes her dog for even thinking of lifting its leg against the wheel of her Maxwell... Date: 1911

Background imageWheel Collection: Faroe Islands, Denmark - Women Spinning

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Women Spinning
A woman working at a spinning wheel with two companions - The Faroe Islands, Denmark

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: Rover 12 Saloon (rear view)

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

Background imageWheel Collection: Alarm Buoy, 1858

Alarm Buoy, 1858
Engraving showing an alarm, or marker, buoy designed by Brown, Lenox and Company of Millwall, 1858. This buoy featured a water-wheel in its centre which, through the motion of the water

Background imageWheel Collection: Diamond Cutting

Diamond Cutting
A true Representation of the Diamond Cutters Wheel or Mill

Background imageWheel Collection: Dog Turnspit in Kitchen

Dog Turnspit in Kitchen
Turnspit with dog-wheel in front of the kitchen fire

Background imageWheel Collection: Big Wheel / Vienna 1930S

Big Wheel / Vienna 1930S
The big wheel in the " Prater" in Vienna

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: 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: Woman being pulled in rickshaw, jinrikisha, Japan

Woman being pulled in rickshaw, jinrikisha, Japan
Young woman being pulled in a rickshaw, jinrikisha, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageWheel 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 imageWheel Collection: A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage

A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

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. The majority of heavy guns for the Navy

Background imageWheel Collection: McNabs tree transplanter, as used in Edinburgh

McNabs tree transplanter, as used in Edinburgh
McNabs tree transplanter, as used by him in the Royal Scottish Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1850

Background imageWheel Collection: Wheel Ride - La Grande Rome - Morocco

Wheel Ride - La Grande Rome - Morocco. Date: circa 1910s



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