Wheel Collection (page 28)

Captured German guns in American hands, WW1
Captured German 77 mm guns in American hands on the western front during the First World War. Date: 9 October 1918

Austrian Albatros D. III fighter biplane, WW1
An Austrian Albatros D.III fighter biplane during the First World War. Seen here upside down on the ground, with one wheel missing, in an Italian photo. Date: 1916-1918

Captured Turkish guns from Gaza, WW1
A soldier stands proudly alongside some captured Turkish guns from Gaza during the First World War. Date: November 1917

Italian gunners in a wood near Rheims, France, WW1
Italian gunners with a 75 mm battery in action in a wood near Rheims, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1918

British Howitzer gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 3-cwt Howitzer gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

British battery in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 26-cwt battery in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

British 60-pounder guns in action, Samarra, WW1
British 60-pounder guns in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

Switzerland - Overshot Watermill near Salvan. The directed water jet has been temporarily moved away from the wheel whilst the mill is taken out of operation. In the Valais region. Date: circa 1910s

British soldiers firing at a German plane, WW1
British soldiers of the Royal Horse Artillery attached to the 1st Cavalry Division firing at a German plane with an automatic rifle (a Hotchkiss Mark 1)

Crowded beach at New Brighton, Merseyside
A crowded beach at New Brighton, Wallasey, Merseyside, with the Tower Ballroom and a childrens fairground ride in the background. circa 1940s

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia in a car, WW1
Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst of Prussia (1882-1951). Seen here at the wheel of a car, chatting with soldiers during the First World War. Date: 1915-1916

Battle of Flers-Courcelette, Western Front, WW1
Scene at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War. A shell hole is used as the gun position of an advanced Field Battery at Sunken Road

German soldiers with captured British guns, WW1
German soldiers with captured British guns on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British 8 inch Mark VI Howitzer, WW1
British 8 inch Mark VI Howitzer with its distinctive triangular platform for greater stability, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

British gun repair, ordnance workshop, WW1
A British heavy gun in for repair at the gun hospital, an ordnance workshop in Flanders during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Painting by William Rothenstein, The Watch on the Rhine
A painting by William Rothenstein, entitled The Watch on the Rhine, first exhibited in Canada in 1920. The painting is a comment on the defeat of Germany and the triumph of the Allies

Soldiers with a Daimler-Foster tractor, WW1
Soldiers with a large Daimler-Foster tractor marked OHMS (On His Majestys Service) in a field during the First World War. Built for Daimler by Foster of Lincoln

Damaged British male tank, Western Front, WW1
A damaged British male tank on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1918

British big gun in action, Western Front, WW1
A British big gun in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Gun parts of ANR on Rufiji River, East Africa, WW1
Gun parts of the 1st Service Battery ANR on the Rufiji (Rufigi) River in German East Africa (now Tanzania) during the First World War. The photograph was taken during the wet season

Tank climbing a steep slope, Lincoln, WW1
A " Mother" tank climbing a steep slope at Burton Park, Lincoln, during the First World War. Date: January 1916

Kut guns in arsenal at Baghdad, WW1
A row of Kut guns in the arsenal at Baghdad, during the First World War. Probably some of the Turkish Howitzers captured by General Maude at Kut-el- Amara. circa 1917

Monte Carlo, Monaco - The Casino
" I must focus or I will die!" The perils of playing on the roulette wheel at the Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco. One must focus on playing smart or suffer the perils of misfortune

Portable searchlight on wheeled trolley, WW1
A large portable searchlight on a wheeled trolley used during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British artillerymen in a wood, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen with their field gun set up in a wood, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British artillery in action, northern France, WW1
British artillery (RGA, Royal Garrison Artillery) in action in northern France during the First World War, with a 60-pound gun in full recoil. Date: 12 January 1915

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

Princess Elizabeth training as an ATS officer
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II), Second Subaltern in the ATS, training as officer, changes the wheel of a vehicle maintenance class. Date: 1945

An attempted assassination at Sibi, India
As Captain and Mrs Spence were out driving, they saw a Brahui mounted on a Baluch racing mare coming towards them; as the man approached he drew his sword and attempted to attack Captain Spence

Knives and Scissors to Grind Oh
Old Street Cries -- Knives and Scissors to Grind Oh!! 20th century

Isle of Wight - Yarmouth Lifeboat Crew
Isle of Wight - The Yarmouth Lifeboat Crew. The large wheels of the trailers are fitted with boards, preventing the wheels from digging into the soft sand of the beach. Date: circa 1910s

French aviator saying it with flowers
A French aviator on a greetings postcard, his aeroplane decorated with lots of pink flowers as he flies above a French town. Date: early 20th century

Fireworks in Tivoli Gdns
A Catherine Wheel and rockets delight visitors to the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen. Date: 1888

Dalmatian by Coach Wheel
Dalmatian, once also known as coach dog as the dogs ran between the wheels of its owners carriage as a guard and for show and smartness. Date: 1919

Lace Making / Flanders
Lace making in Flanders Date: 19th Century

Earls Court / Fopstone Rd
Earls Court: Fopstone Road and the Big Wheel Date: 1907

Ford T by Roadside
A model T Ford stopped by the roadside Date: 1913

Circular Airport Project
A suggested central London overhead airport at Kings Cross showing aeroplanes landing on the runways of a huge wheel-shaped structure Date: 1931

Great Eastern wheelhouse
The Wheelhouse and steering apparatus of Brunels massive steamship. Date: 1859

Dangerous fashions in the street
The dangers of impractical fashions in the street. The reintroduction of the trained skirt, even for walking dresses, proves inconvenient and possibly fatal! Date: 1871

Benzo Moteur Oil Poster - Cheret

rd International Automobile Exhibition - Paris
Poster for the 3rd Exposition Internationale of the Automobile Club de France - held at the Grand Palais on the Champs d Elysees, Paris between 21st January and 10th February 1901

Veteran car wheel and brake
Automobile (Cars). Automobile part, mechanical part of a wheel and brake

Long Wheelbase runabout
Automobile (Cars). Catalog advertisement for an automobile; Long Wheel Base Runabout, $750 in type below image

Plate rolling machine and workers at a Sunderland shipyard
A team of men feed a sheet of metal through a rolling machine at Messrs Droxford & Sons, a shipyard in Sunderland

British Ballad, Auld Robin Gray
AULD ROBIN GRAY British ballad of Scottish origin written by Lady Anne Barnard (1750-1825) Old Robin Gray marries a young girl whose lover is thought to be dead

Wheel of gipsy caravan with bucket
The wheel of a gipsy caravan with a metal bucket sitting next to it

Ole. Tonnesen, blacksmith and wagon shop, Iowa

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