Wheel Collection (page 9)

Buy British and speed up the wheels of employment - Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)

Channel Tunnel attempt between Dover and Folkestone, Kent
Channel Tunnel digging attempt between Dover and Folkestone, Kent, with machinery and workmen. Date: 1880

Winding weft at a spinning wheel in Northern Ireland
Cottage industries, winding weft at a spinning wheel in Northern Ireland. Date: 1888

Three illustrations in The Gentlemans Magazine
Three assorted illustrations in The Gentlemans Magazine - A phenomenon caused by haze at sea; New invented machine for drilling and hoeing; various items of stonework from a church

Woman driver 1907
Young actress Olive Quinton driving the Adams car, " only pedals to push!" Date: 1907

Woman at a spinning wheel, Dinan, Brittany, Northern France
Woman at a spinning wheel near Dinan, Brittany, Northern France. 1922

Advert for Maythorn & Son, builders of carriages 1897
Selection of Maythorns horse-drawn carriages. 1897

Sir Malcolm Campbell in first Blue Bird, a Darracq
Sir Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of his first Blue Bird, a Darracq. 1912

Road racing at Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, with Sir Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of No. 1, a Mercedes. 20th century

Red Jenatzy, winner of Gordon Bennett Cup motor race
Red Jenatzy, winner of the Gordon Bennett Cup motor race at the wheel of a 1903 Mercedes, with a speed of 49.2 mph. early 20th century

Parry Thomas, motor racing driver, at the wheel of Babs, half an hour before his fatal accident attempting another world speed record at Pendine, Carmarthenshire on 3 March 1928. 1928

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

Mrs Gwenda Stewart, motor racing driver. 20th century

John Cobb, motor racing driver. 20th century

Kaye Don at the wheel of his racing car. 1933

John Cobb, driver, in a Napier-Railton, in which he set new speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats, USA in 1935. 1935

Mercedes racing car with unnecessary metal drilled out
How weight is saved by drilling out all unnecessary metal in a Mercedes racing car. 20th century

Frank Lockhart at the wheel of the Black Hawk Stutz which he designed. 20th century

Arab children on playground ride, Gulf of Aden, Arabia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Scenes of the Isle of Man - Laxey Wheel, Railway Station
Scenes of the Isle of Man - Laxey Wheel, Laxey Railway Station and the Snaefell Mountain Railway divided by the Manx coat of arms, which dates back to the 13th century

Two women in a car in a studio portrait, Paris
Two women in a car in a studio portrait, with a painted backdrop behind them showing the Champs Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Date: circa 1908

Mary Pickford, actress, in a film

Jessica Borthwick on Red Cross schooner, WW1
Jessica Borthwick, owner of the Red Cross schooner Grace Darling, who was fired at from the pier at Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. 1914

Women in a gymnastic wheel, a new craze. 1930

Women workers loading cart at London Gas Works, WW1
Women workers loading a coke cart at a London Gas Works during the First World War. 1914-1918

Early Motor Cars - Rear view of Benzs first car

Early Motor Cars - Benz Car 1887
Early Motor Cars - Benz Car, 1887 - Benz driving with his partner Max Rose as passenger. 1887

Napier car driven by Charles Jarrott
Early Motor Car Racing - Napier car driven by Charles Jarrott in Gordon-Bennett Races. 1903

Early Motor Car Racing - De Kruyff at the wheel

Charles Jarrott driving a 40 HP Panhard
Early Motor Car Racing - Charles Jarrott at the wheel of a 40 HP Panhard in the Paris-Berlin Race of 1901. 1901

Charles Jarrott with Bianchi
Early Motor Car Racing - Charles Jarrott with Bianchi

Charles Jarrott, motor racing driver
Early Motor Car Racing - Charles Jarrott at the wheel

Charles Jarrott in Circuit des Ardennes Race
Early Motor Car Racing - Charles Jarrott at the finish of the Circuit des Ardennes race. 1902

Hemmings unicycle 1869
Richard Hemmings monowheel patented in 1869. Consists of a person sitting inside, turning a hand-powered smaller wheel which is pressing against the outer wheel. Date: 1869

Children in a cart at harvest time on a Victorian scrap
Children riding in a horse-drawn cart at harvest time on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in a car on a cutout Valentines card. circa 1900s

Women of Nio (Ios) island, Greek Archipelago
Women of Nio (Nios, Ios), an island of the Greek Archipelago (Cyclades Islands, Aegean Sea). circa 1790

William Judges with performing seal and dogs. circa 1898

Family with donkey in studio photo, Blackpool
Family with donkey in studio photo, with a backdrop image of Blackpool. circa 1908

Ornate Japanese carriages. Date: circa 1900s

LCC-LFB - Dennis pump escape fire engine
LCC-LFB 61 - Dennis pump escape fire engine, 30 April 1950. Date: 1950

A firefighter with a Merryweather wheeled ladder escape
A firefighter with a wheeled ladder escape, Merryweathers Police Fire Ladders. Date: circa 1890s

Firefighters and policemen climbing a ladder, while a woman and girl stand in the open doorway below. Date: circa 1910s

A firefighter in action on a wheeled ladder escape. Date: circa 1900s

LFB firefighters in action in a London street
LFB firefighters in action with ladders and hoses at a fire in a London street. Date: mid-20th century

Roberts self-propelling steam fire engine
William Roberts of Millwalls self-propelling steam fire engine. Roberts was managing foreman of Brown, Lenox & Co of Millwall who maintained a private brigade. Date: 1862

Portrait of LFB fireman DC12, in uniform, with his brass helmet under his arm. Date: circa 1920s

Ayrton & Perrys electric tricycle 1883
Second electric car ever built, circulated in England in early 1880s. 1883

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