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Good-Night, Everybody! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl heads off to bed. 1936
Ultra-Marine by William Heath RobinsonOne of Margates new " Neversink" pleasure boats for keeping an even keel inthe roughest seas. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger
The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal NavyThe Royal Navys field gun competition is a contest between teams from various Royal Navy commands, in which teams of sailors compete to transport a field gun and its equipment over
A Decided Catch by William Heath RobinsonThe Whitebait cycle, an ingenious contraption necessitated by the exorbitant charges for hire of boats at the seaside this season
Wheelwright makinbg wooden wheels, Blists Hill, IronbridgeA 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
Bathing machine owner and swimming master, EssexPictured in front of his bathing machines on the beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, is Charlie Bates with some of his family and the horse which hauled the machines down to the waters edge and back
Depiction of a flat planet Earth, with curious little wheels for the ships to go round without (hopefully) falling off into space
BSA three wheeler sports car and driver, South WalesMr 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
Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South WalesThree men picking coal from a local colliery waste tip during the 1921 strike, South Wales
Jersey Airways PosterPoster, I d prefer Jersey Airways. A cartoon of animals powering and piloting a flying machine above a rough sea, with a Jersey Airways biplane high above them
Beach scene, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexScene of holidaymakers on the Albion Beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A long line of bathing machines on wheels can be seen in the background, waiting to be hauled by a horse to the waters edge
British SE5 biplane on airfield, WW1A British SE5 biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield. Date: 1914-1918
MAB First Ambulance InteriorInterior of one of the first ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in the 1880s for transporting fever and smallpox patients to and from the Boards hospitals
Boys on an 18th century fire engine, WirksworthBoys playing on an 18th century fire engine at Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It was believed to be the oldest fire engine in England, dating back to 1721, made by Newsome
Wheelwrights making cart wheelsWheelwrights or wainwrights making large wooden wheels in a traditional rural workshop. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Clock Mechanism, 1737A diagram of the inner workings of a clock
Stagecoach and horses on an oval Christmas cardStagecoach and horses travelling through the snow at night on an oval Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Benz Motor Car of 1888The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Number 3 of 1888 - probably the first petrol car brought into England. A three-wheeled vehicle with a horizontal single cylinder motor
Maintenance worker greasing pivots and slidesA Railway engineer, wearing no discernible protective clothing, greasing the pivots and slides with a grease gun. Photograph by Heinz Zinram. 1950s
Bedroom boat-race practiceAn enthusiastic " Blue" leaves nothing to chance and recreates rowing conditions with the help of three tin baths, some wheels and a pair of oars in his bedroom
Great Clock of St Pauls CathedralWhile repairs are carried out, the great clock of St Pauls Cathedral, London is kept going manually. To the left, a man gives the exact time to a workman (centre) who adjusts the small wheel
Yogi on bed of nails - Serampore, West Bengal, India. Date: 1925
The Bone Shaker Bicycle of the 1840 sPhotograph of a cyclist on a Bone Shaker bicycle of the 1840s to 1850 s. This type of bicycle was innovative in having pedals, but earnt its moniker through the used of solid wood or metal wheels
Crag Path and Beach, Aldeburgh, Suffolk - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Harrods toy department, rocking horses, 1922A uniform display of wooden rocking horses and smaller toy horses on wheels in the Harrods toy department, Christmas 1922. Date: 1922
Chislet Colliery 1930SChislet Colliery was located next to the Canterbury-Margate road, Kent. Two shafts were first sunk in 1914. Despite surviving nationalisation in 1947, the mine closed in 1969. Date: 1930s
Decorated Christmas tree with toys and food below. Date: circa 1890s
Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east LondonThe Great Crane at the Arsenal, Woolwich, south east London, used to lift sections of large guns
The Micheline - a train on pneumatic tyresThe Micheline - the first train on pneumatic tyres. In commercial use since 1931 - the birth of the Michelin Tyre. This example was run on the L.M.S. Line (Bletchley to Oxford) in 1932
New Banting Bed for Reducing the FigureThe New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure. Cartoon by William Heath Robinson
San Sebastian, Spain - The Beach and the Casino - Beach HutsSan Sebastian - The Beach and the Casino - Spain - mobile beach huts. Note the striped swimming costumes hung out to dry on a rudimentary washing line. Date: 1906
Despatch riders with Douglas motorcycles, WW1Two despatch riders with Douglas 349cc motorcycles during the First World War. Date: circa 1916
WW2 defence, illustration by William Heath RobinsonDefence 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
Firefighters with motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFBFirefighters with a motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFB (Metropolitan Fire Brigade)
Two By Two by Muriel Dawson -- a little child plays with a Noahs Ark. Date: 1930
Royal George, first locomotive with six coupled wheels, used on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Date: circa 1820s
Soho, London - 52-53 Broadwick Street W1 - man pulling a barrow. 1973
Elderly woman with large number of dogsAn elderly woman with a large number of dogs of various different breeds, some of them riding in a cart which she is pushing. Date: circa 1920s
Visit to Madeira - Road to the HotelBlack and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection
All went well till the wheels came off. Cartoon strip from the Bonzo Annual, 1935 Date: 1935
Japan, Imperial Mint, Osaka - Rolling Mills, Cutting PressesJapan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - Rolling Mills, and the Cutting-out Presses. Date: circa 1910s
Raleigh Three-Wheeler car Camping on DartmoorRaleigh 3-wheeler car, the Raleigh Safety Seven (introduced in 1933) taken on a camping jaunt onto Dartmoor. Raleigh shut down their Motor Department in 1935 Date: circa 1934
British SE5A biplane on airfield, WW1A British SE5A biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield, with crew. 1914-1918
Frog celebrating the arrival of 1907 by firing a cannonA wonderfully odd German New Years card, welcoming in the arrival of 1907. The illustration rather bizarrely depicts a frog (holding a lucky four-leafed clover)
Bognor Regis - Bathing Huts / WagonsA wonderful photograph by William Pankhurst Marsh of the horse-drawn bathing Wagons at Bognor. The Royal Pier Hotel can be seen
Big Wheel / Vienna 1930SThe big wheel in the " Prater" in Vienna
Clock MechanismsA variety of clocks: an electric clock, a water clock, a sun dial, clock movements and pendulums
Carcel and his LampBERTRAND GUILLAUME CARCEL, French clockmaker, in 1800 demonstrates his oil lamp which incorporates wheels and pistons. Its a good lamp, but he dies in poverty