Wheels Collection (page 18)

London Fire Brigade museum models - Winchester House
A steam pump horse drawn fire engine typical of those used by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (1866-1904) and during the early years of the London Fire Brigade (from 1904)

Fire brigade manual fire pump (museum exhibit)
An example of the type of manual fire engine that would have been pulled to the scene of a fire. These were unlikely to be used by the Insurance brigades

Shand Mason Bristol motor steam fire engine
This Shand Mason motor steam fire engine with independent pumping and propelling engines was developed later than Merryweathers Fire King self-propelled steam engine

Two country bumpkins posing next to a spinning wheel
" The countryside is full of friendly children! Do you not think they are better than those in Paris?"

Wason Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Mass. - railway car builders, car wheels and general railway, work. Print showing bird s-eye view of the Wason railroad car manufacturing company

Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood
Blind inmates enjoying activities such as cycling, boating, and swings at Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood. The specially constructed cycles had their wheels side-by-side. Date: 1895

Child at play with trumpet
Child pulling along a line of toys on wheels whilst blowing a trumpet. Date: c.1920

Lille, France - The Liberation of the city (2 / 2)
Lille, France - After the liberation of the city at the end of the First World War. A Factory missing all of its machinery - carried off by the invading German army to use for their own ends

Silhouette of people on a tram
Silhouette of people on both decks of a tram. A dog is running in front, and a man is running after it, trying to get on board

Indian Elephant Carriage - India
Indian Decorated Elephant Carriage - Delhi, India. Date: circa 1910s

Captured guns from Mount Kajmakchalan, WW1
Some of the guns captured by the Serbians during their advance on Mount Kajmakchalan on the Balkan Front during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Typical scene behind the lines, Western Front, WW1
A typical scene behind the lines near the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Paris, France - pile of artillery pieces in a mound
A mound of artillery pieces in a very symbolic gesture of abandonment of the war effort at the final closure of World War One in 1918

The Exit - The Lift, Marseille, France
Marseille, France - The exit of the Ascenseurs (lifts) leading up to the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica. This ornate Neo-Byzantine church is situated at the highest natural point in Marseille

Young woman riding an early form of bicycle
A young woman riding an early form of bicycle along a country lane. The wheels are large, and are placed on either side of the rider, who sits on a seat in the middle. Date: early 20th century

Turkish transport en route to Baghdad, WW1
Turkish transport of carriages and tents en route to Baghdad during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Wheels of a plane in muddy field, WW1
The wheels of a plane partially submerged in a muddy field during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British SE5A biplane used during WW1
A British SE5A biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on display in a museum. Date: 1914-1918

Australian artillery near Hamel, France, WW1
Australian artillery near Hamel, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 9 August 1918

Russian artillery crossing a ford near St Petersburg, WW1
Russian artillery crossing a ford near St Petersburg during the First World War. 1914-1918

Shackleton Motor Car
Day with the motor car on the sea ice : ordinary wheels with rubber tyres were found to be the most satisfactory. Date: circa 1907

Young boy with his dog cart - Bruges, Belgium
A young boy with his milk dog cart - Bruges, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Mexican Wagon with solid wheels
Mexican oxen-led wagon with solid wooden wheels transporting a load of hay Date: circa 1910s

Buttery Factory - Canada
Canadian Butter Factory - producing butter for export to Britain. Date: circa 1930

Little girl in a wicker pram
A little West Country girl in a fish basket which has been converted into a pram. A delightful view - possibly from Brixham, Devon. Date: circa 1910s

Chodenland Spinners
Women of Chodenland, (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia), spinning flax at their humming spinning wheels, singing folk songs as they spin in their colourful red dresses. Date: 1930s

Car and Cart
Old and new transport - a modern motor car beside a the wheels of a large horse cart! Date: 1930s

WAY-WISERS
Way-wisers, or road-measuring wheels. The one on the left was made in Hull in 1834; the one on the left was made in London in the 19th century. Date: 19th century

Safety Bike
A man wheels a Safety Bicycle, an early form of bicycle from the 1890s which replaced the Penny Farthing. However, he obviously does not think it safe enough to ride through Holborn, London! 1930s

US Armys first plane, Fort Myer, Virginia, USA
The US Armys first plane, seen here with crew at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, after it had been equipped with wheels. It was the first successful aeroplane in the world, powered by a Wright B45 engine

Field kitchen and staff, France, WW1
A field kitchen and three staff in France during the First World War. This particular field kitchen catered for 200 men. Date: 1914-1918

Russian 10cm rapid fire cannon, WW1
A Russian 10cm rapid fire cannon, used during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Four men with upturned biplane in field, WW1
Four young men sitting in front of an upturned biplane in a field during the First World War. The plane has either crashed (there seems to be some minor damage) or overbalanced. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian artillery leaving Tirlemont, Belgium, WW1
Belgian artillery leaving Tirlemont in the direction of Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914

Poster advertising Peugeot cycles
Reproduction of a poster advertising Peugeot cycles (design by Ernest Vulliemin), showing a cuirassier on his horse, chatting with a postman who is handing him a letter. Date: circa 1900

German field gun on a lorry, France, WW1
A German field gun on a lorry in France during the First World War. Both the gun and the lorry have camouflage paint on them. Date: March 1918

Peasant Family - Kashmir - India
A beautiful very early photographic postcard showing a peasant Family in Kashmir, Northern India. There are three simple spinning wheels in the foreground

Debris on Nablus-Tul Keram Road, Palestine, WW1
Debris after bombing on the Nablus-Tul Keram Road, Palestine, including enemy transport and artillery, during the First World War. Date: 19 September 1918

Russian 15cm Howitzer cannon, WW1
A Russian 15cm Howitzer cannon, used during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German 77mm field gun captured by Australians, WW1
A German 77mm field gun captured by the Australians during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American troops with 75 mm French field gun, France, WW1
American troops in action with a 75 mm French field gun on the western front in France during the First World War. Date: 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 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

Ariels Girdle
A light locomotive engine on four wheels, with carriages attached. Exhibited by W.B Adams, designer and patenter, during the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, 1851. Date: 1851

Joy Wheels, Festival of Empire Exhibition, Crystal Palace
Joy Wheels and Maxim Flying Machine at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

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)

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