Wheels Collection (page 21)

First aid, Ashford Litter
The Ashford Litter, for use in first aid etc. This is the 1899 model, with a two-wheeled undercarriage, prices from 8 10s to 17 2s 6d

First aid, Rea-Edwards Litter
The Rea-Edwards Litter, with wooden wheels -- a first aid box can be fitted to the axle

Ploughing with Horse
Ploughing by traditional methods, with one large carthorse

Board room on wheels for the Birmingham Corporation
Two photographs showing the board room on wheels for the Birmingham Corporation. The coach was fitted up to enable authorities to transact business while paying official visits

American Washing Machine
A maid operates a primitive- looking washing machine, made in America

UPS-AND-DOWNS / FAIR / 1804
Early Amusement wheels (hand- turned) at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia

Safe on Wheels C1900
A safe on wheels (for ease of theft)

French Set up 155 Gun
French artillerymen set up a 155 canon on wheels

Adoption Society Boy
A nurse at the National Adoption Society playing with a little boy in a bobble hat with his toy elephant on wheels

Rocking Horse 1880
Small girl being pulled along by a boy on her wooden horse on wheels

Child Fashions C. 1870
Boy: D-B jacket with cape, knickerbockers, striped socks & heeled boots. Girls: striped polonaise & fringed cape; tunic dresses with dentate hems, bustles & button trim

Big Wheel, Vienna
Big Wheel built by British engineer Walter Bassett and opened in the Prater, Vienna, on 21 June 1897

Big Wheel, Earls Court
The Big Wheel at Earls Court, London (designed by British engineer Walter Bassett)

Wilhelm Ii / Amand 1890
WILHELM II German ruler between June 1888 and November 1918 Satire as he brandishes a sword while on a wooden horse on wheels

Toddler with Toys 1902
A happy child plays with a toy horse on wheels and a Mr Punch puppet

A theodolite, used for surveying

Workshop of a cartwright
A cartwrights workshop, with the finished product being assembled outside in the street

Filming, Manchester, 1959
A film crew prepare a scene in Manchester. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1959

Military Water Carriage
A horse-drawn water carriage; water is contained in a barrel as a supply for the troops

Captain Ingliss Tank
Captain A M Inglis advances his tank into the German lines even though one of his wheels has been blown off

SIMMS WAR MOTOR 1902
Simms War Motor, manufactured by Vickers and Maxim

Vuia Monoplane
An early monoplane design, Vuias project with its myriads of supporting strings, four heavy wheels and paddle- like propellers doesn t look very promising

Syrian War Chariot
A warrior shoots his bow from the rear seat of an ancient Syrian war chariot : note the blades on the wheels, and the spears projecting in front

Barouche 1825
The barouche has four wheels, and a half-head which can be lowered; it has space for two couples to sit facing each other

PROSSERs PROJECT 1844
Prossers idea was to run the trains on wooden rails with slanting guide-wheels

Great Easterns Engines
The huge screw engines of the Great Eastern, designed and bult by James Watt and Co

Diving Platform 1890S
Swimmers make use of a diving platform on wheels, placed just off the shore

Social / Baby Crosses 1921
A mother wheels her baby across a rainy street with the help of a policeman

Fire / Hose Carriage
Hand-drawn hose-carriage and reel, partly maintained by the ratepayers of London, partly by a contribution from the Fire Insurance Companies, and partly by the Government

Irat Convertible Car
A Georges Irat convertible on an 11cv chassis, ideal for a big (and well-off) family

Cheltenham Flyer 1935
The driver of the Cheltenham Flyer oils its wheels. It was one of the fastest trains of the day covering the 77 miles between Swindon and Paddington in 65 minutes

Wedding on Bicycles
UNE BODA EN BICICLETA a wedding on wheels

Prayer Wheels in Use
Tibetan Yellow Monks using prayer wheels

Irish Spinners
A visitor enters an Irish cabin and finds that nine women have brought their wheels to spin and reel together

German Women Spinning
A pretty scene in a German village, where old world crafts such as spinning with spinning wheels are still practised. Note the hand- embroidered head-dresses

Wine Press, 1870S
Type of grape press in use in Burgundy which used iron internals for extracting the juice

The Carrier Stuck Fast
THE CARRIER STUCK FAST The carter despairs when he sees the wheels of the hay wagon sunk deep into the ground

Lake Submarine in Action
A " Simon Lake" submarine fitted with wheels to move over the sea-bottom, passes through a harbour mine field 1 of 2

Wooden Toy Soldiers / 1803
French wooden toy soldiers on their horses which have wheels

Horse-drawn carriages of the Saxon period

Futuristic device to help a gentleman get dressed
A futuristic device to help a gentleman get dressed in the automatic home of the future. At the press of a button, a mechanical arm holds out his suit, top hat and walking stick

Futuristic underwater artist
A futuristic scene, showing an artist in a glass box on wheels, painting a picture of his surroundings

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