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Bristol Collection

Background imageBristol Collection: Imperial Airways Poster, four types of plane

Imperial Airways Poster, four types of plane
Imperial Airways Poster, showing four types of plane, with cutaway drawings of interiors of each class -- Heracles and Hannibal, Scylla, Atalanta, and Scipio. 20th century

Background imageBristol Collection: Western Airways Ltd Poster

Western Airways Ltd Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare

Background imageBristol Collection: Railway Air Services Poster

Railway Air Services Poster
Railway Air Services (RAS) Poster, serving Plymouth, Teignmouth, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, London (Croydon) and Isle of Wight

Background imageBristol Collection: Bristol Beaufighter Mk. 1F aeroplane

Bristol Beaufighter Mk. 1F aeroplane
Bristol Beaufighter Mk.1F MM856 aeroplane in camouflage colours. 1940s

Background imageBristol Collection: Cover design, Western Airways timetable

Cover design, Western Airways timetable
Cover design, Western Airways summer timetable, showing a map with destinations: Manchester, Birmingham, Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol, Weston, Barnstaple, Newquay and Penzance. 1939

Background imageBristol Collection: Balloon descending into Bristol Channel

Balloon descending into Bristol Channel
A balloon descending into the water of the Bristol Channel, near Watermouth. The passengers were Sadler and Clayfield, who ascended from Bristol. 24 September 1810

Background imageBristol Collection: View of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol

View of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
View of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, on a misty day. Date: 1961

Background imageBristol Collection: Back Them Up - World War Two poster

Back Them Up - World War Two poster
World War Two poster depicting British bombers (they look like the Bristol Beaufort) carrying out a daytime bombing raid on the city of Berlin. Date: 1939-1945

Background imageBristol Collection: Poster design, Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd

Poster design, Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd

Background imageBristol Collection: Men in The Naval Volunteer pub

Men in The Naval Volunteer pub
Two men sit at a table by a window with pints of beer in The Naval Volunteer, a pub in Bristol. Date: 1961

Background imageBristol Collection: Street scene in Bristol

Street scene in Bristol
A street scene in Bristol, with pedestrians, traffic, and four church buildings on the near horizon. Date: 1961

Background imageBristol Collection: Bristol Docks

Bristol Docks
A view of the Bristol Docks, with several cranes pointing to the sky, and a few vessels on the water. Date: 1961

Background imageBristol Collection: West of England Academy exhibition

West of England Academy exhibition
People at an exhibition and party given by Lord Methuen at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. Lord Methuen was President of the RWA from 1940 until 1967

Background imageBristol Collection: Women on a Bristol doorstep

Women on a Bristol doorstep
Two women sit chatting on a Bristol doorstep in a run-down part of the city. Date: 1967

Background imageBristol Collection: Wills Cigarette Factory

Wills Cigarette Factory
Women factory worker taking cigarette samples for checking at Wills Factory, Bristol. Date: 1961

Background imageBristol Collection: Cigarette Factory / Mayne

Cigarette Factory / Mayne
Women factory workers sift tobacco at the Wills Cigarette Factory in Bristol Date: 1961

Background imageBristol Collection: Women Leaving Factory

Women Leaving Factory
Women factory workers leaving Wills (cigarette) Factory, Bristol. Date: 1961

Background imageBristol Collection: Bristol Mother 1969

Bristol Mother 1969
This working class mum doesn t look too pleased at being photographed on her doorstep in her curlers, although her daughters are amused! Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Date: 1969

Background imageBristol Collection: Clifton Street / 1961

Clifton Street / 1961
An Autumn day in a Bristol street. Date: 1961

Background imageBristol Collection: 1960S Bristol

1960S Bristol
Two couple head for night out in Bristol along an abandoned dockside street Date: 1967

Background imageBristol Collection: Brighton Works brass plates

Brighton Works brass plates
Two brass plates for the Brighton railway works, and a smaller metal plate for the Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works. Date: 1900 - 1901

Background imageBristol Collection: Working Class Mother

Working Class Mother
A working class mother with two children and a baby in a pram, walks home through a Bristol council estate. Date: 1961

Background imageBristol Collection: Bristol Street / Mayne

Bristol Street / Mayne
A lady pushes a pram up a steep hill that leads from Clifton to the Bristol docks Date: 1961



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