Motor Collection

Cat family in motorboat

Policeman
People You See. Policeman. From Teddy Bear (12 October 1963)

RAC repairman

Motorcycle police
People You See. Motorcycle police. From Teddy Bear (19 April 1964)

Pixie Pip

Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1932
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - held on the 17th April 1932. The race was won by Tazio Nuvolari in an Alfa Romeo. 1932

Hautier Progressive Metal Clutches
Poster for Hautier Progressive Metal Clutches circa 1910

Official programme, International Trophy at Brooklands
Cover design for the official programme, The International Trophy at Brooklands, organised by the Junior Car Club. Showing a racing car and driver. May 1933

Cover design, Aero and Motor Boat Exhibition
Cover design, catalogue of Aero and Motor Boat Exhibition, 11 to 19 March 1910, at Olympia, west London. Showing a variety of aircraft and boats. 1910

Haubourdin shock absorber poster
Poster promoting the French automobile shock absorber brand, Haubourdin. A harlequin admiries the shock absorber on the front end of an automobile

Cover design, Aero & Marine Exhibition
Cover design, catalogue of Aero & Marine Exhibition, 16-25 March 1914, at Olympia, west London, under the patronage of His Majesty the King

Poster Advertising Clement Bicycles and Cars circa 1902

Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1931
Poster for the 3rd Monaco Grand Prix - held on the 19th April 1931. The race was won by Louis Chiron in a Bugatti. 1931

Advertisement for Kinner Airplane and Motor Corporation

De Dion Car Poster
L Elegante Moteurs de Dion Poster. In 1900, de Dion-Bouton was the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, producing 400 cars and 3, 200 engines that year circa 1900

Cover design, The Autocar Magazine
Cover design for The Autocar Magazine, founded 1895, showing a group of people enjoying an outing through the countryside in a Lea-Francis open topped car. March 1928

Repairs on a VW Beetle car
A motor mechanic carrying out repairs on a VW Beetle car, whose engine is, of course, in the boot! Date: 1963

Happy Hours Transfers. No 4
Motor Traffic. Front and back cover from a series of Transfer Albums published by Raphael Tuck Date: circa 1938

Motor mechanic at work under a car
A motor mechanic at work under a car. Date: 1956

Benzo Moteur Oil Poster - Cheret

Poster for 13th International Motor Exhibition, Olympia, London, showing a classical figure (Mercury) at the wheel of a chariot-like car decorated with wings. November 1919

Advertisement for DAK motor vehicles
Advertisement for DAK (Deutscher Automobil Konzern) motor vehicles, featuring a sports car, a saloon car, a farm vehicle and a bus (Dux, Magirus, Presto and Vomag). circa 1920s

Advertisement for Jordan Line Eight Brougham motor car, showing a stylish car against a painted landscape. 1925

Advertisement for Willys-Overland motor car
Advertisement for the Willys-Overland motor car, for National Service. Showing three upper class passengers in a car, waiting for a lady to walk down some garden steps to join them

Box lid, motorcycle with sidecar
Box lid, for a toy motorcycle with sidecar, operated by clockwork. 20th century

Advertisement for the AGA car, from the dealers Autohoffmann of Munich, Germany. The AGA company was founded in 1914, and manufactured cars in Berlin from 1919 to 1929. circa 1920s

Advertisement for Daimler car
Advertisement for the Daimler 3 litre 90 horsepower Regency motor car, announcing that it can be viewed for the first time at the Paris and Earls Court Motor Shows of 1951. early 1950s

Advertisement for the Bosch spark plug, as used in motor engines. 20th century

Advertisement for Antar motor oil, as used in the Monte Carlo Rally of 1933. Showing a yellow car and a large red oil can. 1930s

Advertisement for the Pierce-Arrow motor car, seen here in a stately home setting with a butler or footman waiting to make himself useful. early 20th century

Advertisement for Hillman Wizard Family Saloon car
Advertisement for the Hillman Wizard Five-Seater Family Saloon motor car, costing 270. Showing a woman in a long orange coat, standing next to the car

Advertisement for Jordan Line Eight Touring motor car, showing a stylish car against a painted landscape. 1925

Advertisement for the Isotta Fraschini motor car

Advertisement for Nash motor car
Advertisement for the Nash motor car, 1929 model -- a German advert for an American car. 1929

Autocar Poster -- French Grand Prix
Autocar Poster -- Lautenschlager in a white German Mercedes car during the French Grand Prix, Dieppe circuit. 1908

Autocar Poster -- Targa Florio race, Sicily
Autocar Poster -- Italian champion Felice Nazzaro driving the Fiat car in which he won the Targa Florio race in Sicily. His average speed for the race was around 33 mph on gruelling mountain roads

Autocar Poster -- Circuit des Ardennes race
Autocar Poster -- British driver Charles Jarrott winning the Circuit des Ardennes race in the famous 70 Panhard. His average speed during the race was 54 mph. 1903

Despatch riders bike on fire, Western Front, WW1
A motor despatch riders bike catches fire on the Western Front in France during World War One, watched by a group of soldiers. circa 1916

Autocar Poster -- first French Grand Prix
Autocar Poster -- Szisz in his red Renault, in which he won the first French Grand Prix. His average speed for the race was 63 mph. The circuit used was near Le Mans. 1906

Autocar Poster -- Voiturette race at Boulogne, France
Autocar Poster -- Bablot driving a 3-litre Delage No.10 (left), chasing Boillots Peugeot, in the Voiturette race (for lightweight cars) at Boulogne, France. 1911

Autocar Poster -- Jenatzy beating speed record
Autocar poster -- Camille Jenatzys Jamais Contente beating the World Speed Record near Acheres in France, averaging just over 65 mph. 1899

Autocar Poster -- Gordon Bennett race
Autocar Poster -- Thery driving a Richard-Brasier car to win the Gordon Bennett race for France. Seen here after overtaking a Wolseley Beetle driven by Cs Rolls for the British team. 1905

Autocar Poster -- race on new Brooklands track, Surrey
Autocar Poster --s F Edge driving a Napier car on the new Brooklands racing track in Surrey. He maintained a speed of 60 mph for 24 hours, setting a new record. 1907

Autocar Poster -- speed record on Saltburn Sands
Autocar Poster -- Sir Algernon Guinness setting a new speed record of 120 mph on Saltburn Sands in a 200 hp Darracq car. 1908

Autocar Poster -- Paris-Berlin race
Autocar Poster -- scene from the Paris-Berlin race, featuring a Mors No.4 car driven by Fournier, beating a Panhard car. Its average speed during the race was around 44 mph. 1901

Autocar Poster -- Paris-Amsterdam race
Autocar Poster -- Charrons white Panhard fitted with wheel steering (instead of a tiller) for the first time in racing history, for the Paris-Amsterdam race. 1898

Advertisement for a Guiet Automobile
French advertisement for a stylist 1899 Guiet Automobile. The lady passenger is enjoying the ride so much, she is crowning the vehicle with a laurel wreath

Cooks Programme of Popular Day Outings
Cover illustration for Cooks Programme of Popular Day Outings by Rail, Coach and Steamer in connection with the Midland, North Eastern, and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railways

Follett Trophy for the BRDC 500 Mile Race
The " Follett" Trophy for The British Racing Drivers Clubs 500 Miles Race, won by the Talbot 105 single seater, 1932. The trophy was sold at Bonham s, London in 2008 for 6, 900. Date: 1932

Red Cross Poster - World War I
Poster asking for donations to the British Red Cross during World War I, stressing urgently that six pounds a minute is required to maintain the number of motor ambulances, hospital ships

Motor Racing at San Sebastian, Spain Date: circa early 1920s

Advertisement for a Peugeot
Peugeot Revue - a fine advertisement for a Peugeot car. A gentleman tries to hitch a ride with a pretty young lady! Date: circa 1920s

Veedol motor oil poster
Poster advertising Veedol motor oil, recommended by Lancia cars. Date: c.1935

How to see Paris, its environs, and the battlefields
Cover illustration for How to see Paris, its environs, and the battlefields, Motor Tours, with Thomas Cook & Son, Paris. The Old Fortification in the foreground

French Grand Prix Poster - Dieppe
Poster for the 1908 French Grand Prix, which took place at Dieppe on 7 July 1908. Date: 1908

Benzo-Moteur advertising poster
Advertising poster for Benzo-Moteur petrol for cars, featuring a confident lady driver glancing back at a couple in another motor. Date: c.1900

Italian Grand Prix poster
Poster for the meeting of the first ever Italian Grand Prix, held at Brescia - 4th to the 11th September 1921. The meeting also includes racing for aeroplanes and motorcycles. Date: 1921

Couple in Mercedes
A couple in a magnificent yellow Mercedes drive through a quaint village. Date: 1922

Automobilia Ephemera Collection
A splendid collection of Automobilia Ephemera, including goggles, a rigid ash tray, a map and a long curved car horn! Date: circa 1910s

Cooks Motor Tours, Great Britain and Ireland
Cover illustration for Cooks Motor Tours of Great Britain and Ireland, showing an open topped motor coach driving along a road by the side of a lake on a sunny day in an English Lake District scene

A Happy Party of Little Motorists. Six young children are taken for a spin in an open-top car. They are all wrapped up warm against the elements. Date: circa 1905

Advertisement for the Stutz motor car
Advertisement for the new improved safety Stutz motor car. The Stutz Motor Company produced luxury cars, and was based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. circa 1920s

Vintage vehicle in a yard. It contains seating for ten or more people, and has a roof rack for luggage. early 20th century

Cars at the hunt
A watercolour painting depicting a large early car arriving in a country location, where it appears the local hunt are about to set off. Date: c.1910

Anon. Ever so Fast! 1920
Book cover showing a variety of vehicles zooming along a road, including an open top car, a bus, a removal van, a motorcycle and a motorcyle with a sidecar. Date: 1920

Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit
Double Twelve Race: Frederick Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, and the MG Racing Car 1931

Petrol Pump and Pump Attendant
BP Petrol Pump and Pump Attendant Date: circa 1925

Advertisement for Gladiator Cycles
A French advertisement for Gladiator Cycles, showing a cyclist keeping up with a car on a high Alpine lane. circa 1910s

Elegant women and their saloon car
Two elegant women stand alongside their saloon car, which they have taken out for a ride in the country. 1929

Advertisement for the Paige motor car, the most beautiful car in America (apparently). Don t hesitate to take the feminine members of your household with you

Two cats on a fan, driving a car
Two cats, one black, one white, depicted on a fan, driving a veteran car along a country road. c.1930

Toy motorcycle with sidecar
A toy motorcycle with sidecar, operated by clockwork. 20th century

Advertisement for the Fiat Ballila motor car, focusing on its elegant femininity. Showing two stylish Italian ladies chatting at the side of the car, near the gates to a stately villa. circa 1930s

Advertisement for Jordan Line Eight Sedan motor car, showing a stylish car against a painted landscape. 1925

Leon Thery competing in the Gordon Bennett Cup
Leon Thery, French racing driver, speeds along a country road in his Richard-Brasier car to win the French eliminating contest of the Gordon Bennett Cup

Advertisement for Jordan Line Eight Victoria motor car

Sherman tank destroys nine Panther tanks
Poster entitled Battle Front Dispatch, containing a report from Winston Churchill of how one Sherman tank destroyed nine enemy Panther tanks outside Caen in Northern France during the Second World

Advertisement for Futuramic Oldsmobile motor car
Advertisement for the New Thrill Futuramic Oldsmobile motor car. You ve got to drive it to believe it. Showing a couple in their shiny new car with blue paintwork whizzing along an American road

Advertisement for Tri-Ang toy model motor cars, marketed by Lines Bros of London. His Christmas dream come true. Showing a father and son admiring a large toy motor car, a Tri-Ang Rover Regal

Picture No. 10508225
Anon. Motor sleigh (1920)

A motor plough

Motor omnibus and motor car
Traffic passing a bridge in an unidentified town. A shiny blue open top car runs alongside a yellow omnibus emblazoned with advertising. Date: c.1925

Tramway car and motor bicycle with side-car

Taxi Cab and Motor Fire Escape
A bright and shiny fire engine populated by a team of firemen and ladder are given right of way through a busy street. In the background waits a taxi cab piled high with luggage on its roof

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