Race Collection

Illustrations for Michael and the Mighty Men

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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

Balloon race, Green brothers
Scene during a balloon race between Charles Green and his brother, which began at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London. Seen here is one balloon which has descended into slightly rough water

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

Ballooning event, Champ de Mars, Paris
A balloon held by ropes, the burning of a wooden castle, and a chariot race going on around them, on the Champ de Mars, Paris. late 1790s

Blond male model and Afro-Caribbean woman
Blonde male model and Afro-Caribbean woman in a close pose. circa 1970s

International Air Rally Poster 1937
Poster, High Speed Thrills! International Air Rally, Lympne, 28-29 August 1937. Spectacular RAF Hendon Acrobatics, Racing, Live Parachuting, Foreign Aces. Organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club

Poster, Scotts flight from England to Australia
Poster, Royal Matinee, Queens Hall, London, CWA Scott AFC will tell his graphic story of the flight from England to Australia in under 3 days

De Havilland Aircraft Company Poster
Poster, De Havilland Aircraft Company, From Mildenhall to Melbourne in 70 Hours 59 Minutes winning the Worlds Greatest Race

Handbill for balloon race, Green brothers
Handbill advertising a balloon race between Charles Green and his brother in two balloons, taking place from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, to celebrate the Queens birthday. 13 August 1835

Cover design, Popular Aviation Magazine combined with Practical Mechanics, showing racing cars on a circuit with a futuristic red aeroplane soaring above them. September 1932

England to South Africa Air Race Poster
Poster, The World Famous England to South Africa Air Race, from Portsmouth City Airport. 20th century

A tub race
Young boys playing in the sea racing tubs.Date: circa 1910

Air Race for the Kings Cup Poster
Poster, Air Race for the Kings Cup, at Hatfield Aerodrome, with a stylised image of two planes racing. July 1934

Cover design, Circuit of Britain Programme
Cover design, official programme issued by the Royal Aero Club for the Circuit of Britain 1010 Miles Air Race for the Second 10, 000 Daily Mail prize

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

International Air Display and Races Poster
Poster, International Air Display and Races at Lympne, near Hythe, Kent, organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. September 1934

Programme cover, Schneider Trophy Contest
Souvenir programme cover, The Schneider Trophy Contest, September 12th 1931, The Royal Aero Club. Showing a seaplane in flight. 1931

Scene on the River Isis near Oxford
Wintry scene on the River Isis near Oxford, with two young men on bicycles and a team of rowers on the water. Date: circa 1950s

Annual rickshaw Derby, Hong Kong, China
Scene at the annual rickshaw Derby held in Hong Kong, China, with participants and spectators. Date: 1987

Street scene in Norwich
A street scene in Norwich, Norfolk. A woman holding a baby looks directly into the camera. Behind her is a dress shop called Fifth Avenue

Lottery ticket for French horse race 20th century

Father O Flynn winning Grand National
Father O Flynn (the name of the horse) winning the Grand National at Aintree, at 20-1 ridden by Captain Roddy Owen. 1892

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

The Boat Race
Stylised illustration of the famous boat race along the River Thames. Date: 1927

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 -- 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 -- 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

Women on the corner of Shaftesbury Street, Nottingham
Two black women on the corner of Shaftesbury Street, a slum area of Nottingham. One of them is wearing a light-coloured trouser suit, and is smiling across at the photographer. Date: 1969

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

Classroom scene in Handsworth, Birmingham
Scene in a classroom at a junior school in Handsworth, Birmingham. The pupils are taking an active part in the lesson, and two girls are putting their hands up

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

Schneider Trophy Poster - Southsea - September 6th and 7th, 1929 - Making History Still - See it all at Southsea Date: 1929

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

Two girls in a school playground, Birmingham
Two girls, one black, one white, hold hands during their break in the playground of a junior school in Handsworth, Birmingham. Date: 1964

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

Winter Sports in Switzerland, with Thomas Cook
Cover illustration for Sunshine and Snow. Winter Sports in Switzerland, synopsis of arrangements made by Thomas Cook and Son, Ludgate Circus, London

Children in a school playground, Birmingham
Children enjoy their break in the playground of a junior school in Handsworth, Birmingham. Groups of boys and girls race around, holding on to each others jumpers. Date: 1964

Poster for Speedboat Race - Lake Garda

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

Boys playing Crusoe in the playground at a Kilburn school
A group of boys playing a game called Crusoe in the playground of St Johns School, Kilburn, north west London. Date: 1961

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

Motor racing
A crowd of spectators watch cars race around the track, probably at Brooklands, home of British motor racing in the 1920s. Date: c.1925

Unusual family group
An unusual family group, consisting of five women and one man. 1970s

Black male model in catsuit, woman in blue shirt
Black male model in a patterned catsuit with matching headband, and a female model in a blue shirt

Couple walking near Natural History Museum, London
A couple walking along the pavement opposite the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London. Date: 1961

Black soldiers keeping warm, Western Front, France, WW1
Black soldiers keeping warm at a brazier in a camp near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1917

Black soldiers preparing food, Western Front, France, WW1
Black soldiers preparing food at a camp near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1917

Soldiers of a West Indian Regiment, Western Front, WW1
A group of soldiers from the British West Indies Regiment, ready for action on the Western Front in France during the Somme offensive, World War One. 1916

Poster design, Amherst Villiers
Poster design featuring the Amherst Villiers seaplane, which took part in the Schneider Trophy Air Races. circa 1930s

Supermarine aeroplane, Rolls-Royce S. 6
The Supermarine aeroplane, Rolls-Royce S.6, winner of the International Schneider Trophy Air Race in 1922, 1927 and 1929, and holder of the world speed record of 357.7 mph

Schneider Trophy Air Race
Souvenir programme cover design, Schneider Trophy Contest. 12 September 1931

Design for Silk Scarf or Tie with horseracing scene. Watercolour and ink on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1953

Race horses in a photo finish
German graphic interpretation of a photo finish.Date: 1941

Start of Lewes motorcycle speed trial
Crowds gather around a racetrack in Lewes, Sussex as man on a motorcycle prepares to be pushed off to begin the race, under a start banner indicating the sponsor, Dunlop

Girl and toddler in studio photo
A young girl holding a toddler in a studio photo, with a painted backdrop

Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Scene outside the Royal Yacht Squadron building at Cowes, Isle of Wight

Comic event at a local fair
A comic event at a local fair, involving a wheelbarrow race and a falling bucket of water

Biplanes at Hendon airfield
Biplanes lined up at Hendon airfield ready for a cross-country race. 1913

Baby Scouts -- parachuting with hats
Baby Scouts -- But girl scouts view the aeroplanes with dread; they much prefer to use their hats instead. 1900

Women running a race with hoops
Four women running a race with hoops. A spectator watches, smiling, probably glad she isn t having to take part!

Racing women reach the finishing line in this high-speed action shot

Couple at Club Contemporain, Soho
A black couple relaxing at the Club Contemporain in Soho, Central London. Date: 1957

Poster advertising Germany for winter relaxation, depicting a man skiing down a steep snowy slope

Fathers sack race in Seaford
Sporting fathers take part in a sack race designed specially for them at a school sports day in Seaford, Sussex. Several of them have fallen over, or are in the process of doing so. Date: 1934

Poster for 1925 Grand Prix
Poster advertising the third 24 hour Le Mans grand prix at the La Sarthe circuit, 20 to 21 June 1925. Date: 1925

On stage at the Richmond Jazz Festival
People on stage at the Richmond Jazz Festival, Surrey. Four musicians wait at the back, ready to perform, while another man sits at a grand piano -- either playing it or tuning it. Date: 1962

Children in the playground at a Kilburn school
Children in the playground at St Johns School in Kilburn, north west London. The boys and girls are in separate groups. Date: 1963

A rainy day at Shelsley Walsh
People gather under plastic covers on a rainy day at a motor race at Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire. Date: 1962

Street scene in Tangiers, Morocco
A street scene in Tangiers, northern Morocco, with Arab men sitting on chairs outside a cafe. There is a picture of a large Coca Cola bottle on the wall. Date: 1962

Westbourne Grove bus
A group of people getting onto a bus in Westbourne Grove, West London. Date: 1961

Man with boys in Southam Street, London
A man with a group of boys on the pavement in Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1959

Hassan of Baghdad
An illustration to Hassan of Baghdad, by James Elroy Flecker. 1924

Basket Carrying Race
An amazing Basket Carriers Race, Herne Hill, south London, England. early 1930s

Berlin Motor Race Poster
A poster for a motor racing meeting on 12th and 22nd October at Berlin, Germany Date: 1911

Making Oars 1930
Making wooden oars for the Oxford verus Cambridge boat race - shaping the haft. Date: February 1930

Race-Goers at Ascot 1963
At the Ascot race meeting: men in morning suits and top hats and ladies in smart dresses and carrying umbrellas. Date: 1963

Le Mans Poster
A poster for the 1924 24-hour maotor race at Le Mans, France, billed as the Gran Prix D Endurance. Held on the 14 and 15th June. Date: 1924

Hyde Park Council Estate
A group of children run along the walkway of a block of flats on the Hyde Park Council Estate, Sheffield. Date: 1966

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