Bike Collection (page 6)

Advertisement for Cycles Gladiator bicycles, c1900

Exterior of the Banqueting Hall, Whitehall Palace, 1902. Artist: Thomas Robert Way
Exterior of the Banqueting Hall, Whitehall Palace, 1902. From Ancient Royal Palaces in and Near London. [John Lane, London and New York, 1902]

Frank Southall, cycling champion, 1935
Frank Southall (1904-1964), British cycling champion and Olympic silver medalist. A print from the photo album Popular Personalities, issued for Piccadilly Juniors Oval Photos, 1935

Queens Golden Monastery, Mandalay, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Queens Golden Monastery, Mandalay, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, c1900s(?). Postcard

Early forms of cycles, 19th or 20th century. Primitive bicycles; the Dandy Horse ; Gompertzs velocipede; the Dublin velocipede; the Bone Shaker

Street, Copenhagen, Denmark, c1922. Artist: Edward Galloway
Street, Copenhagen, Denmark, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

The Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark, c1922. Artist: T Larsen
The Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

A trooper of the 2nd Life Guards polishing up for parade, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
A trooper of the 2nd Life Guards polishing up for parade, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 21st August 1896

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, 1906. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Isezakicho Dori, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century. Wooden postcard

Street in Motomachi, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

We are Off, c1900

French cavalry attacking German troops, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

French soldiers at a railway station, Paris, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

An early Triumph motorcycle, 1911-1912. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1911-1912, The Process Year Book, volume 17, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1911-1912)

Advertisement for Humber Cycles, 1902-1903. Artist: Thomas Humber
Advertisement for Humber Cycles, 1902-1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1902-1903, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 8

The evolution of the bicycle, 19th century, (c1920). The Kirkpatrick bicycle, 1839; Phantom bicycle, 1869; Bicyclette, 1879; Otto Dicycle, 1881; Kangaroo bicycle, 1884, and the Rudge, 1884

Street scene, Nicosia, Cyprus, c1920s-c1930s(?)

Wall I Swan, What Won t Them City Folks Do?. Artist: Keystone View Company
Wall I Swan, What Won t Them City Folks Do?. Stereoscopic card detail

Belgian bicycle troops using Hotchkiss machine guns in Haelen, Belgium, August 1914. Artist: Montigny
Belgian bicycle troops using Hotchkiss machine guns in Haelen, Belgium, August 1914. Haelen saw the first cavalry engagement of the First World War

Belgian bicycle troops in Haelen, Belgium, August 1914. Artist: Montigny
Belgian bicycle troops in Haelen, Belgium, August 1914

King Albert of the Belgians during the siege of Antwerp, Belgium, September-October 1914 (1926). Artist: J Simont
King Albert of the Belgians during the siege of Antwerp, Belgium, September-October 1914 (1926). After the Germans invaded his country on 4 August 1914

Russian author Leo Tolstoy with a bicycle, Russia, 1890s. Artist: Sophia Tolstaya
Russian author Leo Tolstoy with a bicycle, Russia, 1890s. Tolstoy (1828-1910) is pictured with his wife, Sophia Tolstaya (1844-1919), who he married in 1862

La chaine Simson, (Advertising Poster), 1896. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La chaine Simson, (Advertising Poster), 1896. Poster. Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The fete for the First-Aid workers, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 21st July 1901

Attempted attack on Edward, Prince of Wales in Brussels, 1900. Jean Baptiste Sipido, the 16 year old anarchist, being held back after trying to assassinate Edward, Prince of Wales in Brussels

Serious accident caused by bicycles, Paris, 1900
Serious accident causes by bicycles, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th May 1900

A wedding on a bicycle, France, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer
A wedding on a bicycle, France, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th March 1897

French Army bicycle corps in a square on manoeuvres, France, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer
French Army bicycle corps in a square on manoeuvres, France, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 26th September 1897

Training army dogs to attack cyclists, Germany, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Training army dogs to attack cyclists, Germany, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th August 1897

French bicycle corp on military maneuvers, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer
French bicycle corp on military maneuvers, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 20th September 1896

Caricatures from the legend of Faust, 1894. Faust or Faustus is the protagonist of a popular German legend in which a mediaeval scholar makes a pact with the Devil

Start of the Paris-Brest-Paris cycle race, 1891. Artist: F Meaulle
Start of the Paris-Brest-Paris cycle race, 1891. One of the oldest cycling events in the world, Paris-Brest-Paris was first held in 1891

The future King Edward VIII riding his bicycle in 1911. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

Ces voiturettes!, French motoring cartoon, 1913. Artist: Jean Villemot
Ces voiturettes!, French motoring cartoon, 1913. Steam rising from the radiator cap of a car as its driver chats to a cyclist. An illustration from the car magazine Omnia, October 1913

Bicycle race, c1900. French postcard

Maurice Garin, winner of the inaugural Tour de France, 1903. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 24th July 1903. Garin was initially declared the winner of the Tour the following year as well

Edmond Jacquelin, French cycling champion, 1902. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 20th November 1902

Poster Advertising Premier Bicycles, 20th century

Hirondelle Saint Etienne, Bicycle Tourism Advertisement, 20th century. Road and tourism. A print from La Manufacture Francais D Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, French mail order catalog

Destoyed vehicle, Rue de Castiglione, liberation of Paris, August 1944. After just over four years of occupation, the Germans surrendered the city to the French 2nd Armoured Division on 25 August

Burned out cars, Place de la Concorde, liberation of Paris, August 1944. After just over four years of occupation, the Germans surrendered the city to the French 2nd Armoured Division on 25 August

Bicycle taxi, German-occupied Paris, 1940-1944. Petrol was in short supply during the occupation and what was available went to the Germans

Parisians travelling by bicycle, German-occupied Paris, July 1940. Under the German occupation, petrol was unobtainable. Only police cars and vehicles carrying food supplies were allowed to travel

French refugees returning home after the fall of France to the Germans, Paris, July 1940

The first Allied tanks arrive in Strasbourg, Alsace, November 1944. Strasbourg was liberated by General Philippe Leclercs French 2nd Armoured Division on 24 November

Improvised bicycle vehicle, German-occupied Paris, 1940-1944. With petrol shortages and private cars confiscated by the Germans, people who owned bicycles adapted them to transport the whole family

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