Pioneer Collection (page 3)

The first district conference of young pioneers, 1880. Creator: GP Putintsev
The first district conference of young pioneers, 1880. From a collection of 153 photographs and documents held in the Berdsk Historical Art Museum

Col Ripinski & PO at Chilkat [] /, 1894 and 1895. Creator: Alfred Lee Broadbent
Col Ripinski & PO at Chilkat [] /, 1894 and 1895. Showing S. Ripinsky and two men standing outside the Post Office at Chilkat

New Year's Reception at the White House, Washington - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. Creator: Unknown
New Year's Reception at the White House, Washington - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. New Year's Day is celebrated with great enthusiasm by the Americans generally

Claude Grahame-White hydroplane, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Claude Grahame-White Hydroplane, 1912. The early aviation pioneer, Claude Grahame-White flew his hydroplane at Cowes over the assembled yachts which included the Royal Yacht which had King George V

A group onboard sea sled Miss England, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Claude Grahame-White in his experimental 45-foot power sledge, Miss England, 3 Sept 1922. Miss England was built of wood by the Cowes firm of S.E. Saunders in 1921

Three Graces, 1840s. Creators: William Henry Fox Talbot, Antonio Canova
Three Graces, 1840s

Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830. Tipu Sultan (1750-1799) ruler of Mysore, a pioneer of rocket artillery deployed in the Anglo-Mysore War

Mercator, (1512-1594), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Mercator, (1512-1594), 1830. Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) Belgian geographer, cosmographer and cartographer known for his 1569 world map of sailing courses with rhumb lines

Amy Johnson broadcasting from Croydon Airport, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Amy Johnson broadcasting from Croydon Airport, 1930, (1933). In 1930, British aviator Johnson (1903-1941) became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in her DH60 Moth aeroplane Jason

Eugene Lauste recording the first combined moving image and sound, c1905, (1935). Eugene Lauste may be seen already experimenting with " Talkies"

London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). The London to Paris Air Race 1914, ran from Hendon to Buc and back with a total distance of 508 miles

Professor Huntingdon, Mr. Frank Hedges Butler, and the Hon. C. S. Rolls, 1906. The British crew who competed in the 1906 Gordon Bennett Cup

Robert Owen, Welsh-born industrialist, philanthropist and socialist, 1851 (1956). Owens (1771-1858) New Lanark Mills in Scotland, which he bought in c1799

Statue of Sir Isaac Newton in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, c1850. Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov, 1961. Pictured at Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR. Korolyov (1907-1966)

Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaut, Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR, 16 June 1963. Tereshkova (1937-) on the day when she piloted Vostok 6, making the first space flight by a woman

Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonauts, 1963. Gagarin (1934-1968) became the first man in space when he orbited the Earth aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961

Hipparchus, Ancient Greek astronomer, 2nd century BC (c1880). Artists reconstruction of Hipparchus (c190-c127 BC) at work

Robert Owen, Welsh-born British philanthropist and socialist, 19th century. Owens (1771-1858) New Lanark Mills in Scotland, which he bought in c1799

John Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948), British aviators, 1919. Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight on 14 June 1919

Otto Lilienthal, German aeronaut, early 20th century. Lilienthal taking to the air in one of his gliders. He made more than 2000 flights before being killed in a crash

Seth Kinman, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Seth Kinman, between 1855 and 1865. [Hunter, pioneer, frontiersman, hotel and saloon keeper, musician: claimed to have shot a total of over 800 grizzly bears, and, in a single month

Seth Kinman, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Seth Kinman, between 1860 and 1875. [Hunter, pioneer, frontiersman, hotel and saloon keeper, musician: claimed to have shot a total of over 800 grizzly bears, and, in a single month

Prof. John Langston, Howard University, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Prof. John Langston, Howard University, between 1860 and 1875. [African-American abolitionist, lawyer, activist, diplomat, and politician: founding dean of the law school at Howard University]

Prof. Edward M. Gallaudet, between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Gallaudet, Prof. Edward M. between 1870 and 1880. Established in Wash. D.C. 1857, an institute for the deaf. [Advocate for the eduction of deaf people; first president of Gallaudet University in

The Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon, June 24, 1789. Creator: John Murphy
The Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon on the 23rd of July, 1785, Off the Coast of Yarmouth; Most Providentially Discovered and Taken Up by the Argus Sloop

Samuel Addison Oliver of Iowa, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Samuel Addison Oliver of Iowa, 1865-1880. Oliver, Hon. Samuel Addison of Iowa, between 1865 and 1880. [Pioneer, lawyer and politician]

Pioneer Doll, c. 1937. Creator: Verna Tallman
Pioneer Doll, c. 1937

Chicago Pitcher, England, 1893. Creator: W. T. Copeland & Sons
Chicago Pitcher, England, 1893

Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, M. D. 1902. Creator: Daniel Chester French
Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, M. D. 1902. Mary Harris Thompson MD (1829-1895) was one of the first women to practice medicine in Chicago

Dedication Day - visitors to the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 20, 1943. From left to right: Colonel E.R. Page, William F

Jerrie Cobb testing gimbal rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, USA, c1950s. Creator: NASA
Jerrie Cobb is tested in the Gimbal Rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, USA, c1950s. American pilot and aviator Jerrie Cobb at the Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

First flight of Wright brothers aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, December 17, 1903. The first powered, heavier-than-air controlled flight in history flight lasted 12 seconds

Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. Creator: NASA
Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. On October 24, 1911 Orville tested a new glider and broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring

Fred E. Weick, Tom Hamilton and Charles Lindbergh, USA, June 1927. Creator: Unknown
Fred Weick, Tom Hamilton and Charles Lindbergh, USA, June 1927. American aviators visting the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Fred E

Pioneer Salt Gourd, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Elbert S. Mowery
Pioneer Salt Gourd, 1935/1942

The Interpreter Waved at the Youth, c. 1900. Creator: Frederic Remington
The Interpreter Waved at the Youth, c. 1900

Julia Margaret Cameron, 1852, printed c. 1893. Creator: Henry Herschel Hay Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1852, printed c. 1893. [Portrait of the pioneering British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron by her son]

Articles of China, 1843 / 44. Creator: William Henry Fox Talbot
Articles of China, 1843/44. A work made of salted paper print

Alcazar de Seville, c. 1853 / 58. Creator: William Henry Fox Talbot
Alcazar de Seville, c. 1853/58. A work made of photoglyphic engraving employing resin ground

Neapolitan Conveyance - Copy of a Painting at Lacock Abbey, c. 1840. A work made of salted paper print

Pioneer Lantern, c. 1941. Creator: LeRoy Griffith
Pioneer Lantern, c. 1941

Pioneer Sickle, c. 1941. Creator: LeRoy Griffith
Pioneer Sickle, c. 1941

Portrait of Seth Green (1817-1888), 1886. Creator: Samuel D Wardlaw
Portrait of Seth Green (1817-1888), 1886

Portrait of Joseph Janvier Woodward (1833-1884), December 1880. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Joseph Janvier Woodward (1833-1884), December 1880

Drift Meter, Navy, Pioneer. Creator: Pioneer Instrument Company
Metal sight; in 51cm x 9cm x 17cm wood box; experimental

Portrait of John Wanamaker (1838-1922), Between 1864 and 1866. Creator: Charles H Spieler
Portrait of John Wanamaker (1838-1922), Between 1864 and 1866

Portrait of Henry Draper (1837-1882), Before 1876. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Henry Draper (1837-1882), Before 1876

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