Record Collection (#10)

Bluebird CN7 being transported to Lake Eyre for World Record attempt, 1964
Bluebird CN7 being transported to Lake Eyre for World Record attempt, Australia, 1964

Toyota Ampol fuelling trucks for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, Australia
Toyota Ampol fuelling trucks for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt at Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Transporting Bluebird CN7 through the bush to Lake Eyre, World Land Speed Record attempt
Transporting Bluebird CN7 through the bush to Lake Eyre for World Land Speed Record attempt, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7, Donald Campbell and support crew, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964
Bluebird CN7, Donald Campbell and support crew, World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Donald Campbell with his wife Tonia and Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7 support crew, Ken Norris (3rd from left), Leo Villa (3rd from right)
Bluebird CN7 support crew, including Ken Norris (3rd from left) and Leo Villa (3rd from right), Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Bluebird CN7 support crew member Allan Dougherty, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Mechanics fuelling Bluebird CN7 for World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, 1964
Mechanics fuelling Bluebird CN7 for Doanld Campbells World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Marking the course for Bluebird CN7s World Land Speed record attempt, Lake Eyre
Marking the record run course for Bluebird CN7s World Land Speed record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Mechanics inflating Bluebird CN7 tyre for World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre
Mechanics inflating one of Bluebird CN7s tyres for Doanld Campbells World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Donald Campbell in front of Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964. Creator: Unknown
Donald Campbell in front of Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

World Land Speed Record course for Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964
Blue paint marking the World Land Speed Record course for Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Allan Dougherty, support crew member for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, holding on of the cars wheels, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Donald Campbell being interviewed in front of Bluebird CN7, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964

Sampler, United States, c. 1819. Creator: Harriot Augusta Raymond
Sampler, United States, c. 1819. Family Record. The maker was aged 15

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Pictufy Studio III

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Pictufy Studio III

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Pictufy Studio III

Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1, 1960. Creator: NASA
Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1, 1960. Dryden pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight

Fractur, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Charles Roadman
Fractur, 1935/1942

Birth Record, c. 1939. Creator: Albert J. Levone
Birth Record, c. 1939

Fokker T-2 Instrument Panel, 1923. Creator: Unknown
Wooden instrument panel, removed from the aircraft, which contains eight instruments which are secured to the panel with screws

Ships Logbook belonging to Lieutenant William Bligh, 1789 (ink on paper)
ELD1152376 Ships Logbook belonging to Lieutenant William Bligh, 1789 (ink on paper) by English School, (18th century); National Library of Australia, Canberra

Reporting the Vanderbilt race (b / w photo)
6002606 Reporting the Vanderbilt race (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reporting the Vanderbilt race)

Captain Joyce, AM, at the end of his record march, with the leader of his dog-team (b / w photo)
6013863 Captain Joyce, AM, at the end of his record march, with the leader of his dog-team (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain Joyce, AM)

Later stages of record manufacture (litho)
6009429 Later stages of record manufacture (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Later stages of record manufacture)

Travelling 6500 miles in forty-eight hours, by car! (b / w photo)
6009115 Travelling 6500 miles in forty-eight hours, by car! (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Travelling 6500 miles in forty-eight hours, by car)

Air-Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (right) and Harry Ulm reading messages of congratulation on arrival at
6009092 Air-Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (right) and Harry Ulm reading messages of congratulation on arrival at Croydon after completing their record flight from Australia (b/w photo)

Lady Richmond Brown and Mr Mitchell Hedges with their record catch, a sawfish weighing 5700 lb (b / w photo)
6009057 Lady Richmond Brown and Mr Mitchell Hedges with their record catch, a sawfish weighing 5700 lb (b/w photo) by European Photographer

Office recorder and time recorder for use in a factory (b / w photo)
6008201 Office recorder and time recorder for use in a factory (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Europes dregs entering the new world (litho)
6005048 Europes dregs entering the new world (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Europes dregs entering the new world)

Diary, containing details of ship, date, master, country, destination, departure
6334140 Diary, containing details of ship, date, master, country, destination, departure, weight and draught of water each voyage, 1859-60 (pen & ink on paper) by English School

Diary, containing details of ship, date, master, country, destination, departure
6334139 Diary, containing details of ship, date, master, country, destination, departure, weight and draught of water each voyage, 1859-60 (pen & ink on paper) by English School

The Prince of Wales at Cannes, laying the Foundation of the New Albert Edward Pier (litho)
1039436 The Prince of Wales at Cannes, laying the Foundation of the New Albert Edward Pier (litho) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Prince of Wales at Cannes)

Mr Walter Winans, The record revolver shot, 17 August 1893, Vanity Fair cartoon (colour litho)
611649 Mr Walter Winans, The record revolver shot, 17 August 1893, Vanity Fair cartoon (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Walter Winans)

"Olympia, "the New Place of Entertainment in Kensington (engraving)
1050198 " Olympia, " the New Place of Entertainment in Kensington (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Olympia)

Sacred Birch Bark Records (colour litho)
980440 Sacred Birch Bark Records (colour litho) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sacred Birch Bark Records)

Title page to A Survey of London by John Stow
497299 Title page to A Survey of London by John Stow, published in 1598 (printed paper) by English School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Stow (1525-1605)); English

The Historian, 1902 (oil on canvas)
PNP368995 The Historian, 1902 (oil on canvas) by Couse, Eanger Irving (1866-1936); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

The Siloam Inscription (litho)
809224 The Siloam Inscription (litho) by English School, (19th century); Palestine Exploration Fund, London, UK; (add.info.: Hezekiahs Tunnel)

Banquet scene from an early Christian catacomb fresco in Rome
BMR437899 Banquet scene from an early Christian catacomb fresco in Rome, illustration from Roma Sotterranea by Antonio Bossi, published in Rome in 1632 (wood engraving) by Bosio

A triumphant Italian sports victory (colour litho)
2809229 A triumphant Italian sports victory (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A triumphant Italian sports victory)

Comic postcard, Children sitting on wall at the seaside - underwater record Date: 20th century

Public Record Office - Domesday Book and chest
Public Record Office - Domesday Book (two volumes) and chest. A manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror

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