Hour Collection

Poster, Le Mans 24 hour rally 1962
Poster, Le Mans 24 hour rally, 23-24 June 1962. Date: 1962

Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally 1959
Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally, 20-21 June 1959. Date: 1959

Brooklands Race Poster
A poster for the British equivalent of the Le Mans 24- hour race, the Brooklands Double-twelve hour race

Muffin the Mule
Peter Thompson, producer of BBC televisions Childrens Hour, and Annette Mills with the popular puppet character Muffin the Mule at the National Television Fund Ball at the Dorchester Hotel in London

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

Policeman on BSA motorcycle, London
A Metropolitan Police officer riding a BSA motorcycle in London. The BSA could travel at up to 70 miles per hour

Hitchin, Herts 1940S
The corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. The Half Moon pub, sells Noted Luton Ales, too

HMS RODNEY
British battleship whose finest hour will come in May 1941 when her accurate gunfire is the crucial factor in the sinking of the German warship Bismarck Date: 1927 - 1941

Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally 1961
Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally, 10-11 June 1961. Date: 1961

The 24 hour Bicycle Race at Herne Hill, 1892
Photograph showing the Cyclists participating in the 24 hour Bicycle race at Herne Hill velodrome, on the 22nd July 1892, shortly before the start. The race was won by F.W

Postman in the Snow
This stalwart postman does his duty and delivers the post rain or shine, or in this case, thick winter snow. No chance of exceeding the 30 mile per hour speed limit!

Fleet Street 1960S
Four Routemaster buses and an Evening Standard delivery van clogging up Fleet Street during the rush hour

Rush hour at a London tube station, by A. W. Wilson
A busy London underground station contasting two platforms, one side has happy holiday makers and the other sober looking business men

Hitchin, Herts 1940S
The corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. A horse and cart keeps strictly to this limit

Poster advertising Imperial Airways, boasting of 28 new Empire Flying Boats which travel at 200 miles per hour. Flights serving Europe, Africa, India, the Far East and Australia

Brixton Prison / Mayhew
Female convicts during the silent hour at Brixton Prison, London. All prisoners were required to sit quietly outside their cell

Louis Wain Cats and Kittens watching a Spider drawn by Louis Wain - The Leisure Hour magazine 1895. Date: 1895

The Immortal Hour, by Rutland Boughton, Birmingham
The Immortal Hour, music drama by Rutland Boughton from the play by Fiona MacLeod, produced by Barry V Jackson, at the Repertory Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham. circa 1921

Zeppelin Train 1930S
The Rail Zeppelin, an experimental vehicle developed and tested by Franz Kruckenberg in 1930 - 1931. It was capable of speeds of well over 200 kilometers per hour. Date: 1930s

Sir Malcolm Campbells Racing Car Bluebird, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. Hit the speed of 301 miles per hour. Date: 1935

An air raid warden setting a blackout time clock indicator at an Air Raid Precautions post on the outskirts of London
WORLD WAR II: AIR RAIDS. An air raid warden setting a blackout time clock indicator at an Air Raid Precautions post on the outskirts of London, England, following the outbreak of World War II, 1939

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

Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally 1963
Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally, 15-16 June 1963. Date: 1963

Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally 1965
Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally, 19-20 June 1965. Date: 1965

A Sixty-Five Pounder Opening Fire, by James McBey, WW1
" Zero". A Sixty-Five Pounder Opening Fire, drypoint print by James McBey, First World War. Referring to a bombardment in Palestine in the early morning of 19 September 1918. 1920

Telling time at night using a nocturnal. The hour is obtained by measuring the angular position of the imaginary line joining the pointers in the constellation of the Plough to the Pole Star

CROWE, Eyre (1824-1910). The Dinner Hour, Wigan. 1874. Oil on canvas. UNITED KINGDOM. Manchester. Manchester Art Gallery

Poster, Jacquelin Le Mans 24 hour race
Motorsport - Jacquelin Le Mans 24 hour race colour poster, 15-16 June 1974. 16 x 24 inches. Date: 1974

Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally 1960
Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally, 25-26 June 1960. Date: 1960

Moveable bus stop arrives in London, WWII
A moveable bus stop sign on Tottenham Court Road in central London, giving a clear indication of where people should queue during busy rush hours. Date: 1939

WW1 - King George V - his message to the Royal Navy - The Sure Shield. The shield in the bottom left-hand corner is the Royal Navy Kings Colours. Date: circa 1914

The end of the Tichborne trial
The final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The claimants farewell to the judge

Walking across London Bridge 1950s
Commuters walking across London Bridge

Fashionable Shape 1906
The fashionable silhouette of the period as personified by the actress Camille Clifford. The waistline may possibly have been re-touched

Norge Polar Flight
The Norge airship, hired from Italy by Amundsen, at the start of its flight over the North Pole. From Spitzbergen it made a 17-hour flight to Alaska

Poster celebrating Leon Vanderstuyft
Poster celebrating the achievements of Leon Vanderstuyft, the Belgian racing cyclist who amazingly covered over 125 kilometers in one hour. The poster lists various speeds and victories

winter snow, winter landscape, hour, closeup, isolated, cold, snowy, fly, ontario
winter snow, winter landscape, hour, closeup, isolated, cold, snowy, fl, Jim Cumming Photography, 976789112

Piccadilly, London
Window Studies -- the Festive Hour, early evening in Piccadilly. At 7.45 pm anyone who is anyone is on their way to a dinner party, a dance or the theatre

Drivers view at Brooklands
An impression of rounding a banked curve at Brooklands at a speed of 110 miles per hour, from the mechanics seat of a 59.6h.p. Benz, driven by Mr. L. G. Hornsted

China / Russians & British
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON standing for an hour in Uttoxeter market-place in penance for refusing, as a boy, when asked by his father to sell books there

traffic congestion on the M1 motorway at Loughborough due to sheer volume of traffic with a plane coming into land at
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Police control Queues for buses during Londons underground rail tube strike at bus stop at Liverpool street

Cars parked in parking structure, Bangkok, Thailand

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 44th Quatrain

Tourists at Cairo Museum to see Tutankhamen's relics
Visitors come to Cairo Museum from all parts of the World and Egypt

Omar Khayyam Tableaux in aid of war charities
Lighting a Little Hour or Two - Omar Khayyam Tableaux in aid of war charities - The Hon. Mrs Nicholson and Mrs Walter Rubens (a sister-in-law of Mr Paul Rubens) (right) Date: 1916

Omar tableaux in aid of war charities, 1916
Page from The Tatler, 28th June 1916: Lighting a Little Hour or Two. Omar Tableax in Aid of War Charities. The Hon

clock face with inscription no time for mistakes

Noon Hour on State Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1908

The Bathing Beach, Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Bathing Hour was 11 to 12 o'clock. Date: 1919

Les Heures du jour et de la nuit : Le Rêve
XOS8983634 Les Heures du jour et de la nuit : Le Rêve, entre 1909 et 1910 (décor d'architecture) by Baudouin, Paul Albert (1844-1931); Musee du Petit Palais, Paris

The Handwriting on the Wall. Date: 1883

The Fortress of Kitab, Shahr-I-Sabz, Uzbekistan, the author's return from a visit to the Emir of Bokhara. Date: 1883

The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel. Date: 1883

Sir William Molesworth. Date: 1883

Sir Theodore Martin, K.C.B. biographer of Prince Albert Date: 1883

Lord Melbourne at Windsor. Date: 1883

Lord Brougham proposes to give Duke of Wellington a lesson
Lord Brougham proposes to give the Duke of Wellington a lesson in oratory. Date: 1883

Lord Brougham proposes to give Duke of Wellington a lesson
Lord Brougham proposes to give the Duke of Wellington a lesson in oratory. Date: 1883

Daniel O'Connell. Date: 1883

3 Tory Secretaries, Stanley, Peel, Graham
3 Tory Secretaries, Edward Geoffrey Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham. Date: 1883

A pair of Bucks, Benjamin Disraeli and Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Date: 1883

3 Whig Secretaries, Palmerston, Russell, Marquess Normanby
3 Whig Secretaries, Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, The Marquess of Normanby. Date: 1883

Horse Breaking at St. Albans - The Leisure Hour 1895. Date: 1895

Hours of day and night : La Maternité, between 1909 and 1910 (architectural decor)
XOS8983631 Hours of day and night : La Maternité, between 1909 and 1910 (architectural decor) by Baudouin, Paul Albert (1844-1931); Musee du Petit Palais, Paris

The months of the revolutionary calendar: Brumaire
XOS8983625 The months of the revolutionary calendar: Brumaire, between 1909 and 1910 (architectural decor) by Baudouin, Paul Albert (1844-1931); Musee du Petit Palais, Paris

Livadi village, Titaros mountain, Elassona municipality, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece. In the background, Mount Olympus

First balloon crossing of the English Channel, 7 January 1785 by the French inventor Jean-Pierre Blanchard and the American Dr John Jeffries from Dover to Guines, 2 hours 30 minutes

First manned flight in a hydrogen-filled balloon, built by Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert in the Tuileries, Paris, France, 1 December 1783. 36 km covered in 2 hours and 5 minutes

Erritorial Heroism on the Krithia Lines, 8 and 9 August 1915: how Lieutenant Forshaw of the 9th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment won the Victoria Cross and saved his corner of the Vineyard

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire

Pensive woman with a flower in her mouth. Colour print as art supplement Zur guten Stunde, 1897. After a painting by E

Two elegant young woman from better society on a park bench on Sunday afternoon. Colour print as art supplement Zur guten Stunde, 1897. After a painting by E

Cormorant fishermen on the Li River, Guilin, China. Colour print as art supplement Zur guten Stunde, 1897. After a painting by C

Young woman in Sunday dress, with hat and a basket of flowers. Colour print as art supplement Zur guten Stunde, 1897. After a painting by C

Children bathing, cold shower, children's prank. Colour print as art supplement Zur guten Stunde, 1897

Young dogs at play, pulling laundry off the line. Colour print as art supplement Zur guten Stunde, 1897. After a painting by H

Hussar tries to make love to a village beauty. Art supplement in the Zur Guten Stunde 1897, after a painting by v

The Last Hours of the Carnival in 1869, Paris, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

The Last Hours of the Carnival in 1869, Paris, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Flower-of-an-hour (Hibiscus trionum), also called hour rose mallow, annual hour mallow or hour rose, digitally prepared reproduction of a watercolour drawing from 1827

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Capturing the essence of time, the 'hour' takes us on a nostalgic journey through history. From Muffin the Mule to a policeman on a BSA motorcycle in London, each image tells its own story. " "Intriguingly, a Brooklands Race Poster and Le Mans Poster remind us of the adrenaline-fueled hours spent at these iconic racing events. " "Transporting us back to Hitchin, Herts in the 1940s, we witness both moments of resilience during wartime and leisurely pursuits like The 24-hour Bicycle Race at Herne Hill in 1892. " "The imposing presence of HMS RODNEY evokes images of strength and power as it sails through uncharted waters. " "Fleet Street in the swinging 1960s paints a vibrant picture of bustling journalists working against the clock to deliver breaking news stories. " "A. W. Wilson's captivating photograph captures rush hour at a London tube station, showcasing the daily hustle and bustle that defines city life. " "Hitchin, Herts once again graces our collection with memories from yesteryears - this time highlighting its charm during World War II era alongside an advertisement for Imperial Airways that promises exotic destinations within hours reach. " "And finally, Brixton Prison stands as an enduring symbol reminding us that even behind bars, every hour counts towards redemption and change under Mayhew's watchful eye.