Pioneer Collection (page 4)

Amy Johnson / Cig Card
Amy Johnson (Mrs Mollison), pioneer British aviator who made several record flights - seen here in 1935

Racial / Canada / Courrier
A French Canadian hunter or courrier du bois with a rifle and a hatchet Date: 1891

Pioneer settlers outside their log cabin. A woman cooks over a fire, watched by two children

A sex education film called Growing Up which was made by Dr Martin Cole who is a university lecturer and sexologist, was shown in Wardour Street, London

Map of Magellans round the world voyage, 1519-1521. A Portuguese-born navigator sponsored by Spain, Ferdinand Magellan (c1480-1521)

Beginning of the aviation : little girl on a flying bike, end of the 19th century
1708869 Beginning of the aviation : little girl on a flying bike, end of the 19th century; (add.info.: Beginning of the aviation : little girl on a flying bike, end of the 19th century).

Vicenzo Lunardi, 1754-1806. Italian pioneering aeronaut and inventor (engraving)
6118004 Vicenzo Lunardi, 1754-1806. Italian pioneering aeronaut and inventor (engraving); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Citizens Bank of Louisiana Banknote
5307856 Citizens Bank of Louisiana Banknote; (add.info.: Citizens Bank of Louisiana Banknote. Hundreds of private banks flourished in America in the days of the Wild West)

Kaufmann's steam-powered airplane, 19th century (engraving)
5616611 Kaufmann's steam-powered airplane, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Artist's impression of Kaufmann's steam-powered airplane)

Wilhelm Kress's airplane of water, 1901 (b/w photo)
5616594 Wilhelm Kress's airplane of water, 1901 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Wilhelm Kress (1836-1913) an aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Gustav Hamel, 1889 - missing May 23, 1914. Pioneer British aviator. From The Year 1914 Illustrated
492435 Gustav Hamel, 1889 - missing May 23, 1914. Pioneer British aviator. From The Year 1914 Illustrated. ; Private Collection.

David Livingstone, 1813 - 1873
3062091 David Livingstone, 1813 - 1873.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Scottish Congregationalist, pioneer, medical missionary and explorer in Africa. His portrait and signature)

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo)
3585905 Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo); (add.info.: Photograph of Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) an American inventor and aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

James Syme
3586117 James Syme; (add.info.: Portrait of James Syme (1799-1870) a pioneering Scottish surgeon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Daniel Drake, 1814
1577004 Daniel Drake, 1814; (add.info.: Daniel Drake (October 20, 1785 - November 5, 1852) was a pioneer American physician

Text of the miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849
1575230 Text of the miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849; (add.info.: Text of the miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849)

Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier
3733207 Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier.; (add.info.: Woodcut portrait of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (-1785), a French chemist and a pioneer of aviation

Alphonse Penaud's helicopter
3732877 Alphonse Penaud's helicopter; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Alphonse Penaud's helicopter which is driven by twisted rubber bands)

Idea for a flying boat by Francesco Lana de Terzi
3585981 Idea for a flying boat by Francesco Lana de Terzi; (add.info.: Idea for a flying boat by Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631-1687) an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician, naturalist

Idea for a flying boat by Francesco Lana de Terzi
3585980 Idea for a flying boat by Francesco Lana de Terzi; (add.info.: Idea for a flying boat by Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631-1687) an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician, naturalist

Francesco Lana de Terzi's idea for a flying boat
5308096 Francesco Lana de Terzi's idea for a flying boat.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Francesco Lana de Terzi's idea for a flying boat)

Engraving depicting Dr. Morrison, the pioneer British Missionary, Translating the Gospel
3521101 Engraving depicting Dr. Morrison, the pioneer British Missionary, Translating the Gospel; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Dr. Morrison, the pioneer British Missionary, Translating the Gospel)

John Pender, British submarine communications cable pioneer, 1888
3479000 John Pender, British submarine communications cable pioneer, 1888; (add.info.: John Pender, British submarine communications cable pioneer, was born in the Vale of Leven, Scotland)

Pope Pius X watching the airplane of Andre Beaumont flying over Rome, from the Vatican terrace, 1911
3480926 Pope Pius X watching the airplane of Andre Beaumont flying over Rome, from the Vatican terrace, 1911; (add.info.: Pope Pius X watching the airplane of Andre Beaumont flying over Rome)

The Honourable Mrs Caroline Norton, 1808 to 1877. English author and reformer
2915300 The Honourable Mrs Caroline Norton, 1808 to 1877. English author and reformer. Illustration from the book The Connoisseur Illustrated published 1904.; Photo © Hilary Morgan.

Interior of a New England pioneer's home in the 17th century. From The History of Our Country, published 1899
2956599 Interior of a New England pioneer's home in the 17th century. From The History of Our Country, published 1899; Private Collection.

Beginning of the aviation : a man on a flying bike, end of the 19th century (b/w photo)
1708876 Beginning of the aviation : a man on a flying bike, end of the 19th century (b/w photo).

Loiis Jacques Daguerre, 1895 (engraving)
1574521 Loiis Jacques Daguerre, 1895 (engraving); (add.info.: Louis Jacques Daguerre (1789-1851) French pioneer of photography. Inventor of the Daguerrotype

The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849
1575247 The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849; (add.info.: The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849. 14 scenes of lives of pioneer gold miners, including camp life)

The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849
1575236 The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849; (add.info.: The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849. Scenes of gold miners crossing the great plains in 1849)

The Nation's Ward': Uncle Sam feeding Government Gruel to snake with head of a Native American
528409 The Nation's Ward': Uncle Sam feeding Government Gruel to snake with head of a Native American, its body round a pioneer family

Satchels in Hungary
2014289 Satchels in Hungary; (add.info.: Education. Coll. Part. Education. Satchels, left: ca 1950, right: ca 1900, Hungary.); Photo © CCI.

Postcard celebrating French pioneer aviator Alberto Santos Dumont, early 1900s (chromolitho)
3847177 Postcard celebrating French pioneer aviator Alberto Santos Dumont, early 1900s (chromolitho); (add.info.: Depiction of French aviator Alberto Santos Dumont (1873-1932)

Alberto Santos-Dumont working on his airplane airy little "Demoiselle" , made of bamboo and Japanese silk
1704419 Alberto Santos-Dumont working on his airplane airy little "Demoiselle" , made of bamboo and Japanese silk

Sir William Crookes, 1832 - 1919
3083226 Sir William Crookes, 1832 - 1919.; Private Collection; (add.info.: English chemist, physicist and inventor. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900).

The new world, the discovery of the Americas: An American pioneer while being assaulted by a native
5313691 The new world, the discovery of the Americas: An American pioneer while being assaulted by a native.; SeM Studio/UIG.

Alphonse Penaud's model helicopter driven by twisted rubber bands
5311855 Alphonse Penaud's model helicopter driven by twisted rubber bands; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Alphonse Penaud's model helicopter driven by twisted rubber bands)

Francois Laurent le Vieux d'Arlandes and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier in their Montgolfier balloon
5308095 Francois Laurent le Vieux d'Arlandes and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier in their Montgolfier balloon.; (add.info)

Frederic Eugene Ives
5307469 Frederic Eugene Ives.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Frederic Eugene Ives (1856-1937) an American inventor. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Sir John Pender (10 September 1816 - 7 July 1896)
5307020 Sir John Pender (10 September 1816 - 7 July 1896); (add.info.: Sir John Pender (10 September 1816 - 7 July 1896). British submarine communications cable pioneer

Albatross glider
5616612 Albatross glider; (add.info.: Jean Marie Le Bris (1817 - 1872) French aviator, who accomplished a glider flight in December 1856 in his 'Albatross glider'

Mechanical bird or ornithopter
5616603 Mechanical bird or ornithopter; (add.info.: Mechanical bird or ornithopter, driven by twisted rubber bands, by Alphonse Penaud (1850 - 1880)

David Schwarz's aluminium airship
3732592 David Schwarz's aluminium airship; (add.info.: Engraving depicting David Schwarz's aluminium airship, the first metal airship)

Sir John Pender
3118258 Sir John Pender; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Sir Jogn Pender (1816-1896) British submarine communications cable pioneer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier
2623688 Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (-1785) French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation

James Syme
3586118 James Syme; (add.info.: Portrait of James Syme (1799-1870) a pioneering Scottish surgeon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The plough designed by Jethro Tull
3586323 The plough designed by Jethro Tull; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the plough designed by Jethro Tull. Jethro Tull (1674-1741) an English agricultural pioneer

John Endecott, also spelled Endicott, c.1601 - 1664/5. English colonial magistrate
2956601 John Endecott, also spelled Endicott, c.1601 - 1664/5. English colonial magistrate, soldier and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England, North America

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"Pioneers: Trailblazers of Progress and Courage" Rosalind Franklin: A pioneer in the field of molecular biology, her groundbreaking work on DNA structure laid the foundation for modern genetics. Amelia Earhart: An iconic US aviation pioneer, she defied gender norms and became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The Royal Logistic Corps: Serving as pioneers in military logistics, they ensure efficient support to British armed forces worldwide. David Attenborough: A pioneering naturalist and broadcaster, his documentaries have enlightened millions about our planet's biodiversity and conservation needs. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: As Britain's first female doctor, she shattered societal barriers and paved the way for women in medicine. Porter Rockwell / CDV (Carte de Visite): Known as a legendary frontier figure during America's westward expansion, he exemplified resilience and resourcefulness. Amy Johnson - pioneering English pilot: Breaking records as a fearless aviator, she was one of Britain's most celebrated female pilots during the early 20th century. Poster from Sir Alan Cobham's National Aviation Day Campaign: This poster symbolizes an era when aviation pioneers inspired dreams of flight among generations worldwide. Howard Hughes: An American aviation pioneer turned industrialist, his innovative designs revolutionized aircraft technology while pushing boundaries in film production too. First settlers of Hartford, Connecticut (1636): These brave individuals embarked on a perilous journey to establish one of America's oldest cities—laying foundations that endure today. Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English female pilot - pictured standing tall beside her aircraft; her determination continues to inspire aspiring aviators around the world. BUSN2A-00012 : This unique identifier represents an important milestone or achievement within a business context—a testament to those who dared to pioneer new ventures and ideas.