Pioneer Collection (page 6)

An elaborately decorated balloon, 1786 (etching)
2623690 An elaborately decorated balloon, 1786 (etching); (add.info.: Hand-coloured etching of an elaborately decorated balloon used by Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (-1785)

Clement Ader's flying bird 'Eole' (Aole). Wingspan of 15m, made of wood and aluminium
530518 Clement Ader's flying bird 'Eole' (Aole). Wingspan of 15m, made of wood and aluminium, it was the first piloted plane to take off under its own steam, 9 October 1890

California emigrants. Pioneer life illustrated in 1856
529832 California emigrants. Pioneer life illustrated in 1856; Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Apache Trail via the Southern Pacific, 1917 (gouache and pencil on paper)
1767358 The Apache Trail via the Southern Pacific, 1917 (gouache and pencil on paper) by Dixon, Maynard (1875-1946); 27.3x87 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Cutaway of hillside showing tunnels and supports, 1876
1575246 Cutaway of hillside showing tunnels and supports, 1876; (add.info.: Cutaway of hillside showing tunnels and supports, shaft, and miners engaged in various activities)

The plough designed by Jethro Tull
3586322 The plough designed by Jethro Tull; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the plough designed by Jethro Tull. Jethro Tull (1674-1741) an English agricultural pioneer

The first flight of the Wright Brothers (photo)
3585903 The first flight of the Wright Brothers (photo); (add.info.: Photograph taken during the first flight of the Wright Brothers. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Alberto Santos-Dumont in his airship in paris, 1901 (chromo)
530527 Alberto Santos-Dumont in his airship in paris, 1901 (chromo); (add.info.: Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) Brazilian aviation pioneer

Joseph Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery
540242 Joseph Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, on his ward round in Glasgow Royal Infirmary c1867, After pencil sketch

Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906), American astronomer and aeronautical pioneer
530531 Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906), American astronomer and aeronautical pioneer. Langley's steam-powered model plane 'Aerodrome' viewed from above and below

Peruvian bark tree plantations in the Neilgherry Hills, India..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
Peruvian bark tree plantations in the Neilgherry Hills, India: Sir William Denison, Governor of Madras, planting the first tree in a new plantation, 1862. 'Mr

At the pioneer camp, 1928. Creator: Unknown
At the pioneer camp, 1928. From a collection of 153 photographs and documents drawn from the personal archives of people who lived in the town of Berdsk in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Prairie
Magdalena Russocka

Von Hohenheim, called Theophrastus Paracelsus, 1493-1541, c1520s. Creator: Anon
Von Hohenheim, called Theophrastus Paracelsus, 1493-1541, c1520s

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mary Jane Seacole, 1850s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mary Jane Seacole, 1850s, (2023). Seacole (1805-1881) was born in British Jamaica, and had many careers including nurse, boarding house keeper, author, and world traveller

The "Prairie Schooner". -- Emigrant wagon on the plains; Ocean to Ocean, the Pacific... 1875
The "Prairie Schooner". -- Emigrant wagon on the plains; Ocean to Ocean, the Pacific railroad, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Pioneer's Home, Eagle Cliff, White Mountains, 1859. Creator: Jasper Francis Cropsey
Pioneer's Home, Eagle Cliff, White Mountains, 1859

The Launch of Blanchard's Balloon at The Hague in 1785, 1785. Creator: G. Carbentus
The Launch of Blanchard's Balloon at The Hague in 1785, 1785. The air balloon of the Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard in the palace garden at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague on July 12, 1785

Delivering Letters in the Australian Bush, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Delivering Letters in the Australian Bush, 1911. From "The Book of the Coronation". [Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, 1911]

U.S.S. Maine, pioneers, (1896?). Creator: Henry Greenwood Peabody
U.S.S. Maine, pioneers, (1896?)

U.S.S. Columbia, pioneers, between 1894 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Columbia, pioneers, between 1894 and 1901

Richardson Tandem Biplane Hydroplane on Potomac, April, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Richardson Tandem Biplane Hydroplane on Potomac, April, 1916. George A. Gray at Controls, at Left And Right are Richardson Brothers who built the plane; 2nd from Left is their uncle

Langley Field, Va. - French Nieuport Plane, Type 17, with Lt. E. Lemaitre And Capt. J.C... 1917
Langley Field, Virginia - French Nieuport Plane, Type 17, with Lt. E. Lemaitre And Captain J.C. Bartolf (or possibly Capt. W.T. Boatwright), 1917

Langley Field, Va. - French Nieuport Plane, Type 17, with Capt. J.C. Bartolf And Lt.E... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Langley Field, Virginia - French Nieuport Plane, Type 17, with Captain J.C. Bartolf (or possibly Capt. W.T. Boatwright) And Lt.E. Lemaitre, 1917

Langley Field, Va. - French Nieuport Plane, Type 17, with Capt. J.C. Bartolf And Lt. E... 1917
Langley Field, Virginia - French Nieuport Plane, Type 17, with Captain J.C. Bartolf (or possibly Capt. W.T. Boatwright) And Lt. E. Lemaitre, 1917

Langley Field, Va. - Curtis Jn4D Plane, with Olmstead Propeller And Ackerman Wheels, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Langley Field, Virginia - Curtis Jn4D Plane, with Olmstead Propeller And Ackerman Wheels, 1917

Paul Peck, Commercial Aviator - In Curtiss Type Plane; College Park, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Paul Peck, Commercial Aviator - In Curtiss Type Plane; College Park, 1911. Early US aviator who died in a plane crash

Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. [US aviation pineer, engineer and inventor Atwood was chief flight instructor for William Starling Burgess whose Burgess Company built a variety of

Aviator Harry Atwood, in Plane with Leo Stevens, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Aviator Harry Atwood, in Plane with Leo Stevens, 1911. [US aviation pineer, engineer and inventor Atwood was chief flight instructor for William Starling Burgess whose Burgess Company built a variety

Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. [US aviation pineer, engineer and inventor Atwood was chief flight instructor for William Starling Burgess whose Burgess Company built a variety of

Flights And Tests of Rex Smith Plane Flown By Anthony Jannus; in plane with Miss Laura Merriam
Anthony Jannus - Flights And Tests of Rex Smith Plane Flown By Jannus; Miss Laura Merriam In Plane with Jannus, 1912. Early passenger flight, USA

Flights And Tests of Rex Smith Plane Flown By Anthony Jannus; in plane with Miss Laura Merriam
Anthony Jannus - Flights And Tests of Rex Smith Plane Flown By Jannus; Miss Laura Merriam In Plane with Jannus, 1912. Early passenger flight, USA

Senorita Lenore Riviero [sic] with Anthony Jannus; In Rex Smith Aeroplane, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Senorita Lenore Rivero with Anthony Jannus; In Rex Smith Aeroplane, 1912. Early passenger flight, USA. American aviation pioneer Tony Jannus (1889-1916) in a Rex Smith airplane

Flights And Tests of Rex Smith Plane Flown By Anthony Jannus - The Plane with Rufus R... 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Anthony Jannus, Flights And Tests of Rex Smith Plane Flown By Jannus - The Plane with Rufus R. Bermann, Wireless Operator, And Fred Aubert, 1912. Early aviation, USA

Curtiss Airplane - J.A.D. McCurdy, Aviator, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Curtiss Airplane - J.A.D
Curtiss Airplane - J.A.D. McCurdy, Aviator, 1912. John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian aviation pioneer, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

Three campers on horseback cross the Columbia River in Washington, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Three campers on horseback cross the Columbia River in Washington, 1903

Captain Baldwin, between 1911 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Captain Baldwin, between 1911 and 1920
Captain Baldwin, between 1911 and 1920. Thomas Scott Baldwin, pioneer balloonist and US Army major during World War I; the first American to descend from a balloon by parachute

N.Y. to Wash. Flight aviator Hawley, between 1913 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. N.Y. to Wash
N.Y. to Wash. Flight aviator Hawley, between 1913 and 1918. American aviator Alan Ramsay Hawley was the first passenger to fly from New York City to Washington, D.C. in May 1916

Race car driver Joan Newton Cuneo, seated in racing car, facing left, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Race car driver Joan Newton Cuneo, seated in racing car, facing left, between 1910 and 1917

Wright Bros. Flight, between 1909 and 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Wright Bros. Flight, between 1909 and 1912
Wright Bros. Flight, between 1909 and 1912. American aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright are generally credited with inventing, building

Woman's Committee Council of National Defense, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman's Committee Council of National Defense, between 1910 and 1920. Founder Dr. Anna Howard Shaw on the right. Shaw was a doctor, a leader of the women's suffrage movement

Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, between 1910 and 1920. First World War, USA. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. William G. McAdoo near right'

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Senator New, 1917. Colonel Lee (right)

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

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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.