Jenatzy ‘La Jamais Contente’ 1899
£15.00The first powered land vehicle to exceed 100 kilometers per hour (breaking the land speed record at the same time).
Record Breakers
The prints are 42½ cm x 25½ (16¾″ x 10″) on high white matt cardstock weighing 173 g/sm2. Shown here are scans of the prints. Never actually published by © Hugh Evelyn Limited, London, they were to have been produced exclusively for Regent Oil Company Limited, but the process was terminated before completion leaving just these 3 of what were to be at least 6 prints; drawn by George A. Oliver (1920-1990).
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Ford 999 Arrow 1903
£15.00On January 12, 1904, Henry Ford and his riding mechanic Ed “Spider” Huff set a world speed record of 91.37 miles per hour on a frozen Lake St. Clair, northeast of Detroit.
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