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Water Speed Record Advertisements
Mans desire to go faster on land and in the air was matched by his pursuit to be the fastest on water . Like the land record speed attempts the pursuit of speed on water was assisted by oil and petrol companies such as Wakefield Castrol, British Petroleum, Shell, Pratts/Esso and Mobiloil amongst others who used the attempts to develop and promote their products. This series of advertisements from 1929 to 1967 has been provided by Jas Ferns who has been collecting Land and Water Speed Record adverts for 10 years. He has amassed over 1,000 adverts and our thanks go to him for providing us with another good selection to view which may remind some of the Miss America, Miss England and Bluebird boats as they vied for the world water speed record. It is poignant to note that the great British adventurer Donald Campbell is well represented here as he paid the ultimate price in his attempts to push boundaries to the limits. Please note that some of these images are necessarily large so that the detail of the advert can be appreciated.
1929 |
1929 |
1929 |
1929 |
 Miss America VII |
 Miss America VII |
 Miss America VII |
 Miss America VIII |
1929 |
1929 |
1932 |
1932 |
 Miss England |
 Miss England |
 Miss England II |
 Miss England II |
1932 |
1934 |
1937 |
1937 |
 Miss England III |
 Miss America X |
 Bluebird K3 |
 Bluebird K3 |
1937 |
1937 |
1937 |
1937 |
 Bluebird K3 |
 Bluebird K3 |
 Bluebird K3 |
 Bluebird K3 |
1938 |
1939 |
1939 |
1939 |
 Bluebird K3 |
 Bluebird K4 |
 Bluebird K4 |
 Bluebird K4 |
1950 |
1950 |
1952 |
1952 |
 Slo-Mo-Shun IV |
 Slo-Mo-Shun IV |
 Crusader |
 Slo-Mo-Shun IV |
1953 |
1955 |
1955 |
1955 |
 Slo-Mo-Shun IV |
 Bluebird K7 |
 Bluebird K7 |
 Bluebird K7 |
1955 |
1957 |
1957 |
1959 |
 Bluebird K7 |
 Bluebird K7 |
 Bluebird K7 |
 Bluebird K7 |
1959 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
 Bluebird K7 |
 Bluebirds |
 Bluebird K7 and Bluebird |
 Donald Campbell at Coniston Water with Bluebird K7 |
1967 |
1967 |
1960's |
1967 |
 Hustler |
 Hustler |
 The Castrol Achievements |
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With thanks to Jas Ferns
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