Resources

Links are included here to a variety of resources for photographic and other reference material either accessible online or physically. The inclusion of a link to a website from the MSMT website does not constitute an endorsement by the MSMT of the contents of that website in part or as a whole.

Alamy – Commercial Photograph Library

Web: www.alamy.com

Alfa Romeo Museum Documentation Centre – Archives

Web: www.museoalfaromeo.com/en-us/museo/Pages/CentroDocumentazione-Alfa-Romeo.aspx

Allard Register – Brochures and Year Books

Web: www.allardregister.org/allard-brochures

Alvis Archive Trust – Archive of all things Alvis

Web: www.alvisarchive.com

Antique Automobile Club of America – Books, Periodicals, Sales Literature

Web: www.aacalibrary.org/

Aston Martin Heritage Trust – Photograph Archive

Web: www.amht.org.uk/archive-services

Austin Harris – Photograph Library

Web: www.austinharris.co.uk/

Austin Seven Archive – Collections of Technical Drawings, Photographs, Show Brochures, Index Cards and, Handbooks and Parts Lists

Web: www.archive.a7ca.org/collections/

Automobilia 85-45 – German Website of Automobile Production Figures

Web: www.automobilia8545.de/

Beamish Museum – People’s Collection of Photographs, Objects, Catalogues, Books and Audio

Web: www.beamish.org.uk

W.O. Bentley Foundation – Source of Information on all things Bentley

Web: www.wobmf.co.uk/

La Bibliotheque du Souvenir – Searchable Web Index of French Motoring Magazines

Web: www.labibliothequedusouvenir.com/

Bodleian Library – Printed Ephemera Collection of Motoring

Web: www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/toyota/

Daniel Briston – Motoring & Car Stock Photography

Web: www.skylineboy.photoshelter.com

British Anzani Archive – Photographs and History

Web: www.britishanzani.co.uk/index.htm

British Association of Picture Libraries and Associations – Directory of Picture Libraries

Web: www.bapla.org.uk

British Film Institute – Archive of Film and Stills

Web: www.bfi.org.uk/

British Library – Books and Images

Web: www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/index.html

British Motor Industry Heritage Trust – Nick Baldwin Collection of Road Transport Photographs and Files

Web: www.bmiht.com/catalogue/

British Motor Museum, Gaydon – Photograph and Film Library

Web: www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/archive/film-and-picture-library

British Pathe – Old Newsreels

Web: www.britishpathe.com

Brooklands Museum – Library and Archive

Web: www.brooklandsmuseum.com/explore/our-archive

The Brooklands Society Photograph Archives

Web: www.brooklandsarchives.co.uk/index.htm

Nigel J. Clarke Publications – Luftwaffe Aerial Photographs WWII

Web: www.njcpublications.co.uk/photos.htm

Classic Cars 101 – List of U.S. and other Motor Museums

Web: www.titlemax.com/articles/classic-cars-101/

Le Cnum – Magazine Pages and other Printed Material in Digitised Form

Web: cnum.cnam.fr

Country Life – Photograph Library, some of motoring interest

Web: www.countrylifeimages.co.uk/AboutUs.aspx

Coventry Transport Museum – Collection and Archives

Web: www.transport-museum.com/

H.G. Creasey – Coachbuilders – Photograph Record

Web: www.hgcreasey.co.uk/

Detroit Public Library – U.S. National Automotive History Collection

Web: www.detroit.lib.mi.us/

Les Enfants Terrible – Photograph Library – Mainly French Marques but also U.S. and other

Web: www.photos-anciennes.com/

Mary Evans Picture Library – Photograph Library

Web: www.maryevans.com

Europeana Portal – links to Photograph Libraries, Video Collections and Other Resources at European Museums

Web: www.europeana.eu/portal/

Factory One – General Motors Archive and Research

Web: www.gmfactoryone.com/product/public/us/en/factory-one/home.html

Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs – Guide to Museums and Club Archives

Web: www.fbhvc.co.uk

Ferrari by Neill Bruce – Professional Photograph Collection

Web: www.ferraribyneillbruce.co.uk

Flickr – Members post photographs on many subjects

Web: www.flickr.com

Fotosearch – Commercial Photograph Library

Web: www.fotosearch.co.uk

Francis Frith – Photograph Collection

Web: www.francisfrith.com

Frazer Nash Archives – Documents, Photographs & Other

Web: www.frazernasharchives.co.uk/

Frazer Nash by Neill Bruce – Professional Photograph Collection

Web: www.frazernashbyneillbruce.co.uk/

Pietro Frua – German Language Site with Major Motorshow dates back to the beginning

Web: www.pietro-frua.de/london.htm

Get Mapping – Aerial Photographs

Web: www.getmapping.com/products/aerial-imagery-data/aerial-data-historical-imagery

Getty Images – Commercial Photograph Library

Web: www.gettyimages.co.uk

Grace’s Guide – Encyclopaedic Website of British Industry

Web: www.gracesguide.co.uk/Main_Page

Heritage Images – Commercial Photograph Library

Web: www.heritage-images.com

Historic Caravan Club – Archives of Caravan International

Web: www.historiccaravanclub.co.uk/24.html

Historic England – Photograph Library of Town and Country Scenes

Web: www.historicengland.org.uk

Historic Vehicle Research Institute – Researching and Protecting the Historic Vehicle Movement

Web: hvri.wordpress.com/

Chris Hodge Trucks – Photograph Library

Web: www.chrishodgetrucks.co.uk/gallery/

Huntley Film Archives – Film Library

Web: www.huntleyarchives.com

Imperial War Museums – Military Vehicle – Photographs and Records

Web: www.iwm.org.uk

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust – Images and Moving Footage

Web: www.jaguarheritage.com/photo-library/

Journeaux Collection – Searchable Online Index of French Magazines

Web: www.journaux-collection.com/index.php

Kettering University – Archives with U.S. Motoring Material

Web: www.kettering.edu/about/our-history-archives

Klementaski Collection – Photograph Library

Web: www.klemcoll.com/

Dale LaFollette’s Vintage MotorPhoto – Photographs, Posters, Programmes etc. available via Ebay

Web: www.vintagemotorphoto.com/

Peter McFadyen – Motor Sport Photographs 1968 onwards plus recent Historic Events

Web: www.petermcfadyen.co.uk

Mercedes-Benz Archives – Library, Corporate, Product, Media, and Digital Archives

Web: www.mercedes-benz.com/en/classic/history/corporate-archives/

Motor Graphs – Motor Industry and Motor Sport Photographs 1896 onwards from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust

Web: www.motorgraphs.com/

Motoring Art Information – Resource of Artists

Web: www.motoringart.info/

Motor Marques – Dacre-Stubbs Photograph Collection of Motor Sport UK & Australia

Web: www.motormarques.com

Motorsport Images – Photograph Archive Motorsport & Automotive inc. LAT and BMIHT

Web: www.motorsportimages.com/

Museum of Transport Greater Manchester – Buses – Collection of Vehicles, Objects, Documents, Images and Posters

Web: www.motgm.uk

My History – Digitised Directories of England

Web: www.my-history.co.uk/acatalog/Historical-Directories-for-England.html

The National Archives – Searchable database of records including Armstrong Siddeley

Web: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

National Library of Australia – Picture Collection

Web: www.nla.gov.au/pictures/finding#finding

National Motorcycle Museum – Photographic Services

Web: www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.co.uk/specialist-services/photographic-services/

National Motor Museum, Beaulieu – Photograph Library

Web: www.motoringpicturelibrary.com

National Motor Museum, Beaulieu – Reference Library

Web: www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk

NA3T – Photograph Library – mainly Commercial Vehicles

Web: www.na3t.org/road/

National Transport Trust – Database of Transport Heritage Sites and Museums / Affiliated Societes

Web: www.nationaltransporttrust.org.uk

New York Public Library – Digital Collection of Photographs & Automobile Manufacturers’ Catalogues

Web: www.nypl.org/collections/

Jack O’Lantern Garage Collection – Photograph Library

Web: www.rick-ford.co.uk/

Old Classic Car – Website with Snippets of all kinds

Web: www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/

Online Transport Archive – Photographs & Moving Images of Transport

Web: www.onlinetransportarchive.org/

Pan European Automotive History – Encyclopaedia of Makes with useful links etc.

Web: www.pan-european-automobile-history.com

Parts Geek – Miscellany of Links, Articles and Pictures

Web: www.partsgeek.com/mmparts/automobiles_of_the_early_20th_century.html

Philadelphia Free Public Library – Automobile Reference Collection

Web: libwww.freelibrary.org/collections/

Revs Institute – Library, Photographic Collection and Exhibits – based on the Miles Collier Collection

Web: www.revsinstitute.org/library-and-archives/

Richard Roberts Archive – History through Advertising

Web: www.richardrobertsarchive.org.uk

Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club – Extensive Archives – see link to Archives Website

Web: www.henryroyce.org.uk

Rootes Archive Centre Trust – Archives

Web: www.rootesarchive.org

John Ross Motor Racing Archive – Racing, Rallying and Other Motoring Photographs

Web: www.johnrossmotorracingarchive.co.uk/

Royal Automobile Club – Library

Web: www.royalautomobileclub.co.uk/

The Sir Henry Royce Foundation Australia – Archive of Photographs and other Ephemera

Web: www.henryroycefoundation.com/home

Science Museum – Library and Archives

Web: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/researchers/library-and-archives-national-collections-centre

Scottish Vintage Bus Museum – Achive of Bus Photographs, Printed Material and other Ephemera

Web: www.svbm.online

Society of Automotive Historians – U.S. site with links to all manner of resources

Web: www.autohistory.org

Society of Automotive Historians in Britain – Sources and Links

Web: www.thesahb.com/

Stilltime Collection – Photograph Collection

Web: www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/

Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society – Photographs by Members

Web: www.svvs.org/galleries.shtml

Tank Museum Bovington – Archive and Library for all Fighting Vehicles

Web: www.tankmuseum.org

Topfoto – Photograph Collection

Web: www.topfoto.co.uk

Transport Museum Wythall – Buses and Battery Electrics – Archives of Printed Material and Other Ephemera

Web: www.wythall.org.uk/

20th Century Images – Transport Photograph Collection

Web: www.20thcenturyimages.com/main-htm/transport.html

UK Car – Listing of British Motor Museums

Web: www.ukcar.com/museums.html

Veteran Car Club – Picture Gallery

Web: www.vccofgb.co.uk/

Vintage Bentleys – Comprehensive Photographic Record

Web: www.vintagebentleys.org/

Vintage Sports Car Club – Library

Web: www.vscc.co.uk/page/library

Roger Viollet – French Photograph Collection

Web: www.roger-viollet.fr/en

Warwickshire County Council Heritage and Culture – Warwick Healey Motor Company – Company Records, Oral History Recordings

Web: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/

Le Zebre – French website for Le Zebre, Amilcar and BMW 3.0 CSL

Web: www.lezebre.eu