Cab Collection (page 7)

Young boy in a model train with his elder brother
A young boy plays at being the driver of his fine model train, while his elder brother stands alongside. The young engine driver is wearing a special hat

Gough Statue and Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
Gough Statue (Viscount Hugh Gough (1779 - 1869) born in Limerick) and Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. Blown up by Irish Nationalists in the early morning of 23 July 1957

Toronto, Canada - Yonge Street looking north. Crowds of onlookers are waiting for something, or lots of people are shopping at once

A Huddersfield Horse cab
A fine photograph of an equally fine horse-drawn cab, with an open soft top, driven by the proprietor of the firm, W Haigh. Mr Haigh specialised in furniture removals, cabs and as a Daily Carrier

Place Vendome, Paris - under snow
Place Vendome, Paris under snow - photograph taken from the front door of the Ritz Hotel. The column is 44 metres high - encased in the bronze of 1250 cannons captured at the Battle of Austerliz

A Driver Climbs in to his Cab
A train driver climbs into the cabin of his diesel locomotive. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

London taxi cab attacked by drivers during strike
A London taxi cab is attacked in the street during a taxi cab drivers strike which took place from 31 October to 9 November

Taxi cab drivers strike, Charing Cross, London
The almost empty forecourt of Charing Cross Station in Central London, during a brief taxi cab drivers strike (31 October to 9 November)

Ford Model T (taxi?)
Ford Model T with special body and radiator (possibly in use as a taxi cab?)

Taxi Cab and Motor Fire Escape
A bright and shiny fire engine populated by a team of firemen and ladder are given right of way through a busy street. In the background waits a taxi cab piled high with luggage on its roof

Adran Street - Saigon with horse cab
A Horse Cab (Number 264) heading down the Rue d Adran (Adran Street - Vo duy Nguy Sg), Saigon, Vietnam. The Street is named after the Bishop of Adran, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741 - 1799)

Mexico - Pachuca Railway Station

Southampton Row, London - the (now disused) tramway tunnel beneath the road

Gate on Waterloo Bridge
A hansom cab passes through the tollgate on Waterloo Bridge

Izmir, Turkey - Quayside dressed with flags
The Quayside at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey dressed with flags for a Festival, including French, Italian, Greek and Turkish flags

Egypt - The Citadel
A line of wonderful old taxi cabs parked below the imposing fortifications of the Cairo Citadel

Newspaper boys, London - on Bedford Street, Covent Garden

Airship over the Champs Elysees, Paris
An Airship flying over the Avenue des Champs Elysees, Paris. The street is filled with early motor taxis

Classroom Scene - North London School
An absolutely delightful photograph of a mixed class of school children, learning to write. They have each had to write the word cab, accompanied by a drawing of a horse-drawn cab

Firenze. Italy
Firenze, Italy. S. Domenico street and a view of Fiesole

Cab and Cab Horse Show, Alexandra Palace, 1875
Engraving showing scenes from the show of cabs and cab horses at the Alexandra Palace, London, 1875

Women Cyclists in a City, 1892
Engraving showing two women cyclists on their tricycles, pedalling along a busy road. In the background can be seen a hanson cab and a horse-drawn omnibus

Russian Hackney Sledge
Russian hackney sledge - the equivalent of a London cab. Date: 1800

China / Shanghai
A fleet of rickshaws awaiting business on a street in Shanghai, China

Two drivers in the cab of the Saint Bartholomew
Development of high speed railway travel; two drivers in the cab of the Saint Bartholomew. On its initial run the locomotive arrived into Paddington three minutes early

Off to the Panto
The whole family are off to the pantomime - but lawks ! will they all manage to fit into a single cab ?

Steam Locos & Signals
A view from the drivers cab of a mailine steam locomotive nearing Waterloo railway station, London. Two locomotives, spewing out thick smoke, are approaching

Hansom Cab Scrap
HANSOM CAB

Social / Hansom Fare 1898
A handsome fare gives a handsome tip to the handsome driver of a hansom cab

A London Hansom, 1910
A London hansom cab picks up a well-dressed couple

PARIS CABS
The first cabs in the streets of Paris - on the left, a cabriolet de place (= cab), on the right, a Coucou

Whitehall 1852
Looking up Whitehall towards Trafalgar Square. with the Treasury on your left and busy traffic including a bus, cab and horse-riders, beggars, tradesmen and a flower seller

Fleet St / Modern Art / 1895
A rainy day in Fleet Street, looking up towards St Paul s

Horse Cab in Majorca
The driver of a horse-drawn cab in Majorca, Spain, has a snooze during a quiet period

Cab and Horse Take Easy
A cab-horse and his master taking things easy

Charing Cross Stn 1907
The street front of the station and hotel, with a hansom cab coming towards us across the Strand

London Cabmen 1877
London cabmen with their horse-drawn cab

Working horses drinking at a trough, London
Working horses (cab horses and cart horses) in a London street, drinking at a trough on a hot day

Horse Cab in Snow
So thick is the snow, this French cab finds it impossible to make any progress, so papa has to get out and push while the passers-by watch with interest

Duel with Whips
Two Parisian cab-drivers fight for love of a laundress, using whips, the tools of their trade : but after the fight she says she wouldn t marry a man who uses a whip so well !

Paris Cab in Demand
Three Parisiennes compete for a cab - but which will the cabbie favour ?

Leicester Square 1905
Looking eastwards, with the Empire Theatre (where the show High Jinks is playing) on your left : note sandwichmen, delivery wagons, a four- wheeler cab and a horse bus

Lady Cabbie, Paris
Mademoiselle Blanche Etienne, Paris cab-driver, of Valentins Company

Lady Leaves by Car
An elegant Viennese lady enters her chauffeur-driven car at night, clutching a bunch of roses

Taking a French Cab
English guests leave their hotel in a cab, assisted by three of the hotel staff and the dog

Cabbie of a Victoria
A London cabbie soliciting custom for his Victoria four-wheel cab

Social / Cabdriver Dispute
A cab driver disputes the fare with a passenger

CAB RUNNER
He waits at a railway station for passengers with a lot of luggage, then he runs beside their cab hoping to be paid for helping to unload the luggage at their destination

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