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Wimborne Minster, Dorset - The High Street Date: circa 1907
London to Penzance train at Teignmouth, DevonLondon to Penzance train on the seafront track at Teignmouth, Devon. Date: circa 1960s
Southampton High StreetThe high Street, with a tram and a number of open carriages
Boardwalk - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - Rolling ChairsBoardwalk - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - note the holidaymakers being pushed around in wonderful little three-wheeled wicker seats (rolling chairs / miniature carriages / carts)
Charing Cross Hospital, Agar Street, LondonCharing Cross Hospital, Agar Street, near the Strand, London (now Charing Cross Police Station). Date: circa 1905
Fleet Street, London, c. 1894Photograph showing the view east along Fleet Street, towards Ludgate and St. Pauls Cathedral, c.1894. A large number of horse-drawn carriages can be seen rushing along the street as a steam train
Coryton Cove, Dawlish, Devon, with a steam train passing through. Date: circa late 1950s
Bank and shops, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USAWyoming Valley Trust Company and Second National Bank (left) and Jonas Longs Sons department store, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1907
Union Station, Portland, Maine, USA, on the corner of Congress and St John Street. Date: circa 1908
West End Hotel, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1910
Kenilworth Race Track, Buffalo, New York, USA Date: circa 1906
General view of Exeter Prison, DevonA general view of Exeter Prison in Devon. Railway lines in the foreground carry a variety of rolling stock including both goods wagons and passenger carriages
Leeds / Town Hall 1858Leeds, Yorkshire: the Town Hall (architect Cuthbert Brodrick)
Montevideo, Uruguay - Central Railway StationMontevideo, Uruguay - Interior of the Central Railway Station Date: circa 1903
London Bridge, heavy with traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian
Gurneys Steam CarriageGoldsworthy Gurneys steam carriage is one of the most successful of its kind and 15 are built : tested by the War Office one averages 15 mph on the round trip London to Bath
USA / Pacific GroveThe wide Light House Avenue, in the days when horse drawn carriages and carts were still in use, Pacific Grove, California, USA
Louisville, KentuckyDowntown Louisville, on the Ohio river, is busy with carriages and wagons : it houses a university and is famous for its racetrack
1857 Mutiny / OfficersINDIA : British officers at the time of the Mutiny use native transport to rejoin their regiment
Waiting carriages at Grindelwald, SwitzerlandCarriages waiting for tourists at Grindelwald, near Berne, Switzerland, with the Eiger behind. Date: circa 1930s
Waterloo Railway Station, London 1912The scene from the Waterloo Railway Station platform, London. Date: 1912
Page of Victorian adverts - 1890Various adverts for The Graphic, May 1890. May 1890
Sherif Pasha Street in Alexandria, EgyptBustling street life at Sherif Pasha Street in Alexandria, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s
Silema, Malta - View of the long promenadeSliema is a resort town on the east coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta. The waterfront features a long promenade (as shown here). Date: circa 1910s
The Pier - St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire. Date: 1906
Kensington High Street, West London. Streetscape showing old fashioned shop fronts. circa 1905
New Street Station, Birmingham Date: 1906
Exeter Change by Charles RobinsonA visit to the menagerie at Exeter Change, one of the many picturesque buildings in the Strand destroyed by road widening in 1830. Built on the site of St
Royal Procession passing the London Hospital, WhitechapelCrowds cheering Queen Victoria as she drives in a carriage through Whitechapel during one of her Golden Jubilee progresses
Annual Eton v Harrow cricket match at LordsScene during the annual Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lords Cricket Ground in NW London, 13 July 1934. Showing people strolling about during the lunch interval
Oxford Street looking west from Oxford Circus, London. Date: circa 1900
Main Street, Milford, Pennsylvania, USAMain Street and Forest Hall, Milford, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1908
Hastings, East Sussex - The Albert Memorial in the town centre
Queen Victoria Goes by TrainQueen Victoria travelling by train in its early days, along the Royal route to Scotland on the Great Northern Railway. The Queens progress on these journeys was slow for she so disliked fast
Hackney Coach / 1807A Hackney coach stops at a liquor store for the horse team to receive refreshment
Holborn Circus and Viaduct, City of London Date: circa 1900
Hansom cab 1875Two-wheeled Hanson cab, waiting for a fare. Date: 1875
Steam Tram and Carriages, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. The Wisbech and Upwell Railway Date: 1900s
Royal Horse Artillery - Gun TeamRoyal Horse Artillery Gun Team - Horse artillery differs from field artillery in that the whole gun detachment is mounted and the gun and wagon aretherefore freed from the load of men
Fleet Street, LondonA lovely view up Fleet Street, toward Ludgate Hill and St Pauls Cathedral
Cadogan Square, LondonCadogan Square - the jewel in the crown of the Cadogan Estate, Chelsea, London. A baker delivers the morning bread from a tricycle with a large wicker basket attached
Belgrave Square, Pimlico, London
Oxford Circus, London, c. 1880Photograph showing part of Oxford Circus (also known as Regent Circus), London, c.1880. The horse-drawn carriages travelling along Oxford Street appear blurred
Peter Jones, LondonMR. PETER JONES, GENERAL DRAPER, SILK MERCER, OUT FITTER AND FURNISHER. The Sloane Square shopping emporium in the late 19th century
Packard in Italy 1928The 5200 cmc Packard with 8 cylinders in line is in the great tradition of fine carriages
Logging Railway / 1904Horses are used to pull large tree trunks on railway carriages in California, U.S.A
Outside Cafe TortoniThe fashionable Cafe Tortoni, in the rue Taitbout, where carriages stop for ladies to consume ice cream, while others enjoy theirs on the terrace
Rail / Break of GaugeThe break of gauge at Gloucester: the trans-shipment of goods from the broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages
Euston Station, London 1837Euston Station, London, in 1837, at the start of railway development and expansion. Showing a first-class carriage in the foreground
Swan Hotel, High Street, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, with horse-drawn carriages and a car outside. Date: circa 1910
Khedive visiting the Mūled en-Nabi festivity in CairoVisit of the Khedive the M┼½led en-Nabi festivity in Cairo, Egypt, with mounted bodyguards following. The Egyptian Khedive (equivalent of viceroy)
Hart Street, Henley-on-ThamesBusy street scene looking down Hart Street toward St. Marys Church, Henley-on-Thames. Taken during the regatta in the early 1900 s. Date: early 1900s
Brighton Station, train to LondonThe Monday Morning Train to Town -- scene on the platform of Brighton Station, any week during the summer months, with men leaving for work in London while their wives and girlfriends stay behind
Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclistThe Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist causing havoc aid his fellow road-users, knocking over a man and his dog. An old take on a current issue! Date: 1904
Winston Churchill on the Coronation route, 1953Sir Winston Churchills carriage was held up outside Canada House, and in order to pass it the State Coach had to make a difficult turn. The crowd applauded Churchill for his unruffled reaction. 1953
Euston Arch 1910Horses and carriages around the original Euston Arch which was demolished in 1963. Date: 1910
Brays Traction EngineBrays traction engine impresses passers-by as it draws a heavy load through the streets
Steamship harbour at Algiers - the wine export sectionThe steamship harbour at Algiers - the wine export section. Thousands of barrels of wine awaiting transportation to Europe
Theatre first night in Edwardian LondonIn magnificent evening dress, the Edwardian first-nighters leave their broughams and mount the steps to the theatre. Specially drawn for The Sketch Christmas number by Cecil Beaton
Bermuda - Hamilton - Street SceneA hive of activity on a main street in Hamilton, Bermuda
Gents Private CarriageThe comfort of being driven like a gentleman
Light Phaeton 1819A light phaeton : the cover is an unusual feature
Race to Gretna / NewhouseONE MILE FROM GRETNA A couple desperate to marry race to Gretna Green in a four horse open top carriage but are pursued by those who wish to stop them
Carriage to HammersmithA coachman drives two horses pulling a carriage away for hamersmith (sic) in this scene (presumably) from Ed Finch, his Perambulations
Traffic at Oxford (Regent) Circus, Central LondonCabs, carriages, buses and pedestrians at Oxford (then Regent) Circus, at the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street, Central London, during the season
Never-stop railway at British Empire Exhibition 1924Diagram showing step-on, step-off method, where people walked slowly onto the moving carriage that went around the British Empire Exhibition, in Wembley, designed by William Yorath Lewis
First underground train, Edgware Road to Kings Cross, LondonFirst underground train, running from Edgware Road to Kings Cross, London. Building works on the Metropolitan Line began in 1853, and the first journey took place ten years later. Date: 1863
Fleche d Or (Golden Arrow), French locomotive, FranceFleche d Or (Golden Arrow), Pacific Chapelon, French locomotive, on the Calais to Paris route, France. Date: circa 1950s
Advert for Maythorn & Son, builders of carriages 1897Selection of Maythorns horse-drawn carriages. 1897
Advert for John Carters invalid chairs 1884Selection of invalid and students chairs, including holding a book or writing at a desk, lamp in any position over an easy chair
Carriages in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland - in the background you can see the Wellington Monument, or more correctly the Wellington Testimonial
Aden, Yemen - a large gathering (public holiday or festival or perhaps a large outdoor market?). View toward the bay. circa 1910s
Mauritius - Moka Railway Station. A number of narrow gauge industrial railway lines, connected sugar mills with nearby sugar cane plantations
Express train at full speed on Pennsylvania Railroad, USANew York to Chicago express train at full speed on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Date: circa 1910
Young boy pulls along his toy train - puppy takes a ride too" I took the train down here" - Young boy wearing a fine top hat with red ribbon pulls along his green toy train - his rather crazed-looking puppy takes a ride too! Date: 1923
The British Royal Familys Golden State Coach, used for royal coronations decorated with paintings by Giovanni Cipriani including the royal arms on the upper back panel
New Street, Birmingham - view towards the Town Hall - note all transport horse-drawn. Date: 1902
Pair of cast iron cannon on carriagesMARITIME: A pair of cast iron cannon on carriages with tapering barrels and armorial crest to the barrel. Barrels measure 38ins. long with a 6ins. diameter breech, 4ins
Beach Scarborough - carriages on beach
Cleethorpes Pier early 1900s
Cleethorpes Pier and Beach early 1900s
Canary Islands - main road - Puerto de la Luz to Las PalmasCanary Islands - The main road from Puerto de la Luz to Las Palmas. Date: circa 1910s
Japan - Sakuradamon, TokyoJapan - Sakuradamon (The Sakurada Gate), Tokyo - a gate of the Imperial Palace and the location of the Sakuradamon Incident in 1860. Date: circa 1910s
Departing Bowness Ferry boat on the way to Furness AbbeyThe departing Bowness Ferry boat on the way to Furness Abbey, transporting a horse-drawn carriage across Lake Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: circa 1908
