Carriages Collection (page 20)

Regent Street in 1907
Only one motor-car to be seen among the cabs, carriages, horse-vans and wagons plying up and down Regent Street

Exhibition / Grand Palais
The Grand Palais at the Paris 1900 exhibition

Paris / Bois Boulogne 1912
L Avenue du Bois de Boulogne with horses and carriages

Advertisement for Bowns Perfect Process for Bicycle Tyres
Advertisement for the Perfect Process of securing Rubber tyres to rims of bicycles and carriages, as offered by W. Bown of Summer Lane, Birmingham

Private Carriages
A meeting of elegant gentlemen and ladies in their carriages, at Hyde Park Corner, London

The Zulu war, the Burning of Ulundi. From a sketch by an ILN
British army massed with infantry and several gun carriages, burning in the background in the Zulu capital Ulundi, where the British made their final defeat of the Zulus on 4th July 1879

Vanderbilt Carriage
The private carriage of the Vanderbilt family is a familiar sight on New Yorks Fifth Avenue

Germany Baden-Baden
Carriages and riders in the Allee von Lichtenthal

Vienna, Hofburg
Carriages and pedestrians in the platz before the Hofburg

The General Election: On the way to the Poll
Engraving by R.Caton Woodville showing people occupying horse-drawn carriages making their way to the poll to vote. 1886 saw Salisbury

Italian Pony & Wine Cart
An Italian wine merchant (note his stripy socks!), his pony and cart being highly decorated for the Lazio Festa (annual festival)

English Carriages 1820S
Private carriages of well-to- do English people - a cabriolet and a coupe

Post Chaise
French post chaise at the beginning of the 18th century

French Generals Carriage
The personal carriage of a French general during the First Empire

Private Carriage C17
The private carriage of a French aristocrat during the reign of Louis XIV

Voiture De Promenade
French voiture de promenade with running footmen

Mini Railway Ride 1940S
A train on the miniature Ravensglass-Eskdale Railway, Cumberland, at the station, carries several carriages full of passengers

Westminster Bridge lit by lime light
Westminster Bridge shown lit by lime light as crowds of people and horse-drawn carriages cross. Lime light was so intense it could be seen 95 miles away

The Leap Frog Railway
An amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long

Back view of a horse-drawn ambulance
A back view of a horse-drawn ambulance, with the doors open to reveal the benches inside, providing accommodation for up to three patients

North Eastern Railway Express
The North Eastern Railway Express passenger engine for the traffic between York and Edinburgh in the early 1900 s. The engine was designed to cope with the heavy demand on this line

Experiments with Fairlies steam carriage
Fairlies steam carriage; an invention that gained much criticism, due to its unusual seating design. The train is sectioned into 2 first class carriages seating 16 people

Waiting for the excursion train
On the departure platform of a suburban branch of the Great West-Eastern Railway. Five hundred Londoners scrambling to board the second and third class carriages for Bank Holiday excursions

Dining carriage in the East Coast Express

St. Leger at Doncaster
The Great St Leger race at Doncaster ( & Characters on the turf )

Epsom on Derby Day
A spectacular birds-eye view over the expanse of the Epsom race course during the running of The Derby. Horse Buses and carriages line the track as the crowd follows the racers

Karrozin Carriages / Malta
At Valletta two karrozin carriages wait by the Upper Barracca Gardens beside the City Gate

3rd Class Carriages
A popular and packed train on the route between Paris and Orleans. The rear four carriages are open and contain the third class passengers, exposed to all elements

Chinese Cart
A Chinese covered cart with an innovative tarpaulin fron to give shade to the horse from the sun

Grand Centrifugal Ride
The Grand Centrifugal railway was an early type of rollercoater, in which participants sat in sledges / carriages which went down a ramp and around two circles

Griffith Steam Carriage
The patent steam carriage of Julius Griffith, a road locomotive which was effective in practise, but had little success due to a backlash from the horse-powered lobby

French Cabriolet
A French Cabiolet carriage containing some well-to-do folk pauses beneath a suspended street lantern to take a drink from a roadside salesman with a one-man bar

Tandem Carriage
Three gents take a ride in the country in their two-horse tandem carriage

First American Train

Carriages Taken by Train
A fascinating picture showing the arrival at a countryside terminus of a steam train transporting two stagecoaches which are unloaded to depart onward by road

A Hunting Phaeton
Going to Cover. Two huntsmen in their swift carriage travel at pace along a country lane

St Petersburg / Nevsky
The Nevsky Prospekt, Leningrad

Tax Receipt 1802
Receipt for taxes paid by William Deedham, including Window Tax, Male Servant, Carriages & Horses, but no dog. All this set him back upwards of 23 pounds

Paris / Bastille C1760
A variety of carriages and riders at the Porte Saint- Antoine, passing the grim Bastille prison with its deep moat. Soon, the citizenry of Paris will tear it down

Covent Garden 1746
Carts and carriages, a sedan chair and a wheelbarrow perambulate before the market buildings and the imposing piazza beyond; thats St Pauls church on the left

Royal Stables 1747
Horses and carriages are the principal form of transport for royalty & nobility, so the Royal Stables at Charing Cross play a vital role. St Martins in the Fields to the right

Weston-Super-Mare / 1907
Weston-super-Mare, Avon: view of the new pier

Bank of England / Chromo
A view of the Bank of England from the corner of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill. People and carriages mill about in the foreground

Euston Arch
The great Doric arch at the entrance to Euston Station, designed by Philip Hardwick, it was completed in 1838 at a cost of 35, 000. Tragically demolished in 1962 - 1963"

French Carriage C18
CARRIOLE DE VOYAGE French private carriage, period of Louis XV

Marie De Medicis / 1638
French closed carriage used by Marie de Medicis, widow of Henri IV, during her travels in the Netherlands

Brougham Lady 1872
A lady gives instructions to her coachman before entering her brougham

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