Cart Collection (#38)

LCC-MFB horse drawn wheeled escape cart
The newly developed horse drawn wheeled escape cart which allowed the escape ladder to be more easily slipped by the firefighters, thus shortening the time it took to rescue someone from a fire

LCC-LFB Merryweather Hatfield fire engine
An LFB firefighting crew on a motorised steam pump. The motorised age came to the London Fire Brigade at Southwark in September 1909

LCC Fire Brigade Committee on tour of inspection
A horse drawn open Metropolitan Fire Brigade personnel carrier taking members of the LCCs Fire Brigade Committee on a tour of inspection

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart at drill-Southwark
Southwark (Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade), slipping the escape ladder from the horse-drawn escape cart. The London County Council was created in 1889

MFB at Southwark HQ and scaling ladders
A ladder cart at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade HQ at Southwark SE1. Scaling ladders were separate interlocking ladders which when placed together

Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council Fire Brigade
A horse drawn escape cart and a fire officer belonging to Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, SE London

LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe

London Fire Brigade station with horse-drawn fire engines
An unidentified London fire station with escape cart and pump on the forecourt, together with crews

Return of a balloon, Paris
The ceremonial return of a balloon to Paris, with various people of distinction. Charles and Robert made the ascent from the Tuileries Gardens the previous day. 2 December 1783

Satirical cartoon, Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting

Flower cart for a new Modorikago dance. Print shows two men standing next to a flower cart. Date 1806

Place of opera and Statue of Ibrahim Pasha
Place de l opÚ▓í et Statue d Ibrahim, Pacha. (Khedivial Opera House and Statue of Ibrahim Pasha.) Cairo, Egypt. The opera house burnt down on October 28, 1971

A young Farmers boy taking a pig to market
A young Farmers boy taking a pig (in a basket!) to market on a basic wheelbarrow - Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1904

View of the Boulevard des Italiens. Paris. C. 1910

Place Jean Baptiste Clement. Paris
Located on the hill of Montmartre, Place Jean Baptiste Clement is on the junction between the Rue Lepic, Norvins street, and the street Gabrielle Ravignan

Port Said - Egypt - Sultan Hussein Quay - Victoria Monument
Queen Victoria Monument on the Sultan Hussein Quay at Port Said, Egypt - Important and strategic port on the Suez Canal. For this view 25 years later - see 10284668. Date: circa 1903

Tanglin Road - Singapore - named after the home of William Napier (a 19th century lawyer and newspaper editor), which was called Tang Leng. Date: circa 1910s

The Cole Bros. Circus arriving in town. Showing Monday 22nd June, 1908. 1908

A banana cart. Date c1902

Pyatigorsk, Russa - A Camel cart
Pyatigorsk - a city in Stavropol Krai on the Podkumok River. Camel carts at the waters edge. The City is known as the Five Mountains

Liverpool Cottage Homes, Wavertree
A general view of the Liverpool Vestrys Cottage Homes at Olive Mount, Wavertree. The homes were erected in 1898 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Soldiers escorting carts during railway strike
Soldiers escorting delivery carts through London (in the Waterloo area) during the railway strike. 1911

Lord George Sanger with his ponies
Lord George Sanger (1827-1911) was an English showman and circus proprietor who ran shows and circuses throughout much of the 19th century and early 20th with his brother John

Native transport in Egypt, consisting of a cart pulled by a donkey. Date: 20th century

Canvassing for votes, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Robert Cresswell, who operated the twice daily omnibus service from Walton-on-the-Naze to Colchester and back, pictured with his supporters canvassing for votes during the Town Council elections

Suffragettes at Downing Street, London
The scene at Downing Street, London, in 1911 when the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, consented to receive a deputation of women to discuss womens suffrage. 1911

Native transport in Cairo, Egypt, consisting of a cart pulled by a donkey. Date: 20th century

Wine Cart - Italy
Distinctive traditional Italian wine cart, the driver protected from the elemtns (hot or wet!) by a circular shade and the black horse bedecked in a fine array of decorative adornments

Sketch of Pegwell Bay, Kent, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1846

Strikers obstructing transport during London Dock Strike

Police escorting cart during Dock Strike, London
Police escorting a cart during the London Dock Strike. During the strike it was practically impossible for any transport to be moved without a police escort

Sea Scouts pulling a track cart

Obstructive crowd of men during dock strike, London
An obstructive crowd of dockers at the Tower of London during the dock strike, preventing a loaded horse-drawn cart from passing in any direction. 1911

Street scene during carnival, Walton on the Naze, Essex
People in the High Street during a carnival or fancy dress parade at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. circa 1900

Lahore, Pakistan - The Gate Bazaar Date: circa 1910s

Dynamited Street - WWI - Northern France
A Street dynamited after German attack during invasion in World War One - Peronne, France Date: circa 1910s

Village Cart - Myanmar (Burma) Date: circa 1905

Where Richard Montgomery fell, Quebec
A sign showing the location where Richard Montgomery, a brigadier-general in the Continental Army (during the American Revolutionary War) fell whilst leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada

Zimbabwe, Africa - Ox Wagon crossing Lumene River
Zimbabwe, Africa - an Ox Wagon crossing the Lumene River Date: circa 1910s

Tinker and his wife
A tinker and his wife, Ljungbyhed Sweden 1910. Date: 1910

Transporting corn or wheat - Italy
Spedaluzzo, near Greve (not too far from Florence), Italy - an ox cart transporting bales of corn Date: circa 1910s

Italy - Lake Maggiore, Stresa, Someraro
Italy - Lake Maggiore. Horse wagon on the road between Stresa and Someraro. Date: circa 1910s

Australia - Adelaide - Auldana Vineyards - A team of eight oxen pull a three-ton load uphill. Date: 1908

A profitable crop of Onions grown in Canada! I think a certain amount of photo trickery has been employed here.... 1910

Ox Cart - Lake Como, Italy
A substantial ox cart on the banks of Lake Como, Italy. The wagon is transporting rocks Date: circa 1910s

Silhouettes of traditional Christmas scenes in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, cut by H. L. Oakley with his magic scissors

Monte Cristallo and Mont Popena, Ampezzostrasse with Durrensee, Tyrol, Italy Date: circa 1910s

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