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COACH / 1670Horse-drawn coaches from the time of Charles II
Trial Trip, UndergroundA successful trial trip on the Metropolitan Railway : the train - drawn by a steam locomotive - is about to enter Portland Road station, near Euston
Train V DiligenceThe Iron Horse replaces the horse-drawn diligence
Gas / Drawing Retorts / 1903South Metropolitan Gas Company. An interior of a factory showing retorts being drawn by hand
Disinfecting a home - 2DISINFECTING A HOME Infected bedlinen is fumigated in a horse-drawn portable Stove to destroy germs of tuberculosis or cholera
Pit, Boxes and GalleryPIT, BOXES AND GALLERY in a London theatre (Cruikshank has drawn himself second from left in the centre box)
Tram on Cote D azurOn its way from Nice to Monaco, a tram passes a horse- drawn cart on the Corniche
Steam Carriages GaloreThe widespread activity, seeking to harness steam power to road transport, is satirised in this view of the Whitechapel Road where horse drawn vehicles are no more
Car in the CatskillsAt Cairo, in New Yorks Catskills, a car parks outside the souvenir shop but most of the traffic is horse- drawn, and ladies stand gossiping in the middle of Main Street
Carriage in the BoisAn elegant Parisienne drives with her dog in an open carriage in the Bois de Boulogne
Horse-Drawn German RailHorse-drawn wagons along a railway track : as in Britain, the idea of tracks preceded that of using steam to power the vehicles that would run on them
Girl in Green / White 1870Girl with ringlets: green & white striped tunic dress, square cut corsage, ribbon ceinture & pointed hem drawn up over a short green skirt with flounce & bouillon trim
Horse Drawn ExcursionExcursionists prepare to set off from Bournemouth on a ten- mile (16 km) excursion to the Stour valley in a horse-drawn carriage
Occupation / CostermongerLondon barrow boy in breeches, stockings, waistcoat, short jacket, red muffler & peaked cap, shouts his wares of carrots & cabbages drawn by a donkey cart
Social / Dutch PostmanA Dutch postman on his rounds stops for a chat with a milkwoman with her dog-drawn delivery cart
Frost and Ice 1555Traveling in the frosty countryside of Scandinavia is best done on sledges drawn by reindeer, though a horse will do if its well shod
Thames Floods at PutneyThe river Thames rises above its banks at Putney, west London, and residents have to escape from the top floors of their houses into a horse- drawn cart
Champagne Vintage TimeVintage in the champagne country
Fire / Hose CarriageHand-drawn hose-carriage and reel, partly maintained by the ratepayers of London, partly by a contribution from the Fire Insurance Companies, and partly by the Government
Hand-Drawn Engine / 1878A hand-drawn chemical fire engine employed for fire extinction about 1878. The chemicals were held in copper cylinders mounted at the front of the vehicle
Silsbys Fire Engine / NYTypical American fire-engine of the late 19th century. This model was made by Silsby for the Metropolitan Fire Department of New York
Bristol Chemical EngineHorse-drawn chemical engine, supplied by Merryweathers for the City of Bristol. The copper cylinders held the chemical fire-fighting compounds
Bakst Hobble SkirtHobble skirt costume designed & drawn by Bakst & made by Paquin. The skirt is cut-away at the front creating a split to enable the wearer to walk. N.B incongruous ruff
FUR MUFF 1913Tango dress with V -neck, broad green cummerbund / sash, green toque & black aigrette & a large fur muff with ruffle lining drawn in at the centre with a band of roses
S American Rope BridgeA rope bridge over a river at the entrance to a lake in the South American countryside, drawn by Alexander von Humboldt during his travels
John Cook, RegicideJOHN COOK Solicitor General and chief prosecutor at the trial of King Charles I; upon the Restoration sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered
Chariot of AssyriaAn Assyrian ruler rides in his chariot, drawn by two horses, with two grooms and two attendants
Fire Engine ScrapA horse-drawn fire engine canters to a blaze, with five firemen ready to go into action
Poulterers CartHere is Yorkshire poulterer and rabbit dealer Thomas Duffill and his good lady, their dog and their horse- drawn cart : his costume is specially noteworthy
Map of Europe C15ThA map of Europe drawn in 1450 and labelled in Latin
Horse-Drawn BargeA horse pulls a barge full of coal along the canal towpath
Ballarat Street SceneSturt Street, Ballarat - a majestically broad thoroughfare : a wagon loaded with wool is drawn by a team of four horses
Stevenson / Poems / FlowersA boy sits, with knees drawn up towards his chest, in a pretty, English cottage garden surrounded by Hollyhocks, Delphiniums, Sweet Williams, Primulas & Foxgloves
Middlesbrough StreetCorporation Road, Middlesbrough, County Durham - a cyclist encounters a horse (or maybe donkey)-drawn cart
Dionysos (Tooke)He rides his chariot, drawn by leopards, towards a vineyard
Roman WagonsA Roman leading a horse-drawn wagon passes another leading an ox-wagon
Roman Wagon LoadedRoman soldiers load a packhorse and a horse-drawn wagon with sacks of food preparatory to making an expedition from their fort
Obelisk / IstanbulHow the obelisk at Constantinople was drawn to its site and erected, to the astonishment of the citizens
Weaver at his LoomA weaver at his loom, which is drawn with unusual attention to detail - including his clogs, showing that he operates the treadles barefoot
USA / Saint LouisBroadway, Saint Louis, Missouri, with electric tram and horse-drawn carriage
USA / ChicagoState Street, with electric trams and horse-drawn carts
Bougainville on RiverLOUIS-ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE French naval, navigator, geographer, shown crossing the river of Santa Lucia in a canoe drawn by horses
FIRE ENGINE 1821 - 1902A horse-drawn Victorian fire engine, in use for almost a century, between the years 1821 and 1902
Horse Tram, NaplesHorse-drawn tram at Napoli
Transvaal Mail CoachA horse-drawn mail coach in the Transvaal, driven across the veldt by native Africans and drawn by eight horses
Troops at GravesendBritish troops cross the Thames from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort, on flat- boats drawn on ropes : besides men, guns, horses and wagons are carried, spectators watch
Surveying Aussie RailSurveyors in a camel-drawn carriage reconnoitre the route for the trans-continental railway which will cross central Australia
Street Watering CartA horse-drawn water cart dampens the dust raised by the street traffic