Drivers Collection (page 2)

Three rather raffish horse- drawn cab drivers pose for a photograph during a quiet moment in between driving jobs. Date: 1890s

Hackney coaches and their drivers wait for fares in Westminster at the time of Charles I Date: 17th century

Death as the railway signalman - a comment on repeated errors and a system of fines between the engine drivers and signalmen circa 1876

Sheltered Cabmen 1870
Hansom cab drivers waiting in a hut in the pouring rain for a fare in Birmingham. Date: 1870

The Driver's Signals by Alan Anderson

Japanese Rickshaw Drivers, Kobe, Japan. Date: 1928

A horse-bus clashes with a horse-cab in 1853. Bussy: "Why don t you move on there
A horse-bus clashes with a horse-cab in 1853. Bussy: " Why don t you move on there?" Cabby: " Why didn t you tell us you were a coming? We wouldn t a bin ere at all!" Date: 1853

General Strike - Policeman riding with volunteer bus drivers. The barbed wire on the bonnet is to stop protestors damaging the engine. The strike lasted 9 days between 4th and 12th May, 1926

Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c. 1900
Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c.1900

Gifts - two Model Cars
The Royal Visit to France: Preparations, Gifts, and a Rehearsal. Date: 1938

Title page with vignette of enslaved man with chain around his neck under a palm tree. Copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Africa for the Amusement

Poster, Mercedes-Benz. Date: 1954

Road painters carrying broken white line stencil, Sept 1939
Road painters carrying the " blackout stencil" which enabled workmen to paint broken white lines down the centre of roads with ease, in order to reduce accidents when driving in blackouts

First professional female chauffeur 1909
Sheila O Neill, the first professional female chauffeur in London, photographed in her car, with a medical accident emergency case on the seat next to her that reads " Miss Sheilah O

Line of female ambulance drivers 1918
Female Red Cross ambulance drivers standing in a line in front of their vehicles with their mascot, a great Dane. The Sphere describes Queen Marys specific interest in the role of women in the war

Advert for Jaeger, Kay Petrie, Motor Racing Driver
Advert for Jaeger, Regent Street, London -- Kay Petrie, Motor Racing Driver. 1936

Advert, J Buchanan & Co, Carriage Makers, Glasgow
Advert for J Buchanan & Co, North Street, Glasgow, Scotland, Carriage Manufactory. 1905

First motorised taxi cab in Liverpool 1906
First motorised taxi cab in Liverpool, with drivers and mechanic. Date: 1906

Horse-drawn carts, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Horse-drawn carts (known as jarveys), in Killarney, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland

Parcel Post Drivers exchanging Carts, London on the divisional line of their districts. 1847

Bystander masthead, Motor Show number 1930
Design for The Bystander magazines masthead referencing the Olympia motor show, where all the fashionable flappers go. Date: 1930

Woman driver 1907
Young actress Olive Quinton driving the Adams car, " only pedals to push!" Date: 1907

Raymond Mays, Sir Malcolm Campbell and Earl Howe
Three famous motor racing drivers at Shelsley Walsh (left to right): Raymond Mays, Sir Malcolm Campbell (world record holder at 301 mph), and Earl Howe. 20th century

Start of a Brooklands Double-Twelve Race with drivers and mechanics running to their machines. 20th century

Motor racing drivers Henry Birkin with Malcolm Campbell
Motor racing drivers Sir Henry Birkin with Sir Malcolm Campbell before the start of a handicap race at Brooklands, Surrey. 20th century

Earl Howe, motor racing driver and President of the British Race Drivers Club. 20th century

London motor drivers enlisted during WW1
A group of London motor drivers enlisted in a batch during the First World War and sent to Avonmouth. 1914

Pietro Bordino, racing driver, in a Fiat
One of the worlds fastest racing drivers, Pietro Bordino, in a Fiat. 1927

Early Motor Cars - Benz Car 1887
Early Motor Cars - Benz Car, 1887 - Benz driving with his partner Max Rose as passenger. 1887

Early Motor Cars - A Benz Car. 1893

Wolseley Team for Isle of Man Eliminating Trials
Early Motor Car Racing - Wolseley Team for the Isle of Man Eliminating Trials, 1904. 1904

Early Motor Car Racing - W K Vanderbilt, Junior
Early Motor Car Racing - William Kissam Vanderbilt II (Junior) (1878-1944), motor racing enthusiast

Tim Birkin with Sir Malcolm Campbell
Early Motor Car Racing - Tim Birkin with Sir Malcolm Campbell

Luncheon at Welbeck Eliminating Trials
Early Motor Car Racing - Luncheon at Welbeck Eliminating Trials (left to right) Stocks, Fuller, Mayhew, Jarrott, Edge, Earp. Date: 1903

First London to Brighton Run with M Levassor
Early Motor Car Racing - First London to Brighton Run. 1896

Drivers overtake Carraciola in Mercedes
Early Motor Car Racing - Drivers overtake Carraciola in No. 70 Mercedes (right)

Race drivers Charron, Girardot, Farman, Fournier, De Kruyff
Early Motor Car Racing, portraits of drivers - 1 Charron, 2 Girardot, 3 Farman, 4 Fournier, 5 De Kruyff

Violet Cordery, Queen of Motorists
Violet Cordery, whose successful driving earned her the title of Queen of Motorists, showing her sister Evelyn how to tune up a car

Chauffeurs and cars, Burford Bridge Hotel, Box Hill, Surrey
Chauffeurs and cars outside the Burford Bridge Hotel, Box Hill, Surrey. circa 1912

Advert for Peter Robinson womens clothing 1905
Single breasted smart sports jersey in wool with motoring hat. 1905

The drivers of these Turkish ox-carts have stopped to give their animals a rest, or themselves, or both. Date: 1890s

The new G. Stimpson Brewery in London, in the courtyard with the carthorse 1904

Blonde in Drivers Seat Date: 1950

Omnibus driver in the streets of London 1900
Driver sitting on a raised seat at the front of a horse-drawn bus, with his legs astride and a heavy rug over him, travelling the streets of London. Date: 1900

START OF A CAR RALLY
The start of a motor rally - drivers leave the grounds of a chateau and head into the wide blue yonder... Date: 1931

Omnibus driver or cabman 1857
Joseph Powell, a well known six-day London cabman, driving a horse-drawn bus through the streets in Paddington, London. Date: 1857

Camel traders at Birqash Camel Market near Cairo, Egypt
Camel traders deal with an angry camel, Birqash Camel Market near Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1993

Madeira - Monte sledge drivers, or carreiros, look bored as they wait for tourists to push downhill in their wickerwork sledges Date: 2007

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