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Driving Collection (page 8)

Background imageDriving Collection: Lithograph, Premiere Vitesse (First Gear)

Lithograph, Premiere Vitesse (First Gear) - a couple in a car approaching a dangerous bend ahead (2 of 4) Date: circa 1900

Background imageDriving Collection: Lithograph, Marche Arriere (Reverse Gear)

Lithograph, Marche Arriere (Reverse Gear) (1 of 4) Date: circa 1900

Background imageDriving Collection: Edwardian 1900s Two Couple Sitting Passenger

Edwardian 1900s Two Couple Sitting Passenger
edwardian, 1900s, two, couple, sitting, passenger, love, romance, romantic, valentine, valentines, heart, cards, card, boy, girl, boys, girls, child, children, transport, car, cars, greetings

Background imageDriving Collection: Santa Claus driving a car on a Christmas card

Santa Claus driving a car on a Christmas card -- a large tree may be restricting his view of the road! Date: circa 1900s

Background imageDriving Collection: Cupid in a car on a French Valentine card

Cupid in a car on a French Valentine card
Cupid in a car decorated with pink roses on a French Valentine card, with verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDriving Collection: Driver and passengers in a car on a cutout Valentine card

Driver and passengers in a car on a cutout Valentine card
Driver in a car on a cutout Valentine card, with two passengers at the back. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1900s

Background imageDriving Collection: Driver in a car on a cutout Valentine card

Driver in a car on a cutout Valentine card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1900s

Background imageDriving Collection: Cupid and woman in a car on a Valentine postcard

Cupid and woman in a car on a Valentine postcard
Cupid and woman travelling in a car with red hearts and pink flowers on a Valentine postcard -- To greet my love. circa 1890s

Background imageDriving Collection: Boy and girl in a car on a romantic greetings card

Boy and girl in a car on a romantic greetings card. circa 1900s

Background imageDriving Collection: Typical village scene, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Typical village scene, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Typical village scene with ox-drawn cart, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930s

Background imageDriving Collection: Kodaikanal hill station, Tamil Nadu, India

Kodaikanal hill station, Tamil Nadu, India, with ox-drawn carts on the road. Date: circa 1905

Background imageDriving Collection: The Hon C. S. Rolls in his 110 H. P. Mors car

The Hon C. S. Rolls in his 110 H. P. Mors car
Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910) British engineer and aviator in 1906. Henry Royce built his first motor car in 1904 and in May of that year met Charles Rolls

Background imageDriving Collection: King Michael of Romania with Binnie the Sealyham Terrier

King Michael of Romania with Binnie the Sealyham Terrier
King Michael of Romania driving a toy car - The Red Bug accompanied by the familys Sealyham terrier, Binnie. Date: 1929

Background imageDriving Collection: Advert for Gorke womens accessories 1898

Advert for Gorke womens accessories 1898
Novelties Christmas gifts for women. A charming painted gauze and large ostrich fans, linen gloves for gifts Chevrette, fur tops, button ladies driving gloves

Background imageDriving Collection: Father Christmas in a train on a Victorian scrap

Father Christmas in a train on a Victorian scrap
Father Christmas in a train full of presents on a Victorian scrap. circa 1890s

Background imageDriving Collection: Sir Malcolm Campbell & Donald Campbell in toy motor car

Sir Malcolm Campbell & Donald Campbell in toy motor car
Another speed king of the future? Young Donald Campbell and his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell with Donalds electric motor car

Background imageDriving Collection: Music cover, If you re Wanting to Buy a Car

Music cover, If you re Wanting to Buy a Car, words and music by Will Hyde, as sung by Stafford Coombe, the Works Manager. Showing a man driving a Vauxhall Scoota Car. 1935

Background imageDriving Collection: Cartoon, The Mad Dog of Europe, WW1

Cartoon, The Mad Dog of Europe, WW1
Cartoon, America should help to catch the mad dog of Europe (a quotation from the New York Press). Showing an allegorical America driving out Kaiser Wilhelm II. Date: 1915

Background imageDriving Collection: Ufos / Ryall / Australia

Ufos / Ryall / Australia
Mrs Shirley Ryall and her brother, Bevan Adam, are driving home to Barmedman, New South Wales, when they see this science-fiction like (their own description) UFO Date: 8 September 1970

Background imageDriving Collection: Rowntrees Motoring Chocolate advertisement

Rowntrees Motoring Chocolate advertisement
Advertisement designed by Alfred Leete for Rowntrees Motoring chocolate, plain, with raisins and almonds - the best thing to go motoring on. Date: 1927

Background imageDriving Collection: Advertisement for Poulton & Noel Ltd

Advertisement for Poulton & Noel Ltd of London, luxury foods. Date: early 20th century

Background imageDriving Collection: Red car driving through water, Sidmouth, Devon

Red car driving through water, Sidmouth, Devon
Red car driving through water in a street in Sidmouth, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageDriving Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather in his Sunbeam with Old Bill mascot

Bruce Bairnsfather in his Sunbeam with Old Bill mascot
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, famous for his cartoons of trench humour in The Bystander during the First World War seen at the wheel of his Sunbeam car with an aluminium car mascot in the shape of

Background imageDriving Collection: Miss Susan Dudley Ryder, Londons 1st lady taxi driver, WW1

Miss Susan Dudley Ryder, Londons 1st lady taxi driver, WW1
Miss Susan Dudley Ryder, who had the distinction of being Londons first female taxi driver, aving passed all the driving tests

Background imageDriving Collection: Ladies Wanted as drivers, WW1 advertisement

Ladies Wanted as drivers, WW1 advertisement
Advertisement from 1918 by the British School of Motoring emphasising the urgent requirement for lady drivers between the ages of 17 and 45. Date: 1918

Background imageDriving Collection: Lloyd Georges lady chauffeur

Lloyd Georges lady chauffeur
The Right Hon. David Lloyd Georges Napier car being started by his lady chauffeur who, according to The Tatler, handles it in a very skilful manner. Date: 1916

Background imageDriving Collection: The Silhouette Art of H. L. Oakley

The Silhouette Art of H. L. Oakley
Inside page of a promotional leaflet produced by the silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley, who, as well as genre and portrait cuttings, carried out a lot of advertising work

Background imageDriving Collection: Advert for Burberry weatherproof top-coats and suits 1913

Advert for Burberry weatherproof top-coats and suits 1913
Showing a man wearing a trilby hat, striped single breasted lounge suit for daytime function, in a wide range of materials, flannel, cashmere and tweed, narrow trousers and spats shoes

Background imageDriving Collection: Nursery Rhymes -- old woman, pig on cart

Nursery Rhymes -- old woman, pig on cart
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an old woman outside a cave, with cooking pot, fire and cat. Below -- a man rides in a horse-drawn cart with a pig in the front. Date: early 20th century

Background imageDriving Collection: Horse and Trap

Horse and Trap
An old man wearing a flat cap and and a blanket across his lap, driving a horse and trap. Date: late 19th century

Background imageDriving Collection: Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wet

Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wet
Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be a blind beggar singing for your supper/lodging in the rain... Date: circa 1904

Background imageDriving Collection: Team of four horses pulling a large empty wagon

Team of four horses pulling a large empty wagon
Team of four horses pulling a large empty Polish (?) wagon. Reproduction of a painting by Juliusz Fortunat Kossak (18241899)

Background imageDriving Collection: Russia, Troika Driver with his three horse team and sleigh

Russia, Troika Driver with his three horse team and sleigh
Russia, a troika and driver, a traditional Russian harness driving combination, using three horses abreast, usually pulling a sleigh. Date: circa 1901

Background imageDriving Collection: An East End Rag-and-Bone Man with his wagon

An East End Rag-and-Bone Man with his wagon - Crockery is offered as an alternative to cash. Date: circa 1940

Background imageDriving Collection: Russian Propaganda postcard - German Cockroaches

Russian Propaganda postcard - German Cockroaches
" The Prussians" A Russian propaganda postcard from WWI era, depictng Russian soldiers driving out the German menace, depicted as cockroaches

Background imageDriving Collection: Princess Elizabeth and Margaret in driving class at Windsor

Princess Elizabeth and Margaret in driving class at Windsor
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and her sister, Princess Margaret the winners of a cup in the private driving class for the best single turn-out at the Royal Windsor Show in May 1945

Background imageDriving Collection: Royal Wedding 1935 - Duke and Duchess of Gloucester

Royal Wedding 1935 - Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, later Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004), driving through the streets of London in an open carriage on their way to St

Background imageDriving Collection: Rumonte coat and Rover saloon car, 1953

Rumonte coat and Rover saloon car, 1953
A girl wearing a Rumonte mirror velvet coat with push up sleeves and a pretty Byronic collar, stands next to a Rover 75 saloon. Her lemon yellow melusine hat is by Connor. Date: 1953

Background imageDriving Collection: Barbados - Donkey Cart

Barbados - Donkey Cart
Bajan Woman driving a small donkey cart, Barbados. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDriving Collection: Ford Zephyr Zodiac Mk 2

Ford Zephyr Zodiac Mk 2
Gentleman and his Ford Zephyr Zodiac Mk 2

Background imageDriving Collection: Large car pulled up outside a church

Large car pulled up outside a church
A large car parked outside a church. The crowd of onloookers suggests this may be a wedding vehicle

Background imageDriving Collection: Women standing by large car

Women standing by large car
Two women and a young girl (wrapped up well aginst the wet weather) stand next to their large soft top car at the side of a country lane

Background imageDriving Collection: Carrying a ladder on a Sunbeam motorcycle

Carrying a ladder on a Sunbeam motorcycle
A man, Alan Fraser, a photographed driving away on a Sunbeam motorbike with a quite large set of ladders attached precariously to his back

Background imageDriving Collection: Driving two horses down a snowy lane

Driving two horses down a snowy lane
A farmer sits side-saddle as he rides/drives two working carthorses down a country lane in the middle of winter. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageDriving Collection: Delineator magazine front cover April 1929

Delineator magazine front cover April 1929
Front cover illustration featuring a stylish 1920s woman in a cloche hat at the wheel of a car

Background imageDriving Collection: Queen Victoria driving donkey-carriage

Queen Victoria driving donkey-carriage
Queen Victoria, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, leaving Windsor Castle, for a drive in her donkey-carriage in 1895

Background imageDriving Collection: Ufos / Pienaar / Transvaal

Ufos / Pienaar / Transvaal
Farmer Jan Pienaar, driving with unnamed African farmhand, encounters landed saucer across the road

Background imageDriving Collection: Peugeot advertising poster

Peugeot advertising poster
Poster for Peugeot cars featuring a comfortable looking car with a driver and three passengers passing through an idyllic looking town or village with half-timbered houses



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