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Garages Collection

Background imageGarages Collection: Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. Turner

Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. Turner
Illustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s. The caption reads, ...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests

Background imageGarages Collection: Little boy playing near garages, Foxhill Road, Eccles

Little boy playing near garages, Foxhill Road, Eccles
A little boy playing in a garage area at the bottom of Foxhill Road, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1975

Background imageGarages Collection: Western Garage and Engineering Works, Newton Abbot, Devon

Western Garage and Engineering Works, Newton Abbot, Devon, fitted with two Kinnear rolling metal shutters. circa 1930s

Background imageGarages Collection: Shell petrol boycott

Shell petrol boycott
A group of protesters stand outside a Shell garage holding placards calling for people to boycott Shell fuel due to the company's links with South Africa and apartheid. Date: c. 1988

Background imageGarages Collection: Advert, Bankss Motor Car and Cycle Garage, Wilmslow Advert

Advert, Bankss Motor Car and Cycle Garage, Wilmslow Advert
Advert, Bankss Motor Car and Cycle Garage, Manchester Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire. 1905

Background imageGarages Collection: Garage at Christ Church College, Oxford

Garage at Christ Church College, Oxford, fitted with 12 Kinnear rolling metal shutters. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageGarages Collection: City hall in Misrata, Libya

City hall in Misrata, Libya
City hall with garage (right) and pharmacy (left) in Misrata, a city on the coast to the Mediterranean Sea in Libya. Date: circa 1910

Background imageGarages Collection: New Jersey Service Stat

New Jersey Service Stat
Happy motoring begins at Carlsons Esso station intersection of route 130 & 40, two miles from Pennsville Ferry, Deepwater, New Jersey

Background imageGarages Collection: Map to the nightlife of London, 1965

Map to the nightlife of London, 1965
A handdrawn pullout map of Soho, Leicester Square and the West End as far as Hyde Park, showing theatres, cinemas and restaurants in Central London

Background imageGarages Collection: Two garage mechanics

Two garage mechanics. Date: 1970s

Background imageGarages Collection: 1930S HOUSES

1930S HOUSES
A woman stands at the gate of her typical suburban home, one of an identical row of suburban houses with garages, very aspirational in their day. Date: 1930s

Background imageGarages Collection: Garage in a Church

Garage in a Church
Motorcycle and other motor maintenance work being carried out in this garage inside a church. Date: early 1930s

Background imageGarages Collection: U. s. Service Station

U. s. Service Station
Filling up with Conoco at a gas station in Coleville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland. Date: circa 1932

Background imageGarages Collection: Automobile Row, Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Automobile Row, Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Automobile Row on Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, full of car showrooms, car dealers and garages. Date: 1916

Background imageGarages Collection: Portable wood motor house or garage, 1919 advertisement

Portable wood motor house or garage, 1919 advertisement
Advertisement for garages constructed of strong deal framing, mortised and tenoned and with a roof of galvanised iron, manufactured by Boulton & Paul of Norwich. Date: 1919

Background imageGarages Collection: Motor car at a petrol station

Motor car at a petrol station
At the petrol station. A motor car being filled up with petrol by a station attendant at night. Date: 1928

Background imageGarages Collection: Firefighters attend fire at bus garage

Firefighters attend fire at bus garage, London

Background imageGarages Collection: Garage with a Past

Garage with a Past
This unassuming garage of James Sawyer, near Buckingham Palace, London, has a secret past - it was once Queen Victorias cow shed! Date: 9 April 1930

Background imageGarages Collection: Female Mechanic

Female Mechanic
Mademoiselle Maurice Mozette, now Mrs Frederick Lothrop Ames of Boston, Massachusetts, French motor racer, changing a tyre on her car during her visit to Los Angeles, U.S.A. Date: 1930s

Background imageGarages Collection: Cars parked by a row of garages

Cars parked by a row of garages
Three saloon cars with their owners inside, parked alongside an early row of suburban garages. The front car is a Morris 8 Series E - with a Vauxhall 14 in the background. Date: 1939

Background imageGarages Collection: Mews Houses, London

Mews Houses, London
A row of mews houses in London

Background imageGarages Collection: Village Garage 1920S

Village Garage 1920S
A village garage at Theale, Berkshire catering for light cars and motor cycles

Background imageGarages Collection: Car Repairs 1928

Car Repairs 1928
Examining a carburettor in a garage

Background imageGarages Collection: Engine Trouble

Engine Trouble
Two fashionable young ladies in cloche hats, one of them with the car bonnet open, trying to work out how to mend the engine!


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