High Way Collection

Silent Highwayman
Death - The Silent Highway-Man of the polluted River Thames

Dick Turpin shoots fellow highwayman, Tom King Date: 1839

The highwayman
A highwayman, mounted on his horse, prepares to set off across the countryside in pursuit of his next victim. Date: 1880s

Give and Take on Road
Drive as you would wish others to drive... always anticipate danger and be on the alert... on corners keep as far to the left as possible

Dick Turpin holds up fellow highwayman, Tom King Date: 1735

Highwaymen punished
A new plan is proposed fo the punishment of highwaymen by hard labour on the roads. Date: 18th Century

A Scottish highwayman at the entrance of his cave by the roadside. Date: 19th Century

Singing saloon in the East End of London
The crowded singing saloon (pub) in Ratcliffe Highway, in the Limehouse area of the East End of London

PERU. ICA. Southern Pan-American Highway crossing the desert

Kenai Peninsula - Alaska - Along the smooth rock Seward Highway; countryside is covered with spindly spruce and cedar. Date: 1952

Interlaken, highway and hotels, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri. Date 1939 Jan

Grocery store and delicatessen off Lincoln Highway, Franklin Township, Bound Brook, New Jersey. Date 1936 Feb

Velta Village on the Ossetian Military Highway
The Ossetian Military Highway. Tower in Velta Village Along the Road to the Mamisson Pass. North Ossetia, Caucasus Mountains. Date: circa 1904

House off Lincoln Highway, Franklin Township, Bound Brook, New Jersey. Date 1936 Feb

Migrant cotton pickers child who lives in a tent in the government camp instead of along the highway or in a ditch bank. Shafter Camp for migrants, California. Date 1938 Nov

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of fathers ill health

Billboard on US Highway 99 in California. National advertising campaign sponsored by National Association of Manufacturers. Date 1937 Mar

Building on a main highway in Tehama County, California. Date 1940 Dec

Chicago Lake Shore Dr. 2
This is the home of many of Chicagos millionaires... it is a great highway for the automobiles. Date: 1916

Highway Building, U. s. A
Highways under construction, U.S.A. Date: 1960s

THE MAGPIE INN PUB
The novel inn sign of The Magpie Inn, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England. This is unique as being one of the few in England which stretches right across a public highway. Date: 1960s

Building Superhighway
Highway under construction, U.S.A. Date: 1960s

French highwaymen
A group of French highwaymen take control of a passing carriage, blindfolding the victim and marching him away, with gun against his head. Date: 1899

Songs for a highwayman
Three songs sung by highwaymen: Hurrah for the Road, I ll ask the Sylph who round thee flies and Waving Greenwood Tree. All upbeat and merry, revelling in their life of crime. Date: 1845

Highwaymen at Kentish Town
Two women are robbed and bound by highwaymen in the fields near Kentish Town. Date: 19th Century

French highwayman
A French highwayman surprises a passing coach and horse, shooting the driver a point blank range. Date: c. 1894

German highwaymen
A group of mounted highwaymen ride out from the woods to attack a passing convoy of wagons, presumably laden with things that the bandits might like to steal. 14th Century

Trial of the highwayman at the Old Bailey
The manacled rogue is seen in the foreground, his head bowed in despair as the witness by his side unfolds his damning evidence

Poster, Obey the Speed Limit
Poster warning drivers to Obey the Speed Limit, which is 30 mph in built-up areas. 20th century

Coastal mountain range (Andes) - Argentina
Coastal mountain range or Cordillera (Andes) - Argentina - with an International road, possibly skirting the border with southern Chile

Drugstore at Limon, Colorado, USA situated on the intersection of Highways 24, 40, 71 and 287

Mississippi River
Lincoln Highway, Lyons and Fulton Bridge over the Mississippi River, America

Greece Piraeus
Reconstruction of Piraeus, the port of Athens, BCE, showing the highway leading to the city

Correcting a Skid
Providing that the car is not travelling at excessive speed a skid need not be an alarming occurrence... avoid if possible applying the brakes

Cycling Two Abreast
Cycle not more than two abreast

Overtaking with Safety
It is dangerous to overtake on bends, at crossroads, when approaching pedestrian crossings, in narrow streets and on hump-backed bridges

Running Engine Danger
Never run an engine in a garage with the door closed

I am Going to Slow Down
This signal means : I AM GOING TO SLOW DOWN, STOP, OR TURN TO MY LEFT

Driving Past Animals
Drive carefully past animals

Bicycle Not Made for Two
It is an offence under the Road Traffic Act to carry more than one person on a pedal cycle

Drawing up at Night
Avoid stopping at night with the headlights on

Policeman Signals Come
This police signal means : COME ON

Dont Bother Police
Do not hinder a policeman on point duty by asking questions, for, in doing so, you may be also obstructing three or more lines of traffic

Driving on Tramlines
It is always inadvisable to motor along a tram track, for tramlines, especially if they are wet, are most skid- provoking

Beware of Road Junctions
Beware of road junctions. Always slow down and proceed with caution when approaching cross roads

Look Right and Left
Children, stop, look right and then left before crossing the road

Beware of Trams
Beware of trams swinging out at corners

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