Motors Collection (page 3)

View of unidentified open-top bus. Date: circa 1940s

Aerial view of General Motors factory, South Africa
Aerial view of a General Motors factory in South Africa (possibly in Port Elizabeth), for the manufacture of Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, Vauxhall, Opel, Bedford and GMC vehicles

The Chrysler Building at the Chicago Worlds Fair)
The Chrysler Building at the Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago Worlds Fair) 1933. It was held to celebrate the citys centennial

DUKW powered ferry on the Great Chindwin River, Burma - circa 1945. The DUKW (popularly pronounced " duck" ) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by General Motors

Red Cross travelling repair shop 1916
Interior view of a travelling repair van, with a soldier working on repairing vehicles in the war zone. Date: 1916

Mending Red Cross ambulances 1916
Soldiers working under a canopy in the war zone, repairing most needed Red Cross ambulances. Date: 1916

Advert for Buick, Red Cross ambulances 1916
Buick were used for emergencies in World War One at the front, with British Red Cross and St Johns on the side of the vehicle Date: 1916

Armstrong Siddeley Six car and stately home
A chauffeur driven Armstrong Siddeley Six car driving up to a stately home in the distance. Date: 1929

Railway Ring Gears
These giant ring gears transmit power from electric motors to the driving wheels on the new passenger locomotives between New York and Washington D.C. U.S.A. Date: 1930s

Monge Submarine
Monge : until 1914, most French submarines are steam- driven, hence the smoke. She has electric motors for underwater sailing. Date: circa 1905

Advert for Dunhills Harris Tweed coat 1909
Advertisement for a ladies Harris Tweed coat ideal for motoring or travelling. Showing a very elegant lady posing in a handsome

Photo of Fashionable Motor Millinery 1909
Black and white photographs entitled Fashionable Motor Millinery in an article The Highway of Fashion in the Tatler of 10th November 1909

Photo of Charming Motor Bonnets 1909
Black and white photographs entitled Charming Motor Bonnets in an article The Highway of Fashion in the Tatler of 10th november 1909

Stylish late1930s Bedford coach - custom body work by Duple Bodies & Motors Ltd. Edgware Road, The Hyde, Hendon, London, NW9. Date: circa 1901

St. Marys Russian Hospital for British Officers, Mayfair
St. Marys Russian Hospital for British Officers, South Audley Street, Mayfair. The sign on the corner reads (rather wonderfully): " Motors please do not hoot" ! Date: circa 1910

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

Sun Motors car wash, St Petersburg, Florida, USA, offering a complete auto wash in three minutes for one dollar 25 cents. Date: circa 1940s

A vision of the (near) future, WW1 cartoon by H. M Bateman
H.M. Bateman comments amusingly on the prospect of cars driven entirely by coal gas, with the result of overcharging being that the car floats off into the atmosphere. Date: 1917

Rambler automobile factory, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Aerial view of the Rambler automobile factory, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA. It later became the Jeffery factory, and later still Nash Motors. Date: circa 1910

Sunbeam motors advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Sunbeam Motor Car Company of Wolverhampton showing one of their vehicles as a Red Cross ambulance or van during the First World War. Date: 1918

Zeppelin engine gondola
A scene in the rear gondola of a German Zeppelin airship. In the centre, two engineers are tending the powerful Maibach motors

Collecting holly for Christmas Decorations
A family driving out in the snow to gather holly for their Christmas decorations. Date: 1931

Miss Donnett Paynter with ambulance, WW1
Miss Donnett Paynter with her motor ambulance given by her father, Commander Hugh H. Paynter, R.N. for use at the FANY Convoy

Miss Christobel Ellis decorated for war work well done
Christobel Ellis, younger daughter of the Rev. the Hon. William Ellis, and a cousin of Lord Howard de Walden. An experienced and enthusiastic motorist

Advert for E. Johnson chrome leather ulster 1923
Winter motoring, for men and women who motors in the cold winter months, either for work or pleasure, a warm leather ulster is indispensable

Some steam-jet motors. Hargrave Slide 34

Kinner Motors Inc K-5B 5-cylinder air-cooled 100hp radial
Kinner Motors Inc K-5B five-cylinder, air-cooled 100hp radial

Advert for Wolseley Hornet car 1933
The Wolseley Hornet. It sweeps past you... smoothly... eagerly. then you know its a wolseley Hornet - the most famous twelve-six : now more delightful then ever to drive

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American Aviation, Inc.s Inglewood, Calif. plant. Date 1942 Oct

Erdington Cottage Homes Holiday at Rhyl, North Wales
A party of children from the Aston Union workhouse cottage homes on holiday in Rhyl. They are seated in a charabanc (an open-top coach)

Blind motor car driver, 1904
Despite the fact Mr Sharp of Watford is totally blind, he has obtained a licence to drive a motor car. To warn other motorists, his bowler hat is inscribed with the words, Blind. Thats alright then

Metallurgique Motors advertisement, 1911
Advertisement for Metallurgique Ltd of Manchester encouraging visitors to come to their stand at the Olympia Motor Show in 1911 where their cars bodywork would be attracting attention. Date: 1911

The motor car in society, 1911
Society meeting in Hyde Park, London in 1911, some on horseback, others in shiny new motorcars. Illustration to accompany a supplement in The Sphere reporting on the Olympia Motor Show. Date: 1911

Wolseley car advertisement, 1950
Advertisement for Wolseley cars, featuring the Six Eighty - long, low, graceful, it fits in the Ritz entrance...fives company but never a crowd

Car with passengers, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Mr Ernie Holt driving a party of cattle dealers from the Castle Hotel in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The open topped car is a Rover DE199, and weighed over 19 hundredweight

Driver with car, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Mr E Codd of Bland Motors, driving an open topped car, probably in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. J & G Bland (Motors) Ltd was established in 1875 and is still in existence today

S Teerwood. Picnic with touring car
A group of people make a roadside stop to enjoy a picnic whilst touring country roads in their car

S Teerwood. Bakers delivery van
A bakers van stops at a quaint looking village with the mornings delivery of fresh bread

S Teerwood. Doctors car
A smart little car waits outside a house while its owner, a doctor, visits his patient

S Teerwood. Driving the car
A little boy, his sister and the family dog play at driving a big car in their driveway. Don t touch the hand brake!

S Teerwood. 6-wheeled car & trailer
A huge six-wheeled car and trailer drives through a Saharan desert

Couple in Mercedes
A couple in a magnificent yellow Mercedes drive through a quaint village

Motorised mini cart, 1930s
A woman sitting on a rather strange contraption which appears to be have motorcycle, half wooden cart, presumably engineered for general tasks around a farm

A De Dion Bouton car
Photograph of a lady at the wheel of a De Dion Bouton motor car, wearing a hat tied with a scarf so that it doesn t fly off while motoring along!

Standard Motor Company advertisement
Advertisement for the Standard Motor Company of Coventry, England, wishing all their customers a Happy Christmas. The illustration featuring a Standard car (model unknown)

Tatler Motor Show Number 1954
Front cover of The Tatler featuring an illustration of an intrepid driver wearing cap, goggles and scarf steering his vintage car to the summit of a very steep hill

Cars at the hunt
A watercolour painting depicting a large early car arriving in a country location, where it appears the local hunt are about to set off

The Tatler Front Cover 1955
Illustrated front cover of The Tatlers Motor Show Number showing a quirky selection of vintage cars

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