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Road Side Collection (page 2)

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Girl Blows Dandelion

Girl Blows Dandelion
A young girl blows a dandelion, at the side of the road on a windy day Date: 1950s

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Ambulance / Car Accident

Ambulance / Car Accident
An ambulance at the scene of a road accident Date: mid 1950s

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Tiverton Stag Hounds alongside a road

Tiverton Stag Hounds alongside a road

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Slate milestone, Pen y Gwryd, North Wales

Slate milestone, Pen y Gwryd, North Wales
A fine example of an early 19th century slate milestone, standing by the roadside at Pen y Gwryd, near Llanberis, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Three young women hitch-hiking

Three young women hitch-hiking from the side of a road in Ipsos, Corfu, Greece

Background imageRoad Side Collection: S Teerwood. Picnic with touring car

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

Background imageRoad Side Collection: A convenient garage / W H Robinson

A convenient garage / W H Robinson
A convenient garage is hoisted down from a roadside position. When not in use it can be hoisted back up again, lending a pleasant touch of bizarrerie to the landscape

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Man on a weighing machine, Austria

Man on a weighing machine, Austria
A man poses on a roadside weighing machine somewhere in the Austrian countryside

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Roadside shrine, Austria

Roadside shrine, Austria
A roadside shrine on a country road not far from Aggsbach, Lower Austria

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Bosnia - Drinking Water Pump

Bosnia - Drinking Water Pump
Bosnia - Roadside drinking water pump

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Hotel Bertrand - Constantine - Algeria

Hotel Bertrand - Constantine - Algeria
The Hotel Bertrand at El-Kantara, a suburb of Constantine, Algeria

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Baker delivering bread - Constantinople, Turkey

Baker delivering bread - Constantinople, Turkey
A Turkish Baker delivering the morning bread in Constantinople, Turkey. He lifts a stack of loaves out of one of a pair of large reedwork panniers, strapped to the flanks of his pony

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Sadhu - India - Madhy Pradesh

Sadhu - India - Madhy Pradesh
Roadside scene in the Madhya Pradesh Province, India. A sadhu, or holy man, begging for alms. In Hinduism, sadhu is a common term for an ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi)

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Broken-down car - Baroda, India

Broken-down car - Baroda, India
A British colonial lady stands beneath her parasol at the side of the road, as two Indian servants attend to a rear wheel puncture on a narrow Indian country lane. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Turkish Sweet Shop

Turkish Sweet Shop
Turkish Sweet shop in Constantinople, Turkey with a variety of interestingly shaped jars with a variety of interestingly flavoured sweet contents!

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Hardware shop - Turkey

Hardware shop - Turkey
A beautiful postcard showing a small Turkish hardware stall with a fantastic wooden surround in decorated panelling and even decoreted shutters. The hand-tinting of this card is particularly striking

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Seller of Quince

Seller of Quince, Constantinople, Turkey

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Shanghai - porters resting by the roadside

Shanghai - porters resting by the roadside
Porters with large wooden barrels and baskets attached to their yolks, rest at the side of the road, some taking refreshment. Further down the street is a vendor of cakes or biscuits

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Two ladies and their Armstrong Siddeley car

Two ladies and their Armstrong Siddeley car parked at the roadside

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Morris Empire Oxford 4-seater Tourer - picnic

Morris Empire Oxford 4-seater Tourer - picnic
Family picnic at the roadside with a Morris Empire Oxford 4-seater Tourer

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Roadside Picnic with Lanchester

Roadside Picnic with Lanchester
Five chaps have a roadside picnic alongside their parked Lanchester (10 HP) car

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Ford Model T

Ford Model T
Model T Ford parked at the roadside

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Picnic with Morris 8 E Series 4 Door Six Light

Picnic with Morris 8 E Series 4 Door Six Light
A family stops for a roadside picnic alongside their Morris 8 E-series 4-door Six Light

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Roadside picnic

Roadside picnic
Stopping for a picnic at the side of the road

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Austin 7 Swallow-bodied saloon

Austin 7 Swallow-bodied saloon
Austin 7 Swallow Bodied Saloon parked alongside a large lake or on a coastal roadside. In 1927 William Lyons used his Swallow sidecars workers coachbuilding skills to making bodies for Austin Sevens

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Road to Mecca - Camels and Pilgrims

Road to Mecca - Camels and Pilgrims. A beggar sits at the roadside, offered alms by a passing child

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Roadside breakdown

Roadside breakdown
A man stops to help a party of motorists who have suffered from a burst tyre

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Les Charlatans Italiens

Les Charlatans Italiens
Print of etching of " Les Charlatans Italiens" by Karel Dujardin, 1657. HPG/8/2/1 (x)"

Background imageRoad Side Collection: By the Roadside - Madhya Pradesh - India

By the Roadside - Madhya Pradesh - India
Men women and children, some carrying wrapped goods on their heads, pose for a picture on the roadside in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1940s

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Roadside shrine, Madhya Pradesh, Central India

Roadside shrine, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A roadside shrine in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Transporting wood - India

Transporting wood - India
Wooden ox-pulled carts filled with wood pause at the roadside in the Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Andornaktalya, Hungary

Andornaktalya, Hungary
A small Church at Andornaktalya, Hungary

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Beijing, China - street vendors

Beijing, China - street vendors

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Mexico - Itinerant pot seller

Mexico - Itinerant pot seller
Mexico - Itinerant decorated pot seller taking a rest on the side of a road in the Mexcian countryside

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Roadside Refreshments on the way to the Derby, 1860

Roadside Refreshments on the way to the Derby, 1860
Engraving showing a man selling alcoholic refreshment beside the London to Epsom road on Derby Day in 1860. The Derby is one of Britains biggest horse-racing events

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Mother and daughter pick flowers by a country lane

Mother and daughter pick flowers by a country lane
A Mother and daughter pick flowers by a country lane in the late afternoon light of a misty atmospheric day in mid-summer. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageRoad Side Collection: The Tombs of the Khalifs, Cairo, Egypt

The Tombs of the Khalifs, Cairo, Egypt

Background imageRoad Side Collection: President Jefferson Davis working at the roadside, 1865

President Jefferson Davis working at the roadside, 1865
Engraving showing the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, signing an Act of Government by the roadside, 1865

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Lifeboat on Roadside

Lifeboat on Roadside
Shiver my timbers! What a strange roadside sight! Once the pride of Falmouth, Cornwall, this old lifeboat lay for many years in quiet country lane in Surrey

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Greek Roadside Church

Greek Roadside Church
A small roadsode church on the island of Skiathos, Greece, part of the Sporades group of islands

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Gipsy, Horses, Caravan

Gipsy, Horses, Caravan
A roadside tinker leads his horses and an alsatian sits in the caravan, at Charlwood, Horley, Surrey, England

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Karrozin Carriages / Malta

Karrozin Carriages / Malta
At Valletta two karrozin carriages wait by the Upper Barracca Gardens beside the City Gate

Background imageRoad Side Collection: French Cabriolet

French Cabriolet
A French Cabiolet carriage containing some well-to-do folk pauses beneath a suspended street lantern to take a drink from a roadside salesman with a one-man bar

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Hitch-Hiking 1970S

Hitch-Hiking 1970S
Women hitch-hikers on a roadside in Ipsos, Corfu, Greece

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Selling Confectionery

Selling Confectionery
An old woman sells chocolate on the street in Kensington, London, including Mars Bars, Milky Way and tubes of Rolo

Background imageRoad Side Collection: Coolidge / Katy Next 4

Coolidge / Katy Next 4
The peasant woman places flowers at a roadside shrine



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