Roads Collection (page 4)

Customs House and reclaimed roads, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Customs House and reclaimed roads, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Irish crossing sweeper 1850s
Irish crossing sweeper, in the streets of London. Date: circa 1850s

Cartoon, Wanted - A Traffic Authority 1923
Policeman trying to control the traffic on a congested London road. 1923

Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No. 2 -- dismay on the faces of the market stall sellers as a horse and cart trample all over the baskets of veg. 1883

Piccadilly roadworks 1927 Roadworks in Piccadilly, London 1927
Labourers making a trail in the pavement, for some kind of maintenance, watched by a crowd of people. 1927

Protective wear 1886
Humorous illustration for gentlemens protective clothing from the onslaught of mud from the busy traffic. 1886

Cartoon, The Automatic Policeman -- Put a penny in the slot and he stops the traffic. 1889

Caterpillar pulling army supply train, Laredo, Texas, USA
Caterpillar pulling an army supply train, Laredo, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1913

Cab in the Strand, London 1905
Couple of taxi-cabs outside the Savoy Theatre, with a passager just about to take a ride. circa 1905

Cab in Fleet Street, London 1900s
Empty streets of London with one taxi cab and a horse-dawn cart. Date: circa 1900s

Trevithick & Vivians steam carriage 1801
Richard Trevithick and Andrew Vivians steam car driving on ordinary roads. 1801

Children playing on London streets 1900s
Edwardian children playing on the empty streets with nothing more than some chalk, rope and wheel and hoop. 1900s

Section of the road closed off to do some kind of maintenance work. Date: 1927

Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. Date: 1935

Turnpike
Couple wanting to go through a turnpike into the city, but being told they have to pay the toll. Date: 1663

Disruption in Piccadilly, London, with crowds of people watching work being done on part of the main road. Date: 1927

School - the pictorial traffic sign which replaced a former torch sign, warning motorists to be aware that schoolchildren might be crossing the road. Date: 1930s

The way to Margery! A funny signpost at Reigate Hill, Surrey, England. Date: 1940s

A curious signpost for a village called Egypt, in the heart of Buckinghamshire, England! Date: 1950s

A curious column milestone which bears the inscription (in Latin) : From the city 30 miles, From the University 22 miles, From the County Town, 15 miles. West Wickham, Bucks Date: 1930s

An old milestone in the main street of Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, which bears a unique lamp standard (now removed). Date: 1930s

One of the sixteen famous milestones erected by Dr. Warren, Vicemaster of Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Only four survive, dating from 1728 to 1732. Date: erected 1728 - 1732

A fine pattern study of granite cobbled stone sets on an unspecified British sea front. Date: 1950s

Wades Causeway, the popular name for a Roman Road on Wheeldale Moor, near Goathland, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s

Icknield Street, a Roman Road, said to have run from Derby to Bourton-on-the-Water, where it joined the Foss Way. Date: 1930s

The Roman road between Bettws- y-Coed and Dolwyddelan, Caernarvonshire, Wales, known as Sarn Helen ( The Causeway of the Legion ), seen here under Mynyd Cribau. Date: 1950s

Elaborate wrought iron signposts at Gateacre, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

A characteristic narrow street in Aydin, western Turkey. Date: 1890s

Deep shadows in Cheapside, City of London. Date: circa 1900

Men asphalting a street. Date: 1930s

Three scruffy boys watch the men digging up the road in Piccadilly

Pedestrians clamber over street roadworks in Piccadilly in a rather dangerous manner by todays standards

Men in white shirts asphalting The Strand, London, outside Boots the Chemists. Date: 1950s

Casablanca, Morocco - Street Junctions - roundabout
circa 1910s

Great Exhibition - shilling day 1851
Busy streets going to the Great Exhibition on shilling day, in Hyde Park, London. Date: 1851

Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No. 1 -- traffic at Marble Arch, Central London, before the introduction of the Congestion Charge. Date: 1883

Wellington Street, London 1912
Traffic in Wellington Street, London. Date: 1912

Tottenham Court Road traffic 1912
Busy Tottenham Court Road traffic, in London. Date: 1912

Sale of Hyde Park Turnpike
Hyde Park corner, between Piccadilly and Knightbridge, considerably narrowed the entrance into Piccadilly at the western end; and its removal was a great improvement

Royal Arcade, Newcastle upon Tyne, with cobbled roads. Date: circa 1830s

COMICAL ROAD SIGN
A motorcyclist pauses to read a comical road sign for Much Hadham Cold Christmas. Did they indeed. Date: 1950s

BEAUVAIS, CIRCA 1840
A fine view of this agreable town in the Oise department, seen from one of the roads leading into the centre, dominated by the massive and fine cathedral. Date: circa 1840

A FRENCH VAGABOND
The French chemineau tramps the roads in his sabots, answerable to no man, scornful of societys artificial ways - a free man, indeed, but gets cold and hungry in winter... Date: 1850

GOOD RESOLUTIONS
Good resolutions - a child carries food to a man and his son tramping the roads. Date: circa 1860

Snow Sweepers 1865
Two boys clear snow from in front of a house in a London street. Date: 1865

STREET OF THE FUTURE
Traffic in the city street of the future will be monitored and controlled - and if necessary warned and admonished - from control cabins above street level. Date: 1934

INSPIRED BY RUSKIN 1874
Inspired by their professor John Ruskin, Oxford students blister their hands making a road on a farm at Hinkney, thereby learning that work is a form of art. Or something. Date: 1874

Paviors at work, England 1867
While his mate uses a small pick to fit the paving stones in place, this pavior rams them tight with a massive paving hammer. Date: 1867

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