Rutted Collection

Shire horse pulling a hay wagon
A heavy working horse pulls a high hay wagon along a country lane. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

English Touring Motorcyclist at Dojran, North Macedonia
An English Touring Motorcyclist - stopped off at Dojran, a city on the west shore of Lake Dojran in the southeast part of North Macedonia. circa 1909

Koziatyn, Ukraine - High Street
Koziatyn (Kozyatyn, Kazatin, Kasatine) Ukraine - High Street. The sign on the right is advertising Sewing machines and Gramophones. Date: circa 1910

Carriage Loses Wheel
A post-chaise loses a wheel - not an infrequent incident, when roads were unsurfaced and often deeply rutted Date: 1782

Group of Europeans off for a drive in East Africa in their De Dion Bouton motorcar. Date: 1905

WW1 - Advertisenent for French Byrrh Tonic Wine - Artillery moved to the front through difficult muddy conditions. Date: 1915

Iceland - Car on road within Almannagja Canyon, Thingvellir
A car gingerly navigates along a pass within the Almannagja Canyon - a natural fault line within the Thingvellir National Park in Iceland. Date: circa 1910

The Stabian Gate / Pompeii
Pompeii: The Stabian gate. The rutted road is testament to the action of carts on the paved surface. Date: 1910

American Rural Road
A citizen of Philadelphia drives his carriage along the rutted mud of an American country road - Hunting Park Avenue its grandly named ! Date: 1891

Clarksville, Georgia
Street Scene in Clarksville, Georgia - July, 1888

Turkish street scene - Istanbul
Typical back street scene in Constantinople in the 1920s. Mud, rubble and wooden houses predominate the view

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