Spoked Collection

Benz Motor Car of 1888
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Number 3 of 1888 - probably the first petrol car brought into England. A three-wheeled vehicle with a horizontal single cylinder motor

Dr Christopher Dresser on a rickshaw, Japan
Dr Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) - English designer and theorist - best known as a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement

Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car - a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, in its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back

Bognor Regis - Bathing Huts / Wagons
A wonderful photograph by William Pankhurst Marsh of the horse-drawn bathing Wagons at Bognor. The Royal Pier Hotel can be seen

Australia - Bullock teams carrying huge Karri logs (Eucalyptus diversicolor) - native to the wetter regions of Southwestern Western Australia. Date: circa 1910

A Bear-faced steal - Wagon raided in the USA by a brown bear (another on the way...) - it is unclear what was contained within the barrels which piqued their excitement... Date: 1905

Bronze ship's eight spoked wheel, Brown Brothers
MARITIME: Brown Brothers and Company, Rosebank Ironworks, Edinburgh, bronze ship's eight spoked wheel. 30ins

Early English Post Phaeton Carriage. From the collection of the City of Nottingham Art Museum. Date: 1698

A Peking Cart - Hong Kong. Date: circa 1900s

Rickshaws and Drivers, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1900s

Wooden spoked wheel on market barrow, London
Wooden spoked, iron rimmed wheel on an East End market barrow, London. Date: circa 1950s

The Local Country Squire - out for a ride in his trap
Britain - The Local Country Squire - out for a ride in his trap. Date: 1910s

Chinese Horse-drawn carriage / car
Chinese Horse-drawn carriage/car. Date: circa 1910s

John Kemp Starley
JOHN KEMP STARLEY inventor of the safety bicycle [do not confuse with James Starley who invented spoked bicycle wheels !) Date: 1855 - 1901

Agra, India - Fabulous Double-decker camel-drawn wagon
Agra, India - An utterly fabulous Double-decker two camel-drawn wagon, with driver perched on the upper level. Date: 1917

Model of artillery piece, WW1
Model of an artillery piece, the barrel made out of different sized bullets on a wooden carriage with spoked wooden wheels covered with brass. Trench Art

China - Chinese Cannon captured during Boxer Rebellion. Date: circa 1910s

Barbados - Donkey Cart
Bajan Woman driving a small donkey cart, Barbados. Date: circa 1910s

Bullock / Ox Cart with delightful mounted canopy, Singapore. Date: circa 1905

Turkmenistan - Travel by cart (note remarkable large wheels). Date: circa 1909

Dog-drawn Milk Cart - Brussels, Belgium circa 1910s

Egyptian Women travelling on a donkey cart - Cairo. Date: circa 1920s

Myanmar - Yangon - Street porters pull a large laden wagon
Myanmar - Strand Road, Yangon - Street porters pull a large laden wagon. Date: 1928

A Burmese Bullock Carriage
Burmese Bullock Carriage - Festival cart Date: circa 1910s

A Burmese Bullock Carriage - A Holiday Conveyance Date: circa 1910s

Dunlop Tyre Advert
Just a tyre on a spoked wheel. Date: 1931

Japan - Buddhist Osho or Chief Priest
Lantern slide of Japan Buddhist Osho or Chief Priest. Priest is wearing clothes with the 8-spoked Dharmachakra symbol. Part of Box 157 Japan, Boswell Collection, slide no. 50 Date: circa 1890s

Japanese Woman with paper umbrella transported by Rickshaw. Date: circa 1910s

Two Algerian soldiers firing from behind the cover of a cart. Date: circa 1915

Russian villagers having lunch
Russian villagers take a break from hard work on the family farm and have their lunch, sitting outside in the grass close to their wooden cabin home. Date: circa 1901

Ver-o-peso market - Belem, Brazil
Ver-o-peso market - a market hall in Belem, Brazil located at Guajara Bay riverside. A Heavy load of goods on a large horse-drawn wagon. Date: 1930s

Hanoi, Vietnam - Rickshaw Date: 1903

Washer Women - Bermuda with their laden donkey cart. Date: circa 1910s

Indian Elephant Carriage - India
Indian Decorated Elephant Carriage - Delhi, India. Date: circa 1910s

Sicilian Carriage - Sicily, Italy
Decorated (and fully occupied!) Sicilian Carriage - Palermo, Sicily, Italy Date: circa 1903

Young boy with his dog cart - Bruges, Belgium
A young boy with his milk dog cart - Bruges, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Italy - Sicilian Donkey Wagon (Carro)
Italy - A beautifully decorated Sicilian Donkey Wagon (Carro) with a load of children!

A Huddersfield Horse cab
A fine photograph of an equally fine horse-drawn cab, with an open soft top, driven by the proprietor of the firm, W Haigh. Mr Haigh specialised in furniture removals, cabs and as a Daily Carrier

Bentall 16 / 20 Tourer
The magnificent luxury of a Bentall 16/20 Tourer

Returning home postcard
A lovely postcard of a donkey wagon laden with luggage to be sent to inform friends and relatives of the date of return from holiday in Bermuda

Tartar Carriage, Azerbaijan
Tartar Carriage - used by local people in the district of Baku, Azerbaijan

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

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