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Wheelwright makinbg wooden wheels, Blists Hill, IronbridgeA skilled wheelwright works on a wooden cart wheel in his workshop at Blists Hill Working Museum, Ironbridge, Shropshire. First published The Independent newspaper Date: 1989
The Trundholm sun chariot. Early Bronze Age. C. 1400 BCPrehistory. The Trundholm sun chariot. Early Bronze Age. C. 1400 BC. Scandinavian
BSA three wheeler sports car and driver, South WalesMr Jack Holt driving his 1932 BSA three wheeler sports car, bought in 1938 from Morgan of Caerphilly. Probably photographed in the Haverfordwest area, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Wheelwrights making cart wheelsWheelwrights or wainwrights making large wooden wheels in a traditional rural workshop. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Early BicyclesA variety of early bicycles, including two varieties of the Celerifere of 1793 (1 & 2), the Draisienne (Dandy-Horse) of 1819 (3) and Gompertzs Velocipede (4)
Macmillans BicycleKirkpatrick Macmillan and his early Dandy Horse bicycle
Communist Factory WorkerA young man, the ideal of the heroic communist worker, working at a complicated piece of machinery in a cellulose paper factory in Balakhna, Russia
Spoking a WheellA wheelwright fitting spokes to the hub of a wheel, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s
Bronze ship's eight spoked wheel, Brown BrothersMARITIME: Brown Brothers and Company, Rosebank Ironworks, Edinburgh, bronze ship's eight spoked wheel. 30ins
19th century brass and wood ship's wheel, made in BelfastMARITIME: A good 19th century brass and hard wood ship's wheel with the legend NORTHUMBRIAN MAID. BELFAST. 1843 in the brass central boss, on display stand
The Accelerator Velocipede Date: 1839
Japan - Cart MakerCart Maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Early English Post Phaeton Carriage. From the collection of the City of Nottingham Art Museum. Date: 1698
Wooden spoked wheel on market barrow, LondonWooden spoked, iron rimmed wheel on an East End market barrow, London. Date: circa 1950s
Type C Pole Dinkeys, top and bottom view, designed by American Telephone & Telegraph Companys engineers. Used extensively for hauling long heavy poles, equipped with solid rubber tyres
17th century WheelwrightA wheelwright wields a massive mallet to hammer the spokes into a wooden carriage wheel. Date: 17th century
Barbados - Donkey CartBajan Woman driving a small donkey cart, Barbados. Date: circa 1910s
Dog-drawn Milk Cart - Brussels, Belgium circa 1910s
Boys with bent wheel, Balham, SW LondonThree boys looking at a bent wheel on a pile of junk in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Japanese Woman with paper umbrella transported by Rickshaw. Date: circa 1910s
Ver-o-peso market - Belem, BrazilVer-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
Sicilian Carriage - Sicily, ItalyDecorated (and fully occupied!) Sicilian Carriage - Palermo, Sicily, Italy Date: circa 1903
Italy - Sicilian Donkey Wagon (Carro)Italy - A beautifully decorated Sicilian Donkey Wagon (Carro) with a load of children!
A Huddersfield Horse cabA 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
Returning home postcardA 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
Homomotive CarriageE Whittington & F Wakefields Homomotive Carriage, propelled by the weight of the rider
Wheelwright WorkerA wheelwright working on the spokes of a wheel
Tricycle AdvertisementAn advertisement for Premier and Cruiser tricycles, manufactured by Hillman, Herbert & Cooper of Coventry
Hose and Ladder CarriageHose and ladder carriages by Merryweathers. Each ladder was provided with sockets so that they could all be fitted together to form one long fire-escape
Pressing Grapes by HandIn Bordeaux, France at this time they crushed grapes by hand using a long handled tool with 3 spokes (possibly like a potato masher) to extract the juice