Taxi Collection (page 4)

Ludgate Circus and St Pauls Cathedral, London Date: circa 1960s

A view of the Central Park taxi stand in Havana, Cuba, 1920s Date: 1920s

Lilian Harvey and Nils Asther rehearsing for The Girl in Tex
Lilian Harvey and Nils Asther rehearsing for the German film The Girl in the Taxi (1927). In the end Asther did not appear in the film (he left Europe for Hollywood)

The Arts Hill (Mont des Arts ) at Brussels, Belgium. Built for the Exhibition of 1910. Date: circa 1910

Soho, London - Golden Square and Lower James Street W1
Soho, London - corner of Golden Square and Lower James Street W1. 1973

Hyde Park Corner - London - Horse Cabs and Early Motorcar
Hyde Park Corner - London - Horse Cabs and an Early Motorcar. Date: 1912

Soho, London - Charing Cross Road WC2 - Astoria Theatre. 1973

Soho, London - Liberty, Great Marlborough Street
Soho, London - Liberty department store, Great Marlborough Street, entrance to Kingly Street. 1973

Paris, France - Boulevard Montmartre, bus and pedestrians with horse cabs. Date: circa 1905

Von Brandis Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1930

Tokyo Central Railway Station, Japan
The Tokyo Central Railway Station - Japanese Government Railways, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Hippy man in a field at Woburn Park
Hippy man wearing beads, bells and badges in a field during the Love-In at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire. Date: August 1967

Brompton Oratory, London - with cab rank
The Brompton Oratory, London - with cab rank. Date: circa 1910s

Hyde Park Corner with Royal inset portraits of King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (of Teck) (1865-1953) published in the Kings Coronation year. Date: 1910

Taxis outside Victoria & Albert Museum, Kensington, London
Taxis (Unic Landaulette with white wall tyres) outside the Victoria & Albert Museum, Kensington, London. Date: circa 1910

Music cover, Taxi, a novelty one-step by Mel B Kaufman. 1919

Two young women outside Eccles Taxis
Two young women posing outside their place of work, Eccles Taxis. Date: 1970s

Street of shops on a rainy day. Date: 1970s

Cartoon, Trying to stop a taxi. A man tries to attract the attention of a cabbie in a Paris street. He comments that it was hard enough trying to stop the Boche for four years

Taxi de luxe 1919
Taxi de luxe, motor vehicle run by driver-owner. 1919

Cartoon, Walking past an accident. Its a housemaid who was hit by a taxi. Oh, as if the servant problem wasn t bad enough already ! Date: 1919

Music sheet: How long has this been goin on?
Music sheet cover featuring the new style comedy chorus fox-trot, How long has this been goin on? with Billy Childs. Two lovers kiss in the back of a taxi. Date: c. 1925

New Pullman Car, near Langham Place, London
New Pullman Car running between Portland Place and Queens Gate in London. Seen here in Langham Place, with All Souls Church and the Queens Hall in the background. Date: circa 1910

Place de la Gare - Bizerte, Tunisia, North Africa - The Northernmost city in Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Railway station, Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
Railway station and street scene with taxi rank, Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands. Date: circa 1910s

The Girl in the Taxi by F Fenn and A Wimperis
Promotional postcard for The Girl in the Taxi adapted by Frederick Fenn Date: 1915

london bus and taxi next to Housed of Parliament and Big Ben. Date: 1970s

Cartoon, Good sense, WW1
Cartoon, Good sense. An extravagant wife explains to her soldier husband why she had to buy such expensive clothes, and travel home by taxi. Date: 1916

Uncle Lubin, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Uncle Lubins Holiday, illustration by William Heath Robinson (1940s, unfinished) -- It was a tumbledown kind of place. Uncle Lubin decides that he needs a haircut before his family holiday

Why aren t they in the Honours List? H. M Bateman WW1 cartoon
" Civilian Heroes of the Great War" Batemans WWI illustrations often mock the upper classes for their oblivion to the true extent to which ordinary people were suffering during the war

Passengers boarding a pot de chambre near the Tuileries Garden, . Handcolored copperplate engraving by M. S. from Benjamin Rotchs Manners and Customs of the French, London, Sotheran, 1893

C1909 Belsize Vintage Car / Taxi Cab, Lansdown Place Lane
C1909 Belsize Vintage Car/Taxi Cab, Lansdown Place Lane, Cheltenham, England. Outside the Lansdown Motor Company Garage - showing a sign for Vacuum Motor Oils. Date: 1910s

UNIC Vintage Car / Taxi Cab, Britain
UNIC Vintage Car/Taxi Cab, Britain. Date: 1910s

Adler Vintage Car - Taxi
Adler Vintage Car/Taxi, England. Date: 1907

New Motor Cab Co (British) Vintage Car / Taxi
New Motor Cab Co (British) Vintage Car/Taxi - bottom of Radiator says New Engine Cab, France. London Central registration. Date: 1913

Bystander cover, by Bairnsfather
The cover of The Bystander, 22 December 1915, featuring an illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing an office on leave 1915

Women at a car mechanics class, WW1
Women at a school in London established by Gabrielle Borthwick (daughter of the late Baron Borthwick) where driving and mechanics were taught during the First World War

What shall we do with our SUFFRAGETTES. Suggestions on how to deal with the suffragette menace by channeling their energy into other areas - Road-breaking, Taxi driving

Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2
Blitz in London -- a battered Austin taxi car, damaged by falling debris following a direct hit on sub-fire station 86W, located at Cavendish Road School, Balham, SW London, 5 November 1940

Dignity & Impudence by H. M. Bateman
An arrogant looking taxi cab driver, enjoys a rest and a cigar, ignoring the signal of a potential customer across the street - a humorous comment on the attitude of London taxi drivers during

Turcos in taxicabs in Senlis, World War One
The taxicab in war. German occupiers of the town of Senlis, in France, in World War One, surprised by a dash of Turcos (native French colonial Algerian troops) who whirled into the town in taxicabs

Female taxi drivers in cab shelter, WW1 by Annie Fish
Humorous impression of lady taxi drivers drinking tea in a cab shelter and charming the cabmen official. The Taxi Drivers Union objected to women taxi cab drivers during the First World War

Female taxi drivers, WW1 by Annie Fish
Humorous illustration by Annie Fish in The Tatler showing a tongue-in-cheek impression of women taxi drivers during the First World War, more concerned with adjusting make up than driving

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 -1917
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: how and whence the expedition proposes to start. Showing the proposed methods of transport from the Weddell Sea Base to the South Pole. Date: 1914

Asleep at the wheel
Weary & Waiting. Cabbys last hope. Date: c. 1910

Cars in the Mall bearing debs to court presentations
A familiar sight in central London during the Season - a long line of cars snaking its way up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace

Birthday card, five years old, in the shape of a figure five with five little elves riding on birds. Date: 20th century

First electric cab licensed in London
The first electric cab ever licensed in London in 1897. Called Berseys after the manager of the Electric Cab Company, they were nicknamed hummingbirds due to the sound they made. Date: 1904

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