Taxi Collection (page 5)

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

Hailing a Taxi Cab
A couple getting into a London taxi cab. Date: 1930s

London - Crimean War Memorial and the Athenaeum Club
London - Crimean War Memorial (to the Brigade of Guards) - pulled down and now re-located close by (in 1914). The original was sculpted by John Bell (1811-1895)

Westminster Abbey, London - Queue of Taxi cabs
The Western facade Westminster Abbey, London, with the Houses of Parliament visible behind. A queue of Taxi cabs await their fares patiently. Date: circa 1910s

Turkey, Istanbul - Womens Carriages Date: circa 1930s

Piccadilly Circus and a London Flower Seller Date: circa 1950

Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification
Completely bizarre conversation between two cabbies concerning identification - at least the participants seem to understand one another. Overheard on a Cab Rank

Souvenir of Scarborough - Lady Cab Driver
Souvenir of Scarborough - Lady Horse-drawn Cab Driver. Date: circa 1890s

Cabbie advises fat fare to prevent horse spying him
Hilarious cartoon by Phil May: " I want you to take me to St. Johns Wood, Cabbie" " All right, Sir, but would you mind getting in on the other side so as the old horse don t see

A Policeman at Piccadilly Circus, London, close to Eros
A Policeman at Piccadilly Circus, London, close to the Statue of Eros, stopping the traffic (consisting of a row of London taxis). Date: circa 1909

Central Station - Santiago, Chile
Central Station (Estacion Central de los F. F. C. C. del Estado) - Santiago, Chile Date: circa 1910s

The Terrace of the Hamilton Hotel, Bermuda Date: circa 1910s

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACVF, during rebuilding at Rochford, was the only Courier to survive WW2 and operated on pleasure flights and taxi work for East Anglian Flying Services

The sole Curtiss XP-87 Blackhawk, 45-59600, at the Columbus, Ohio, plant of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, where it carried out taxi tests prior to shipping to Muroc Army Air Base, California

On my signal - Painting by Andrew McGeachy
On my signal - an early monoplane awaiting taxi and takeoff. The ground crew awaiting the final signal from the pilot. Date: circa 1910

The Northrop XB-35 during taxi tests at Northrops Hawthorne, California, plant

The 800th Britten-Norman Islander prior to delivery to Aero-Taxi SA of Durango, Mexico

George Cruickshank Taxi Balloons - A scene in the Farce of Lofty Projects (1825) [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]

Four Avro 707s taxi past the crowd

The first Handley Page HP81 Hermes IV G-AKFP during taxi
The first Handley Page HP81 Hermes IV, G-AKFP, during taxi trials. 2 September 1948. Date: 1948

Three Vought F8U Crusaders from VX-3 taxi to the starboard catapult of the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt during early morning operations

Taxi Girl
People You See. Taxi Girl. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Hotel doorman
People You See. Hotel doorman. From Teddy Bear (14 February 1970)

Blitz in London -- firefighters with damaged vehicle, WW2
Regular London and AFS personnel standing by their towing taxi (which would have towed a trailer pump). The vehicle has suffered debris damage following a bombing raid

LCC-LFB taxi converted for fire brigade use, WW2
Aerial view of a taxi converted for World War II fire brigade use by Auxiliary firefighters in London, showing the two ladders it carried on its roof

LFB adapted London taxi pulling a trailer pump, WW2
An adapted London taxi cab at LFB HQ, Lambeth, utilised as an AFS fire appliance with trailer pump, widely used in London during the blitz

Invercargill, New Zealand - Most Southern Gas Lampost and Hansom cab in the world! Date: 1906

Steam taxicab. Paris 1878. Date: 1878

London taxi in basement crash
A London taxi which has crashed through some iron railings into the basement area at the front of a house. Date: early 20th century

Romania - Bucharest - Piata Teatrului (Theatre Square) Date: circa 1909

Too Talkative - Distracted lady driver
Too Talkative - A distracted lady horse cab driver, deep in conversation with her smartly-dressed male fare, forgets where she is heading and mounts a kerb - Place de la Concorde, Paris, France

Off for a ride in a taxi
A well-to-do French couple head off for a drive in the country in a fine De Dion & Bouton taxi. I would not be surprised if the taxi driver had arrived fresh from English chauffeur school

1920s taxi
Taxicab, Lund, Scania 1920s. Date: 1920s

Burlington House, London
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London - the site of the Royal Academy of Arts Date: circa 1905

Javanese Horse Cab
A horse taxi cab, Java, Dutch East Indes (Indonesia). Date: 1930s

A Jutka carriage - India
A Jutka carriage or cab - India Date: circa 1910s

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