Traffic Collection (page 32)

Meeting their Match by Fougasse
Humorous illustration by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird) showing a group ins small touring car hemmed in a traffic jam between large coaches and buses ferrying spectators to a match

Rue de Lafayette, Paris 1927. Date: 1927

China - Shanghai - Street scene with tram and Policeman
China - Shanghai - Street scene in the International Settlement with tram and British Colonial Indian Policeman/soldier ()

Busy street in Vienna, Austria

Oxford Street Traffic
Horse-drawn traffic - and an organ grinder - near Oxford Circus. Date: 1890s

London / Whitehall 1940S
Traffic on Whitehall, London, with the statue of Earl Haig in the foreground. Date: 1940s

Stephansdom, Vienna
View taken from the top of St. Stephens Cathedral (Stephansdom), Vienna, Austria, showing traffic and the bustling streets below. Date: 1930s

Dowtown Long Beach
Traffic at Downtown Long Beach, South California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

London / Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge, a well-to-do area of central London, with the famous Scotch House on the corner. Date: late 1960s

Ford car advertisement, 1935
Advertisement for the De Luxe Ford, available as a saloon for 135 or a double-entrance saloon for 145, offering, luxury motoring at economy expenditure

A view across Bosphorus toward the Galata Tower
A view toward the Galata Tower across the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1908

Weak Railway Bridge Sign
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company NOTICE : This bridge is insufficient to carry weights beyond the ordinary traffic of the District. By Order. Date: 1960s

Paris Porte St Martin
Traffic was as heavy on Les Grands Boulevards in 1904 as it is a century later : the Porte Saint-Martin marks the boundary of the old city. Date: circa 1904

Busy high street in Vienna, Austria
View of a busy high street in Vienna, Austria, with traffic, parked cars and people out shopping. Date: 1953

Tottenham Court Road, London
Busy traffic on Tottenham Court Road, London at the junction with Oxford Street (looking north). Date: 1913

London / St. Giles Circus
Traffic lights in the St. Giles Circus area, near Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, central London. Date: mid 1960s

London / Oxford Street
Oxford Street London, looking east, showing two No. 25 Routemaster buses, one going east to Aldgate, the other going west to Victoria. Date: mid 1960s

Regent Street Traffic
Taxis and traffic on Regent Street, central London. Date: late 1960s

Charing X Road Jam
Traffic congestion on Charing Cross Road, central London. Date: late 1960s

London / Farringdon Road
London/Farringdon Road

Hyde Park Traffic Jam
Traffic at Hyde Park Corner, central London. Date: late 1960s

German Traffic Policeman
A German traffic policeman in a helmet with a spike on it standing on a podium in the middle of the road. Date: 1930s

St, Mary-Le-Strand
The church of St. Mary-le-Strand, on a traffic island in the middle of the Strand, central London, England. It was designed by James Gibbs. Date: completed 1717

Puddletown, Dorset
Sheep constitute a traffic hazard in the main street of the village, close to Dorchester, Dorset. Traffic ? What traffic ? Date: circa 1910

Marble Arch Traffic Jam
Traffic congestion at the Marble Arch roundabout, central London. Date: late 1960s

St. Jamess Park London
A quiet and delightful corner of St. Jamess Park, central London, out of sight, but within sound of the roar of traffic. Date: 1939

Oxford Street 1960S
Oxford Street, London, looking towards Tottenham Court Road, with Centre Point in the distance. Date: 1960s

Newly Built M1 Motorway
A stretch of the newly-built M1 Motorway, near Little Linford, Buckinghamshire, England, looking south, towards Bow Brickhill, No crash barrier or traffic! Date: 1959 - 1960

Traffic Gendarme
A Gendarme controlling the traffic, Paris, France. Date: late 1960s

American troops in New York, departing for France, WW1
American troops marching through New York before departing for France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Savoy Theatre and hotel, the Strand
Entrance to the Savoy Theatre and hotel on the Strand, London with the National Provincial Bank on the corner. A policeman directs traffic. Date: 1947

Quay on fire, Salonika, Greece, WW1
Aerial view of the quay on fire at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War, with people in the streets in the foreground. Date: August 1917

Trafalgar Square Traffic - 1953
Traffic around Trafalgar Square, London - Austin A40 Somerset in foreground. Photograph taken on the day of the 1953 Derby at Epsom. 6th June 1953

Controllling Traffic - Trafalgar Square - 1953
Policeman controlling traffic in Trafalgar Square - traffic turning into Whitehall. Photograph taken on the day of the 1953 Derby at Epsom. 6th June 1953

City Traffic Date: 1930

Kingsway and Aldwych, Strand, London, with the Waldorf Theatre (subsequently the Strand Theatre, now re-named the Novello Theatre) on the left

City of Westminster, Drive Slowly
A street sign saying: City of Westminster, Drive Slowly

Aerial view near Leicester Square, London
Aerial view of a street near Leicester Square, London, with the Monseigneur News Theatre on the left, and Bravingtons jewellers further along. circa 1940s

German street band, 1870
Out of time and out of place: a German band perform on Regent Street, London. Traffic whizzes past as two policemen close in... Date: 1870

View of Parliament Square, London, with a statue of Abraham Lincoln on the left, and a misty Big Ben in the distance on the right

Sandwich board advertising, Westminster Abbey, London
Sandwich board advertising outside Westminster Abbey, London. Date: circa 1910s

A Perilous Passage by George Ranstead
A man is given a terrifying ride in a sidecar by a female motorcycle rider, zooming away from other vehicles, buses, trams and horses in the street

Traffic on Oxford Street, London c. 1930s

Red Lion sculpture in York Road, near Waterloo, London
A Red Lion sculpture from the old Red Lion Brewery, in a new position in York Road, near Waterloo Station, not far from the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank, London

The Strand 1950S
The Strand, central London, at night, showing the Adelphi Theatre, taxis, buses and other traffic. Date: 1950s

Police Mini Car
This mini, with a 1275 cc engine and the amusing number plate JOB 999E, was specially adapted for police duties, ideal for traffic control in congested areas. Date: 1960s

Traffic Warden 1960S
An irate old lady gesticulates in frustration at a traffic warden, aggrieved at the parking fine he has just given her. A man takes a sneaky peek at them! Date: 1960s

Cheapside / Photo C1900
Cheapside, City of London: with traffic and pedestrians Date: circa 1900

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