Traffic Collection (page 34)

Traffic Accident Group car
A late 1940s Traffic Accident Group car, which was manned by two police officers, with two solo motorcyclists accompanying it

Traffic Accident Investigation officers at work
Met Police Traffic Accident Investigation officers measuring distances on the road to determine speed and braking distance

Morris Minor police car
A Morris Minor police car making its way along a London street

Park Lane - Brook Street Gate - London

Uncertain journey / W H Robinson
A motorist leans against his car, at the onset of a journey but on seeing the traffic jam is uncertain of how to set about it

Right of way / W H Robinson
Four motorists share a mutual doubt as to who has right of way at a crossroads. The solution can be found by drawing lots from a hat, preferably a policemans helmet

Thoughtfulness of road-users
Illustration by William heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Modern buildings, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
Modern buildings in the Potsdamer Platz, seen from the Leipziger Strasse, Berlin, Germany

Road courtesy / W H Robinson
A female driver leans from her car window and kisses the hand of the traffic policeman, much to his surprise. Please note

Learning about traffic lights / W H Robinson
A comfortable way of learning about traffic lights. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

For The Cause Of Art / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Street scene in Innsbruck, Austria
A street scene in Innsbruck in Tyrol, western Austria

Spanish French border WWII
Traffic on the Spanish French border in 1939

Queen Victoria Street, London

Istanbul, Turkey - Traffic on a large new road
Fine illustration of the major re-development in Istanbul in the 1970s - a wide new boulevard to accomodate the severe increase in traffic

Central London traffic at night
A view of a Central London street by night, with buses and cars

Oxford Circus
Traffic at Oxford Circus and Regent Street, London, England

Bank of England, London
The Bank of England, London with much traffic in the foreground in the form of horse buses, wagons and carts and many pedestrians

Birds-eye view of Oxford Street, London
A birds-eye view looking down a busy Oxford Street, London, the heart of the retail centre of the capital. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

An advertisement for ICT
A wonderful advertising picture taken for International Computers and Tabulators, showing their office building and lines of light left by the passing traffic. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Piccadilly Circus, London, on Derby Day
Traffic on the morning of Derby Day in Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus, London

Taxi Cab and Motor Fire Escape
A bright and shiny fire engine populated by a team of firemen and ladder are given right of way through a busy street. In the background waits a taxi cab piled high with luggage on its roof

The Cafe de la Paix, Boulevard Capucines, Paris
Undated photograph of outside of the Cafe de la Paix, Boulevard Capucines, Paris. HPG/1/14/5 (vii)

Motor omnibus and motor car
Traffic passing a bridge in an unidentified town. A shiny blue open top car runs alongside a yellow omnibus emblazoned with advertising. Date: c.1925

Tramway car and motor bicycle with side-car
A tram car travels along its route in town while alongside, a lovely green motorcycle is driven by a man while a little girl sits primly in a side car

Traffic Jam in Buenos Aires
Early Traffic Jam (!) in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Oxford Street Roadworks
Roadworks disrupt traffic

Temple Bar Removed
The removal of Temple Bar, which, however picturesque, was a terrible obstacle to traffic : it was re-erected in Theobalds Park, near Waltham Cross where it was sadly neglected

Policeman on Traffic Duty
A London Policeman directing the traffic on a busy crossing point

The Super Sports
An exaggerated version of a sports car driving through busy London streets

Crowded out
A potato coster laments the progress in motorised traffic and predicts the future obsolesence of horse drawn vehicles. The caption reads - Stage Struck coster (to his dark coloured donkey)

Indepence Day in London, 1918
American Independance Day in London on the 4th July 1918

Traffic on the London to Epsom Road, 1889
Engraving showing the scene on the London to Epsom road as Joe Muggins donkey carriage halts the progress of the four horse carriage behind, 1889. This image was originally entitled On the Road

People left in London during the Summer Holidays, 1881
Engraving showing a number of the types of people left in London, whilst more fortunate folk went on holiday in the summer of 1881

Street Scene in Foggy London, 1908
Illustration showing a street scene in London, during a particularly heavy fog, 1908. In this image a Policeman, with a torch, is trying to stop traffic to allow the Fire Brigade to pass through

Boy Scouts directing Traffic in a London Fog, 1909
Illustration showing two Boy Scouts directing traffic and pedestrians, during a heavy fog in London, 1909

Traffic in the Strand, London, 1908
Illustration showing the traffic in the Strand, outside the New Gaiety Theatre, on a busy summer day, 1908

Mirjan Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
The Mirjan Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq. On the road in the foreground a traffic official direct what little traffic there is! The sign to Keep on the Left is a direct indication of the British

Toll Towers Utrecht
The city of Utrecht levies tolls on passing water-traffic : one of the towers which overlooked the waterways

Madrid Royal Palace
The palace of Madrid, the ordinary residence of the kings of Spain; the place before the palace is thronged with a fine variety of vehicular traffic

Paris Bourse 1920
THE BOURSE, PARIS

Directing traffic to the front
Illustration drawn by A. C. Field showing a chaotic scene of soldiers, horses, traffic and supplies being directed to the front

New Zealand Invercargill
A Horse tram and other traffic on Dee Street

Speedometer testing
Gongsters on parade; police cars of the police traffic patrol waiting to have their speedometers tested against a stopwatch, to ensure they drive within the 30 miles and hour speed limit

Venice / Bridge of Sighs
Venice: the Bridge of Sighs, with traffic on the canal

USA Sacramento
Street scene : traffic halts to allow a railway train to pass

Chicago Street Scene
Tramways compete with horse- drawn traffic in Chicagos commercial centre

French Suffragettes in Paris, 1936
Photograph showing a policeman attempting to end a suffragette demonstration in the Rue Royale, Paris, 1936. The suffragettes had formed a human barrier across the road to stop traffic

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