Traffic Collection (page 35)

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

St Petersburg
Motor cars pass horse traffic on the fashionable Nevski Prospekt

Posing by Traffic Lights
A couple pose either side of a set of traffic lights. They re not quite holding up the traffic themselves though

Silver Jubilee 1935
Central London, heaving with buses and traffic, gaily decorated with flags and bunting to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of George V and Queen Mary

London Traffic 1930S
A cycling salesman negotiates his way among the motor cars at Oxford Circus, central London

Traffic Policeman 1930S
A (dis)mounted traffic policeman directing traffic, mainly double decker buses, in central London, England

Traffic Accident
Damaged vehicles in the street after a car accident

Road Accident
The emergency services attend a road traffic accident in snowy conditions on a motorway with the fire brigade

Road Accident Simulation
Metropolitan Police officers attend the simulation of a road traffic accident on the Harrow Road

Spooky London : Midnight
Midnight: A man in a beret waits next to some traffic lights on the Euston Road, London, in this atmospheric photograph

Snow on Oxford Street
Only the taxis are braving the adverse weather conditions on Oxford Street, central London, during heavy winter snow

England / Blockley 1940S
Blockley, Worcestershire, England, a quiet and peaceful village in the stone-built Cotswolds

Guildford By-Pass 1940S
An early photograph of Guildford By-Pass, Surrey, England, with virtually no traffic on it at all

Traffic Accident 1962
Two cars crashed into a cafe in Mildmay Grove, London

Police Officer & Jaguar
A police officer emerges from his rather smart 1968 S-type Jaguar police car, equipped with police sign and flashing lights on the roof

Emergency Equipment
Metropolitan Police road accident emergency equipment kept in a police car, on display

The First Railway Motor-Coach in Britain, 1903
Photograph of the first railway motor-coach in Britain, June 1903. The London and South-Western Railway were experimenting with motor-coaches for light suburban traffic

Police Vehicle Removal
Metropolitan Police vehicle removal unit taking a car to the pound

Road Accident Scene 1993
Metropolitan Police car at the scene of a road traffic accident

Social / Catskills Street
People and traffic in Cairo, Catskill Mountains, New York State

Bicycle Not Made for Two
It is an offence under the Road Traffic Act to carry more than one person on a pedal cycle

Alighting from Car
Do not alight from a car on the traffic side

Amateur Traffic Cops
Beware of amateur traffic controllers... they are seldom competent to act in an emergency

The Thames
Engraving taken from the picture by J. J. Tissot showing two two ladies observing the river traffic of the Thames from a riverside building or terrace

Blackpool Tower 1920S
A fine view of Blackpool tower on a cloudy day, with lots of people walking, but hardly any traffic at all

England / Saffron Walden
Timbered and plastered houses which line the streets of Saffron Walden, Essex, England

The streamlined rail car for Great Western suburban traffic
Britains first streamlined rail car. The rail cars were introduced for services between Reading and Slough. The shape came about from extensive wind resistance experimentation

Police Officer / Children
Police officer holding hands with children helping them cross the road showing traffic safety. Metropolitan Police

Snow blizzard blocking the North Eastern train
Disruption of the railway traffic during the first week of March 1886. The North Eastern railway service from Newcastle to Edinburgh was cancelled after a train travelling from Edinburgh was snowed

North Eastern Railway Express
The North Eastern Railway Express passenger engine for the traffic between York and Edinburgh in the early 1900 s. The engine was designed to cope with the heavy demand on this line

London / Newgate Street
A fine view of Newgate Street and the Old Bailey, City of London, on a summers day, only one month before the outbreak of World War Two. Date: August 1939

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