Traffic Collection (page 37)

Crowded London Street
A congested street in the City of London - buses, wagons and cabs compete for passage

Whitehall Congestion1875
Pedestrians and vehicles make slow progress down Whitehall, London

Aldgate Congestion
A " traffic block" in Aldgate High street, east London. Note the predominance of horse- drawn over motorised vehicles; Aldgate tube station and the Three Nuns Hotel on the left

Ludgate Hill / 1870
Heavy traffic on Ludgate Hill, showing the railway bridge and St Pauls Cathedral

Fleet St / Temple Bar
street traffic includes a dray with barrels; pedestrians include a milkmaid

Future Street Scene
Traffic control will be tighter in the city of the future, but parking will still be a problem

Paris Street Scene 1900
Traffic in a Paris street, a policeman controls both motor buses and horse carriages

Futuristic city with a range of transport options
A futuristic city with a range of transport options -- elevated tramways, suspended trolley buses and rooftop landing pads

Atmospheric London Road
An atmospheric street scene in London with sunlight streaming down from above the tall buildings

Waterloo Br Congested
Heavy traffic congestion across Waterloo Bridge, mainly caused by roadworks

Social / Ludgate 1931
A policeman crouches on a stand whilst surveying the traffic at Ludgate Circus, London

Social / Bond St 1895
Two young men, one shading his eyes from the sun and the other with his hands on his hips, stand in Bond Street in the days of horse-drawn traffic

Social / Waterloo 1930
Traffic, including both horses and carts and motor cars, on Waterloo Bridge

Social / Regent St 1930
The hustle and bustle of 1930s central London, with traffic at a virtual standstill on Regent Street

Samuel Johnson / Lichfield
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writers birthplace at Lichfield, Staffordshire, showing a busy market place

London / Strand 1912
A snowy view the Strand: a newspaper boy, gentlemen in top hats, a delivery van... and not a car in sight !

London Tram 1930S
A No. 40 electric tram passing by the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, before crossing Westminster Bridge, destination Woolwich, via Kennington. Date: 1930s

Wwi / Italy / Sacile Bridge
An Italian donkey temporarily blocks traffic on a pontoon bridge at Sacile. During their northward advance, all the British troops and transport passed over this bridge

Paris / Bridge / Change 1890
busy with people and traffic, with the Conciergerie in the background

Paris / Bridge / Alexandre
with pedestrians and traffic

Paris / Conciergerie C1905
La Conciergerie, with the Pont au Change full of traffic

London Bridge C1850
with heavy traffic crossing the bridge; the Monument and the church of St Magnus can be seen on the far right

Hyde Park Corner / 1838
Hyde Park Corner, full of traffic as usual

Policeman & Police Car
A policeman wearing white armbands used when directing traffic, stands next to a police car with a Stop Police sign on the back

Fleet Street / 1930S
A rich gentleman crosses Fleet Street outside Prince Henrys Room, one of the few timber- framed buildings (dating from the 1600s) still in existence in London

An Aerial Policeman
Speeding will be just as much an offence in the sky as on land, and we shall need aerial traffic cops to make sure aviators keep within the prescribed speed limits

Crowded Air-Lanes
When air travel becomes popular, the sky routes will become as crowded as those on the surface : some kind of air traffic control will surely be needed

Westminster / 1929
Early traffic congestion at Westminster

Couple in Car too Fast
A couple in a car, going too fast - a policeman on a motor bike has had to stop them!

Car in the Catskills
At Cairo, in New Yorks Catskills, a car parks outside the souvenir shop but most of the traffic is horse- drawn, and ladies stand gossiping in the middle of Main Street

Punch / Motoring Cartoon
A quiet Sunday in our village. Cars bringing traffic, noise, pollution and general chaos to a small village

Police / Traffic Duty
A policeman directs the London traffic

Social / Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus at night, full of people and traffic

Boys in Pedal Car / 1912
Cross traffic. An elegant couple wait for two boys in their model car to cross in front of their somewhat larger model

Italian Autostrada
Italian motorists crowd onto the first autostrada in a grand automobolist cortege, closely resembling a traffic jam

Kent Village Street
Boys play marbles, a girl wheels her little sister in a pram, unworried by traffic in the High Street of Biddenden, Kent. Date: 1907

American City Street
This is Riverside Avenue at Spokane, Washington - the traffic is light and the parking is easy... but wheres the river ?

Traffic under Control
Traffic under control - an early form of Belisha beacon tells drivers to stop when its red, and the policemans outstretched arms tell you to do as the light tells you

Traffic Control Centre
Traffic Control Post

Road Traffic Control
Traffic control from the air : the observer tells the police by radio-telephone the state of traffic, which can then be halted or diverted in case of accident or congestion

Bow Street 1939
A fine view of Bow Street, London, on a summers day, only two months before the outbreak of World War Two. The Royal Opera House can be seen to the left

Royal Crescent Bath
The Royal Crescent in Bath was designed by John Wood II and built between 1767 an 1775. It is comprised of 30 houses, and is shaped like a half- Colosseum, with Ionic columns

Whitechapel High Street
Busy traffic in Whitechapel High Street - coaches, carriages, wagons and pushcarts fill the roadway

Bayswater Road 1933
A nurse takes advantage of the traffic lights to cross the Bayswater Road at Albert Gate into Hyde Park, pushing her charge in its perambulator

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