Transported Collection (page 2)

RMS Lapland - silk postcard with Hands Across the Sea. The Lapland was the liner that transported most of the Titanic's surviving crew back to England

Slovak Jews Transported
Jews from the interior of Slovakia, mostly minor industrialists, are transported to the Hungarian frontier after being discovered by the Hinkla Guard Date: circa 1939

Rickshaw Japan 19C
A Japanese mother and her daughter are transported by two rickshaw boys. Date: late 19th century

The ferry at Aston, near Henley-on-Thames
All manner of livestock transported across the River Thames. the site of the ferry can still be clearly identified to this day. Date: early 20th century

Bomb dropping apparatus of German Aviators 1915
German avaitors in The Roland biplane bomber. This diagram shows observer operating the pedal board to release the plate in the floor of the fuselage, ready for bombs to be dropped

Japanese women transported by rickshaw. Date: circa 1910s

Smallpox patient arriving at Long Reach, near Dartford
A smallpox patient arriving at Long Reach, near Dartford. Patients were transported by river ambulance from London then transferred to the hospital buildings via a tram. Date: circa 1900

Entrance to an Anthracite Coal Mine
No.2 Slope - Entrance to an Anthracite Coal Mine, Pennsylvania, USA - the miners are shown on a gun boat, descending by an inclined slope into the mine. Date: circa 1910s

Children transported to school by wheelbarrow - China. Date: circa 1909

George Barrington
GEORGE BARRINGTON (1755 - 1804) Irish pickpocket, transported to Australia where he rose to become an official, and took to writing. Here, in court. Date: circa 1790

Lift for troops on leave at London train station, WW1
A party of soldiers on leave are conveyed to their destination station by a member of the Motor Transport Volunteers on arrival in London during the First World War

Suffragette, To My Valentine. Petrified young man recoils from the advances of his erst while girlfriend with the rhyme, You were always glad to see me, in the days when I courted as a boy

British ammunition transported by mules, WW1
British field gun ammunition transported by mules during wet weather on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Allocation of heavy bombers by G. H. Davis
The transport problems that would arise were heavy bombers switched from Britain to the Middle East during the Second World War

Ground defence against enemy air attacks, WW1
Examples of ground defence against enemy air attacks during the First World War. Showing bomb-dropping by hand from an aeroplane, an aeroplane being transported on a military motor

Train Transporting Typhoid Sufferers
A Russian train being used as a temporary hospital specialising in treatment for patients suffering from Typhoid fever. Date: 1920

Russian Locomotive transported by road
View of a bridge over which a locomotive is being pulled by fourteen horses to be delivered to the Orlovsko-Kitebskaya line. Crowds of people have gathered in the snow to watch it go by. Date: 1867

A captured gun being transported 1916
A German position gun captured during the battle of the Somme, by the French army passing through French reserve lines, drawn by ten horses ridden by helmeted and cloaked French artillery drivers

George Mealmaker
GEORGE MEALMAKER Scottish radical, transported to Australia where he set up a successful weaving establishment and obtained his pardon. Date: 1768 - 1808

Japanese Woman with paper umbrella transported by Rickshaw. Date: circa 1910s

Yams & Canes taken to market - Constant Spring Road, Jamaica
Yams taken to market by women (baskets carried on the head) along with canes transported by a solitary donkey - Constant Spring Road, Jamaica Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - German soldiers on a train on their way to the front
German soldiers on a train on their way to the front in Germany. On the train are inscribed messages showing enthusiasm of the departing soldiers. Date: circa 1915

Christian Missionary travelling by Alaskan Reindeer sled
Christian Missionary being transported by Alaskan Reindeer sled. Date: circa 1909

Mules loaded onto a train - Selcuk, Turkey (Under the Ottoman Empire, it was known as Ayasoluk - or Ayassoulook as written here!) Date: 1908

The first Thor missile for the RAF was transported from Lakenheath to Feltwell, Norfolk, on 19 September 1958

Bell X-1A being transported by road

The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Tolpuddle, Dorset, England. In this cottage in 1834, six agricultural labourers held trade union meetings over poor pay, which led them being transported to Australia. Date: 1834

Mules carry children in pannier seats
Women and children carried in pannier seating on a mule - Iran Date: 1913

German howitzer transported by tractor, WW1
A German camouflage-painted howitzer, with several gunners, being transported by tractor along a road on the Western Front towards the end of the First World War

Wartime poster, conservation of wheat for war effort
Wartime poster recommending the conservation of wheat. Think!! For every 100, 000 tons of wheat saved by economy 28, 000 troops can be rationed and transported from America. Eat one loaf a week less

Japanese howitzers
Japanese 11-inch howitzers loaded on railway trucks ready to be transported to a forward area

Malta - University of Saint Francis Tour
A touring group from the University of Saint Francis, Indiana, USA with prop statues, being transported through the streets of Valletta, Malta

Advertisement for Brake Linings
An advertisement for Don and Capasco brake linings, Manchester, depicting siz cars on their invisible transporter, stressing the quality of their brakes

Australian Church Fete - Dressing as Japanese
An Australian Church Fete at Yarra, Geelong - 41 miles from Melbourne. The three women being transported by rickshaw are all wearing Japanese kimonos. It is captioned Jinricksha, Japanese Village

Mountain Postal Service, Switzerland
The Mountain Postal Service in Switzerland. The post is transported in a variety of panniers and boxes on the backs/flanks of mules

Coal Merchant, showing a classic example of a leather back support, which enabled such potentially heavy and awkward loads to be transported

First engine for the Peshawur Railway, India
The first engine for the Peshawur railway being conveyed across the River Indus at Attock, India

Harvesting kelp
A boat is piled high with kelp and rowed ashore by two sullen-looking gentlemen

Boys club members in transportation, circa 1930
At least 33 happy exited young members of a boys club are transported, unceremoniously in the back of a truck for a week of camping and adventure in the countryside

Boys club members in transportation 1928
At least 27 happy exited young members of a boys club are transported, unceremoniously in the back of a truck for a week of camping and adventure in the countryside

Light Baggage Only
Humorous illustration by Leon Heron showing a 1920s woman being transported on a porters trolley along with her suitcase. Light-hearted humorous illustrations relating to travel

Wounded in the Fighting
Casualties of the Paris street fighting are transported to the Hospice Saint Louis

Rebels at Michalowicze
Scene near the encampment of the insurgents near Michalowicze : troops are transported in farm wagons

Arrival of Californian gold and Mexican dollars at the Bank
An image showing Californian gold and Mexican dollars arriving at the Bank of England. Transported to London from the coast by South Coast Railway

The Evacuation of Children from London
The evacuation of Britains cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britains history

Mobile army cinema
The Austrians provided their troops with a mobile cinema during World War I. One wagon carried an orchestra and one carried a light projector

Congo railway, station at Matadi
Station at Matadi, forming part of the new Congo railway from Matadi to Stanley Pool. The railway took nine years to complete, and in the first five years only 25 miles of track was constructed

Warriors in Carriage
A posse of warriors are transported in a horse-drawn carriage seemingly driven by a lady...all rather odd, but its a lovely picture

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