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The Sketch travel number front cover 1956Front cover of The Sketch magazines travel number featuring a dapper couple, her in a roomy red coat and head scarf, he in tweed suit and flat cap, about to board a plane to, no doubt
1938 Scott Flying Squirrel motorcycle1938 Scott Flying Squirrel 500cc twin two stroke motorcycle roadside circa 1938
Gypsy CaravansA group of travellers and their horse-drawn caravans/wagons. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Cats in a dog cart - Louis WainExpect Us. A group of cats go for a spin in a cart pulled by two slightly disgruntled dogs! A fun postcard design by Louis Wain, the master of the anthromophisation of cats. Date: 1905
Advert for Louis Vuitton travelling accessories and trunks and Itylus dressmaker, London, 1926 Date: 1926
Gypsies and their caravans Date: 1910s
Nord Wagons-Lits posterPoster from French company PLM for the Nord Wagons-Lits London to Vichy Pullman service. A couple enjoy tea in the comfortable interior of a pullman train carriage
Holmes & Watson / TrainSILVER BLAZE Holmes and Watson in a railway compartment
Sherlock Holmes theatre posterTheatre poster advertising a four-part drama of Sherlock Holmes, playing at the Grand Theatre in Halifax, the show travelling from the Lyceum Theatre in London
Silver City plane at Lydd, Kent, for Channel crossingSilver City plane at Lydd, Kent, with a car being loaded ready for a Channel crossing. Date: 1962
Catching the 5: 15 at Liverpool Street by Grace GoldenScene inside Liverpool Street Station in the City of London showing commuters and travelling swarming around the station concourse and platforms as they rush to catch trains to NE London suburbs
Germany travel posterGermany wants to see you : travel poster encouraging tourism, featuring an elegant lady carrying a bunch of yellow flowers in front of a steam train from which she has presumably just disembarked
Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou (The Fool)Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou or Le Mat (The Fool)
The Cunard Liner RMS Scythia - became a troop and supply ship during WW2. Date: 1922
Wanstead Flats FairA travelling funfair, at Wanstead Flats, east London. Date: 1930s
Any Girl, Any Station, Anywhere by S. Van AbbeA fashionable young woman from the 1920s wearing a fur trimmed coat and a green cloche hat, rest her sore feet while sitting on a very large trunk at a railway station. Date: 1927
The Arkansas TravellerScene in the Back Woods of Arkansas. The Arkansas Traveller visiting a family in a hut with a whisky sign Date: 1870
Policeman talk to Gypsies on Epsom DownsTwo Policeman talk to a Gypsy family by their caravan and wagon on Epsom Downs Date: circa 1920s
A Variety of ladies boots 1926Ladies 1920s boots in willow calf, felt lace, riding, quilted, buttoned, lace-up and rubber. Date: circa 1926
Wagons-Lit company posterPoster extolling the comforts of travelling by rail when you have luxurious sleeper bunks to relax in
Queen Victoria travelling over the Tay bridgeQueen Victoria crossing the Tay Bridge, Dundee. Later that year the Tay bridge collapsed while a train was crossing resulting in the deaths of 75 people
Fashionable PassengersIn their creations by Drecoll and Martial et Armand they can look their best while en voyage... travelling in a train carriage Date: 1924
Turbinia - steam turbine-powered steamshipTurbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time
The Tatler travel number front cover, 1953Charming illustrated front cover of The Tatlers Travel number showing a number of well-known global landmarks with various intrepid travellers using a multitude of transport methods. Date: 1953
Bonzo - Bostocks remarkable Sea lionBonzo a remarkable performing Sea Lion at Bostock and Wombwells Travelling Circus - pictures with trainer Zetta Hills Date: circa 1926
Edward VIII in NepalEDWARD VIII As Prince of Wales, travelling by elephant in Nepal
Travelling CharladyA travelling charlady, up a ladder, cleaning a front door, her motorcycle with its Stop Me For Cleaning, No Job Too Small sign, parked behind her!
Saint BartholomewSAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE travelling and preaching Date: 1ST CENTURY
Travelling HairdresserRoadside Beauty Service. A travelling hairdresser gives a girl a fashionable haircut. Date: early 1930s
French travel posterTravel poster for the French National Railways promoting routes between Paris and London by way of the French and British coasts
Tobias Meets an AngelTobias, son of Tobit, encounters an angel while travelling on a journey, who has been sent to guide him on his way
Motoluxe motor rug advertisementAdvertisement for Motoluxe motor rugs, to make your motoring really comfortable by providing yourself with a warm, snug, draft-proof rug...makes motoring a real pleasure even in the bitterest
Transfield circus familyMembers of the Transfield family, who ran a popular travelling circus in the late 19th century. Pictured in their costumes are Ann Polly, Teddy Beppo, Tom, Florrie and Rose. Date: 1953
Mrs Flash Kellett, wife of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Orlando Kellett and formerly Helen Myrtle Dorothy Atherley, drawn by Olive Snell
French Riviera advertisement 1931Advertisement advising smart travellers to Follow the Crowd, Follow the Sun! and travel down to the French Riviera where the delights of Nice
The Passenger Who Dared to Feel Sea-Sick on the Queen MaryHumorous illustration by H.M. Bateman showing a passenger, green at the gills with sea sickness being observed by his unsympathetic passengers on the Queen Mary ocean liner
Queen Victoria Goes by TrainQueen Victoria travelling by train in its early days, along the Royal route to Scotland on the Great Northern Railway. The Queens progress on these journeys was slow for she so disliked fast
Possible UFO sighting in IrelandWas it an Irish flying saucer or merely an airborne leprechaun? A double-page spread relating to an incident that occurred in County Waterford, Ireland on the 26th December 1965
The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - Second Class Lounge. Date: 1922
The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - Passenger Elevators. Date: 1922
The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - The Entrance Hall Date: 1922
American 5th Marines on a troop train, France, WW1American 5th Marines travelling on a troop train soon after arriving in France during the First World War. Several of them are waving to the camera. Date: June 1917
Old Kingston BridgeThis oil painting shows a boat stocked with various boxes, travelling under an arch of Kingston Bridge, which spans the river Thames in southwest London
Jeremiah or George Wombwell (1777 - 1850), English zoo owner, who achieved fame and fortune with Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie, pictured shortly before his death. Date: 1850
Louis Vuitton advertismentAdvertisment for the Louis Vuitton showroom in New Bond street, London. 1928
Cartoon, 19th century coach at an innCartoon showing a 19th century coach arriving at an inn for a Christmas meal. The plump woman getting out of the coach wonders whether there will be any plum pudding left for her
Front cover design for a brochure for Liner RMS MauretaniaThe attractive front cover design for a brochure for the Liner RMS Mauretania, designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the British Cunard Line. Date: 1922
