Travelling Collection (page 7)

Monday morning rush hour with lots of people walking across London Bridge. Date: 1935

Piper PA-23 Apache G-ASHC
Piper PA-23-160 Apache G-ASHC Crashed 21 March 1964 at Melling, near Aintree village, on Grand National Day, killing all five persons on board (pilot and four passengers)

Kago travelling chair, Japan circa 1870s. Date: circa 1870s

Two canal boat little girls, sisters, with their hair tied in ribbons. They live on a narrow boat on the Grand Union Canal, England. Note the typical roses design on pan. Date: 1950s

Lady Broughton, travelling in southern Africa, poses with a family of pygmies. Date: 1932

Loading baggage onto a Channel steamer - the passengers watch with apprehension as their precious possessions are hoisted aboard... Date: 1897

Passengers feeling poorly as the Channel boat pitches... Date: 1897

Italian Comedians by Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) - painting on canvas Date: 1720

Scene in the environs of Calcutta 1857
Suburbs of Calcutta, where a native merchant returning from the city transported in a horse-drawn carriage passes-through at high speed

First class passengers going home for Christmas 1859
Crowded first class passengers on their way home for Christmas. Date: 1859

Advert for Kenneth Durward mens sporting coats 1908
Selection of mens autumn and winter sporting wear. Date: 1908

Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing cases 1907 Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing
Two travelling vanity cases made of crocodile and Morocco leather. Date: 1907

A railway scene at Christmas 1859
Passengers loading their luggage and Christmas gifts onto the last train. Date: 1859

Lodgings for travellers 1856
London travellers could afford to rent lodgings in the poor districts in the out-of-the-way suburbs of London, neglected purlieus in dirty and diseased neighbourhoods. Date: 1856

Hastings in October 1857
Victorians having an enjoyable day at Hastings. Date: 1857

Waiting for the mail train 1890s
Two officers of the Post Office fixing the mail-bag to the post outside Bletchley station on for the London and North Western Railway

Travelling rail post office 1890s
Her Majestys mail-carriers, sorting letters on the London and North Western railway with speeds of sixty miles an hour. Date: circa 1890s

London ice carts 1857
Long trains of ice-carts may be seen wending their way to the shops of purchasers to dispose of their freights. Ice-carts with good effect; labour

A Day in the Country 1872
Londoners travelled to the countryside in the summer for a days break. Date: 1872

Advert for W. Thornhill & Co. travelling bags 1880 Advert for W. Thornhill & Co
Selection of travelling bags and dressing cases. Date: 1880

18th century Mercer - Costume
A travelling salesman hawks his wares: ribbons, buttons, pins, feathers, braids, cloth & all manner of trinkets for female adornment. Date: 18th century

Men Travelling 1389
Charles VI of France and his brother the duc de Touraine ride from Montpellier to Paris in four and a half days. Date: 1389

Three travelling ladies 1929
Three ladies are about to set off on a railway journey, while the porter copes with their ample luggage. Date: 1929

Travelling healer 1856
The itinerant healer of Bas- Normandie Date: 1856

THE VILLAGE TINKER 1870
The village tinker walks along the road looking for business with his young apprentice who is in charge of their donkey. Date: 1870

Second class passengers going home for Christmas 1859
Crowed Second class passengers on their way home for Christmas. Date: 1859

Vaubans Horse Litter
Horse litter used by the French general Vauban while travelling Date: circa 1680

RAREE SHOW
A Raree-Show - a travelling showman displays his cabinet of curiosities to the amazement of his audience Date: circa 1870

Night travelling in the Punjab 1857
Travelling at night is accompanied by a musalchee or torch-bearer, who runs a little before the palanquin, with the torch, not only for the purpose of showing them the way

London children on a coach trip to the country 1876
Coachloads of London children off for a day in the country in horse-drawn carriages. Date: 1876

Futuristic train travel, Paris to Peking
This is how you will travel from Paris to Peking in the year 2000 - on a high speed monorail travelling at intercontinental velocity! Date: 1899

Bystander Supplement, The Riviera for the Christmas Holidays
Bystander Supplement - The Riviera for the Christmas Holidays by Eustace Reynolds-Ball (2/5). Date: 1904

View of Seattle, USA, from a ferry crossing Elliott Bay
Passengers admire the view of Seattle, USA, from a ferry crossing Elliott Bay, Puget Sound. Date: circa 1990

Sleeping man Varanasi Junction railway
An old man waits for a train and sleeps on a bench on the platform of Varanasi Junction railway station. He has a beard and wears a turban and white dhoti

Family on train, India
A family sitting in a first class carriage on an Indian Railways train from Delhi to Agra. The man plays cards Date: 1987

Staten Island, New York, NY, USA - A Travelling Library - the Bookwagon, carrying the service of the New York Public Library to the countrysides

Istanbul Plaza Oteli (Hotel) - Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1940s

Popular Fiction Illustrated - The Eternal City by Hall Caine. Businessmen head on their regular train commute from the suburbs (or beyond) into London eyes-front, expressions-fixed

WW1 era Comic Postcard - Boy leans in for a kiss
WW1 era Comic Postcard - A boy leans in for a kiss with his donkey cart-driving girl. She replies with the slightly devastating retort " I can drive one donkey but not two!" Date: circa 1916

The Duke and Duchess of York on motor yacht Juanita at Brisbane, Australia, travelling up the Brisbane River through the lovely Moreton Country. Date: 1927

Domestic interior with a sleeping soldier, oil on canvas, 1860-1869, by Henry Nelson O Neil (1817-1880). Date: 1860-1869

Map of the Suez Canal, Egypt
Map of the Suez Canal in Egypt showing the water way from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea which was constructed in the 19th century by the Suez Canal Company founded by Ferdinand de Lesseps

Hurdy Gurdy Man and Monkey. circa early 19th century

Turco-Italian War - on the way to Tripoli by Matania
The Turco-Italian War - on the way to Tripoli: the manner in which the Italian soldier amuses himself en route. Date: 1911

The Blue Train - illustrated poem
A poem by Joy Garden (and quite a terrible one at that), extolling the virtues of travelling to the French Riviera via the fabled Blue Train

Golden Square coat advertisement
Advertisement for Golden Square clothes manufactured by Watt, Thexton and Co who specialised in overcoats and topcoats. This half-belted travelling coat is described as

The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - Upper Dining Saloon. Date: 1922

Queen Elizabeth II receiving flowers from a Ghanaian girl
The Queen receives a bouquet of flowers from a Ghanaian girl, Pearl Acquaye, at London airport, just before the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh flew to Ghana for the first stage of their West African

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