Vehicle Collection (page 70)

Empty Motorway 1960S
King of the Road: This lucky vehicle driver has the motorway to itself in the early days of motorways in Britain

25-50h. p. Talbot car
Photograph of the 25-50h.p. Talbot car. The vehicle gained 62 awards in competitive trials during the season of 1913

The Leap Frog Railway
An amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long

Royal Evasion - 3
Alerted to the royals escape, the authorities give orders to stop and search every vehicle : Paul le Blanc and Joseph Pontant halt the royal carriage at Sainte- Menehould

The Riley Amphibian Floatercar
Two photographs showing the Riley amphibian floatercar, designed to cross rivers and swamps in Africa, bearing British samples and salesmen

DAIMLER 1912
A chauffeur-driven Daimler is saluted by a traffic policeman, for just such a vehicle is used by Her Majesty the Queen

Training Army Horse
A French army horse is trained to pull a gun or vehicle

Street at Letchworth
A horse carriage is the only moving vehicle in this street scene at Letchworth, Hertfordshire

Red Army Propaganda 1918
A propaganda vehicle with newspapers and a phonograph, manned by the Red Army, doing the rounds in the Ural Mountains

Shepherds and a false Star in the East
Once again, the Shepherds see a star in the East -- only this time its a motor car bringing neither comfort nor joy

Worcestershire garage and owner before a fire
Worcestershire garage and seated owner surrounded by oils, engine treatments and lubricants. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Peugeot Advertisement
A rather stereotyped African Mother and child admire the latest model by Peugeot

Racing Accident 1903
The PARIS - MADRID race this year is notorious for its accidents : this encounter between vehicle and vegetation is just one of many

Caleche 1820S
A French caleche de Longchamp suitable for ladies to drive in le Bois de Boulogne : the small seating area contrasts with the overall size of the vehicle

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

Seemingly Driverless Car
A seemingly driverless car causes surprise in the streets of Paris (a hidden driver operating the car from the bonnet)

Rama & Sita Return
Rama & Sita return to Ayodhya in the vehicle Pushpaka

Steam and Red Flag 1865
A steam-powered vehicle is preceded by a man with a red flag, to warn everyone of the on-coming monster

Sedan Chair 1804
A sedan chairman waits outside a theatre with his vehicle while his client enjoys the spectacle within

Charabanc Scrap 19C
The four-horse charabanc is the most popular vehicle for excursions : the seats are sometimes set sideways, sometimes lengthways

Children / Travel / Summer
A group of children go for a summer excursion on a makeshift vehicle

Offenbach Hoffmann Peddi
The gondola as getaway vehicle - a dramatic scene from Offenbachs Tales of Hoffmann

NEWSHAMs ENGINE / 1721
Newshams Fire-engine, London

Hand-Drawn Engine / 1878
A hand-drawn chemical fire engine employed for fire extinction about 1878. The chemicals were held in copper cylinders mounted at the front of the vehicle

Merryweather Turntable
In 1908 Merryweathers designed and constructed the first motor fire-ladder built on the one-engine principle, using the same motor which propelled the vehicle

Merryweather Fire Engine
One of two motor fire engines completed by Merryweathers in 1927. This vehicle is a six- wheeled version, with a Hatfield pump capable of delivering 400 gal a minute

Washing a Bus
A man hosing down a bus in the bus depot

Floating in Space
Crew of a Space Rocket in Free Flight Outside their Vehicle

Mademoiselle Follette
La Promenade de Mademoiselle Follette - four dogs take a fifth for a ride in a pram- like vehicle

Maykemper Road-Air Idea
German designer Maykemper proposes this handy plane which can be driven on roads, or this automobile which can take to the air

Interplanetary Rocket
In some such vehicle as this, Man will embark on the conquest of space

Motoring through Glencoe, Scotland
Motoring through Glencoe, in the Highlands of Scotland

Futuristic submarine yachting. The pilot sits in a raised section with a glass window

Futuristic snowmobile at the South Pole
A futuristic snowmobile at the South Pole -- two penguins seem a little startled

Futuristic aerial excursion
People leaving home from their balcony for a futuristic aerial excursion in a carriage-like vehicle hanging from a balloon

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