Wheeled Collection (page 3)

Christmas present - wooden raven 1909
Xmas gift for Christmas, novel moving wooden raven on wheels, when drawn alone its head sways, eyes roll and beak opens. 1909

Costume April 1870
French fashions for women and boys. Date: 1870

Trade Catalogue for surprice spirit tables 1930
Selection of quality 1930s spirit tables made from fumed oak in a jacobean style and polished burr walnut, fitted with the finest English cut glass set. 1930

Horse-drawn open double decker bus 1878
French horse-drawn bus, with passengers on desk getting wet. Date: 1878

Hansom cab 1875
Two-wheeled Hanson cab, waiting for a fare. Date: 1875

Hansom cab 1868
Two-wheeled Hanson cab, taking passengers to their destination from Tunbridge railway station. Date: 1868

Medieval two-wheeled plough
Plowing with oxen. Date: 13th century

Dairy Woman in Her Cart
A milkwoman poses for the photographer before setting out on her rounds in a two- wheeled horse-drawn cart holding two churns from which she will ladle out milk Date: circa 1905

Etretat mixed bathing 1870s
Mixed bathing and plunging from a wheeled diving board which can be moved as the tides ebb and flow Date: 1870

American one-wheel carriage 1886
In this curious which was invented for trotting matches in the United States, in the single wheel runs within an oblong frame to which the axle-boxes are fixed

Plague Hospital, Bombay (Mumbai), India Date: circa 1908

Ballista quadrirotis. Carroballista. Roman siege machine four wheeled mounted on cart of horses. Illustration in De rebus bellicis, treatise of war machinery of 4th-5th century

Street scene near Hove Baths, Sussex
Street scene near the Hove Baths in Sussex. Three women sit on a bench, near an elderly woman in an elaborate four-wheeled bath chair, shaded from the sun by a black umbrella. Date: 1920s

Turnout by fire crews and appliances outside their station

GLC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder
A Morris style 50 foot wheeled escape ladder parked in the fire brigade workshops at Lambeth. When not carried on fire engines escape ladders were normally stored in this fashion

LCC-LFB A motorised Dennis pump escape
The adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of stations required. A report produced in the 1920s recommended the closure of some 15 fire stations

LCC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in use
A wheeled escape ladder being used in the bridged position as a crane whilst LFB crews undertake a rescue, by line, from the basement area of a building under demolition

Horse drawn turntable-ladder at LFB HQ, Southwark
The turntable-ladder was introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1905 and could be extended to a height of 85 feet. The ladders were self supporting

Piano Player - Brighton Beach, England
Piano Player on Brighton Beach, England. A lady singer stands in front of an upright piano piano (perched rather precariously on some boards on the shingle), belting out a popular hit of the day

Nannies with Children
Children wheeled in their perambulators by professional nurses in Kensington Gardens (London)

Kazakh yurt on a wheeled platform. 20th century

Yangtzepoo Road, Shanghai, China
Yangtzepoo (Yang-shu-p u, Yangpu) Road, Shanghai, China - note the one-wheeled Chinese wheelbarrows and rickshaw. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1880s
Victorian furniture, available from Oetzmann & Co, Hampstead, London. Circa 1880s

Advert for Maple & Co. library table & chair 1904
Library table, finely carved with lift-up flap exposing deep well fitted pigeon-holes and ten drawers, stationery rack with fall-down flap comes with back chair in marone morocco. Date: 1904

Three Wheeled Morgan Vintage Car, Britain. Showing running repairs - Northampton registration. Date: 1920s

Bristol 170 Freighter CF-TFX Wardair, Yellowknife
Ex-Wardair Bristol Freighter CF-TFX on a plinth at Yellowknife recording it as being the first ever wheeled aircraft to land at the North Pole in 1967 Date: 1981

LCC-LFB Morris-Magirus solid tyre turntable ladder
The increasing need for ladders capable of reaching beyond the scope of the standard wheeled escape saw the introduction of the fist horse drawn turntable ladder in the late 1890s

A London Fire brigade wheeled ladder escape vehicle
Outside the London County Council boundary, Penge, to the south of London, was one of many fire brigades which had just one fire station covering its geographical area

LCC-LFB rescue drills at Brigade HQ
Two escape ladders and two hook ladders at work on the Headquarters main drill tower and firefighters performing rescues by carrying down and lowering by line using live casualties

LCC-LFB Hatfield motorised pump escape
Fire engines were fitted with bells in 1903 to warn other traffic to make way. Prior to that the shanty call of seamen Hi-ya-hi (shouted when rope hauling)

LCC-MFB Escape cart stands ready in station
A picture of an MFB headquarters station showing the escape cart, designed by Chief Officer Captain Wells, carrying the 50 foot wheeled escape

LCC-LFB Aftermath of serious house fire in Notting Hill
With the blaze at a house in Notting Hill extinguished, firefighters start to put away their equipment and ladders. The fire affected all floors of this terraced house

LCC-LFB Fire in Portobello Road, West London
A wheeled escape ladder in use at a fire in Portobello Road, West London, involving a cafe and dwellings

LCC-LFB Major fire, Nelson Street, Whitechapel
Firefighters using wheeled escape ladders and extension ladders to gain access to the adjoining commercial premises affected by a fire in Nelson Street, Whitechapel, East London

LCC-LFB fire at Tufnell Park Road, North London
London firefighters with a horse-drawn escape cart and a steamer pump at the scene of a house fire at 128 Tufnell Park Road, North London, 12 March 1907

Appliance room of Cannon Street Fire Station, London
The appliance room of Cannon Street Fire Station in the City of London. The horses are not long gone, and their empty stalls can be seen left of centre

Wheeled tents of the Tartars or Tatars, Russia
Wheeled tents of the Tartars or Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group in Russia

Humorous Christmas and New Year postcard -- two elves delivering the post on a three-wheeled cycle. Date: early 20th century

Ambulance drill, Tembo Camp, Kenya, WW1
Ambulance drill with wheeled stretchers at Tembo Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1915

A Co Antrim Blockwheel Car - a man with horse drawn block wheeled cart outside thatched cottage. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Eight Chinese Factory Girls on a wheelbarrow, China
Eight Chinese Factory Girls (and one small baby!) transported on a wheelbarrow, China - the driver must be very strong! (see: 10980304 for a B/W version) Date: circa 1908

Patients and nurses in garden at Quex Park
A group of patients and nuses gathered in the garden at Quex Park, beside the buildings of the Powell-Cotton Museum. The men include Australian and Scottish soldiers

Advert for Geo. Gale & Sons, hospital bed 1889
Dominion, patent wire spring mattress and Lawson Tait hospital bed, wire carefully coppered and lacquared to prevent rust. Date: 1889

Ordnance Column
A colossal column built from French ordnance with wheeled cannon decorating each tier Date: circa 1815

Boy Writing in Playpen
A little French boy developing his talents as a writer in a wheeled table. 1930s

Dunkleys Toy Horse
WHEELED TOY HORSE by Dunkleys of Birmingham Date: 1889

Advert for S. Timings & Co. patent rotary castors 1888
Patenteers and sole manufactures of the patent brass rotary castors, also cabinet, builders and general brassfounders. Date: 1888

Ambulance carts on the eastern front, Russia, WW1
Two-wheeled ambulance carts on the eastern front in Russia during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

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