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Mode Of Transport Collection (#23)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Trial In Scotland

Trial In Scotland
June 1908: A car taking part in the RAC and SAC Trial approaches Frinagow Hill, on the Glasgow to Aberdeen run. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Bus Traffic

Bus Traffic
June 1912: Traffic at Charing Cross in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Trolley Accident

Trolley Accident
A trolley car hanging over a bridge after coming off the tracks into the Desplaines River on the outskirts of Chicago at Lyons, Illinois

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: King Charles Spaniel

King Charles Spaniel
17th March 1914: Lady Cynthia Grahams King Charles Spaniel watches the presentation of shamrock to Irish Guards at Wellington Barracks from the comfort of her car

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Point Of Impact

Point Of Impact
2nd October 1916: A group of men cluster round a dent in the grass caused by a falling body at a zeppelin crash site in Potters Bar. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Motor Badge

Motor Badge
11th January 1917: A hackney carriage with a new licensed motor badge. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: On A Flooded Road

On A Flooded Road
December 1915: A car driving down a flooded road in Berkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Junior Car Club Race

Junior Car Club Race
August 1922: Contestants taking part in the Junior Car Club 200 mile race at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: I Need A Drink

I Need A Drink
14th July 1926: A horse getting a drink on a hot day in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Horse-Drawn Bus

Horse-Drawn Bus
July 1907: Passengers on a horse-drawn bus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Traction Engine

Traction Engine
1908: A traction engine carrying tar spraying equipment, during road repair experiments near Putney, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Hunt Crowds

Hunt Crowds
5th November 1909: Crowds at the Quorn Meet at Kirkby Gate. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Hay Making

Hay Making
1922: Women loading hay on a farm in Bedford. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Car Rescue

Car Rescue
A motorist being rescued by canoe after his car was caught in severe floods in Kent

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Marshalling Yard

Marshalling Yard
circa 1921: The Midland Station yard at Bradford, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Sand Racing

Sand Racing
21st June 1913: Competitors in the South Wales and Cardiff Motor Cycle Speed Trials racing along the beach at Rest Bay Sands, Porthcawl. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Airship Wreckage

Airship Wreckage
The remains of a Zeppelin L2 naval airship, near Berlin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Zeppelin Fire

Zeppelin Fire
Crowds survey the wreck of a Zeppelin airship LZ-4, the fourth design of Count von Zeppelin, which caught fire at Echterdingen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Police Escort

Police Escort
Police motorcycles escort President Calvin Coolidges car en route to Washington. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Snow Vehicle

Snow Vehicle
A vehicle invented by George McLaughlin which was designed to travel on ice and snow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Grand Prix Corner

Grand Prix Corner
Champoiseau in a Schneider taking a sharp turn at Moreuil, during the French Grand Prix. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: US Mail

US Mail
American Mail Vans. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Brooklands Relay

Brooklands Relay
The start of a relay race at Brooklands racetrack. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Conneaus Return

Conneaus Return
Lt. Jean Conneau (of the French Army), who raced as Andre Beaumont, wins the Daily Mail £ 10, 000 Air Race in his Gnome powered Bleriot XI at Brooklands

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Warming Drink

Warming Drink
February 1916: Standing beside her bus a woman bus conductor is drinking hot milk from a large mug. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: In Traction

In Traction
December 1915: A steam traction engine drives a heavy load across a bridge. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: German Captive

German Captive
November 1915: The wings of a German bi-plane are displayed in the Horseguards Parade, London, during a military recruitment event. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Marines On Parade

Marines On Parade
November 1915: The Royal Marines form a parade behind a massive searchlight during the Lord Mayors Procession through London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Canadian Parade

Canadian Parade
November 1915: Canadian soldiers driving through London with anti-aircraft guns during the Lord Mayors Procession. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: British Red Cross

British Red Cross
March 1916: St Johns ambulances entering the gates of Buckingham Palace in London during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Shipwreck

Shipwreck
5th November 1918: The former Cunard liner Campania sinks in the Firth of Forth after a collision with the HMS Revenge. Built in 1893, she became one of the first seaplane carriers

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Delivery Van

Delivery Van
February 1922: An electric motor vehicle belonging to the London & North Western Railway Express Parcels Service on a delivery run. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Record Bid Cars

Record Bid Cars
23rd February 1927: Three of the cars used by John Parry-Thomas during his bids for the land speed record. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Thorneycroft Van

Thorneycroft Van
August 1914: A Thorneycroft motor van as used during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Daimler Truck

Daimler Truck
12th May 1913: A Daimler truck, one of the vehicles which will take part in the Commercial Motor Parade on Grosvenor Road, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Clearing The Street

Clearing The Street
12th May 1914: Motorised roadsweepers clear away the gravel laid down for the Royal Procession at Holborn Circus in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: The Yank Tank

The Yank Tank
3rd April 1917: An American tank. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Motorcycle Meeting

Motorcycle Meeting
4th October 1913: The start of the 17th Short Motorcycle Handicap at the BARC Autumn Meeting at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Brooklands Side-Car

Brooklands Side-Car
18th October 1913: The start of the motorcycle side-car race at the British Motor Cycle Race Club Open Championship Meeting at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Trams

Trams
June 1922: LCC trams of classes B, A and E/1, K type buses and subsidy lorries causing a small traffic jam at the Elephant and Castle

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Food Convoy General Strike Armoured Cars, 1926

Food Convoy General Strike Armoured Cars, 1926
May 1926: Armoured cars escorting food wagons through Oxford Circus to Hyde Park, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Austin Cabs

Austin Cabs
28th January 1918: A row of Austin taxi cabs. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Tank On Show

Tank On Show
November 1917: A Mark IV tank, part of the parade at the Lord Mayors Show in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Midland Locomotives

Midland Locomotives
1st January 1918: Midland locomotives attached to American Army Ambulance Trains at St. Pancras. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: City Transport

City Transport
17th March 1938: Passengers jumping onto a moving bus in London. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Shelled Ambulance

Shelled Ambulance
October 1918: The shell-shattered ambulance on display at L & N W Railway Horticultural show, Euston Square, London. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Crowded Buses

Crowded Buses
3rd February 1919: Crowds trying to board buses during a London tube strike. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageMode Of Transport Collection: Sunday Food Convoy

Sunday Food Convoy
9th May 1926: During the General Strike, an armoured car passes through Aldgate escorting a Sunday convoy of spirit wagons from the London docks to a depot in Hyde Park



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