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Road Transport Collection

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: London Hospital

London Hospital
1900: A horse-drawn tram on Whitechapel Road in front of the London Hospital. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Tank Graveyard

Tank Graveyard
May 1958: British tanks which took part in the defeat of Germany at the end of World War II, lie piled on top of each other at a scrapyard in Hamburg, waiting to be broken up and recycled

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Decommissioned Tanks

Decommissioned Tanks
May 1958: British tanks which took part in the defeat of Germany at the end of World War II, lie piled on top of each other at a scrapyard in Hamburg, waiting to be broken up and recycled

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Prison Garage

Prison Garage
circa 1958: Inmates at Fort Madison, Iowa State prison, repairing a car in the prison's automobile repair lot. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: A1 Registration

A1 Registration
December 1934: A saloon car with the registration plate A1, the first ever identification plate for motor cars in Britain, which came into existence in 1903. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Tube Overground

Tube Overground
1926: An underground train being transported on wheels through the streets of London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Road Blocked

Road Blocked
22nd December 1938: A snow filled road that runs from York to Fridaythorpe. The snow is in parts up to five feet deep and makes the road impassable. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: New York Snow

New York Snow
2nd December 1938: Piles of snow in the streets of New York do not deter the flow of traffic. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Shap Fell

Shap Fell
12th December 1949: Near the highest point in Britain a British Road Services lorry is stranded by the snow

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: One Horsepower

One Horsepower
22nd January 1935: A horse peering through the window of a one-horsepower Rytecraft miniature lorry at King's Cross, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Taxi Cab

Taxi Cab
1929: The new two seater taxi cab for London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Reliable Motorbikes

Reliable Motorbikes
August 1926: Motorcycles on an International Reliability trial taking a bend on a country lane. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Slow Racer

Slow Racer
June 1927: British racing driver Henry Segrave's car being towed through the streets. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Troop Trucks

Troop Trucks
May 1927: Army trucks at Camberley during a demonstration of vehicles for an assembly of Colonial Governors. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Hit And Run ?

Hit And Run ?
May 1927: A supporter takes a large mallet to help a competing driver up a steep, shale-covered slope in hill climbing event at Freak Hill near Bradford, Yorkshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Rough Ride

Rough Ride
August 1926: Competitors in the Internationality Reliability Trials in Buxton, Derbyshire negotiating a rough country track. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Young Fans

Young Fans
August 1926: A motorbike rider and sidecar on a rough country lane in the International Reliability Trials at Buxton in Derbyshire being watched by a group of boys. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Watersplash

Watersplash
August 1926: A watersplash in the International Reliability Trials for motorbikes, at Buxton in Derbyshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Flying Moth

Flying Moth
September 1926: A moth bi-plane flies over a Renault car parked in a field. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Gun Transport

Gun Transport
May 1927: Soldiers at Camberley demonstrating how to haul a gun by means of a caterpillar tractor. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Snow Ride

Snow Ride
January 1926: Youngsters being pulled along by a girl on a motorbike on snowbound Hampstead Heath, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Tyre Test

Tyre Test
February 1926: Examining the tread of a tyre in the Dunlop factory in Birmingham. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Motormyles

Motormyles
June 1927: A motorcycle beach conveyor for transporting people along the beaches on the Isle of Man. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Wireless Car

Wireless Car
July 1927: The controls of a car radio, which looks like a piece of furniture strapped to the outside of the bonnet, are being adjusted. A large diamond shaped aerial rests on the running-board

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Off To The Bonfire

Off To The Bonfire
November 1927: A guy is a passenger in an open car at Messrs Brocks factory and there is a bundle of fireworks in the boot. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Ruined Business

Ruined Business
October 1927: A small shop front in an east London street destroyed by a runaway lorry. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Car Boat

Car Boat
October 1926: The Peugeot motor-boat car, on a river bank. The front end is shaped like the bow of a boat, the middle part like a car and it has wheels. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Road Sleeper

Road Sleeper
August 1928: The Albatross, the first motor road sleeping saloon, running from London to Liverpool

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Traffic Police

Traffic Police
February 1929: Police Constable Gordon, the City Police boxing champion directing traffic. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Air Union Offices

Air Union Offices
April 1929: An Air Union bus outside the London offices of the Air Union. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Car Park

Car Park
1929: Cars parked in a square in Paris. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Hood Ornament

Hood Ornament
1929: A winged bullet mascot on the bonnet of politician David Lloyd George's car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: King John's Bridge

King John's Bridge
13th November 1956: Historic King John's bridge over the River Avon at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire which is to be partly rebuilt to cope with heavy traffic

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Car View

Car View
March 1929: A view through the windscreen of a car. (Photo by Smith/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Golden Arrow

Golden Arrow
1929: Major Harry Segrave's Golden Arrow racing car at Daytona, USA. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Road Rally Car

Road Rally Car
July 1929: A woman with a racing flag stands next to a car decorated with classifications for the Brighton Motor Rally. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: By Public Transport

By Public Transport
September 1929: A group of Mullard Girls making their way to the Wireless Exhibition at Olympia, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Motorbike Boys

Motorbike Boys
September 1929: Three motorbike enthusiasts drink thirstily during a motorcycle carnival in Wokingham, Surrey. One of the is gaily decorated. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Flood Transport

Flood Transport
January 1928: A crowd queuing for a lorry to take them across the flooded Lea Bridge Road in the aftermath of the Thames valley flooding in 1928. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Traffic Jam

Traffic Jam
August 1927: The traffic jam on London Bridge caused by the Cornhill building collapse. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Public Transport

Public Transport
June 1929: A bus travelling along the Embankment, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Bus Garage

Bus Garage
3rd August 1929: Passengers aboard open top buses at Victoria Motor Coach Station. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Bus Garage

Bus Garage
3rd August 1929: Passengers aboard open top buses at Victoria Motor Coach Station. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Hill Climbing

Hill Climbing
May 1927: Doing a wheely on a on a motorbike whilst hillclimbing near Bradford. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Emsworth Square

Emsworth Square
circa 1920: The Square, Emsworth in south east England. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Lord Mayor Convoy

Lord Mayor Convoy
9th November 1929: Crowds watching a convoy of cars driving along a London street as part of the Lord Mayor's show in honour of Sir William Waterlow, Lord Mayor. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Partygoers

Partygoers
October 1929: Perched on the bonnet of a car Mr and Mrs Dennis Pelly with other guests at a Freak party in Chelsea. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Pedestrian Controls

Pedestrian Controls
22nd October 1929: Pedestrian traffic lights being tested at a Manchester police station. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Large Lorry

Large Lorry
November 1929: The world's first 100 ton capacity lorry, built by Scammell Lorries of Watford. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Motor Racing

Motor Racing
12th October 1929: Spectators watching the British RDC 500 mile motor race at Brooklands race track in Weybridge, Surrey. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: RDC 500

RDC 500
12th October 1929: Competitors in the British RDC 500 mile motor race at Brooklands race track in Weybridge, Surrey. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Car Mascots

Car Mascots
October 1929: Mascots, intended for use on the bonnets of cars, on display at the Motor Show, at Olympia in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Shackled Rider

Shackled Rider
April 1926: Motorcyclist Mr Lorraine setting off from Bristol shackled and handcuffed to his Douglas motorcycle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Mangled Bridge

Mangled Bridge
circa 1930: Children stand near the railroad bridge and approach over the Black River, at Springfield, Vermont, twisted and rendered useless by the recent flood waters

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Princes Street

Princes Street
1930: Trams and cars making their way along Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. Named after the sons of George III, Princes Street was designed by James Craig (c)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Cycle Pram

Cycle Pram
1926: A woman pushing her baby in a specially adapted pram attached to her bicycle in Brixton, south London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Lorry Hits Shop

Lorry Hits Shop
1st June 1929: The aftermath of an accident when a lorry crashed into a shop in Peckham, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Shoreditch

Shoreditch
1929: Traffic scene at Shoreditch, East London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Free Car Wash

Free Car Wash
circa 1930: An Austin car is driven carefully along a flooded road. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Country Drive

Country Drive
19th August 1960: View from the passenger seat of a car of a road lined with dry-stone walls and stretching to background hills. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Road Interchange

Road Interchange
24th May 1972: Gravelly Hill interchange near Birmingham which was opened by Peter Walker, Secretary of State for the Environment. To date it is Europe's largest multi-level interchange

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Press For Attention

Press For Attention
circa 1930: Vehicles using this service station in Portland, Oregon, drive over an iron bar which presses a switch alerting the garage attendant that a customer has arrived

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Double-Deck Bus

Double-Deck Bus
15th October 1930: A bus is loaded aboard the SS Hesperia at West India Docks in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: East Side West Side

East Side West Side
1949: American actor Van Heflin (1910 - 1971) sitting in the front seat of his car with actress Beverly Michaels in a scene from the film East Side, West Side, directed by Mervyn Le Roy for MGM

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: It's A Great Feeling

It's A Great Feeling
1949: Canadian comedy actor Jack Carson (1910 - 1963) and American actress Doris Day in a scene from the film It's A Great Feeling, directed by David Butler for Warner Brothers

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: And Baby Makes Three

And Baby Makes Three
1949: Robert Hutton (1920 - 1994) and Barbara Hale drive along an urban street in And Baby Makes Three, directed by Henry Levin for Columbia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: All About Eve

All About Eve
Left to right: Celeste Holm, Bette Davis (1908-1989) and Hugh Marlowe take a bumpy car ride together in the 20th Century Fox film All About Eve, 1950

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Motoring

Motoring
2nd November 1927: A petrol station where every make and grade of petrol can be bought, has a cosy waiting room for motorists to rest while their car is undergoing repair

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Piccadilly Street

Piccadilly Street
circa 1890: Traffic on a street in London's Piccadilly. (Photo by Otto Herschan Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Private Coach

Private Coach
circa 1895: A driver prepares to take out a private coach and horse. (Photo by Otto Herschan Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: A group of women cycling, 1894

A group of women cycling, 1894
1894: A group of women cycling, from the Graphic Magazine. Original Artwork: Engraving by L Vallet. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Horse Drawn Omnibus

Horse Drawn Omnibus
circa 1885: A horse bus in a country lane on a journey from Penzance to Land's End, Cornwall is carrying passengers inside and outside on top

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: The Bugatti

The Bugatti
circa 1929: A Type 44 Bugatti with two-seater drophead coupe coachwork, parked outside the Bugatti-owned Chateau St Jean in Dorlisheim, near Bugatti's Molsheim factory in Alsace

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Row Of Cars

Row Of Cars
circa 1960: A row of Morris Mini-Minors. (Photo by Ber Belis/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Christie's Morris

Christie's Morris
1961: A 1924 bullet-nosed Morris car which belonged to Mary Bonham Christie, owner of an animal sanctuary on the island of Brownsea in Poole Harbour, Dorset

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Breakers Yard

Breakers Yard
October 1966: Defunct cars ready to be broken up and recycled at the Kernahan and Son Ltd scrapyard at Hammersmith, London. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: High Street

High Street
circa 1925: Trolley Buses making their way along High Street in Belfast. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Carnival Spirit

Carnival Spirit
13th August 1925: A carload of merrymakers on their way to Felixstowe carnival. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Humber Saloon

Humber Saloon
24th August 1931: A Humber 6-cylinder saloon parked outside a house. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Life Of Luxury

Life Of Luxury
13th July 1929: Luxury vehicles parked in a field during an RAF Pageant at Hendon. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: RAC International Tourist Trophy Line-Up Of Cars

RAC International Tourist Trophy Line-Up Of Cars
19th August 1928: The line-up of cars at the start of the RAC International Tourist Trophy race at Belfast. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Corsican Cart

Corsican Cart
An oxcart on the island of Corsica, circa 1930. (Photo by Jack Benton/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Roadworthy

Roadworthy
A motorist departs in his soft-top American tourer car. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageRoad Transport Collection: Woodland Drive

Woodland Drive
circa 1930: A Standard soft top convertible being driven on a track through a Buckinghamshire woodland. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)



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