Road Transport Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

Caravan Site
circa 1930: A family setting up its caravan for a nights camping at Lynmouth in Devon. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Race Winners
circa 1928: Winners of an International Relay Race at Brooklands, Surrey. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Cab Ride
circa 1930: A passenger enjoys her ride in a Cape cab, designed by Mr W Gowan of Cape Town, South Africa. The prototype, built on a Morris Commercial chassis was licensed by Scotland Yard

Bus Conductor
circa 1926: A bus conductor standing on the step of a London bus. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Under The Bonnet
circa 1926: A woman police officer being taught the basics of motor mechanics. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Cycle For Four
circa 1930: Four cyclists reading a map which is resting on one of the saddles of their cycle for four. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Cattle Stop
circa 1930: A woman stops at the roadside in the Highlands of Scotland to take a picture of Highland cattle. The cattle are mainly kept for decorative purposes as they are too slow growing to provide

Ostrich Pull
circa 1930: A driver in a racing sulky pulled by an ostrich getting a ticket from a traffic cop for driving faster than 50mph down a Los Angeles boulevard

Power Cycling
circa 1930: Rocket propulsion for cyclists. A German cyclist having a rocket attachment on his bicycle adjusted. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

The Austin
circa 1929: An early Austin 7. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Triumph Riders
circa 1930: Riders hitch a lift on a Triumph motorcycle and sidecar. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Sidecar
circa 1926: A young woman alights from an enclosed motorcycle sidecar. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Blow Into The Bag
circa 1930: A woman inflating an air cushion next to an Austin Seven car. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Amphibian Car
circa 1930: A motor car equipped with floats making its way along the River Spree in Berlin, Germany. The vehicle is the invention of engineer Herr Grosse

Austin Seven
circa 1930: A woman getting out of an Austin Seven. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Coach And Ten
circa 1930: A coach drawn by ten horses drives along a road in Rhodesia. Original Publication: Picture Post - Coaching In The Old Days (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Limited Headroom
12th August 1925: A Covent Garden carman crossing a temporary Waterloo Bridge, London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bike Testing
circa 1928: A woman trying out the new All-Weather AJW at the Motorcycle Show at Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

All-Weather Bike
circa 1928: A woman with the 500 OEC Tinkler All-Weather Model designed for use on rough roads and cross-country. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cyclepram
1926: A mother gets all the exercise she needs pushing her pram and cycling at the same time and the baby gets a taste for speed at an early age. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Here It Is
April 1952: A large neon arrow sign outside the Ranchinn restaurant, bar, casino and coffee shop in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Indian Convoy
13th December 1862: A cotton convoy camps for the night under a large banyan tree in India, on the journey from Rewah to the Ganges. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

First Biker ?
1906: The first motor cycle invented by Edward Butler in 1887, called the Petrol-Cycle Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1906 (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

New Bridge
Manhattan-bound traffic queueing to cross the George Washington Bridge at the New Jersey approach on its opening day, 24th October 1931

Behind The Wheel
circa 1927: A girl about town sets off in her Humber motor car. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Hitching a Ride
circa 1928: Bathing beauties hitch a ride in California. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Main Street Parking
1946: View of Main Street, with automobiles lined up in the road and parked along the curb, Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania. A man stands and reads the newspaper on the sidewalk

Stroudsburg Parking
August 1946: View of automobiles lined up in the street, with others parked by the curb in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by H. D. Barlow/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Prop Shop Bikes
4th January 1946: Tagged bicycles in the Warner Brothers Film Studios Prop Shop. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

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