19th Century Steam Vehicles

Engravings of early steam cars and horse-drawn carriages, showcasing vintage designs of personal and military transport from the 19th century.

Army truck by Daimler, with 4 cylinder 12 hp engine 1904. Engraving.
Army truck by Daimler, with 4 cylinder 12 hp engine 1904. Engraving.
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The vintage green traction engine
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Brussels, dairywoman, woman, sale, trade, economy, dog cart, two dogs, pull, cart, milk cans, wooden wheels, apron, headdress, capital, Belgium, historical illustration c. 1897, Europe
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Frankfort-on-the-Main Coach, 1667, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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An engraving depicting a horse-drawn bus. Dated 19th century
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Do it yourself bicycle. Home assembly model Safety bicycle : if you've followed the instructions properly, you should have one of these : if it looks more like a lawn- mower, you boobed. Date: 1890
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The "Cynophere", or dog-powered velocipede. It was invented by the French mechanic M. Huret and patented on December 14, 1875. It consisted of a three-wheeled vehicle, a kind of tricycle, weighing 80 kilograms and was moved by two dogs placed on the inner wheels simulating walk . It reached a speed of 10 kilometers per hour. Two vehicles were presented at the Universal Exhibition at Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States) in 1876. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, June 15, 1876.
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A doctor changing into hunting clothes in his carriage while rushing to join a fox-hunt. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1859.
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Engraving depicting Matthew Murray's steam locomotive built for John Blenkinsop used to haul a passenger coach. Matthew Murray (1765-1826) an English steam engine and machine tool manufacturer, who designed and built the first commercially viable steam locomotive, the twin cylinder Salamanca. John Blenkinsop (1783-1831) an English mining engineer and inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. Dated 19th century
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A cartoon depicting a wealthy older man having a police officer help him repair his car. Dated 20th century
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McNab's tree transplanter, as used by him in the Royal Scottish Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1850
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Dredge spoon on wagon, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.
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Diagram depicting Sir Isaac Newton's steam road locomotive. Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) an English mathematician, astronomer, theologian, author and physicist. Dated 19th century
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Coach, travelling carriage of King Louis XIV, France, illustration from 1880 / Kutsche, Stadtkutsche von König Heinrich IV., England, Illustration aus 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.
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Armand Peugot's (1849-1915) motor car fitted with Daimler V-twin petrol engine. First petrol driven car built in France 1889-90. Engraving
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A suggestion for the type of motor sledge to be taken by Captain Scott, who in 1909 had announced his intention to set out on a new expedition to the South Pole. This particular model is designed by M. Charcot. Date: 1909
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Engineering: driving wheels of a railway locomotive, and section of piston. Coloured lithograph, 1905, by Stanislas petit.
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WaterCart. Artist: Eugene Le Poittevin, French, 1806-1870
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Steam locomotive for use on ail types of road, It had spring mounted wheels and rubber tyres across the tread, as shown here. Manufactured by Robey & Co. Lincoln, to a design by R,W. Thomson: 1871
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Early American railroad car, showing type of carriage adopted from road transport that was used on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Mohawk and Hudson lines. Woodcut.
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Engraving depicting Pedersen bicycle with a triangular frame. Dated 20th century
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Cartoon analogy of an early train with a horse being ridden by a Jockey, (driver). English circa 1840
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The 'nautical velocipede' of Georg Pinkert, of Hamburg, Germany, operates on the paddle-wheel principle. It travels at 15 km/h on land, 12 km/h on water. Date: 1894
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Otto Bycicle 1888
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An engraving depicting Durey's motorcycle with a petrol engine. Dated 19th century
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Engraving depicting the locomotive of the Superga cable railway near Turin, Italy. Dated 19th century
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Walter Hancock: the steam bus. Hancock introduced the steam bus between London and Greenwich 1832, which ran for a short time between Finsbury Square in the City and Bentonville in north London. It ran again in October 183
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Silhouette horse and carriage with coachman vector image
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Cartoon showing a railway engineering yard, during the early years of railway construction 1841
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Ox cart 7th-8th century China. Ox cart 53686
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An engraving depicting a lady riding a tricycle. Dated 19th century
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Bicycle. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 23.9 x 34.2 cm (9 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Cutting.
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Illustration showing an early 19th century English Bicycle 1850
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Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, A hospital car of a medical train, the state, military and international nursing, transportation in the war, Germany, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Franco-Prussian War 1870, A hospital car of a medical train, the state, military and international nursing, transportation in the war, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Europe
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Indoor Bycicle for excericse is exhibited in Paris and tested by a woman 1904
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The funeral car that conveyed the remains of President Lincoln from the Executive Mansion to the Capitol, April 19th 1865
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Sturdy and Young's circular velocipede: intended for private and public pleasure grounds and courtyards. American, 1869
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Gibson's Improved Self-Acting Wagon Brake, Industrial America - Invention
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Pontifical restoration, cart plane.
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The picture shows easily mountable trolley types for use on Décauville railway. Décauville railway was a system for easy removable narrow track rail.
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Steam velocipede powered by a Serpollet boiler. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1888
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Caricature depicting Charles Golightly mounted on a flying machine. Charles Golightly (1807-1885) an Anglican clergyman and religious writer. Dated 19th century
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Chicago Truck Harness, Horses - Riding & Racing
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An advertisement for Rudge cycles. Dated 19th century
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Horse carts with drawbar horse carts with drawbar copyright: xzoonar.com/DR.XNORBERBERTXLANGEX 14579380
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Historic photograph, the first automobile
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Bike. No. 14.
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Men riding Penny Farthing bicycles, historical illustration, circa 1886
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Calliope! , Advertising
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Selection of bicycles in the Stanley Cycling Club in 1896 at The Athenaeum in London's Camden Road. Date: 1896
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Water Cart on the Irrawaddy, Burma, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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Advertisement for Street Car and Omnibus made by John Stephenson of New York 1865 John Durand III This page with advertisements was taken from the 1865 book 'Grant and his Generals', written by John Durand. It shows two illustrations of omnibuses, designed by the renowned New York street car maker John Stephenson, who was the inventor of the omnibus. The engraving is a historic record of an important discovery in the field of commercial transportation in the United States during the nineteenth century.. Advertisement for Street Car and Omnibus made by John Stephenson of New York. 1865. Wood engraving. John Durand III (American, ca. 1824-ca. 1910). Prints
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Retrospective motorism / industrial engineering n ° 110. - February 1860.
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Stephenson's Rocket locomotive, which won a competition for locomotives for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in Rainhill Bridge, Manchester, on 14 October 1829. Chromolithograph 1900
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Biga, an ancient Roman chariot pulled by two horses. Unlike other chariots, where the driver sits on a box, the driver of the biga stands on the chariot. A historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century model.
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An advertisement for 'Premier' and 'Cruiser' tricycles, manufactured by Hillman, Herbert & Cooper of Coventry Date: 1884
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Heavy Motor Truck - Stationary Cab, Driver's Seat, Cars - 1915
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Advertisement for cycles and tricycles by D. Rudge & Co. Date: January 3rd 1885
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History of the Automobile: Idea for a carriage powered by wind, 1460. Liebig Trade Card c1910. Transport Car Power Wind
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Blue Boys: Jefferson Engine 26 New York, Fire Fighters & Fire Equipment
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The Bullard Improved Hay Tedder. The Bullard Improved Hay Tedder