Classic Automobiles of the 1920s

A series of black-and-white photographs highlighting vintage cars from the 1920s, including unique models, drivers, and settings reflecting historical automobile culture.

Vintage photograph. A 1926 Ford Model T four door sedan
Vintage photograph. A 1926 Ford Model T four door sedan
Historic photograph, couple in a vintage car, around 1920The image shows a three-quarter front view of a Class "B" Liberty Truck, taken on April 3, 1918. The truck is manufactured by Diamond T Motor Car Co., located in Chicago, Illinois. The photograph is labeled with the official use only and U.S.Q.M.C. (United States Quartermaster Corps) information.Kraft Cheese Truck, TrucksHarry Emerson Fosdick beside car in front of American Colony store. 1926, Jerusalem, IsraelCar for a house, Anonymous, 1919 photograph  Netherlands photographic support gelatin silver print automobile. façade (of house or building)Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Opened bonnet of a jeep. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indiestransport transportation cars models Mercedes Benz boy and man standing next to open bonnet pumping wheels up 1920s,Motordressin. Also called Drewry Car. The photo taken in the industrial area Shobnall, Staffordshire England. At the industrial house in the background it says "English grains co ltd".Cootie, Classic PhotographyHistory of the Automobile, Three men with goggles in a car, probably in France, 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-20th century originalDayton Tri-Car Chemical EngineEquipment (Truck). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. PhotographsCelebration (Parade). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. PhotographsJoe Matson's "Corbin"Armored Motorcycle  New York City  USA  c. 1930  Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) in carAnefo photo collection. Pionier automotive club held international tradition kit from Utrecht to Zandvoort. October 12, 1962Scania 1903. Postcard. 5209 Ultra-offset, SolnaThomas Edison's (1847-1931) electric car garage, United States of America, drawing by Byron, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIV, No 46, November 17, 1907.Polishing Up the Glass State Coach for the Royal Wedding: The Glass State Coach at the Royal News today.The Glass State Coach which will bring Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatton back to Buckingham Palace after wedding at Westminster Abbey is being polished up and prepared for the great occasion.Royal Coach. Only Royalty rides in this blue and gold glass State coach, drawn by Windsor greys. The Princess went to the Abbey in it returned in it to Buckingham Palace with her husband. October 09, 1947.Me with the motorbyke sic, circa 1910, Wellington, by Fred Brockett.Ford motorcars on display Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negativesKing Presents Coaches To Science Museum -- One of the coaches used during the reign of Queen Victoria arriving at the Museum today. Royal Coaches and dog carts for which the King has no further use have been presented to the Science Museum in Kensington, and they arrived there today from the Royal Stables at Windsor, to be placed on exhibition. November 20, 1936. (Photo by Keystone).;King Presents Coaches To Science Museum -- One of the coaches used during the reign of Queen Victoria arriving atWm. 'Bill' Handy and family , Families, Automobiles, Girls, Boston Elevated Railway Company.  Leon Abdalian CollectionMotor ChapelAnefo photo collection. The Golden Carriage in Amsterdam. March 3, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandRälsbuss in a crash by car in Åhagen.Distribution Department, Emergency Truck No. 2, seats raised showing space for carrying tools and supplies; in front of Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, Brighton, Mass., Jan. 8, 1917 , waterworks, trucksTo Sinai by car Car stuck in the midst of a sand dune. Sand drifts across the road. 1920, Middle East, Israel and/or PalestineTransparency - American tourists in an automobile, Ottawa, ON, 1925Lorenzo Ginori- Lisci in his car, a Zust 40 HP, at the Automobile Club, Milan, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXII, No 21, May 21, 1905.The Silver Wraith was the first post-war Rolls-Royce. It was made from 1946 to 1958 as only a chassis at Rolls-Royce's former Merlin engine plant, their Crewe factory, alongside the shorter Bentley Mark VI.Queen Elena of Savoy (1873-1952) on a car being driven by pilot Felice Nazzaro (1881-1940), 1909, Italy, drawing by Gennaro Amato (1857-1947), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVI, No 37 , September 12, 1909.Poll photo collection. Report photo model. Actress and photo model Cissy van Bennekom at car with leaking band. 1932No Rubber Tires Or Roller Bearings On These Wagons. Reduced To These Primitive Vehicles, The Germans -- Inventors Of The Blitzkreig -- Stocked These Supply Carriers In The Mainz-Kastel Ordnance Depot. A Chunk Of Debris, Tossed Sky-High By Bomb ExplosionPostcard of the Ludlow Fire Department. ca. 1914, Ludlow Fire Department. Photo by McManus, Ludlow "Golden Flyer" & Claire RochesterBertie Rand sits on a motorbike with sidecar featuring a padded wicker chair. He is parked outside the colonial style bungalow identified in other photographs as his home, the Nairobi police depot. Later manuscript caption: 1919.An American Steel Reconnaissance Truck, manufactured by the Hale & Kilburn Co., Philadelphia, PA. The truck's body is fully assembled on the chassis, with a secured canvas cover drawn down. This image was taken during World War I and is classified as 111-SC-32763.Unknown woman in a car ..Emperor Charles I, visit to Vezzano: Departure.Automobile of the brand Voisin. Sold by Philipson's Automobil AB in Stockholm.USA, Jimmy Murphy and Ernie Alson in racing car at 500 Mile RaceDepartment car with defective Nearest Station Santa Lucia - Tolmein, 8.5.1916. .Two unknown women in a car, Anonymous, c. 1920 - c. 1935 photograph   photographic support gelatin silver print automobile. adult womanParis, 1906. Hit by a new car (circus exercise).Ready for the race (OV2019_390)A Humber Coupe with a special compartment for golf clubs in the side, demonstrated here by a lady.     Date: October 25th 1930A photograph of a horse-broom cleaning the streets of London. Dated 20th centuryMercedes (De Palma) coming through Vanderbilt Race ca. 1914. 09/30/1914. Useful War Loot. German armored car taken by the French, who use it for Camp service - Mercedes.Group by car, 15 April 1936, Levin, by Leslie Adkin.High master Hjalmar Johansson with his motorcyter.Marmon Automobiel at an exhibition in Essex, Anonymous, 1929 - 1930 photograph  Essex baryta paper. cardboard gelatin silver print automobile EssexOakland Automobile dealership garage and mechanics ca. early 1900s. Motorcycle Royal Enfield. English, 1914 (Possess. 1913).Man Fixing Car. Louis Fleckenstein, photographer (American, 1866 - 1943) 1907-1943Bringing Patient to Hospital By Car in the Snow. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Fort Totten Agency. 1903-1947. PhotographsA man in a suit and hat stands in front of a car. Tthe same man sits on the hood , Convertible automobiles. Jack Miller CollectionThomas Alva Edison displaying storage batteries of the power Detroit Electric automobile, 1913, digitally editedBritish officials seated in a horse-drawn carriage driven by two Burmese men, circa 1906Poll photo collection. Report Adler. The Adler drives a bridge. 1933Jersey City, New Jersey   c. 1912A man standing next to a "Brunswick Laundry, Inc."  truckCar trouble (EV007924_H)Fifth Ave. busMarconi's new movable radio-telegraphic station, designed by Marquis Solari, Signor Marconi's secretary.  The station was used for traction or for generating electricity for wireless telegraphy, as well as for erecting jointed telegraph poles.     Date: December 29th 1906Historic photo, Japan, ca. 1910, AsiaAnefo photo collection. 24-hour seating for Jeeps in Amersfoort. December 2, 1949. Amersfoort07/27/1914. Alexander from Serbia next to his car.Armored Car  1920  Naar de ondernemingen.Mr. A, Van der Eyk sitting in the back of a car, with a Javanese driver. Photo in the photo album offered to A. van der Eyk on behalf of the chefs and the staff of the Amsterdam trade association (HvA) in Surabaja at his departure from Java in April 1931.Street scene: men and cart near laundry ca. between 1909 and 1932.The Speaker's Chair Being Renovated For Jubilee Celebrations - Man at work on the Speaker's Coach this morning.For the first time since the Coronation, the 2¾-ton State Coach of the speaker of the House of Commons will take part in the King's Silver Jubilee celebrations. It is being overhauled in an apartment off one of the courtyards of the House of Lords ready for Captain Fitzroy's drive from the Palace of Westminster to St. Paul's for the Thanks giving service. The coach was built in 1698. February 11, 1935. (Photo by Key Stone View-Company)Mobile medical unit for Bedouin tribes in Transjordan. The dispensary van. Rear view (close) with Dr. James & native orderly or helper. 1934, JordanFirefighter driving a fire engine and a young woman sitting beside him (EV005432_H)Semmes Motor Company, Washington, D.C., Elite laundry truck ca.  between 1918 and 1928.Classic car parked outside building (EV003473_H)Pig Food- Women's Voluntary Service Collects Salvaged Kitchen Waste, East Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, 1943 Mrs Gerald De Rivaz, WVS driver, watches from inside the pig food collecting car, as Kathleen Kent (left) and Winifred Jordan empty the contents of a pig bin into the trailer. These salvaged kitchen scraps will be used as pig food.A Rover car fitted with a neatly made coal-gas installation. The gas bolster originated by Wood-Milne Ltd., was a recepticle built along the lines of a pneumatic tyre.  It could safely withstand considerable gas pressure and was fitted to the top of the vehicle.     Date: November 10th 1917Taxi de luxe, motor vehicle run by driver-owner.     Date: 1919Mr Herd's car on Napier Parade, 12 May 1920, North Island, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964.The Burney Streamlined car, with engine placed at the back. The  car was a glorious failure, as it was too expensive and unconventional despite the Prince of Wales buying one. Maximum speed was 40mph.     Date: August 1st 1931Automobile of the brand Voisin. Cahasse 18 hp. Type C 5.Rover car: Publicity photograph for Crawley Ridley Motor Bodies, 1931-1940, Wellington, by Ken Niven, Gordon H. Burt Ltd.Street scene, rear view of automobile, Washington, D.C., circa 1924Car at General Motors Assembly Plant, Petone, circa 1936, Petone, by Ken Niven, Gordon H. Burt Ltd.Elsevier photo collection. Traffic capturing Amsterdam. 1931. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandSet cars outside Gustav Ericsson's automobil factory.C. R. Nybergs in its flying machine without wings for testing the machine. The entire machinery visible. Nyberg in the machine in 1904.Anefo photo collection. Recordings RAI Skoda chassis. May 6, 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandParis (France), 09/1906. Toy Contest. Car with machine gun.Shooting party. Dressed people on motorcycle with side car. Skyttefest. Utklädda personer på motorcykel med sidovagn.Calgary scenic car to Bowness Park, 1924     Date: 1924Traffic car "X 1971", Taxi, Gösta Söder. Trafikbil "X 1971", taxi, Gösta Söder.Jennie, Victor Tier and car , Tier, Victor, Tier, Jennie Middlebrook, 1871-1937. Messenger CollectionAnefo photo collection. Auto exhibition RAI, Amsterdam; Little boy in old "Spijker". February 15, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandMinistry of Information First World War Official Collection London County Council women ambulance arriving back at ambulance station.A photo of a Willys Overland Co. Class AA, ton truck manufactured for the government in Toledo, Ohio. Four of these trucks, assembled by four different manufacturers, are seen lined up and ready to start their journey from Toledo to Washington, D.C. on Feb. 10, 1918. Price: $575. For official use only.