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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
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A new delivery-car for the Post Office. Date: April 4th 1903Two firemen with fire engine ca. 1909.Image of a truck from Van Rijn's mustard and vinegar factory (Nieuwekade 9-12), on the Nieuwekade in Utrecht.Leon Thery in the car which wone the 1905, Gordon-Bennett Cup Race. Leon Thery (16 April 1879 - 8 March 1909) was a French racing driver, nicknamed "Le Chronometer", who won the premier European race, the Gordon Bennett Cup, in both 1904 and 1905Genga -driven engine dress.Automobile and two motorcycles in courtyard on Rue de Valence, Paris, photographed by Eugene Atget with a large-format wooden bellows camera. Ca. 1920.10 hp, 2 cyl. Daimler Truck for 5000 kg load. Delivered to Munich's Brewery, Stockholm in 1903.Scania-Vabis truck. Transport of barrels.Elsevier photo collection. A self-built automobile?. 1921Rex Motorcycle and Sidecar - on the beach at Margate. This particular model, launched after the end of WWI was powered by a new Blackburne engine. The two young chaps seem utterly delighted by their chariot! Date: circa early 1920sFred Leonard Warren, Jr. Mayflower Wanderland. Mr. & Mrs. Warren, with auto , Spouses, Automobiles. Leon Abdalian CollectionWoman getting into carGuadarrama. 06/16/1913. From the car race. Lorraine-Dietrich car, 40 hp., classified with the second prize, two minutes fifty-two seconds behind the first, driven by the Marquis of Aulencia, who has also obtained the Infanta Isabel SA Cup and "the minimum prize consumption" (Desmarais Cup); consumption of 0.97 liters per horse in 309 kilometers, without any fault.From the magazine La Vie au Grand Air (Life in the Outdoors); Black and white photograph of a man inside a home-made car.Library commission of North Carolina Book mobile in the 1920s (BSLOC_2016_10_127)In this photograph from May 1918, an automotive section of the Council of National Defense is pictured. The photographer's identification number is 29276. The image is marked "For Official Use Only" and features various carloads of cartage shipments by the CN Cereal Co and Griggs Fuller & Co.Automobile showroom: Allen: The Henderson Rowe Auto Company. ca. between 1910 and 1920.A milkwoman standing on her dairy cart in southern England during the First Wotrld War. A portrait of a smiling milkwoman as she stand on her dairy cart in the sunshine. The words 'Pool's Dairies' and 'Hayes' can be seen on the side of the cart and a large milk churn can also be seen. It is unclear if this photograph was taken in Hayes in Kent or Hayes in Middlesex.Delivery of light bulbs from AB Stockholm's bulb factory, the Järnensmaturfabriken on the Ringvägen in Stockholm.Snowfall on the Ronquillo highway. 1915.Military Motors series, 1916: French Motor Pigeon-Cote.Poll photo collection. Report Adler. Boer Gebucys at a Adler on the Dorpsweg in Bovenkerk. Behind the wheel of Marle. 1933. Bovenkerk1930s 1940s TWO BOYS WATCHING TRAFFIC MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN GIVING SPEEDING TICKET TO DRIVER HE HAS PULLED OVERMan pumping gas into his automobile in early 1900s at Texaco Gas Station with Texaco Gasoline (1910s possibly). Women at work during the First World War A portrait of a smiling milkwoman as she stand on her dairy cart in the sunshine. The words 'Pool's Dairies' and 'Hayes' can be seen on the side of the cart and a large milk churn can also be seen. It is unclear if this photograph was taken in Hayes in Kent or Hayes in Middlesex.Two women in new Oldsmobile in front of log cabin, Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, circa 1920Poll photo collection. Report Noord-Holland. Parked cars on the Laarderhei. 1933. CrailoHudson super six automobile in Washington, D.C., at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., in front of State, War, and Navy Building, circa 1920Traffic bus between Linköping and Malm Clean The traffic bus between Linköping and Malmlätt. Driver at the bus door.Goux Wins, Indianapolis, 1913My first car, historic photograph, around 1928Poll photo collection. Report Paris. Paris.The cathedral Notre Dame with cars. 1937. France, Paris, SeineYoung man driving a cart on a railroad track1920S 1930S Two Fire Trucks With Los Angeles City Hall In BackgroundGary Trucking Co. Moving Truck, TrucksArab posed beside new Dodge 1920, Middle East, Israel and/or PalestinePenny farthing bicycle. A man is riding a penny-farthing bicycle he has made himself with wooden wheels both front and back. Sweden 1940speople group motorcycles 1920s 20s 20th century,Maurice Rouvier (1842 - 1911), arrives at his office with his chauffer and automobile. Rouvier was a French statesman of the "Opportunist" faction, who served as the Prime Minister of France, from January 1905 - 13 March 1906. He is best known for his financial policies and his unpopular policies designed to avoid a rupture with Germany.Image of some parked buses on the Leidseveer in Utrecht, in connection with the 27th Jaarbeurs, with the buildings on the Leidseweg in the background, including the office building of the Life Insurance Company De Utrecht (Leidseweg 2, left).Krupp balloon gunThe raising of the siege of Jerusalem Mrs. Edward J. Lewis waiting with his car of 'peoples dispensary for sick animals' to proceed into the city after curfew is lifted to minister to sick and starving animals. 1938, IsraelJuan Belmonte's farmhouse and his car. 1928.Driving license training in Stockholm sometime during the 1920s. "U 420" Became Köpning's first telecom.Arthur Krauße with his motorcycle and childrenAnefo photo collection. Fifth tradition ride from the pioneer automobile club. October 9, 1960Omnibus from the 1920s. Matfors-water rail, MVAJ.Duryea car. one of the first american car with piston engine. 1895. Moving Hotel de GinkAnefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1961. Preparation of Prinsjesdag. Golden carriage and Calèche. September 15, 1961Parcel Force Description: Great Western Railway parcels three wheeler and driver. Date: c.1905 post, mail, railway, parcels, gwr, greatwesternrailway, tricarFire engine next to Kinema TheaterCouple riding a motorbike, woman sitting in a sidecar, around 1930, Germany, EuropeMan and a motorcycle Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negativesNational Apple Week Association float Pan American Union, Washington, D.C. in background ca. between 1918 and 1928.Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1961. Preparation of Prinsjesdag. Golden carriage and Calèche. September 15, 1961EMMELINE PANKHURST standing by a motor car. (There are stickers on the back of this postcard advertising the meeting 18 Nov 1910 which came to be known as Black Friday). Date: circa 1910Unknown and Arthur Krauße with motorcycle DKWCouple in a car, circa 1935, New Zealand, by Gordon Burt, Gordon H. Burt Ltd.Vintage photograph of Indian Nobles and colonials driving an early automobile in Delhi, India 1905Front view of car S1316 after accident on Daniel Shays Highway, Pelham, Mass., Nov. 15, 1938 : Parcel no. 466 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, automobiles, Automobiles, Collision damageNew York, New York: c. 1923 A couple showing how they get to work on their autoped during the latest transit strike.Miss Atlantic City waves from the her carriage on the boardwalk. Her she is attended by feminine footmen in silk stocking and blond wigs. Sept. 1925.Photographic montage showing a motor car on runners, or motor sleigh, designed for use in snowy conditions, USA, 1907. Date: 05/01/1907Improvised bicycle vehicle, German-occupied Paris, 1940-1944. Artist: UnknownGov. Major on Good Roads workA single-decker London bus operated by the 'London Power Omnibus Company' (route from Marble Arch to Kilburn) Date: circa 1900Kingan's Meat Truck #2, TrucksLionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937), 2nd Baron Rothschild, rides in carriage drawn by a zebra 1895A policeman uses hand signals to stop the 273 bus to Roehampton, London. Date: 1930Photograph of Car with Advertisement for War Loan Exhibit.London steam bus, 1902, (1947). Creator: Unknown.Giffel Manufacturing & Sales Company Delivery Truck, TrucksAdvertisement for The Marmon Car - 1905Photograph inside of the lifestyle magazine La Vie au Grand Air; miniature cars for children. One is an early Mercedes.Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 Preventing accidents vehicles unclear situations company /. undatedPhotograph inside of the lifestyle magazine La Vie au Grand Air; cars used by the Post Office.Advertisement for Packard Automobile, 1905Wesley's Carbon Remover for Automobiles, Automobiles