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Classic Automobiles of the 1920s

Images of early 20th-century open-top automobiles with stylish designs, capturing the essence of luxury and leisure during the 1920s.

United States c. 1912A family heads off for an adventure in the driveway with the children at the wheel.
United States c. 1912A family heads off for an adventure in the driveway with the children at the wheel.
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A Powerful Car. The travel company in car during the trip along the oil fields in the United States, led by Mr. Crocker. Part of the foto album from Dolph Kessler with recordings he made during his stay in England and on a world trip that he undertook to Dutch-India, Japan, China and the United States as a secretary of Henri Deterding (director of Royal Oil), between 1906 and 1908.Bread car of the municipality of Vienna open, Carl Karl Zapletal -, photographerBoillot & RigalCar troubleClose up of a car involved in an auto accident ca. early 20th century.Fred Leonard Warren, Jr. Mayflower Wanderland. Mr. & Mrs. Warren, with auto , Spouses, Automobiles. Leon Abdalian CollectionFrom the magazine La Vie au Grand Air (Life in the Outdoors); Black and white photographs of Albert Clement in his racing car going through the streets. Taking a corner in Neuf Chateau.California: c. 1922 A promotional piece for McClaren Autocrat Cord tires.They were run for 13,000 miles on the road between Oakland and Fresno by the California Transit Company. The three rear doors are labeled ""Smokers", and the three forward are titled ":Ladies".Harry Suprenard, Police Station #13, 1373 , Motorcycles, Police. Leon Abdalian CollectionPhillip Smith on Indian motorcycle, Perkins Street, near Ward's Pond , Motorcycles. Leon Abdalian CollectionThe spar wheel on the SE Auto-Railer 5226.Elsevier photo collection. Spyker C4 "Tenax" drivers. November 1920Anefo photo collection. Bicycle taxi Amsterdam. June 20, 1940. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandGroup of people, in Elgin Six official scout car, stopped in front of A.A.A. Chicago Motor Club, circa 19171924 Studebaker Big Six 7-Passenger Sedan. Promotional Advertising for Studebaker Corporation South Bend, IndianaStreet scene, auto accident ca. between 1910 and 1935.G.L. Boissevin i.e., Boissevain1930S Couple Man Woman In Fishing Gear Holding Poles Standing In Front Of CarYoung woman and a mature man sitting in a convertible car, 1925Boulogne-sur-Seine, Automobile France of the Renault brand belonging to Albert Kahn, parked quai of September , (French - Boulogne-sur-Seine , France Automobile de la marque Renault appartenant à Albert Kahn , garée quai du Quatre-Septembre). Car transport, car, quay, Transport, Boulogne s, Seine July 9, 17, 13889MG TC 1949 1940s boy kid driveway Los Angeles period nostalgia street cityAutomobile wreck - digital file from original | Library of CongressLeon Serpollet in his Gardner-Serpollet steam car, Nice, 1903. Artist: Unknown06/30/1929. The Bolido Flecha de Oro car that could be seen at the Barcelona Exhibition.Anefo photo collection. At car auction in Olympic stadium. Car auctioned for 'the village'. The 31-year-old Fiat Cabriolet type Dallila. October 1, 1963The electric cycle. >>A row of taxi cabs waiting to take Automobile Association offiers and patrols to the White City to form the nucleus of a new cyclist battalion, the Army Cyclist Corps, at the start of WWI. From The PTruck load of beef being delivered to Central Market, Washington, D.C. black driver, circa 1923Children playing with delivery bikes parked on the roadside in HaifaPost WW1 - President Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913 - 1921). The President is seen here with his wife in a chauffeur driven car leaving the White House. Date: 1919Northern Hälsinglands Railway, NHJ Motordressin. Made by station Champion Nils Erik Nilsson in Rogsta. Here Photographed in Front of the Station House in Rogsta.Austinbil. >>Margaret Andrews (in auto)De PalmaSailors in a motor car in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada Date: 1900sParis (France), 06/07/1935. Attractive women's contest in Paris. International trophy, elegance and automobile competition.Man and motorized bicycle , Bicycles & tricycles. Leon Abdalian CollectionHistoric photograph, car decorated with flowers, around 1920Deutsches Museum. The vehicle hall.Buitzenborg (Bogor) (Java / Indonesia). Paradeplatz with military in lineup. In the foreground automobile with men in civilBuitenzorg (Bogor) (Java / Indonesia). Paradeplatz with military in lineup. In the foreground automobile with men in civilPhoto of Indian Scout Motorcycle circa 1931.Carl Nordgren's old car. Compare picture no EB 638.The site is Visby. The mill in the background is the high that burned down on the Lucian night in 1976. Carl Nordgrens gamla bil. Jämför bild nr EB 638.Platsen är Visby. Kvarnen i bakgrunden Är Högan som brann ned på lucianatten 1976.French Auto Laboratory of RadiologyMotorcycle SOK with Side Vagn 1925-1928.Eugene Davis standing by the side of his adapted truck which carries him about the country on his search for gold. Pinos Altos, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pinos Altos, New Mexico , Grant CountyVan parked in front of a building, circa 1935, Wellington, by Gordon Burt, Gordon H. Burt Ltd.Ford Model T 1908, Ford Model T 1896, Ford Model T 1927, 15 Millionth CarPoll photo collection. Report Paris. Taxis for one of the Gothic access gates of Notre Dame in Paris. April 1936. France, ParisStreet car In Toronto, Canada in the 1900s Date: 1900sMcFarlan 6 wrecked - IndianapolisVintage photograph of Cars owned by the Kaiser, Wilhelm II of Germany at the berlin Car exhibition 1905Harry Suprenard, Police Station #13, 1373 , Motorcycles, Police. Leon Abdalian CollectionState Road. Original caption: State road. A. L. Westgard. June, 1912. State: New York Place: Near Calodonia.India's Day Of Destiny - Mountbatten Saves Women & Child From MobThree women (background on right of coach) and a small boy (fourth from right background) were saved by Lord and Lady Mountbatten (centre) from a crowd of a quarter of a million who broke up a Military parade during India's Independence Day celebrations at New Delhi August 15. Seated atop of coach canopy on extreme left is Pandit Nehru Prime Minister of New Government of dominion of Hindustani. August 18, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).Express Delivery Description: Early express parcel delivery van Date: c.1905 sepia, transport, delivery, express, van, parcel, gwrFred Leonard Warren, Jr. Mayflower Wanderland. Mr. & Mrs. Warren, with auto , Spouses, Automobiles. Leon Abdalian CollectionAnefo photo collection. Fifth tradition ride from the pioneer automobile club. October 9, 1960Travel Emperor Charles I to the Isonzofront, Istria, Carinthia and Vorarlberg. In the period from 1-6.6.1917, arrival in Tarvis.DOME FOR HALE SOLAR LAB ON TRUCK (FRONT VIEW) EN ROUTE TO CONSTRUCTION SITE.RestaFour Rolls-Royce chassis leaving the factory to be delivered to Geneva. In the 1920s the car manufacturer made the engine and the chassis and the body would be fitted later by a coach builder. Date: November 26th 1921Spread showing photographs of some notable cars from the 15th Olympia Motor show in 1921. Date: 5th November 1921Historical United States Postal Service: Mailman on a motorcycle picking up mail from a box circa 1912. 05/31/1914. Lorraine-Dietrich Car Piloted by the Marquis of Aulencia. "Recordman" of the contest held on Sunday in Navacerrada, Covering the route in twelve Minutes, fifty Seconds.Bluebird - the car in which Captain Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948) set a new world land speed record on 20th February 1928 at Daytona Beach, Florida. He reached a speed of 206.95 mph in a heavy gale. At 210mph the car turned broadside, but Campbell managed to recover, hitting a top speed of 214mph. He was knighted by King George V in 1931. Date: 1928Motor racing. raid paris peking. scipione borghese and luigi barzini. 1907. Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Men, carts, banks. undatedIrwinville Farms, Georgia. Man driving "Hoover cart." 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography CollectionV. Lusty.Service station of the 1950s. A young couple with their broken down car. He is trying to repair something in the front of the car and has his tools within range. Sweden 1952. Kristoffersson ref BF75-8Your Cab Company; In response to the need for rapid transportation in a city rapidly growing, "Your Cab Company" was incorporated, June 30th, 1923.. Illustrations. 1925. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , Chicago (Ill.), Taxicabs, African American business enterprisesA humourous illustration by H.L. Bacon of a female driver in the countryside, accompanied by a dog in the passenger seat. August 15th 1903Commandant's Daughters Aboard Launch Spray. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.Horse drawn vehicle, Lakewood, N. J. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesCar Wash Los Angeles California USA 1927 Anefo photo collection. Flower parade bollenstreek. April 24, 1949London, England: c. 1937 A London policeman looks at a new sport model motorcycle that will do 80 mile per hour. It is on display at the Motor Cycle Show at Olympia Centre.Robert Stebbins, Police Station #13, 1399 , Motorcycles, Police. Leon Abdalian CollectionSlottsskogens RangerbangårdYngve Tjerneld, Wästra Hästbo, sits at the back of his Harley Davidson 1921 with reg. X845. Model W Sport on 584CC with 5 hp boxer motor. Yngve Tjerneld, Wästra Hästbo, sitter bak på sin Harley Davidson 1921 med reg.nr. X845. Modell W Sport på 584cc med 5 hk boxermotor.Photograph inside of the lifestyle magazine La Vie au Grand Air; General Joseph Brugere in his motorcar.Man on a motorized tricycle in France. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first automobiles and autoraces.A motor soup kitchen presented to the Red Cross Society by Messrs. Burberry's of Haymarket in 1915. The vehicle was of a 'very compact and serviceable design' and had 'been made to a special specification approved by the Society and supervised by the engineer of the R.A.C.'. The caption states that, "Hitherto the title shown on the car, "The Burberry," has only been associated with teh firm's weatherproof topcoats.' The firm also, of course, provided the indispensible trench coFritiophen Malmsten with its novelty rock cycle at Karl Johans Square, Kristiania (Oslo).350th anniversary parade , Stagecoaches, Annisquam Life Collection 1760-2015Harry Suprenard, Police Station #13, 1373 , Motorcycles, Police. Leon Abdalian CollectionCapital Garage, New York Avenue, Between 13th and 14th Streets, NW, Washington, DC. Original caption: Capital Garage - New York Avenue- between 13th and 14th Streets, N.W. - Washington, DC H. H. Ritter - September 18, 1943. 10:30 a.m. State: District of Columbia. Place: Washington, DC."Children Throughout The Ages" Exhibition -- Our picture shows early Victorian Childrens carriages in the exhibition which is to be held at Chesterfield House, London. Many of the exhibits have been lent by Her Majesty the Queen. On the left is a 17th. century child's carriage lent by the Duke of Devonshire. May 28, 1934.;"Children Throughout The Ages" Exhibition -- Our picture shows early Victorian Childrens carriages in the exhibition which is to be held at Chesterfield House, London. Many of De Palma in Mercedes wins Vanderbilt Cup Race 1914 . 12/31/1909. At the national exhibition in Valencia. The Automobile Festival, passage of the Balancín, by one of the Carriages.An attendant with a bath chair 'for hire' waits for a customer whom he will pull along the sea front at Eastbourne Date: 19521930S 1940S Boy In Wooden Toy Car Pulling Dog Behind In WagonPutting gas in vintage car (OV2023_239)St. Maurice, the 1926 Fiat , Automobiles. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives CollectionThe New York to St. Louis automobile parade. Louisiana Purchase Exposition , Parades & processions, Ferris wheels, Exhibitions, Automobiles, Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.Automobile Show, Paaris 1951. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelAutomobile from Car Accident 1929 .Presenting auto to Jake DaubertHis Majesty of the King of Bulgaria in Trieste.9.11.17. .England: c. 1900. A passel of men on their way pedaling a vehicle called the Dunlop Express.