Historical Transportation Art

Artistic representations of various transportation methods, including zeppelins, ships, and military vehicles, blending historical and illustrative styles.

Opening of the Panama Canal / J.S. Pughe. - digital file from original print | Library of Congress

German Plane Launched from Ship.

Opening of the Panama Canal / J.S. Pughe. - digital file from original print | Library of Congress

Ship De Turtpad on a bank, Martin Monnickendam, 1907 drawing paper. chalk brush ships (in general). names of artefacts and man-made objects (buildings excluded)

Gondola of a zeppelin, 1932. Creator: Unknown.

Upper Station Incline Railway at the Royal Gorge showing one of the cars. , Sports & recreation facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Tanks, Tractors and Trucks on Train.

Illuminated advertisements, projected from a moving train for the benefit of the passengers. A very innovative concept indeed and not too far removed from the moving image advertisements seen today on the platforms (and in carriages) of some underground /metro railways around the world. Date: circa 1910s

R.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" Cunard Line, ltd.. 1946. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Wright Biplane, 1903, Biplanes

Historia. Siglo XX. El piloto francés Bleriot sobrevuela el canal de la Mancha. Años 1940. Dibujo de Mestre. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Unloading Transport Plane at Harbor.

Modes of Travel: cart with bamboo cover in Borneo and elephant with howdah (canopied seat) in Siam (Thailand)

The Dayton Wright Airplane Company ad. 1920. Vintage magasine advertisement.

Titanic, Cross-section. RMS Titanic, Cross-section of White Star Liner. Illustration shows how the seven decks were arranged in a cross section of the Titanic when it was docked at Southampton. The steamship was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast Ireland during 1910 - 1911 and later sank on April 15th, 1912 off the coast of Newfoundland after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York, USA. (Photo by Titanic Images/Universal Images Group)

Biding Time - Blue Outrigger Canoes (Acrylic Painting).

Train and Burning Prairie.

Renard and Krebs' airship, 1884, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

LANZAMIENTO DE BOMBAS DESDE UN AEROPLANO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Futuristic Air Travel, Aviation

Zeppelin Fahrten Uber See und Land, Hot Air Balloons & Derigibles

See the Passengers!, Hot Air Balloons & Derigibles

Passing a 50 foot ship through a 44 foot canal - 1919

Giant cactus on the desert , Cactus, Airplanes, Battleships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Father Christmas in a propelled airship Date: circa 1890s

Autogyros and other aircraft land on rooftops in the city of the future Date: 1931

A train arrives at Wood Green station, London Date: circa 1935

Switching Trains. The caption reads: Switching trains in the yards of a great railroad terminal drawn by American artist William Robinson Leigh (died 1955).

TWENTIETH CENTURY TRANSPORTATION. 1910 print illustrates the most advanced modes of transportation and communications with a map of the United States

A group of pirates have taken over a open top public bus, they are about to take over another, but they have come against residents from a lady passenger with an umbrella. Date: 1927

James Bard, Towboat "John Birkbeck", American, 1815-1897, 1854, oil on canvas

Night scene at a junction

Midnight Race, Currier & Ives Prints

Troop Transport in Bombed out City.

Reconstruction of Germany post world war two: 1950's German railway poster

On Io, third of Jupiter's moons, atomic power has been harnessed for the purposes of aviation : this airship is 'really a rocket ship with wings'. Date: 1943

'Tzschoppe' model plane, 1932. Creator: Unknown.

Train, 1848 - 1881 print Leaf with 4 horizontal rows with performances of a train. In the lower margin a verse in two columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 66. Publisher: Den Boscheprint Maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing passenger train. steam locomotive

Insurgents wrecking a train during the Philippine American War, 1899

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912). American aviator. With his brother is credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane. Plane flying over the field Anvours (France) at a speed of 80 km / h. 1908. Colored engraving.

New York Central System, Railroad

Bernstein's Fish Grotto - San Francisco, California, USA. 'The Ship that never goes to Sea' - one of the more extraordinary restaurant frontages one will come across.... It is a replica of the 'Nina' the flagship of Christopher Columbus! Date: late 1930s

JET-PROPELLED MONORAIL Date: circa 1950

Shipwreck, Cape Cod, Mass. , Shipwrecks, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

transport transportation aviation balloon phantasy project French soldiers are being transported over the English Channel for the invasion of Great Britain by hot-air balloons coloured lithograph after an idea by Thilorier early 19th century,

Captive aerostat built for the Chinese government January 15, 1887. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

Army pursuit planes over Miami, Florida , Cities & towns, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

THE REMOVAL OF JUMBO, THE BARGE VOYAGE TO MILLWALL

The 'Berlin Blue' passenger biplane, whose route was Paris - Lyons - Marseilles. Date: 1932

Colour illustration depicting 20th Century transportation by E.S. Yates. Dated 1910

A futuristic city with a range of transport options -- elevated tramways, suspended trolley buses and rooftop landing pads. Date: 1930

Rinsed sperm whale on the beach between Zandvoort and neighborhood by the sea, February 20, 1762, seen on the back. Rinsed sperm whale (cachelot) on the beach between Zandvoort and neighborhood by the sea, February 20, 1762. Seen on the back with the dunes in the background. At the animal spectators and a carriage.

France: Early Flight - 'Gay-Lussac et Biot a 4 000 metres de Hauteur, 1804' (Gay-Lussac and Biot at an altitude of 4000 metres, 1804), Paris, Romanet, c. 1895

Henson and Stringfellow's 1843 design for steam-powered flying machine. Webbed tail 15.24m, and beneath it a rudder. Steam engine in car drove two set of vanes (pink objecs) 6.09m diameter. Wing area 418.064 sq. metres. Lithograph, London, 1843.

An American illustration of lifeboat with crew sailing in stormy seas as a ship sinks in the distance

Russia, Tikhvin, Aerial view of railroad cars along sand pit in asphalt plant

GRABADO-CABALLO AERONAUTA.ASCENSION DE TESTU BRIFSY EN MEUDON. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Train in station on Illinois Central Railroad. Background, a map of ICRR lines in US, c1882. Transport Steam Locomotive Cowcatcher Headlight Passenger Ship Canal Barge Stagecoach Horse Carriage Telegraph America Chromolithograph

Cuproni, 1909, Biplanes

Northern Pacific Passenger Excursion, Railroad

Lady swimmers in bathing caps surrounding a rowing boat. Date: 1929

Wagon used on the cog railway line Lauterbrunnen-Muerren from Wengen to Grutsch in Switzerland, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893

Overview of a electric tram. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

A twin-engined French passenger plane prepares to take off. Date: 1936

America”: A Steamship in Transit 1861 Utagawa Yoshikazu Japanese. America”: A Steamship in Transit 73461

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Un avión ruso sobrevolando las posiciones de los austríacos. Author: Francisco Navarrete Sierra.

Ludwig Hohlwein 1912 Flugmaschinen - Werke, Poster

Headpiece depicting a train driving at night. Dated 19th century

A skeleton view of a Lancaster heavy bomber, which has more than 50,000 parts. Date: 1943

Engraving depicting a sleeping car during the day (above) and then at night with the bunks pulled down. Dated 19th century

Japanese hand coloured woodcut. The image shows a steam train pulling its carriages, while passing under a large pine tree. The conductor and his crew can be seen to the right of the image. Dated 1872.

A birds eye view of a freeway running along a city

How an English gentleman makes sure of his privacy while travelling by rail... Date: 1903

A satirical look at an 'express' train service (1/2 10429191). 1907

Merrick Thread Co. Merrick's thread its credit sustains even to carrying railroad trains.. Merrick Thread Co. Merrick's thread its credit sustains even to carrying railroad trains.

Un Quartier Embrouille Woman Riding On Rocket-Like Taxi Artist Unknown

Where the Southern Cross the Yellow Dog by Carroll Cloar, 1965, USA, Memphis, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery

Balloon Acrobat, Aviation

Royal Blue Line Motor Tours, New York City, America Date: c.1915

Various types of boat on a river, some with sails, others propelled with poles, Date: 19th century

An engraving depicting a glazing waggon used during the building of the Crystal Palace. Dated 19th century

Any Landing, Quotes

A colour illustration showing Father Christmas speeding up his deliveries by using a flying machine as his sleigh. Date: 23rd November 1907

Lates Magica image painted in color on glass plate.Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse in Berlin with train and lively street traffic.

THE FIRST RAILWAY IN JAPAN, 1872 engraving

Edward Duncan, 1803-1882, British, Hulk aground on beach, undated. Watercolor, graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Illustration by Loys Petillot celebrating the struggle for liberty in Alsace & Lorraine at the end of world war Two. American transporter vehicle carries a donkey and cart with local people as they wave to a jeep next to them

Yoroi-no watashi koami-cho, Yoroi ferry at Koami District., Ando, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, artist, Tokyo : Uwoya Yeikichi ; 1857, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 36.3 x 24 cm., Japanese print shows a boat ferrying people across a channel while another boat is rowed by a man and several boats in the background are laden with goods; a woman stands along the waterfront.

Increasing the water and food supplies for ships' lifeboats during the Second World War. New measures for saving the lives of crews of ships sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941

Other worlds will surely develop their own technologies for space travel : this radium-powered airship of Saturn uses the planet's natural resources. Date: 1941

Roller coaster or tobocanning operating at the Liverpool Exhibition, 1886. Great Britain. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Artist Ed Luna HAZMAT (Hazardous Materials) art; Phase 1 - Tanker Clean-up

Stage on the platform under the railway car; 1929 (1929-00-00-1929-00-00);

Chicago- Railroad center of the world , Railroad stations, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

The coming of the motor liner: the first big funnelless passenger boat built in the British Isles. Forging ahead, but with no steam and no funnels. Date: 1912

A Zeppelin's lurid end above the clouds during World War I

FERROCARRILES. JAPON. LLEGADA DEL PRIMER TREN FERROCARRIL A YOKOHAMA. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac's hot air balloon ascent, Paris, September 1804 (1900). Artist: Unknown

Affiche belge "Red Star Line".. Cassiers, Henry, 1858-1944. text. Prints, Posters. 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

Bicycling in Copenhagen, Denmark. Kathryn Hannan Milkey (b.1932 American)

Color print circa 1910 by Otto Barth depicting the Wocheiner Bahn railway line from Aßling to Görz to Trieste, including locomotives, tracks, and surrounding landscape.

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