Historical Transportation Figures

Black and white images of historical figures on ships and in early aviation, highlighting notable personalities in transportation history.

JAMES THOMPSON BAIN The leader of the deported Labour Leaders on board the Umgeni at Gravesend Date: 1860 - 1919

R. Amundsen standing on a ship

A. Nordlund, Kalmar Central, next to a freight wagon with Littera G.

Pilot Collins

Glenn Curtiss at pilot's wheel of his biplane

JAMES THOMPSON BAIN The leader of the deported Labour Leaders on board the Umgeni at Gravesend Date: 1860 - 1919

Like driver J. Ekstam and O. Walin, Kalmar Central, in front of a narrow steam locomotive.

Bordle life. Passenger at the railing of a passenger ship

Aircraft and Balloons Used by Some of the Air Pioneers Who Were Contemporary With Samuel Franklin Cody. Close up of W J Stutt getting out of the cockpit of an aircraft.

Rälsbuss Lettra SJ YC04. Locomotive driver at the controlboard.

Street railroad employee , Street railroad employees, Boston Elevated Railway Company. Leon Abdalian Collection

Biplane Pilot, Aviation

Conductor Ernst Lund, Kalmar Central, in front of a passenger car.

Edward Doheny, Oil Tycoon, Implicated in Teapot Dome Scandal, entering Car, Los Angeles, California, USA, March 21, 1923

Anonymous, raggio. Motorist (usual name). Old N&B drawing paper laminated on cardboard. Museum of Romantic Life.

Oldfield

Åke Karlström rises aboard Trafikaktiebolaget Grängesberg - Oxelösund Railways, TGOJ YOA104-3 after the inauguration of the remote blocking center in Skogstorp.

Return of H.E. from London, Sunday Oct. 16, 1938. Sir Harold MacMichael landing on Kulundia aerodrome in a Palestine airways machine. Mr. Battershill, acting High Commissioner & Mr. Eliahu watching approaching plane which brought Sir Harold MacMichael, West Bank, Qalandiyah

Fred. Terry on boat deck

Clifford B. Harmon. Seated in airplane.

aeronautica, ritratto di aviatore, 1910

O. Svensson, Kalmar Central, at a narrow steam locomotive.

Frank A. McAvoy Stationmaster #210 , Street railroad employees, Boston Elevated Railway Company. Leon Abdalian Collection

Historic photograph, aeroplane passengers, around 1926

Charles A. Lindbergh at Curtiss Field, Long Island, New York, on May 12, 1927. He arrived three hours ahead of schedule from St. Louis, Missouri, flying his Ryan Monoplane, Spirit of Saint Louis (BSLOC_2020_2_65)

Man at a car from the Swedish Consulate, Gdansk 1945.

Victor Young Running Crane. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print.

To Australia And Back In 21 Days -- Capt. Neville Stack. At the first favorable opportunity next week Mr. Neville Stack and Mr. J.R. Chaplin will set out on a Vickers Napier high-speed mail-carrying aeroplane in effort to demonstrate the possibility of running a mail service to Australia and getting an answer back in 21 days. April 11, 1931. (Photo by Topical Press).

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War A close up of Frank Cody (the youngest son and Cody's and Lela's only natural son - see below for further details) in school uniform sitting at the controls of Cody aircraft mark IC (Cathedral - so named because of its size and the size of the hangar it required and the katahedral (lower at the wing tips) arrangement of the wings) which is in the shed. Lela Cody's real name was Elizabeth King nee Davis. When her and Cody met (1890 / 1891) he had recently split up from his American wife Maud Lee and she was married with four children Lizzy, Edward, Leon and Vivian. Like their mother her children were soon enamoured with Cody, the three boy's joined Lela and Cody on stage with Leon and Vivian taking the name Cody and pretending to be his sons, whilst Edward took up the name Leroy and pretended to be Lela's nephew. Cody's only natural son was Frank. This is very different from the story that both Cody and Vivian told. In their version Cody me

Poll photo collection. Berlin airport - Tempelhof. Left Harry Laponder and right pilot Willem Beekman at the Fokker F.XX PH-AIZ Herring Gull. October 1934. Berlin, Germany

Churchman Kings of Speed Series cigarette card depicting Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (1905 1976) American entrepreneur who formed the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932, hiring numerous engineers and designers. He spent the rest of the 1930s setting multiple world air speed records and building the Hughes H-1 Racer and H-4 Hercules (the 'Spruce Goose'). Dated 20th Century

Ferdinand von Zeppelin and Company

Harry Atwood, Pioneering Aviator, Portrait Sitting in Airplane, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, 1911

Staff signals at Eskilstuna Central.

Lind Painter in a "Sommer" - aeroplane

"The American-Japanese Apple Incident"This photo was snapped in September, 1931, showing the American aviators Clyde Panghorn and Hugh Herndon with their world-circuling plane "Miss Veedol" at Sabishiro beach, Aomori Prefecture, where they landed on their long hop and took off on the last lap of their flight across the Pacific. When the apple-growers of Aomori found out that Mr. Panghorn was a native of Wenatches Valley, Washington State, famous for its "Richared Delicious" apples, they presented him with a few of their product as souvenir. November 30, 1938. (Photo by Japan Photo Library).

Tore Petersson, Kalmar Central at a passenger car.

Elsevier photo collection. Mayor A.J. D'Ailly wife departed Schiphol Pretoria attend festivities this. 100th anniversary city. mayor Paris Ferron (3rd left) secretary left aircraft. 19 October 1955. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

G. Seres -- Th. Ellegaard -- C. Moretti

Irwinville Farms, Georgia. Man driving "Hoover cart." 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Lyskils Railway, Lyj, rally on Lysekilsbanan,

Elsevier photo collection. Former President Harry Truman visits Amsterdam. leaving tour boat. June 16, 1956. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Victor Hemery. Winner of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Victor Hemery (1876 - 1950) was a champion French race car driver of the early Grand Prix motor racing era.

Elsevier photo collection. The Amsterdam former mayor F. de Boer, and former director of the Society of the Netherlands, and resigned as a member of the Committee General, returned to the Skymaster 301 from the Dutch East Indies. undated. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Stins Åberg at Eskilstuna Central with the traffic company Grängesbergoxelösund railways, TGOJ BT 306 in the background.

Roosevelt leaving Institute of Butantan, Sao Paolo ca. 1910-1915.

Bombing at Svartälv's railway. The exercise manager's bureau manager, Dyrssen.

A train clearer is responsible for ensuring that the timetable and the train scheme are held and is the one that assesses what measures should be taken in the event of deviations in train traffic. On train clearers, summer uniform has on it.

Portrait of two men in front of airplane. Fédèle Azari (Italian, 1895 - 1930)

Italian AceFrancesco De Pinedo, noted Italian pilot, at the controls of his plane, in which he plans to start on a 6200-mile trip to Persia, in an effort to capture the long-distance flight record. June 21, 1933.

Station champion Janne Simonsson at Kalmar Railways.

Roosevelt reaches Oyster Bay

A quirky executive pilot: K.G. Lindner.

06/13/1927. Millions of New Yorkers Welcome Charles Lindbergh as a Hero.

Speech by schout-at-night H. Tichelman (1903-1978, behind Katheder) In its capacity as Director General of the pilotage in the commissioning of the Radarnet Nieuwe Waterweg on November 30, 1956 by ZKH Prins Bernhard.The just made it possible All ship movements on the Nieuwe Waterweg van Hoek van Holland to monitors to Rotterdam.

Governor Woodrow Wilson campaigning by train for president in Bradford, Ohio, 1912 (BSLOC_2017_8_96)

Enters Plane In London-To-Australia Air Derby -- Major Alexander P. De Seversky who has announced that he will enter his new plane, SEV-3L in the London-to-Australia Air Derby. He hopes to make the trip in 50 hours. During the world war Major De Seversky distinguished himself as one of the leading flyers in the Russian Air Force. May 13, 1934. (Photo by International News Photo).

Vintage Photograph. Railroad brakement on top of freight car signaling with paper in hand, Frame 2

The captain of the RMS Titanic - Captain E J Smith. 1912

Bad Wörishofen. Wedding of Nikolaus Grasser, brother of the photographer. Kutscher the wedding carriage

Anefo photo collection. Arrival of 50 Canadian Jeeps in Rotterdam with the "Prince Willem V". In a jeep the Canadian ambassador T.A. Stone (left) and Mr. F.J. Kranenburg (behind the wheel), State Secretary for the Ministry of War. June 1, 1953. Rotterdam, South Holland

Mexico: September 28, 1924 Members of the American Industrial MIssion touring Mexico at the invitation of President Obregon pose outside their special train. L-R: TM Cullom, President, Chamber of Commerce, Dallas; Chas. J. Webb, President, Charles J. Webb Company, Philadelphia; Mason Britton, Vice-Pres.. American Industrial MIssion; C. Hale, President, MKT.Railroad, Dallas; Frank Waterman, President, Waterman Fountain Pen Co., NY; W.W. Nicholas, President, Allis Cjhalmers Co., Milwaukee

Lok driver in the driver's cab with the interior.

H. Jacobsson, Kalmar Central, in front of a wagon from the State Railways, SJ.

The ship captain at the steering lectures.

Barcelona, 02/19/1910. The aviator M. Julien Mamet with Don Mario García Cames, Uruguayan, owner of the Bleriot airplane, with which he made notable flights at the aviation festival held at the racecourse.

At the new railroad left to right are: Mr. Edes, Frank G. Carpenter, Lieut. Mears. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, Railroad tracks,Alaska,Anchorage,1890-1920, Railroad construction & maintenance,Alaska,Anchorage,1890-1920, Carpenter, Frank G,(Frank George),,1855-1924, United States,Alaska,Anchorage

Bad Wörishofen. Wedding of Nikolaus Grasser, brother of the photographer. Kutscher the wedding carriage

Anefo photo collection. The port of Rotterdam. April 22, 1964. Rotterdam, South Holland

British Jockey Leaves For South.Steve Donoghue, English Jockey who has ridden six Derby winners in the past 10 years, shown at Newark airport as he took off, Dec. 6, for a flight to Florida. Later he expects to visit Jamaica to look after six English horses sent overseas two weeks ago. After the holidays, he will journey to California where he will ride in the $100, 000 Anita Baldwin handicap at the new four million dollar Santa Anita race track. June 12, 1934. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Station inspector at Köping station.

Raller "(doll); Railway Museum.

Louis Bleriot in the cockpit of his plane, at the time of his flight across the English Channel Date: 1909

"The Tragedy Of Russia" -- Members of one of the Soviet Union's most recently acquired, Estonia, these young plane-designers pose with two of their beautifully-built glider models. "The Soviet Government appears deliberately to prevent intercourse between the Russian people and the rest of the world", said Mr. Attlee, British Prime Minister, when he addressed the Trades Union Conference at Brighton on October 24th last. Referring to "The Russian Tragedy", he added that the Russians were subjected to "fantastic misrepresentations" about other nations. September 3, 1951.

LOK driver Olof Larsson.

The Aerial Derby: the pilot of the Avro, Mr FP Raynham, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo.

Katherine Stinson in Japan . Aviatrix Katherine Stinson standing by an airplane. September 1917

Airplane crew with Hauptman K. Noske from KG4 in Cockpit.

Östersund station in 1924. The State Railways, SJ. Station inspector, Stins C.G.A. Lundgren.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Aviator poses in Piper L-4J Cub Grashhopper see photon. 5895, 5902, .5903, 5904. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Ruder house of a maritime passenger ship with plants of shipfill technology and rudder at the steering wheelRuder house of a maritime passenger ship with plants of ship guide technology and rooter at the steering wheel

Black and white photograph showing the people's emotions and viewpoints leading up to the abdication of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (1894-1972). The king abdicated on 11 December 1936; cyclists ride through the streets of London wearing placards in favour of the king remaining on the throne.

Wealthy Peer's Aerial Honeymoon -- Lord Furness and his bride, Mrs. Enid Cavendish, a wealthy Australian, photographed before they left stag lane aerodrome today in their private Puss moth, which is painted in Lord Furness's racing colors. They had been married at Prince's Row Register Office and their destination was a secret. August 03, 1933.

In the ***** Capt. Carion pilot Incharge in "Tahiti". January 07, 1928.

'Cats Eyes' is Back With a Brace of Records and Two Bottles of Wine -- Group Captain Cunningham, carrying two bottles of Chianti (Italian) wine, after landing the four-let Comet at Hatfield Aerodrom, Herts., today.Flying Britain's world famed jet airliner - the De Havilland Comet - Group Captain John 'Cats Eyes' Cunningham set a London-to-Rome and a Rome-to-London speed record today (Thrusday). Averaging 480 miles per hour at 40,000 feet, he covered the 900-mile route from Hatfield aerodrome, Herts, to Ciampino Airport, Rome, in two hours two minutes. Approximate time for the return journey was two hours four minutes. March 16, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

London To Bermuda Flight Plane Will Re-Fuel In The Air -- Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett (on right) who is piloting the aircraft, with Sir Alan Cobham, (left) who is charge of the re-fuelling, photographed in front of the machine, just before the take off from London Airport Heathrow.Using a petrol feed pump, 10,000 feet in the air, a British South American Airway's ' Plane is attempting the 4, 000-miles journey from London to Bermuda non-stop, re-fuelling in the air over the Azores. May 28, 1947.

Receive the flyer Codos and Rossi -- The French aviator Codos and Rossi, who on the Strocke New York-Rayak (Syria) established a new world record in the long-haul flight, were very ***** when it lands in Paris.Rossi is on the shoulder tern supported by the enthusiastic Mengo the airfield text without liability.Close-ups of 1 intrepid French Frans - Atlantic Flyer Codos & Rossi, who established a new long-distance record, on their arrival in Paris. October 2, 1933.

06/30/1912. From the Valencia tram catastrophe. The tram conductor, Francisco Falcons, died in the crash.

Traffic Cop, Newport

Image of a part of the Zonexpres car sleeping train along the platform of the N.S. station Amsterdam Amstel in Amsterdam.

16,000 Mile In 32-foot Ketch -- Across Atlantic and Pacific to Tasmania -- Left to right: Bill Bartlett, Eddie Mossop and Dennis Tanner.... photographed today.Eddie Mossop, 36-year-old fisherman, Dennis Tanner, 29, another fisherman, and ex-Royal Air Force Officer Bill Bartlett, 27, on the deck of their 32-feet ketch at Christchurch, Hampshire, England, as they prepared to start on an adventures voyage of 16,000 miles across the Atlantic and the Pacific to Tasmania. A small marine motor is fitted in the ketch but most of the journey will be done under sail.They are hoping to reach Sydney in time for the Australian Yacht Race of the year - from Sydney to Hobart, Tasmania. Weather permitting the ketch will start from Christchurch tomorrow (April 15th). April 14, 1951.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

On-board shots. Port T a lady on board, guess. Victoria LuisePortrait of a lady on board, presumably Victoria Luise

W. J. Binskin, trainer-driver of Mark Time, The Sun selection for the first race at tonight's HP trots. October 8, 1949.

Count Paul Teleki (1879-1941) Prime Minister of Hungary, driving through Munich with Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, when visiting Germany to discuss Hungarys claims to Transylvania.

The rally "Long David".

Station inspector Oscar Hontwedt, Halmstad - Nässjö Railway, HNJ.

Traffic Director Carl J Stjerna.

Per Lagerberg. Traffic manager at Berglagernas Railways, BJ from 1913.

Stins in Vedevåg in front of the station house.

Anefo photo collection. Herman Tholen 70 years (16 May 1967). In his caravan. 11 May 1967. Amstelveen

of 2