Historical Transportation Media

Old photographs depicting various modes of transportation, including ambulances, passenger ships, and early motor vehicle exhibitions.

Writing woman on board passenger ship SS. Rumphius during a trip to Java, Anonymous, in or after 1908 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print passengers ~ ship. handwriting, writing as activity. parts of ship's exterior (DECK)

Description: United States Commission Ambulance, departure of the Commissioners from the N.W. Angle. Location: Canada; United States of America Date: 1876 canada, americas

Writing woman on board passenger ship SS. Rumphius during a trip to Java, Anonymous, in or after 1908 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print passengers ~ ship. handwriting, writing as activity. parts of ship's exterior (DECK)

Location: Borneo Date: 26 April 1921 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Image showing a motor vehicle exhibition during World War I. The photograph was taken by a Signal Corps photographer and received description notes indicate it captured the motor vehicle show. The image bears the symbol "E" and the identification number "062249."

Description: Mile 554 1/2. Temporary Bridge, between Muhoroni and Kibigori. Location: Muhoroni, Kibigori Description: Mile 560. Kibigori Station. Location: Kibigori ugandarailway, africa

Diemen and Bussum, 1939 photograph Album magazine with two photos of father and son on a terrace in the teahouse at Bussum and the son on the bike with the father's bicycle on the hand on Muiderstraatweg in Diemen. Under the photos cut out papers with typed inscriptions. Part of the first photo album with photos of the two bike rides of father and son through the Netherlands in September 1939 and July 1940 and a car trip with the family through the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in June 1949. Bussum paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. bicycle. father with son(s) (father-love). pavement, terrace in front of inn or restaurant. riding, cycling (recreation) Bussum. Diemen

Description: Mile 430. Elmenteita Station Yard. Location: Elmenteita Description: Mile 445. Panorama of Nakuro. Location: Nakuro ugandarailway, africa

Description: Red River. Transportation Company's Steamer "Dacota" at Dufferin, Red River. Location: Dufferin, Canada; United States of America Date: 1876 canada, americas

Steamboat on the Lachine current rapes in Canada, Standard Engraving Co., c. 1893 - in or before 1898 photomechanical print paper river. rapids. steamship, motorship (+ four persons or more ~ traffic and transport) Saint Lawrence

Railway line.Rechte railway line.

Description: Changamwe Station-Uganda Railway. Location: Changamwe, Uganda Description: North Central Guas Ngishu Plateau-B.E.A.P. africa

Two women, a man and a girl posing at a car in Batavia, two of them referred to as 'Leen and Kees', Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. Batavia paper. photographic support gelatin silver print automobile. family life Batavia

Description: Georgetown from 1000' over Houston. Location: Georgetown, Guyana Date: 1921 guyana, caribbeanthroughalens

Landscape with a boat in Normandy ..

Street face on the Willemskade in Surabaya with carts and passers -by, Anonymous, c. 1900 - Before 1906 photograph Part of remembrance album with photos of Surabaya. Surabaya paper. photographic support. cardboard street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle. carrying something with carrying-pole Surabaya

With flowers decorated in a funeral procession, presumably in Jogjakarta, c. 1916 - c. 1917 photograph Part of Family Album with photos of a family in the former Dutch East Indies colony and a sugar factory in Purworejo. Jogjakarta photographic support gelatin silver print cortege, funeral procession. flowers. four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach Jogjakarta

A group of airplanes flying in formation over Mineola, Long Island. The photograph was taken by photographer Reco and is numbered 46629, from the SC Columbia University, New York collection. This image captures the aeroplanes passing in formation, with no specific annotations provided.

Description: Hedjaz Rly - Yarmuk Valley Bridge. Location: Palestine Date: 1922 Description: 1.05M Gauge Rolling Stock Service Coaches at El Fule Station. Location: Palestine Date: 1922

Description: Mile 228 Between Simba and Muani. Location: Simba, Muani Description: Mile 237 Muani Station Location: Muani ugandarailway, africa

Description: Ch.M.S. near Masaka Location: Masaka africa

Gideon Elon, the third husband of Isabel Wachenheimer, by a tour boat, with his left foot on the railing, Anonymous, 1956 - 1970 photograph Gideon Elon, the third husband of Isabel Wachenheimer, at a tour boat, with his left foot on the railing photographic support gelatin silver print

Woman gets out of a plane at Airport Andir in Bandung, Anonymous, 1930 - 1935 photograph This photo is part of an album. Bandung baryta paper gelatin silver print aircraft, aeroplane. airfield, airport Bandung

Pettelaarseweg near Den Bosch, the Netherlands ..

Lieutenant Maynard and his Liberty Motor participate in the Victory Parade in New York City. The photograph was taken on May 3, 1919, by Lt. Geo.H. Lyon, SC. The event celebrates the end of World War I. Lt. Maynard and his Liberty Motor are seen in the picture.

Car with 'John Lanting', 'C. Kroese ', wife and a man at the Two Rivers Estate on Sumatra, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. Sumatra paper. photographic support gelatin silver print plantation. automobile Sumatra

Location: Hong Kong Date: 1930-1940 hongkong, asia, asiathroughalens

Spectators and participant in the Race Paris-Vienne, 1902 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. France paper. photographic support automobile. maintenance, repair, storage ~ motor vehicles. motorcar racing France

Two men in a horse -drawn carriage, next to it a servant, in Batavia, Anonymous, 1913 photograph This photo is part of an album. Batavia baryta paper. cardboard two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal Batavia

Group photo at the airport, Anonymous, 1935 photograph Album magazine with a group photo of a large group of people posing in front of a plane at Zestienhoven airport in Rotterdam, 1935. Probably the Esperanto Association. Part of the Esperanto album from around 1933-1936. Rotterdam paper. photographic support gelatin silver print Esperanto. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. aircraft, aeroplane. airfield, airport Airport Zestienhoven

Two-wheeled Oxen Drawn Cart. Original caption: Two-wheeled oxen drawn cart. State: Cuba.

Maria Gonggrijp on the bike.maria Gonggrijp Driving on a Bicycle. Part of the Photo Album About the Life of the Gonggrijp Family in Suriname Around 1912.

"Hydroplane testing and preparation for a trip at Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph taken by the photographer assigned to Great Lakes Naval Training Station, with the number 59426. The description of the photograph is testing the different parts of the hydroplane. Issued takes symbol is 2-19-19."

Duiker in equipment on a ship, Anonymous, 1885 - 1920 stereograph United States of America cardboard. paper albumen print deep-sea diving

Women in a touring car. Long Beach, April, 1916. 1916. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Florida, Passengers, Automobiles, Long Beach (N.Y.)

Historical Transportation - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

View of the State Railways station in Surabaya with waiting carriages and passers-by; Station S.S .. Part of reminder album with photos of Surabaya.

Carriage on a country road, possibly near Arnhem, in the foreground the shadow of the photographer, Johanna Margaretha Piek (attributed to), 1889 - 1893 photograph This photo is part of an album. Arnhem baryta paper animal traction, animal-drawn vehicle (carriage etc.). shadow Arnhem

Bath coach with crown, presumably on the beach of Scheveningen, 1864 - 1887 photograph Scheveningen cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print historical persons. four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach Scheveningen

Description: Belize Reclamation. Reclaiming Mangrove Swamp near Belize for housing sites. Location: Belize, Belize Date: 1950-1959 Description: Main Road Bridges. Ferries are in use at some River Crossing on the Main Roads. The Picture Shows the Ferry at the Boom Crossing on the Belize River. Location: Belize, Belize Date: 1950-1959 belize, caribbean, britishhonduras, caribbeanthroughalens

Two photos of Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana in a car, Anonymous, 1934 - 1937 photograph These photos are part of an album. Baryta Paper. paper gelatin silver print princess. queen. automobile

Members of the Stephenson Locomotive Society posing at locomotives in Roosendaal and Heerlen, 1930 photograph Album magazine with three photos with (presumably) the members of the Stephenson Locomotive Society posing for locomotives. Photo above Roosendaal, photos below Heerlen. Part of photographic travel report of the visit of the Stephenson Locomotive Society to the Netherlands. Roosendaal cardboard. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print railway, train. locomotive Heerlen. Roosendaal

Description: View of Mombasa Island and both harbours with railway works in foreground. Location: Mombasa Island ugandarailway, africa

Company in an automobile, Laurens Lodewijk Kleijn (attributed to), c. 1865 - c. 1900 glass wet collodion negative automobile (+ three persons ~ traffic and transport)

, Volksprater - Ferris wheel - inside of a gondola, postcard, Unknown

"Ordnance Light Repair truck in Victory Parade, New York, N.Y. during World War One. Subject 47768, photographed by Lt. Geo.H.Lyon. S.C. Date taken: 5-3-19. Description: Ordnance Light Repair truck. Source: A. RECO 5-16-19. Notes: Icelan 47768, Alice Brady."

Horse and carriage and two men, Anonymous, c. 1870 - c. 1890 photograph United States of America metal ferrotyping four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach United States of America

State Railways, SJ ACO4 2960 which was damaged after bombing in Narvik

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Seawallries in reinforced concrete. Dijk Increase of reinforced concrete. 1905

The picture shows water waves from a rapid ship .. The picture shows water waves from a rapid ship.

Kapitänleutnant Johannes Hartumpf and Driver DreinCker for the service of the 9. Rämbootsflottille of the German Kriegsmarine on the Schiedamseweg in Vlaardingen next to his service car, Anonymous, 1943 photograph Kapitänleutnant Johannes Hartumpf (1909-2010), commander of the 9. Räumbootsflottille of the German Kriegsmarine, in addition to his service car together with Draincker driver. On the right the Dienststelle (the white plastered building) with guard post and on the left the garden of Harmonie room, where shelters of the men were located, on the Schiedamseweg in Vlaardingen. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print occupation ~ war. historical persons. automobile Netherlands

Anefo photo collection. Roads by freezing in poor condition, the road at Medemblik to Aartswoud .. February 25, 1966. Medemblik

Historical Transportation - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Three Chinese with a cart, Anonymous, 1904 - 1905 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support gelatin silver print hand-cart (+ three persons ~ traffic and transport)

Gena-redemption with a bicycle accident (front english labeled)

Description: Motor ambulance II presented by Sinhalese Chief Wijayasinghe to the War Office, in honour of the unveiling of His Majesty the King's statue. Location: Kalutara, Ceylon asia, srilanka, ceylon, asiathroughalens

Grade separation on The Pentagon Network. State: Virginia. Place: the Pentagon Network.

Wagons pass under an arch reading "1640 Huntington 1884". 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts

Company along a railway on the Maäboberg in Suriname, 1923 photograph Part of photo album of an unknown Dutch family with recordings of Suriname, Europe and the Dutch East Indies. Suriname photographic support adult man. adult woman Maäbo Heuvel

Fuselage of an airplane at an assembly plant, prepared for packaging. Photograph taken in 1917 by Renwart. The image depicts the completed fuselage, ready for transportation. The photograph was released to the C.P.I. Laboratory and dated December 27, 1917, with the number 594 assigned to it.

Sailing from Genoa. Hundreds of Italians are waving bon voyage to relatives off to the Land of Opportunity, the U.S.A. The port of Genoa with the city climbing the hillsides to low forts built by Napoleon ; On the S.S. Conte Verde a new luxurious Italian express steamer of the Lloyd Sabaudo Co. two extra propeller blades are carried. This is one.. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Boys,Italy,Genoa,1920-1930, Arrivals & departures,Italy,Genoa,1920-1930, Ships,Italy,Genoa,1920-1930, Harbors,Italy,Genoa,1920-1930.

Description: Our departure from Hsia Chang Location: Hsia Chang, China Date: 1903 Description: Our party crossing the river Wên Location: China Date: 1903 china, asia, asiathroughalens

Description: Parika railway with Parika in foreground. Location: Parika, Guyana Date: 1921 guyana, caribbeanthroughalens

The heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand with bullet holes, Unknown

Man behind the wheel of a car, Anonymous, 1938 photograph Album magazine with a photo of a man behind the wheel of a car. Part of the family album 1938-1939. Eindhoven cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print family life at home. automobile Eindhoven

Hindoestaanse man met parasol.A Hindu man with a parasol poses on a bridge, further back to the back of Maria Gonggrijk on the bike and a second bike, 1911. On the way to Plantage Morgenstond. Part of the photo album about the life of the Gonggrijp family in Suriname around 1912.

The Odometer.. William Henry Jackson (American, 1843 - 1942)

State Keets van den Keizer van Solo, manufactured in the factory of M.L. Hermans and Co., Te 's Gravenhage, godographed in August 1859 ..

Boats on Lake Anthony. Unknown

Children in traditional costume, milkmaid, cars, portrait. Album leaf with a portrait of an unknown man with glasses. Also photos of children in traditional costume, from a milkmaid, from a tilted truck (mark challenge) and from a car for 'Café-Pension Jagersrust' in Otterlo. Part of photo album from an unknown Dutch family with connections in Suriname and Dutch East Indies (2).

Panama Canal Zone - Pedro Miguel Locks, Aerial Photograph.

Corry Goelst and Wilhelmina van Zijll de Jong in a car, Anonymous, 1932 photograph This photo is part of an album. Belgium (possibly) baryta paper gelatin silver print historical persons - BB - woman. automobile

At the Shunting Station Oberhausen West. Original caption: Am Verschiebebahnhof Oberhausen West (Geschweibte Stahlblechtrager der Uberfuhrungsbauwerke des Verschiebebahnhofs Overhausen uber die Reichsautobahn im rheiniscrrwestphalischen Industriegebiet. State: Germany.

Hut on board Gelderland, 1901 ..

Woman standing by a car, Anonymous, 1930 - 1935 photograph This photo is part of an album. Dutch East Indies, The baryta paper gelatin silver print / snipping adult woman. automobile Dutch East Indies, The

Phillip Smith on Indian motorcycle, Perkins Street, near Ward's Pond , Motorcycles. Leon Abdalian Collection

Description: The Li Tek Seah decorated car by night. Lighting by Messrs. Beng Swee & Co., Ltd. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1937 Description: The illuminated Balik Pulau decorated car. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1937 Description: A night picture of the "Koay Kang Nga" decorated car. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1937 Description: A night picture of the Burmah Road decorated car. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1937 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Description: Battery Road. Location: Singapore, Malaya singapore, asia, asiathroughalens

Captain Frederick S. Allen , Ship captains

Carriages in the eastern courtyard in 1893. Establishment of carriages in the eastern courtyard.

Two unknown women in a car. .

Crashing Through The Great Lakes Ice. This image depicts the Coast Guard icebreaker "Woodrush" starting three seagoing freighters on their way toward Chicago and later down the Mississippi.

Compartments for reports, timetables and mess in a bus.

Anefo photo collection. Bleriot greets Lindbergh. March 18, 1966

Oskar Kramer's albumin stereo photograph from 1856-1892 depicts Selzthal train station, showing railway platforms, station buildings, and surrounding landscape.

Photo collection Government information service. Harbor of Rotterdam. undated

Large group of people, looking at departing sailing ships, c. 1920 - c. 1925 photograph This photo is part of an album. South-Holland paper sea and coastal fishery. crowd, mob Scheveningen

Man poses with a bicycle on a road in France, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doistau Fils, the army and sights in France. France paper. photographic support bicycle. road, path France

We Stopped Here, Alfred Stanley Johnson, 1915 photograph paper

Composite Picture of Rural Road Service Scenes in Frederick and Carroll Counties. State: Maryland.

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Railroad scenes VIII | Library of Congress

Historical Transportation - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Landeryds Telx. D.andersson.hnj, Halmstad - Nässjö Railway.

The experimental track Stockholm - Järva. Driver's environment, early motor carriage. Preliminary from one of the Motor cars the State Railways SJ CO5 1391 or 1393.

Trein in Rigi Scheidegg, 1851 - 1910 print This print is part of an album. paper passenger train Rigi

Stereo albumin photograph showing two sailing boats on the sea, captured by Léon & Lévy around 1865.

Anefo photo collection. On Afsluitdijk a semi-trailer against private car. September 18, 1963

Company at an automobile on the street in L'Isle-Adam, 1898 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. L'Isle-Adam paper. photographic support village street. automobile. maintenance, repair, storage ~ motor vehicles L'Isle-Adam

Bronx: Eastern Boulevard - Williamsburg Road. 1937. Photographs. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. New York (N.Y.), Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Road construction, Eastern Boulevard (New York, N.Y.)

Description: An aerial photograph of a harbour Location: Antigua Date: 1948 Description: A seaplane in a harbour Location: Antigua Date: 1948 Description: Nelsons Dockyard Antigua. Location: Antigua Date: 1948 antigua, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Maria Gonggrijp by bike, Andries Augustus Boom, 1911 photograph Maria Gonggrijp Driving by bike. Part of the photo album about the life of the Gonggrijp family in Suriname around 1912. Suriname photographic support bicycle Suriname. Clevia plantation

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