Historical Transportation Moments

A collection of early 20th century photographs featuring notable figures in travel, showcasing trains, ships, and early aviation.

Staff of Kaiserin's Hospital train -- Dr. Israels

President Roosevelt speaking from train. Bismarck, North Dakota 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

The Rising Sun. Travelers from Dolph Kessler, including links with white pet Henri Deterding on board The Empress or India, en route from Yokohama to Vancouver. 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.

Staff of Kaiserin's Hospital train -- Dr. Israels

The eight that managed the installation of "Vandals diesel electric machinery winter 1903/04.

Rodgers (twins on plane)

President Theodore Roosevelt in automobile outside the Institute of Butantan, Sao Paolo, Brazil. Roosevelt was an American author, naturalist, explorer, historian, and politician who served as the 26th President of the United States

Prince of Monaco opens motor boat races

Taft at Chicago train

Elsevier photo collection. "Departure to Scotland. August 1935" Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana at the open window of a train coupe. August 1935

Gov. Sheldon on Taft train

Cable furniture Hälsingborg (Helsingborg) - Helsingor July 1, 1904. The cable warning "east". "Morning grogging on board".

Passengers on a sailing ship during a trip on the Sneeker Meer., C. 1903 photograph Sail and steam ships are visible in the background. Photo from album "Photographies". Germany (possibly)Netherlands (possibly) cardboard. paper

T.R. Theodore Roosevelt boarding ship at Southampton for the US

Inauguration of Vimmerby - Ydre Railway. The railway board on board the inauguration train.

Reg. Vanderbilt in driver's seat of horse-drawn carriage

Dr. Wm. Greene at pilot wheel of aeroplane

An excursion train brings its passengers to a seaside resort. Date: circa 1908

From Trafikaktiebolaget Grängesberg - Oxelösund Railways, TGOJ's board trip May 1956. Oxelösund - Flen - Västmanlands Railway, Ofwj A 8.

A. Karlsson and K. Gunell, Kalmar Central, at a narrow steam locomotive.

Passengers on a sailing ship during a trip on the Sneaker more.; "De Valk" on the Sneaker More 1908; Photographies. Sail and steam ships are visible in the background. Photo from album 'Photographies'.

Elsevier photo collection. "Kargedoor" helps pull carts bridges. 1931. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Man driving vintage car Date: C. 1900s

Longworth and Hale

Steamboat, circa 1900, New Zealand, maker unknown.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women funeral hearse driver.

Tourists aboard the Victoria Luise, one of the men leans against a lifeboat

Staff in front of the station house in Västervik.

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

New York - Paris race: Roberts in Thomas car

King George V at the wheel of of his yacht, Britannia, during Cowes Regatta week, 1924, (1935). Creator: Unknown.

Board games on deck of the passenger steamer Cleveland

Telegraph expedition at Stockholm Central Station.

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

Strike -- Calumet, Mich.

Locomotives operated in Mjölby.statens Railway, SJ Lok 1021.

Duchess Marlboro and others at boat pier

Getafe (Madrid) 5/26/1911. The aviator Vedrines in the car that picked him up when he landed at the Getafe airfield, accompanied by the president of the aero-club Mr. Kindelan, the governor Mr. Fernández la Torre, and other personalities, after winning the Paris Madrid air raid. 2. The famous aviator Morane, creator of the device in which Vedrines flew.

Wrecked city auto in Central Park

On board "Ingrid" in Constantinopel 1920 picture is included in two large photo albums by director Karl Wilhelm Hagelin who worked for a long time at Nobel's oil facilities in Baku.

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) on trip to Norway

New York - Paris race: Thomas car, New York

Station writer at Västervik station in 1905.

Wagon foreman Gösta Öberg, Kalmar Central, at a State Railways, SJ Passenger cart.

1912

Holywood, 1898 , by William Saunderson Cooper. Gift of Andrew Cooper, 2001.

Locomotive staff at Norsholmvästervikhultsfred's railways.

Visits, aircraft and crowd. Edmund Sprarmann and Max Perini visiting the ore. People collection and airplane Phönix Dron.

Tourists beside a lifeboat on deck of a passenger steamer, guess. Victoria Luise

Madrid, 1907. Royal guests in Madrid. Arrival of Infanta Doña Eulalia (X) at the North Station. (1) Infanta Doña María Teresa and (2) Infante Don Alfonso.

The archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives at Sarajevo station. He has just made his last rail trip, and his next journey will be by car... Date: 28 June 1914

10/16/1919. Alfonso Xiii inaugurates the Madrid metro.

Passengers of a high-sea passenger steamer stand behind the shan gear of a deck and enjoy the viewPassengers of a high-sea passenger steamer stand behind the shank dress of a deck and enjoy the view

Immigrants from "Prinzess Irene" going to Ellis Island

AUTOMOVIL. Grabado de 'L'Illustration Journal Universel' (año 1898). S. XIX.

German emperor William II photographed on board Prince of Monaco Albert I Grimaldi's yacht, Kiel, Germany, photograph by Chusseau-Flaviens from L'Illustration, No 3358, July 6, 1907.

Passenger steamer Cleveland. Board games (twine games) on deck

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

Wilbur Wright et Les Debuts de L'Aviation. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

State Railways, SJ AC07B. 2nd class passenger car with smaller salon. One of the staff dust dryers.

Dupont and his subway car

Companionship in an open tour car for the Cologne Cathedral. .

Telegraph expedition at Hallsberg Railway Station.

Tagore in Tokyo

Station writer at Västervik station.

Bishops Morris and Farrelly, on boat

Stationskarlar i Torpshammar.

The State Railways, SJ B 3 "Prince August" on the way from Stockholm C to Sundbyberg during the International Congress of Museum 1959.

Bobby Leach and his barrel after his perilous trip over Niagara Falls Date: 25 July 1911

Frank A. McAvoy Stationmaster #210 , Street railroad employees. Leon Abdalian Collection

Leominster Fire Department , Fire fighters, Fire engines. Leominster

J.E. Wilkie, on boat

Prince of Wales going to Admiralty

The Prince of Wales on his way to Australia, 1920. Artist: Unknown

Telegraph expedition, Gävle Central Station.

St. R'y i.e., street railway Switch Tender, Berlin

John Jacob Astor IV (left), leaning from a train window, circa 1909.

A volunteer acts as a guard on a train during the General Strike Date: 1926

Double track inauguration, rally train "Rallar disc

Woman in a Carriage with her Driver. Unknown maker, British

Forsby. Fleet, Forslund. Photo: 1910. Forsby. Flottning, Forslund. Foto: 1910.

On board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert III, Christiania (Oslo), Norway, 1908.Artist: Queen Alexandra

Louis Bleriot in his monoplane, c. 1910-1925. The French inventor and flyer built the first successful monoplane and founded an aircraft manufacturing company (BSLOC_2018_2_137)

Halmstad - Nässjö Railway, HNJ's medal party at Grand Hotel in Halmstad.

Geraldine Farrar, on ship

Whaling in the Ross Sea, 1924, Southern Ocean, by Captain George Samuel Hooper.

Commander Francesco De Pinedo and his mechanic Campanelli upon their arrival in Calcutta, flight from Rome to Australia, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LII, No 22, May 31, 1925.

Men's, Arborway Station , Street railroad employees, Metropolitan Transit Authority Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection

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

W.G. McAdoo at opening of N.Y. - N.J. tunnel

U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing (left), Portrait in Automobile, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, 1916

Toy boat in a pond in Central Park, New York City. .

Visits arrive at Nynäshamn in 1905.

Chicago, Illinois: August 1, 1919 Passengers resorting to riding in trucks put into serivice during the street car strike. Note the stepladder at the rear for access.

Samuel Franklin Cody (1862-1913) in his biplane. Artist: Unknown

Elsevier photo collection. railway intermediate passage Apeldoorn Princess Margriet. cutting ribbon, ran Lancia 1925 paper barrier. Lancia managed W. Pouw. jkvr. C.e.b. Röell. addition princess mayor A.L. Des Tomb. November 16, 1968. Apeldoorn, Gelderland

Hairdressing competition aboard the passenger steamer Cleveland

Local driver from Norrköping's locomotive driver association.

Hirohito, future Emperor of Japan, Portrait Seated in Car, 1918

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