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Historical Urban Transportation

Archival images depicting vintage transport methods like buses and trucks in urban settings, capturing moments from the early to mid-20th century.

Two mature men holding guns near a car
Two mature men holding guns near a car
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Evacuatie van schilderijen in 1939; Evacuatie van het Rijksmuseum vanwege oorlogsdreiging, augustus - november 1939.Transporting a coffin with painting on a glass truck in the driveway. The coffin is wrapped in tarpaulin. The car is supervised by monitoring in Harley-Davidson sidecar motors. In 1939 evacuation of many cases took place in connection with the war threat. The museum was closed.
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GRUPO DE PERSONAS SUBIENDO A UN AUTOBUS EN LA PUERTA DEL SOL. Location: SUN GATE. MADRID. SPANIEN.
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Line of Waiting Cabs, Union Station, Washington DC, USA, circa 1914
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On the car exhibition for the Kursaal in Ostende; Machine De Course, Exposition d'Autos Devant Le Kursaal-Ostende ..
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Elsevier photo collection. Car scrap yard. A car demolished disaster. 1936
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House of Parliament in London showing a motor car and a horse drawn carriage. Circa 1910
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Roosevelt at Union Station ca.  between 1918 and 1919.
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Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0951. 1956
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Passengers arriving by train, Piazza Principe station, July 18, 1937, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.
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15th & New York Ave. ca.  1918.
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Cars at night. Paul Wolff, photographer (German, 1887 - 1951) 1930-1940 Row of cars lined up in front of a tall clock with an ad for "Persil" under streetlights. (Verso, print) upper right, pencil: "797/13";
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USA, New York City, Street Scene With Old Buses, 1912
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Funeral Procession Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negatives
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President Franklin Roosevelt driving his specially constructed car, in Warms Springs, Ga. Beside him sits secretary Marguerite LeHand, in the back seat are Grace Tully and Gus Gennerich, his bodyguard. Nov. 22, 1935
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GENTE SUBIENDO AL AUTOBUS. Location: SUN GATE. MADRID. SPANIEN.
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Mail Platform at Union Station, Washington, D.C., USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Office of War Information, 1938
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Anefo photo collection. Departure of the royal couple. January 25, 1962
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Truck for luggage transport, boarding and disembarking area of the Ignazio Messina ships, September 1, 1936, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.
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Company in an open tour car for the Dom van Cologne, Anonymous, c. 1921 - In or Before 1922 photograph  Cologne photographic support gelatin silver print tourism. automobile
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Mounted Escort Leading Train, Eleventh Ave at 28th Street, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, circa 1900
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Man watching the plane
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Anefo photo collection. The four princesses leave the Amstel hotel in a carriage. April 30, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Ford Motor Company ca.  between 1910 and 1926.
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Elsevier photo collection. kinds bargains Waterlooplein Amsterdam. amealement, brought bike. October 19, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Trolley Car in Snow, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, 1923
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A group of Russians returning to the Soviet Union in an American plane, 1945. In occupied regions of USSR, the German army kidnapped teenagers and young adults off the streets and shipped them to Germany as 'Eastern Workers. Upon return to the Soviet Union, seen as socially dangerous, they were discriminated against in education and employment. Many suffered exile to remote locations in the Soviet Union. (BSLOC_2015_13_115)
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Bottles being loaded on a Fiat truck, Milk Dairy (Centrale del Latte), September 22, 1937, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.
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Outside the Grill and restaurant at Hallsberg station. Traffic restaurants, tr.
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Edward Prince of Wales (the later King Edward VIII) in a car, Paris, Anonymous, 1915 photograph Retouched photo. Paris photographic support. ink gelatin silver print  Paris
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España. Barcelona. Montaje de tribunas en el Paseo de Gracia para contemplar la rua del Carnaval de 1936.
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Companionship in an open tour car for the Cologne Cathedral. .
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Chicago, Illinois:  October 14, 1930 The Chicago harbor master and other officials use a diver to investigate the sinking of the Rotarian, a sidewheeler excursion steamboat moored at the city pier where it was used as a dance hall and restaurant.
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Illinois: February 19, 1923    Passengers on the Chicago & Alton Railroad are entertained by an experimental showing of the movie, The Flame of Life, starring Priscilla Dean, on the Chicago-St. Louis flyer. The railroad was so pleased with the passenger response that they will install movie machines on all of its crack trains.
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Boston Red Sox Players enroute to Hot Springs Arkansas , Baseball players, Travel, Boston Red Sox Baseball team. Michael T. -Nuf Ced- McGreevy Collection
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Prince of Wales Watches a Zeppelin
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Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0521. 1956
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Rälsbuss, State Railways, SJ YBO4P 673.
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Jack Daniel's fire engine , Jack Daniel Distillery, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Trucks, West and Desbrosses Sts., Manhattan.. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (N.Y.), Railroad stations , New York (State) , New York, Shipping , New York (State) , New York, Trucks , New York (State) , New York
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Rome Italy may 1941 A fit and healthy man in his 40s enjoying a bike ride on a sunny day in 1940s
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A 1950s moped bicycle. An Italian model pictured here at the launch of the model in Sweden 1952 as Il Pellegrino and selling for 790 SEK. A young woman is showing the moped at the St Eriks fair in Stockholm 1952. Technical facts: 48 cc engine mounted on the back bicycle wheel. ref: 2110
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Rock Hill, South Carolina:  c. 1938 An African American man stands by his Haverty Furniture Company delivery truck.
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Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie (1892-1975; Emperor 1930-1974) returning to Addis Adiba by car after the Italian defeat in his country.
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Vintage photograph. People boarding bus, Hempstead, Long Island, New York
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Jack Daniel's fire engine , Jack Daniel Distillery, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Near Yangtzepoo cotton mill close to college. Near Yangtzepoo cotton mill close to college
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Group of people standing at ticket counter, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, New York, USA
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1960s HARRIED BUSINESS MAN CHECKING TIME WRIST WATCH WAITING FOR COMMUTER TRAIN AT SUBURBAN STATION
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) director, Wernher von Braun, and others examine one concept of a possible Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) built by the Bendix Corporation. The data provided by the MTA helped in designing the LRV, developed under the direction of MSFC. The LRV was designed to allow Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration missions.
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World Exhibition , Agricultural machines by Phil, William Nicholson, Newark No, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, Photo Studio, Viennese Photographer Association, Publishing House
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Washington - Old Dominion bus ca.  between 1910 and 1926.
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Truck car - two -page tipper from the municipality of Vienna, Carl Karl Zapletal -, photographer
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Description: Our first waggon. Builf for Messrs Mac Irer. Glasgow and Cape Coast. Location: Cape Coast, Glasgow africa
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Decorated car of the Political Party List 9 during a parade in Amsterdam, T and M, 1920 - 1940 photograph  Amsterdam photographic support gelatin silver print political parties. public festivities (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities) Amsterdam
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Ford Motor Company, sedan, man opening the door for a woman and her dog ca.  between 1910 and 1925.
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Avion, ancestor of the aeroplane, first Aircraft Exhibition at the Grand Palais, Paris, France, photo from L'Illustration, No 3436, January 2, 1909.
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Royal Family Lech train; Princess Irene Prince Carlos Jr. Prince Carlos. March 2, 1971. Lech
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Vintage photograph. Ship passing American Export Lines building
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Director Einar Bristledt and MSc Erik Törell at one of Vaccum Oil tank wagons that can accommodate 16,000 liters.
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Rope store, Peerless Equipment Co., 189 South Street, Manhattan.. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (N.Y.), Missions , New York (State) , New York, Business enterprises , New York (State) , New York, Ship equipment & rigging, East River (N.Y.)
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The new traffic light system in operation in Oxford Street, London in 1931 with uncertain pedestrians still warily looking for oncoming traffic.      Date: 1931
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United States Treasury General Supply Committee Truck Washington, D.C. ca.  between 1910 and 1925.
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1960s 1970s GROUP OF SIX PUBLIC TELEPHONE BOOTHS PAY PHONES FULL OF ANONYMOUS COMMUTERS GRAND CENTRAL STATION NYC NY USA - t6209 HAR001 HARS COPY SPACE LADIES PERSONS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MALES SIX NY B&W COMMUTERS CUSTOMER SERVICE PAY PROGRESS OPPORTUNITY NYC PHONES CONNECTION CONCEPTUAL NEW YORK TELEPHONES BOOTHS CITIES GRAND CENTRAL STATION SUPPORT NEW YORK CITY ANONYMOUS PAY PHONES TELECOMMUNICATIONS BLACK AND WHITE CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY CONVENIENCE HAR001 OLD FASHIONED
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AUTOBUS TURISTICO. Location: EXTERIOR. ENGLAND.
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Post office on a train, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1973, Volume LXXVI, December 18, 1880.
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Over The State Line Under The River -- George Watson (left) of Union Hill, New Jersey, is shown shaking hands with Peter Easson of Jamaica, New York, across the New York-New Jersey state line in the new Lincoln Tunnel, that joins New York with Weehawken, New Jersey. The tunnel which runs under the Hudson River will be dedicated by officials of both states on December 21st. December 10, 1937. (Photo by Keystone).
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President William Howard Taft funeral procession ca. 1930.
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Reserved seating (OV2019_559)
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Bonus Army Veterans from Chattanooga, parade past White House in a truck. May 18, 1932.
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