Historical Vehicles and Carriages

Engravings and illustrations of vintage vehicles including steam-powered cars and 18th-century carriages, capturing the evolution of transportation.

Steam driven, moveable cotton press. Designed for use in India to avoid loss by transporting loosely stacked cotton.

An engraving depicting Vincke & Delmer's petrol driven car. Dated 19th century

Coach,18th century travelling carriage, illustration from 1880 / Kutsche,Reisekutsche aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, Illustration aus 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Geschichte der Brandbekämpfung, Feuerwehr, Feuerlöschpumpe 1890: Dampfbetriebene Maschine, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus...

Truck 25 horses, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Panhard Levassor Phaeton, 1894, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Steam driven, moveable cotton press. Designed for use in India to avoid loss by transporting loosely stacked cotton.

Superheated steam locomobile, produced by Wolf, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1906.

Engraving depicting Robert Stephenson's locomotive 'Rocket'. Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) an early railway and civil engineer. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a town chariot with equal wheels. Dated 19th century

Steam machine, horizontal, locomobile, mounted on wheel train. Built by the engineer and mechanic J. Hermann-Lachapelle. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1876.

Cugnot steam car vector image

MR. FENTON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC VAN, FROM THE CRIMEAN EXHIBITION.

Car. Late 19th century. Engraving.

Marie Antoinettes four-wheel Berlin carriage for the flight to Varennes. Berline du voyage de Varennes. Hand-coloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court.

Historical graphic representation, steam plough, agricultural tractor or locomotive powered by a steam engine, 19th Century, from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopaedia, 1890

Steam Carriage by Frank Vanell, USA, Illustration, circa 1895

An engraving depicting a steamroller and traction engine. The front axle could be removed, and a casing fixed to the front rollers which could be attached, so making a dual purpose machine. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a traction engine designed by a Mr Giles of Basinghall Street, London. The driving wheels were sprung and driven by a chain: they also had studs on their rims. The engine gripped uneven roads better than many of its contemporaries. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting an English Hackney coach. Dated 19th century

Usher's patent steam plough.

The first automobile cab in Paris. France, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897

Cugnot's 1770 fardier a vapeur, built, specified to be able to carry four tons and cover two lieues (7.8 km or 4.8 miles) in one hour, a performance it never achieved in practice. The vehicle weighed about 2.5 tonnes tare, and had two wheels at the rear and one in the front where the horses would normally have been. Brooke Bond Tea Card

Legs locomotive, Brunton 1813, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

An engraving depicting a traction engine by Longstaff & Pullen. Of unique construction because a separate chassis and a second independent frame carried the driving axle and gear. Extra grip was possible by lowering additional driving wheels. Dated 19th century

A seed drill from 1880, agricultural seed drill for row sowing, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Locomobile fueled by lean gas, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1909.

Thomson's road-steamer and coal-waggons, 1870. 'The great difficulty has been, on the one hand, to prevent the engine being shaken and damaged by the road, with its natural inequalities of surface, its hard stones and its soft mud; on the other hand, to prevent the road being destroyed by the weight of the engine. The invention of Mr. R. W. Thomson, civil engineer...who provides the engine wheels with indiarubber tires of great thickness, protected by flexible shields of open steel bars, is considered likely to get rid of this difficulty. The soft and elastic material of the tires, which have

A print of a Benz motor tricycle of 1885. Dated 20th century

Bitricycle. Vehículo ómnibus de cincuenta y dos plazas inventado en París. Grabado de 1863.

Charles Henning, Toy Locomotive, c 1940 Toy Locomotive

Engraving depicting Professor William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle. 10 charged Faure accumulators were placed on foot-boards, S, and the motor fitted under the seat. By means of a commutator, C, worked with the left hand, the number of accumulators used could be altered, thus varying the speed of the machine.

Illustration depicting an early locomotive which pulled a short train out of Charleston on Christmas Day. Dated 19th century

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen (patent motorcar), built in 1885, is widely regarded as the world's first production automobile, that is, a vehicle designed to be propelled by an internal combustion engine. Brooke Bond Tea collector card.

Locomotive Rigi, vertical boiler, vintage engraving. Locomotive Rigi, vertical boiler, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679874

An engraving depicting horse-drawn caravan. Dated 19th century

Image of the Diligence Utrecht-Zeist by P. Dieges, the so-called 'trolley of Dieges'.

Gala glass carriage for court festivities, ca 1825, England, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Automotive tricycle, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Locomotives from the 19th century: the Saxonia locomotive, built, 1838, digitally restored reproduction of an original, first time in Germany.

Puffing Billy, steam engine invented by William Headley in 1813. Headley solved the problem of slippage on the iron tracks by applying power through two sets of driving wheels. The engine was first used at Wylam Colliery near Newcastle. Date: 23rd Sept 1876

Sectional view of Charles Simpkin's fire engine, patented 1792. This engine was adopted by the London Assurance, Royal Exchange and Phoenix Fire Offices, circa 1832.

An engraving depicting Panhard and Levassor's 2-wheeled car which was powered by a Daimler petrol engine. Dated 19th century

Carriage, gala carriage of King Louis XV, France, illustration from 1880, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Longitudinal section of a locomotive, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Farm cart, draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825, paper, brush, pen, h 131 mm × w 183 mm

A 10 hp ambulatory, water-cooled, 4-stroke kerosene engine with glow spiral ignition. Made at Carlsvik's Mitisjöjeri. Faustman & Östberg about 1898-1910.

An engraving depicting J. S. Thurman's horse-drawn van carrying a motor and compressor in the street supplying compressed air to the contractors clean an apartment in the nearby building. Dated 20th century

Illustration depicting a tricycle used on the railways round Lake Michigan to get employees quickly from point to point. The rider would use both a hand and foot lever to propel the vehicle, and it was possible to dismount and remove it quickly from the rails. Dated 19th century

1895. PANHARD ET LEVASSOR 4 H P., 1.3 LITRIS. In 1887 the wood-working machinery firm of Panhard et Levassor started making Gottlieb Daimler's engines under licence in France. In 1895 Emile Levassor drove a car single-handed for 48 hours to win the 732 mile Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race at an average of 15 m.p.h. The car had solid rubber tyres and tiller steering.. Brooke Bond Tea collector card.

An engraving depicting an early Chinese horse-drawn carriage. Dated 18th century

An engraving depicting Panhard and Levassor in their 4-wheeled car which was powered by a Daimler petrol engine. Dated 19th century

Historic share certificate, detailed view of the vignette, steam locomotive, Canada, Southern Railroad Company, 1929, New York, USA, North America

Vehicle of the time of Charles I, England, 1625, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Plan of the military narrow-gauge railway, 1872. 'Mr. J. B. Fell, the inventor of the system,...explained the plan and working of this military field railway. The experimental line is more than one mile in length...the working plans were prepared and the engine built by Messrs. Manning, Wardle, and Co.,...The loads were varied, some being of hay or straw, others of flour in sacks and pork in barrels, or of shot and shell; others carried a number of soldiers. The passenger-trains were run over the line at a speed of twenty miles an hour, mixed trains at fifteen miles an hour, and goods-trains a

Sectional view of a mid-19th century steam railway locomotive, 1882. Artist: Unknown

Primitive British steam locomotive with toothed 'propelling wheel' which gripped a ribbed rail while other wheels rode on a smooth rail. It towed two coal cars. 1814 LC-USZ62-110385

Patent Military Foraging-Cart, 1854. '...the Patent Spring-shaft Safety Car, which from its lightness, commodiousness...strength, and...cheapness, bids fair to supersede the whole tribe of dogcarts, chaise-carts, errand-carts, &c. Nor is it likely to be the substitute of the two-wheeled vehicle only. It will prove a valuable substitute to families in the country whose incomes or desires are limited to the one-horsed chaise or the four-wheeled phaeton...While lighter of draught, and more commodious than any four-wheeled chaise, it is even nearer to the ground than the lowest of these; a cir

An engraving depicting a carter and waggon. Dated 19th century

1895. PANHARD ET LEVASSOR 4 H P., 1.3 LITRIS. In 1887 the wood-working machinery firm of Panhard et Levassor started making Gottlieb Daimler's engines under licence in France. In 1895 Emile Levassor drove a car single-handed for 48 hours to win the 732 mile Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race at an average of 15 m.p.h. The car had solid rubber tyres and tiller steering.. Brooke Bond Tea collector card.

An engraving depicting a petrol-driven motor tricycle. Dated 19th century

Wheel or improved Norfolk plough.

15 cm M.14 projection ammunition car. .

Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Bavarian sick transport car, Germany, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Franco-Prussian War 1870, Bavarian sick transport car, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Europe

FERIA 1976-RIEGO CONTRA INCENDIO A VAPOR - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: PALACIO DE CONGRESOS Y EXPOSICIONES MONTJUIC. Barcelona. SPANIEN.

Four steam locomotives. Engraving by E. Bourdelin.

Ramsbottom's Express Passenger Engine, 1866. Artist: Unknown

Cart with engine forward, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

3d rendering of a carriage isolated in white studio background 3d rendering of a horse carriage isolated in white studio background Copyright: xZoonar.com/HugoxKurkx 14517421

Northern automobile, front quarter view without top, circa 1910

THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

Product image from Ludwigsbergs Werkstad. Wagon for fire extinguishing work. From Album: Ludwigsbergs Werkstad's limited liability company, Stockholm, Sweden.

Carriage, hackney carriage, hackney carriage, France, illustration from 1880, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Spain, Andalusia, Cádiz. Lifeboat with "boxer rope-launcher" device, ready to be thrown into the water. A gift to the Sociedad Española de Salvamento de Náufragos (Spanish Society for the Salvage of Shipwrecked) by testamentary of Diego Fernando Montañés Alvarez. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

Application of electric traction to the Lartigue monorail railway. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1883

Wood model of a fire engine. Wood model of a fire engine

An engraving depicting a baker making deliveries using a cart drawn by dogs in Holland. Dated 19th Century

Product image from Ludwigsbergs Werkstad. Vehicle for fire extinguishingl. From Album: Ludwigsbergs Werkstad's limited liability company, Stockholm, Sweden.

Stepherson's locomotive Blucher 1814. Engraving. Engraving, Nuestro Siglo, 1883. Spanish edition.

A Timber Cart Laden with Tree Trunks, Drawn by a Pair of Horses and a Pair of Oxen. Drawing. Graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper. Height: 156 mm (6.14 in); Width: 356 mm (14.01 in). Author: James Ward.

Cross section of the locomotive that is used at Saint-Germain

An engraving depicting a steam locomotive built by Matthew Murray for John Blenkinsop and used to haul coals from Middleton Colliery to Leeds. The middle wheel was cogged and worked on a rack rail. Matthew Murray (1765-1826) an English steam engine and machine tool manufacturer. John Blenkinsop (1783-1831) an English mining engineer and inventor of steam locomotives. Dated 19th century

Main wagon of the atmospheric railway of Saint-Germain, taken out of service in 1859

An engraving depicting a covered carrier's wagon with wide wheels, drawn by 8 horses. Dated 19th century

An American illustration of a steam traction engine on a farm 1870

Coach, cabby, hackney carriage, France, illustration from 1880 / Kutsche, Droschke, Fiaker, Frankreich, Illustration aus 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

The cable railway up the crater of Vesuvius, Campania. Wagon, 1882, Italy, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europ...

Landing Floating used to stabilize the Danube, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Print depicting the transportation of the cables used in the Atlantic Telegraph. The transatlantic telegraph cable was an undersea cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. Transatlantic telegraph cables have since been replaced by transatlantic telecommunications cables. Dated 19th century

The Rocket. Locomotive designed by British engineer and inventor George Stephenson (1781-1848). It was the first that was traveling with passengers between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester (1830), at an average speed of 30 km/h. Nineteenth-century engraving. Colored.

The Laval's Pump for Scania Vabis fire truck.

Illustration titled 'Roadmaking' depicting a horse pulling a roller to smooth down the road surface. Dated 19th Century

French motor engineer, Roger de Montais's oil heated steam truck; 1887

Spain, Madrid. Bus-tram with Canterac system, for passengers. This system, patented by Jose Canterac Dominguez (Count of Canterac), allowed the carriages to march through the streets and roads and adapt to the tram tracks without derailing. Urban transport running on tram rails. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

Spanish traction engine 'Alfonso' by Pedro de Ribera.

Illustration showing Messrs Clarke & Bathe's steamroller 1870

An engraving depicting various styles of wheelbarrows. Dated 19th century

transport/transportation cars Armstrong Siddeley 1904 drawing 20th century car,

Red and yellow tractor vector illustration on white background

Engraving depicting Camille Jenatzy's battery-driven aluminium car "La Jamais Contente"

BOUSSON's PROJECT The 'auto-aviateur' of Firmin Bousson, designed to run on the ground, ascending into the air when required Date: 1900

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