Vintage Driving Safety

Black and white footage promoting driving safety in the 1950s, showcasing cars, gas stations, and highway interactions.

Men gettting into car and driving off

A bus of the Velo Club of Bra directed to the cycling race Milan-Sanremo, March 18, 1950, Sanremo, Italy, 20th century.

Rälsbuss, Norsholm - Västervik - Hultsfreds Railways, NVHJ YO 13.

Motor-Cycle policeman following offender carefully checks speed ***** half mile. Police try to avoid use of siren which sometimes startles *****. September 21, 1955.

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and King George V in Automobile Leaving Union Station for White House, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, June 8, 1939

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American teenagers play a dangerous game at 60 mph. Young drivers-targets of many critics over the road toll-write the main Friday letters. Teenagers playing the dangerous game of ***** a motor-car enthusiasts version of Russian roulette. *****. Car is going *****. March 03, 1954. (Photo by Black Star).

Dalaåsbo stop.

Vintage Photograph. Rear view of couple in car looking at map driving down street.

Silver Ghost Rolls Royce at Rally, Cheshire, England, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon.

1960S Police Officer Warning Motorist Pointing Finger At Driver

1920S 1930S 1940S Silhouette Train Engineer At Controls In Locomotive Cab Of Railroad Steam Engine

Farmer Going to Town Along Highway near Elkins, West Virginia, USA, Marion Post Wolcott for Farm Security Administration, September 1938

Vintage Photograph. Businessman with suitcase walking beside train tracks.

Man loading Bus with Luggage while Group of Japanese-American wait to leave Manzanar for Relocation, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

Vintage Photograph. Man reading newspaper waiting for train beside tracks.

561 Highland Ave , Automobile service stations, Automobile dealerships, Automobiles. Needham Building Collection

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Elsevier photo collection. Princess Beatrix left hospital Utrecht. driven Prince Bernhard car Palace Soestdijk. Left pro. Dr. J.F. Nuboer performed operation. March 14, 1955. Utrecht (city)

Street Scene on Foggy Night, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, U.S. Office of War Information Photograph Collection, January 1941

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Men wave hello to the 'first volkswagen' (original caption) circa October 16, 1947.

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Lebanon. Stunning cars on the snowy road in the Chouf Mountains. 1950. Chouf Mountains, Lebanon

Stins Gunnar Nydell standing at Kattarp Railway Station

Bahnhof

Driving in the 1960s. Car helmets was introduced in Sweden to encrease personal safety when driving cars. The manufacturers of the helmets hoped the sales of them would be boosted by the upcoming change from driving on the left side on the road, to the right. Oddly enough fewer accidents happened then prior the change. Pictured are a young couple wearing their helmets that were made differently for men and women. Sweden 1966 ref CV38-2

1940s cyclists. People on their bicycles are on their way through Slussen that was the traffic hub of central Stockholm, connecting the Old time with the south of Stockholm. May 1940. Photo Kristoffersson 129-14

Toward Los Angeles, California, billboard reads: 'Next time try the train Relax Southern Pacific', by Dorothea Lange, for the Farm Securities Administration, March 1937.

Stockholm Central Station.

Europe, Spain, Catalunya, Figueres, Teatre, Museu Dali Taxi Plujos (Rainy Taxi)

Playing in the 1950s. Two boys at a toy exhibition are playing with the new racing car track. Sweden 1962

Little Runabout sees him coming, and now recovered from his temporary indisposition is up on his "toes" to welcome him. December 15, 1954.

Police motorcycles outside White House, Washington, D.C. circa 1930.

Fair, Castleisland , Fairs, Cows. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

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