Vintage Traffic Scenes

Historical black and white images depicting heavy traffic in urban settings during the 1930s to 1950s, showcasing street life.

Vintage photograph. view of Broadway street in new York city

New York, New York: c. 1934 Traffic on Fifth Avenue in NYC.

Vintage Photograph. Night view of Front street heavy traffic in Worcester Massachusetts.

Vintage Photograph. Boylston St at Park Square in Boston Massachusetts.

Vintage photograph. Wide view looking north on 5th Avenue traffic from 40th street

Stream of Traffic along Clarence St. from the corner of Erskine St. looking to wards king and market Sts. picture was taken late yesterday afternoon. December 19, 1951.

Streetview of Washington D.C. with busy traffic of cars and streetcars circa 1935.

Vintage black and white photograph ca. 1946 of Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Photo shows signs for businesses and theatres, and parked cars.

Vintage photograph. New York Entrance to Lincoln Tunnel

Vintage Photograph. Streets with busy traffic leading into Lincoln Tunnel, New York City, Frame 16

Vintage photograph. view of Broadway street in new York city

Vintage photograph. View looking down onto busy street corner in Bennington, Vermont. New England, vintage cars. General Stark Theater

Washington, D.C. intersection with automobile traffic and pedestrians in 1924. Traffic signals were first installed in the mid-1910s, but have yet to arrive at this Washington, D.C. location (BSLOC_2016_10_118)

Vintage Photograph. View looking west at pedestrian and automobile traffic on 42nd Street from Park Avenue, New York City, Frame 2

Anefo photo collection. Traffic-printed Surinamestraat-Overtoom, commissioned loyalty. October 5, 1962

Vintage photograph. Looking South on 5th Avenue Traffic from 40th Street

New Orleans, Louisiana: c. 1927 Traffic at the intersection of Canal and Carondelet Streets in New Orleans.

1940S City Urban Street Scene Rain Wet Stores Parked Cars Pedestrians

Vintage Photograph. Crowds on 42nd Street view looking west from Grand Central Station in New York City.

USA, New York State, New York City, Manhattan, Pedestrians passing crossroad, high angle view

Anefo photo collection. Headlands flights for the warmth, leave the Vijzelstraat on Sunday afternoon. May 31, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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Anefo photo collection. Exchanges Volkskrant, traffic I.g.M. Laying tram rails on the Vondel bridge. August 4, 1958

Vintage Photograph. Automobile parking lot viewed from above, Chicago, Illinois

Pedestrians, cars and street cars near Treasury Department on 15th Street in Washington D.C. circa 1936.

Workers Outside Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA, circa 1910

High angle view of traffic on a road, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Crowd on a road, Chicago, Illinois, USA

USA, New York State, New York City, high angle view on people getting in bus on bus stop

Vintage Photograph. Madison Avenue at 42nd Street showing pedestrians crossing. Frame 7

USA, New York City, traffic with Manhattan skyline

Anefo photo collection. Last day traffic in Leidsestraat Amsterdam. July 25, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Crossroads Zeilstraat and Amstelveenseweg closed for three weeks. September 28, 1967

Syracuse, New York: c. 1933. The Empire State Express as it prepares to cross South Salina Street, the main business street of Syracuse.

12/31/1966. Cars circulating in one of the streets of Madrid.

USA, New York City, Manhattan, 46th Street and Park Avenue looking North, traffic

Anefo photo collection. Traffic coin cityscape. January 6, 1956

USA, New York State, New York City, Cable cars at 23rd and Broadway

Vintage photograph. Bus terminal

Anefo photo collection. Leidsestraat in Amsterdam closed for traffic (excluding trams), empty Leidsestraat with tram. July 26, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Arriving In New Orleans -- Arriving in New Orleans from the North along highway 90, the "Airline Highway," this is the first view of the city seen by the traveler. As the crosses the bridge at Carrolton Avenue, before him he looks down Tulane Avenue which reaches into the city. On the right is the Pelican Stadium, home of the New Orleans Pelicans, a baseball team. December 20, 1946. (Photo by World Wide Photos).;Arriving In New Orleans -- Arriving in New Orleans from the North along highway 90,

Vintage Photograph. Man putting coin in parking meter with cars parked along sidewalk

Anefo photo collection. Luilak in Amsterdam, the youth barred the tram track in the Van Woustraat. June 1, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

USA, New York State, New York City, traffic on East River Drive

Photo collection Government information service. Traffic, city of Amsterdam. Traffic situation Damrak Amsterdam. undated. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Tel Aviv, Allenby Road. City traffic on a road, a cinema (Moghrabi Theater) in the background. January 1, 1964. Israel, Tel Aviv

Street Scene, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, USA, circa 1916

Anefo photo collection. Traffic confused in Amsterdam. Rembrandt Square, falling cyclist at the mint. January 16, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage photograph. Looking north down at traffic on Broadway towards Times Square

Street scene, commercial district, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, May 14, 1963

Vintage Photograph. Charles St at Boylston St Boston Massachusetts.

Harvard Square , Cities & towns, Streets, Vehicles, Traffic congestion. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

New York Outlet of the Holland Tunnel. Original caption: New York outlet of the Holland Tunnel on U. S. Route 1 in New York. J. K. Hillers. State: New York. Place: New York.

CALLE FUENCARRAL- CINE ROXY- VESPA EN LOS AÑOS 60. Location: CINE ROXY. MADRID. SPANIEN.

Teen Challenge Centre (Potts Point) - Sydney & Suburbs. October 22, 1941.

Anefo photo collection. Flight hills extended on Bruggen Leidsestraat. August 9, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

1950s GRIP MAN AND CONDUCTORS TURNING CABLE CAR AT BUSY MARKET AND POWELL STREETS AMIDST PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SAN FRANCISCO CA USA

Elsevier photo collection. Return Mailboat Amsterdam. Mailboat M.S. "Johan van Oldenbarnevelt" lock IJ quay. April 1934. Amsterdam, IJ

Madrid, 1973 (CA.). La Ribera de Curtidores converted into a Rastro like every Sunday, the Cascorro square used as a temporary parking lot.

1920S 1930S Automobile Traffic Chicago Illinois

High angle view of a group of industrial laborer walking on a road, Rouge plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Description: Trinidad and Tobago. 'Frederick Street, the main shopping centre of Port of Spain, the federal capital'. Photograph No.: D. 106252. Official Trinidad and Tobago photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Publicity statement on reverse. Location: Trinidad and Tobago Date: 1961 Mar caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

1930s AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC JAMMED CARS LEAVING PULASKI SKYWAY HEADING FOR THE HOLLAND TUNNEL JERSEY CITY NEW JERSEY USA

The State Railways, SJ, Stockholm Central Station during rebuilding.

Vintage Photograph. Downtown street with cars passing.

A complicated traffic signal to uncomplicate traffic in Washington, D.C. The 'Walk' and 'Don't Walk' signals help pedestrians safely cross the streets. 1949. (BSLOC_2014_13_191)

1930s TRUCK FILLING UP AT ESSO GAS STATION ADVERTISING 6 GALLONS FOR 98 CENTS AT BROADWAY & 68th STREET NEW YORK CITY USA

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William St and Park Sts were without moving traffic during the Melbourne Cup broadcast this afternoon. November 2, 1954. (Photo by Frank Albert Charles Burke/Fairfax Media).;William St and Park Sts were without moving traffic during the Melbourne Cup broadcast this afternoon.

Vintage Photograph. Traffic on the Manhattan end of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel at 37th Street and Second Avenue, New York City, Frame 2

Queen's visit, December 1953-January 1954 ... gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Vintage photograph. Bus terminal

Anefo photo collection. Strike in Liège. January 12, 1961. Liège

Harvard Square , Cities & towns, Streets, Vehicles, Traffic congestion. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Anefo photo collection. art tram Dam Square Amsterdam. 12 June 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Large row of car wrecks on the Fruitlaan in The Hague is waiting for transport to Autokerkhof. January 5, 1982

High angle view of elevated trains, 8th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA

Traffic waits to cross Manhattan Bridge in the early 1900s. New York City.

Anefo photo collection. Work Traffic Square Weteringschans. July 7, 1953

Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Tram in street

Whitehall Street - shopping district - view of Whitehall Street with carriages and electric trolley cars along the street and pedestrians on the sidewalks. Circa 1905

1920s ELEVATED VIEW TROLLEY AT CORNER OF BROADWAY A HOTEL AND A MOVIE THEATER MARQUEE FOR FILM ROAD TO RUIN IN GARY INDIANA USA - q74982 CPC001 HARS AUTOMOBILE CORNER BUILDINGS ENTERTAINMENT TRANSPORTATION B&W MOVIES NORTH AMERICA SHOPPER NORTH AMERICAN SHOPPERS DREAMS STRUCTURE HIGH ANGLE CINEMAS PROPERTY AUTOS IN OF THE STORES TROLLEY INDIANA REAL ESTATE STRUCTURES AUTOMOBILES ELEVATED VEHICLES EDIFICE MOTION PICTURE MOTION PICTURES BROADWAY COMMERCE GROWTH HOTELS BLACK AND WHITE BUSINESSES MIDWEST MIDWESTERN OLD FASHIONED

España. Barcelona. Pasajeros subiendo a un tranvía de la línea de circunvalación 29. Publicidad del refresco Cacaolat. Año 1959.

1930s 1940s DOWNTOWN INTERSECTION PEDESTRIANS TROLLEY AND BUS TRAFFIC TWO POLICE AT PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA IN MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY

Vintage Photograph. Traffic on snowy winter day on 45th Street near Lexington Avenue, New York City

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