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

St. Kilda Road, Melbourne. May 18, 1954.

Car traffic on the Kudamm at night, Kurfuerstendamm, in the background the Gedaechtniskirche, approx. 1960s, Berlin, Germany, Europe

The garbage train "Silverpilen", on the line just north of the Södertunneln, on the way to the garbage station in Lövsta.

Vintage Photograph. New York City Fire Engine putting out a fire.

Vintage Photograph. Traffic on the Hendrick Hudson Drive, in the vicinity of the George Washington Bridge

1930S Crowd Carrying Umbrellas Crossing Street In Front Of Street Car Trolley During Snowstorm

USA, New York City, Looking west on 42nd Street at Fifth Avenue

Italian neighborhood pushcart market, on Mulberry Street, New York, c. 1900-1910 (BSLOC_2018_1_73)

Tokyo Railroad - This aerial view of the railroad ***** in downtown Tokyo is definte proof that the American Bomber's layed their ***** only on those industrial targets which were of a Military important *****. February 26, 1948. (Photo by US Signal Corp Photo).

Vintage Photograph. Crowded City Street with television Camera.

Elsevier photo collection. construction & Hague, customers park car lift roof department store. roof parking space Netherlands offers space 100 cars. August 14, 1964. Hague, South Holland

State Street, Chicago. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1906. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Streets , Illinois , Chicago

Street scene with buses, cars and pedestrians outside Star Parking Plaza in Washington D.C. circa 1940 .

Poll photo collection. Rome: visit to the city. People and a bus in a narrow street. December 1937. Italy, Rome

China, Hong Kong, traffic in the city, 1940.

Poll photo collection. Visit to Munich. Traffic on the Lenbachplatz in the snow with the Bavarian Ministry of Justice in the background. December 1, 1958. Bavaria, Germany, Munich, West Germany

Anefo photo collection. Car printed in Vijzelstraat. April 20, 1973

Image of the traffic on Vredenburg in Utrecht, during the 25th Jaarbeurs.

Taxi, streetcar, and automobiles on Washington D.C. street with Capitol in background circa 1936.

USA, New York City, High Angle View Of Traffic From Bridge

Maintenance of the trolley bus line, March 23, 1949, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

Elsevier photo collection. German car parked Amsterdam. police officer writes ticket. April 16, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Cars parked on roof of Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City.

Asia

Vintage Photograph. Fifth Avenue showing pedestrians and traffic in streets. Frame 3

Anefo photo collection. Car exhibition in Rai in Amsterdam, surroundings RAI. February 10, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tram rails change on the Coolsingel in Rotterdam. September 9, 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Jerusalem (Jerusalem), street images. Street scene with city traffic (among other things a scooter) on Ben Jehuda Street. January 1, 1964. Ben Jehuda Street, Israel, Jerusalem

Anefo photo collection. Cars parked Damrak carried public transportation strike Amsterdam. March 23, 1987. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Snow removal on Fifth Avenue with bulldozer. Frame 2

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

Madrid, 03/15/1974. A group of citizens helps move a broken down bus.

Main Street in a small American town, looking like the film-set for a science fiction movie before the horror starts... Date: circa 1950

Traffic in Madrid Spain circa 1969.

Where the roads meet (EV003050_H)

Vintage Photograph. Closeup of traffic controller stopping traffic in New Bedford Massachusetts.

Anefo photo collection. Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo). Street scene in Kinshasa. October 24, 1973. Congo, Kinshasa, Zaire

Lake Shore Drive looking north. Original caption: Lake Shore Drive - looking North. Photograph from Chicago Park District. State: Illinois.

Image of an old-timer between the city traffic on Lange Viestraat in Utrecht.

East on Mass. Ave. , Cities & towns, Streets, Vehicles, Traffic congestion. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Anefo photo collection. Indonesia, djakarta, street with riksjas. August 20, 1971. Indonesia, Indonesia, Jakarta

Cars in street scene in Washington D.C. outside government APEX building circa 1938.

Firemen spraying burning building on 14th St., trolley in foreground, New York

Antique Rolls-Royce , Automobiles, Rolls-Royce Ltd.. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Street in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA showing a line of cars parked in front of several American flags

Peru, bus on town street

Poll photo collection. Visit to Copenhagen. Entrance to the central station De Vesterbrogade with parked cars in the foreground. March 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen, VesterBrogade

Stoplight post with one way sign

Bronx: Grand Concourse - Echo Place. 1936. Photographs. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. New York (N.Y.), Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Road construction, Grand Concourse (New York, N.Y.)

Madrid, January 1966. The state of Madrid after the floods. In the image, cars are trying to cross the streets of Madrid.

In American planner Harvey Corbett's vision of a future city, fast traffic will be segregated from slow, and people from both Date: 1925

Vintage Photograph. Traffic on George Washington Bridge Frame 2.

Horses, Faneuil Hall , Horses, Markets. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Motorcycles registered at the Motorcycle Rally, Piazza della Vittoria, August 13, 1951, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

Rockefeller Center Parking Space, 40 West 49th Street, from Museum of Modern Art, 10th floor, 14 West 49th Street (Time and Life Building), Manhattan.. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (N.Y.), Streets , New York (State) , New York, Rockefeller Center, Automobiles , New York (State) , New York, Parking lots , New York (State) , New York

Vintage Photograph. Streetcar passing through bustling downtown in vibrant cityscape

1960S Overhead Of Cars And Buses Stuck In Deep Snow Philadelphia Pennsylvania Usa

Line at Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12/31/1937. A curious New York picture: The hydros used by businessmen, who live far from the capital, wait for their owners on the docks at the foot of the skyscrapers.

Parked auto in snow

Bridge and cars in city, low angle view

Vintage photograph. Traffic at entrance to Lincoln Tunnel, New York City

1970s 1980s DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC CARS CAB BUS OUTSIDE THE PFISTER HOTEL ON WISCONSIN AVENUE MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN USA

International attention to Shanghai grew in the 19th century due to its economic and trade potential at the Yangtze River. During the First Opium War (1839-1842), British forces temporarily held the city. The war ended with the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing, opening Shanghai and other ports to international trade. In 1863, the British settlement, located to the south of Suzhou creek (Huangpu district), and the American settlement, to the north of Suzhou creek (Hongkou district), joined in order to form the International Settlement. The French opted out of the Shanghai Municipal Council, and maintained its own French Concession. Citizens of many countries and all continents came to Shanghai to live and work during the ensuing decades; those who stayed for long periods called themselves 'Shanghailanders'. In the 1920s and 30s, some 20,000 so-called White Russians and Russian Jews fled the newly established Soviet Union and took up residence in Shanghai. By 1932, Shanghai had become the world's

Bombay (India). Road escape with parked automobiles and Taj-Mahal hotel. View to the high-sea passenger steamer "Cleveland

08/31/1909. A sinking in Paris. State in which San Lázaro Street was left in front of the Oeste station, as a result of a collapse that occurred in the Metropolitan Underground Works. Photo by World'S Graphic Press Paris.

High angle view of traffic in a street, Canal Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

12/31/1961. Rain due to a storm in Madrid.

Flooded street with dams and a wheelbarrow, jan-1910.

Ferry, Central Railroad of New Jersey, foot of Liberty Street., Manhattan.. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (N.Y.), Streets , New York (State) , New York, Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.), Railroad ferries , New York (State) , New York, Trucks , New York (State) , New York

Italian hydroplanes by Italo Balbo flying over Chicago and then alight into Lake Michigan, 1933

Vintage Photograph. Traffic driving near United Nations Building, New York City

Poll photo collection. London in the fog. Biplane trams in the fog. In the background is Big Ben to see .. undated. England, London

Anefo photo collection. Ferris wheel on Nieuwmarkt. April 25, 1961

1930s 1940s SHOWBOAT WITH STEAM POWERED PADDLE WHEEL TOWBOAT MOORED AT AND AUDIENCE CARS PARKED ON LEVEE ST. LOUIS MISSOURI USA

Anefo photo collection. Realizing in Amsterdam, police on motorbikes come at Telegraafgebouw a few hours late. June 14, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Looking north up Regent Street, London, with buses, cars and cabs Date: circa 1920

Looking north up Regent Streettowards Oxford Circus, withbuses, cars and cabsDate: circa 1920

Vintage photograph. Air view of the 126 acre Studebaker corporation South Bend Indiana passenger car plant

Cruise Ship just outside of Reykjavík, mountains in the back

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