Vintage Transportation Scenes

Black and white images showcasing classic cars and trucks in urban settings, mid-20th century transportation, and automobile sales interactions.

Point of view of car driving on crowded city street

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Queen Elizabeth, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, in Automobile, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, June 1939

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Truck on Street near Litan Hotel carrying Soldiers and African Americans during Race Riots, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, Alvin C. Krupnick Co., June 1921

Anefo photo collection. Royal visit to Amsterdam, second day, Prince Bernhard visits Coenhaven. September 8, 1959. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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Vintage Photograph. Street cleaner spraying street in Boston Massachusetts.

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Mile after mile of gumtrees unfold on the Victorian side. The road is flatter than in NSW, the average speed higher.Mile after tedious mile unfolds. Two hundred miles from Melbourne, the road is flatter, average speed about 20 miles an hour, faster than the N.S.W. side. June 07, 1950.

Car loaded with Luggage belonging to Migratory Workers on their way to New Jersey from Florida, near Shawboro, North Carolina, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, July 1940

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Waiting for Streetcar, Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon for Farm Security Administration July 1940

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Historical Washington D.C. - Thomas Circle rush hour circa 1930.

New York, New York: c. 1940 Wes Saegesser (#7), the one armed race car driver whose left arm ended at the elbow, racing midget cars at Castle Hill Speedway in the Bronx.

Equipment. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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Anefo photo collection. Tobacco bowl of the Dutch-Belgian border (black trade). A truck is arrested by a custom. 1945. Belgium

Anefo photo collection. Farmers demonstrate in Belgium; Long row of farmer's vehicles at Antwerp with protest boards. September 2, 1974. Antwerp, Belgium

Freight car loaded with skis.

Rush To Fill Up With Petrol -- A long line of cars waits at a London petrol pump May 26 to fill up with unrationed petrol.British motorists - rationed with petrol for ten years - rushed to the petrol pumps, today May 26 to fill up with fuel following the earlier announcement that rationing of petrol had ceased as a result of a deal with two United State oil companies. British motorists have been receiving a basic ration sufficient for 90 miles of motoring monthly but this was to have been increased to 180 miles monthly from June 1. The price of petrol was increased in Britain's last budget from 2s/3D to 3s/- per gallon. May 26, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

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Man Standing Leaning on Taxi Cab that has Heated Sign in Window, USA, circa 1936

Bergslagerna's railways, BJ Y08D 57.

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Driving in the 1960s. A woman demonstrates a new pair of gloves designed to be used when driving. Sweden 1962

Sand surfboard riding

Rotherhithe Tunnel, London photographic prints, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white prints

Elsevier photo collection. Emergency Amsterdam. Private cars set fire Telegraaf building. June 14, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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