Vintage Two-Wheeled Vehicles

A collection of vintage bicycles and motorized bikes, featuring historical figures and moments from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The images evoke a sense of innovation and nostalgia.

illustration showing a 'Penny Farthing' Bicycle 1884

Old man riding his bicycle to work on a city street circa 1914.

'Post Office Centre-Cycles', 1939. Artist: Unknown.

An engraving depicting a "Sociable" tricycle with seats for two side-by-side. Dated 19th century

Victorian women out for a cycle on their tricycles. Date: 19th century

Several inventors propose forms of water-tricycle. Frenchman Romanes-Rousseau demonstrates his project at Marseille, on a conveniently calm day. Date: 1880

Thomson's 'Security' Rein Holder prevents accidents. , Adults, Horses, Carts & wagons, Animal equipment, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Unknown man and a police officer next to a motorcycle, Anonymous, c. 1903 photograph Zeeland photographic support adult man. motor-cycles and other two-wheeled motor-vehicles. policeman, constable

A double Monocycle 1869.

June 1946. Henry Ford with the first automobile he built.

The beautiful epoch. 108 "Aviette".

Learning to coast - the start , Bicycles & tricycles, Cycling

VELOCIPEDOS - SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Henry Ford (1863-1947). American industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company in 1903. Henry Ford with his first automobile, 1896.

'Cyclists, do not hang on to a motor vehicle' Date: 1934

Skill competition for motorcyclists on the Olympianan, Berlin. Admission of dock over the course, about 1936.

road with horse standing as cyclists pass by. England 1895

Three-Wheeled Bicycle.

An engraving depicting a "Sociable" tricycle with seats for two side-by-side. Dated 19th century

Motorcycle, 1918, graphite on wove paper, sheet: 17.94 × 13.02 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/8 in.), John Singer Sargent (artist) American, 1856 - 1925

Velocipede. 1885

Water velocipede, invented by Georg Pinkert, illustration from L'Illustration, No 2684, August 4, 1894.

two men posing bicycles

Unknown woman by bike. Okänd kvinna med cykel.

Anefo photo collection. Chinese dragon game in Amsterdam TGV Japanese capitulation. Homemade vehicle in the procession for the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt. September 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Two brothers working together on a paper route in 1955.

Bicycle. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.4 x 29 cm (8 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: rear wheel: 41 3/4" high; front wheel: 16" high; axel: 40" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harry G. Aberdeen.

M F Husain umbrella and cycle wheel India Asia Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

New York, September 1926. A cycling novelty. The land skiff, the latest innovation in the bicycle. It moves thanks to a lever like the one used in some carts used on railway lines and reaches a speed of 20 miles per hour, that is, more than 30 kilometers per hour.

Elsevier photo collection. "New engine" Fire brigade Amsterdam. 1923. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Transcontinental Motorcyclists Balcer & O'Brien circa 1915 (riding their motorcycle).

Anefo photo collection. Row wheel exhibition RAI Amsterdam. Scooter and old bicycle. 26 February 1953. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

1930s 1940s GIRL RIDING TRICYCLE ON SIDEWALK

Ernest Michaux, son of Pierre, on a Michaux pedal-driven velocipede. Date: 1865

Anefo photo collection. Machining line. August 28, 1951

Unknown man by bike. Okänd man med cykel.

Drawing of the tricycle in Vietnam

Couple riding tandem bike (EV006968_H)

Thanh Thai (ruled 1889-1907). Emperor of Annam (Central Vietnam). Nguyen dynasty. The Emperor of Annam on a bicycle. Engraving. Later colouration. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.

Velocipede. 19th century. Engraving.

April 1917. The racers Víctor Landa and Ángel Retana on "Indian" motorcycles of 7 and 5 horsepower, respectively, who achieved the highest speeds in their categories: 126,760 kilometers per hour for the first, and 100,558 for the second.

The Rover 'safety' Date: 1885

The petrol-cycle. A gasoline engine is installed on a bicycle. United States. Colored engraving. 19th century.

James Starley, noted cycle inventor, on his 'Salvo' machine. Date: 1877

Historical image, couple on a motorcycle with sidecar, ca. 1921

Times boy on bicycle - digital file from original | Library of Congress

The man with the bike is unknown. Mannen med cykeln är okänd.

Old man riding his bicycle to work circa 1914.

Early-Penny Farthings Etc. - Bicycles - Vehicles. August 11, 1949.

Nautical-terrestrial velocipede in Marseille, France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1890

Hildebrand & Wolfmueller motorcycle in front of an Adler motorcycle, German Motorcycle and NSU Museum, Neckarsulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Bike Ride

Japan. Three tourists of Hapag in Rikshas with drivers (probably Riksha stand in front of a hotel)

Image of the bicycle clamp on the balcony of a Diesel-Hydraulic motor vehicle (DH 1, Wadloper) of the N.S.

Captain Ferdinand Ferber's Helica car, France, photograph by M Branger, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIII, No 41, October 14, 1906.

Cyclists in The Hague, Anonymous, 1945 - 1970 photograph unknown photographic support gelatin silver print bicycle The Hague

Elsevier photo collection. Prince Bernhard RAI Amsterdam view car exhibition. Prince principles cars ford. February 24, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

A word of warning from Police Courtesy Lecturing Staff officer, Constable Tyrrell, is heeded by Joan McMahon, at the Road Safety exhibition at Sydney Town Hall. December 05, 1948.

Two men with bicycles. Två män med cyklar.

An advertisement for Ritter's road skates. Dated 19th century

Horse-Head Tricycle. Unknown maker, French

Henry G. Slaughter riding his bicycle circa 1935.

An advertisement for a bicycle for Christmas. Dated 19th century

Engraving showing three ages in the development of the Bicycle: on left, 'The Dandy of pre-historic times' - an early 19th century bicycle, without pedals, propelled by foot. On the right, 'The Bone Shaker of the middle ages' - bicycle from the mid 19th century, with pedals. In the middle, 'The Ariel of Modern Times' - a 'Penny Farthing' bicycle from the 1870's. Date: 1880

Invention by Albert de Dion and Georges Bouton in 1897, of a single cylinger gasoline engine tricycle. Date: 1897

France: Advertising poster for 'Cycles Lorette' bicycles, Paris, c. 1910

The electric cycle. >>

Poster de "Columbia bicycle, The Pope Mfg.Co en Boston"/1890. Museum: BELLA C. LANDAUER COLLECTION NEW YORK USA.

Columbia Bicycle.

Drawing of the tricycle in Vietnam Hoi An

1950s man with his bicycle. Gustaf Håkansson 1885-1977, also called Steel Grandpa, is a participant in a bicycle race through Sweden and is here arriving in Sundsvall. He is at this time the oldest cyclist, 66 years old. Sweden 1950

Motorcy with many 1925-1928.

Historic photo, beach vehicle, ca. 1910

An aerial velocipede, 1888. Date: 1888

Competition court and participants of a motorcycle competition, right on Helios

Two women enjoy a ride in an open cycle-drawn carriage. Date: 1899

Elsevier photo collection. Smoothness Amsterdam. Crossing bridge bicycle shuffling. December 11, 1952. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Betsy Jane on wheels, 1895 - 1911. An American poster from the publishing industry., 1895 - 1911

Illustration depicting an early bicycle railroad. A bicycle railroad was a purpose-built monorail on which a matching bicycle would be ridden. It was invented by Arthur Hotchkiss. Dated 19th century

"King Of Rome" Centenary - Another touching souvenir. A little goat carriage in which Napoleon's son used to ride in the Tuileries Gardens before he was taken to Austria, much in the same way as children do nowadays in the Champs Elysees. November 19, 1932.

1970S Boy Riding Bike Suburban Sidewalk

Bicyclette Presented to Eisenhower. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Exhibition for two-wheelers in the RAI in Amsterdam, built up bicycle easily fits into the trunk of the car. 27 February 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photograph of a cyclist and his 'Safety' bicycle of the 1890's. John Kemp Starley produced the first 'safety' bicycle with his 'Rover' design of 1885. Date: 1896

Unknown inventor with patented rear wheel hub about 1910.

Posters, France, 20th century. Thumbing one's nose from the motor tricycle, advertisment for the Automobiles de Dion-Bouton, illustration by Wilhio, Paris, 1900.

Transportation. Japan, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Caption card tracings: Transportation; Japan; Carriages & Coaches; Shelf.

1910s ANONYMOUS YOUNG MAN WEARING WHITE SHIRT AND TIE SITTING ON INDIAN MOTORCYCLE CIRCA 1915

Bicyclers, 1890s. Each bet they would make it to Santa Monica from Los Angeles City Hall without falling off

Thrills and spills of a lady cyclist. Date: 1918

Little boy bike

L. L. Roush, The Great Bicycle Parade, 1897, photogravure on paper.

The Dursley-Pedersen cantilever bicycle. Date: 1893

Color illustration by Lucien Baylac from 1894 depicting Terrot bicycles in Dijon, showing bicycles, riders, and urban street scene.

A very elevated bicycle - the look of concentration on the rider's face is very understandable! Date: 1906

07/26/1906. Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos Dumont in the basket of his hot air balloon.

An Indian Side Car Combination, a regular model from 1917, made by the Hendee Manufacturing Company in Springfield, Massachusetts. This photograph was taken and received on April 11, 1918. The image is labeled as officially issued for official use only.

Italy, Lombardy, worker cycling

Engraving depicting a pedal driven helicopter. Dated 20th Century

Cartoon depicting wealthy women being driven around London by their footmen. Dated 19th century

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