Vintage Urban Transportation

Black and white photos of mid-20th century city streets filled with buses and pedestrians, showcasing vintage vehicles and a bustling atmosphere.

Vintage photograph. parking lot on east 59th street
Vintage photograph. parking lot on east 59th street
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1950s DAYTIME CARS TRAFFIC TIMES SQUARE LOOKING NORTH UPTOWN FROM BROADWAY AND 43rd STREET MANHATTAN NEW YORK USA
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Vintage Photograph. B&M commuters at Canal and Causeway Streets Boston Massachusetts.
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Traffic at Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass. , Cities & towns, Streets, Vehicles, Traffic congestion, Pedestrians. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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Queue Town -- The Queue that Puts Years on The Queuers: When shops and offices close several hundred thousands have to get home by bus or underground. Here is the crushing queue outside the Oxford circus underground station. Were it not for the good sense and well-bred patience of the Londoner such queues as these would create accidents every hour at every station. In fact, however, all goes well; one policeman at the gate just jungle instincts and gently filter into the tube. November 27, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press).
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Vintage Photograph. New York Centrals Trinity Station Early morning commuters on way to New Haven's Back Bay Station area and probably going to work in one of the localities insurance offices.
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Grade separation at Scott Circle and 16th Street, Washington, DC. Original caption: Grade separation at Scott Circle and 16th Street - Washington, D.C. Taken by Earle D. Chathams - March 26, 1942. State: District of Columbia.
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Accident car #3209 , Street railroad accidents, Utility poles, Metropolitan Transit Authority Boston, Mass.. Leon Abdalian Collection
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Anefo photo collection. Transport CS to Stadium buses with soldiers on the wheel. April 3, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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El', Second and Third Avenue lines, Bowery taken from Division St., Manhattan.. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.), Streets , New York (State) , New York, Elevated railroads , New York (State) , New York, Bowery (New York, N.Y. : Street), Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)
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Buildings and beer truck. Manchester, New Hampshire.. Photographs. 1936-09. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
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Crowded bus terminal with "White Waiting Room" sign in foreground and "Colored Waiting Room" in background, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Esther Bubley, U.S. Office of War Information, September 1943
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Stockholm Central Station. Seen from the sidewalk between station plan and Vasagatan.
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Cars and pedestrians in Washington D.C. street scene circa 1938 or 1939 (15th Street) .
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In a bathtub for the caretakers quarters, Allen has a bird's-eye view of the traffic in which he sees a menace absent from his own up and down occupation. October 24, 1954.
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Vintage photograph. 1940s St. with street car tracks, parked cars. Stone municipal buildings in South Carolina, USA
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9th Ave. "L" - Raised track
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Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Haifa, harbor. Freight trains and rail at the harbor. January 1, 1964. Haifa, Israel
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High angle view of a road near the seaport
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Arrival Ceremonies for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan 11:45AM. Arrival ceremonies motorcade for El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan. President Abboud (standing in car); others unidentified. Washington, D.C.
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Passengers waiting to board a streamlined street car ca. 1935.
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Vintage Photograph. View of street and trolly in San Francisco.
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Vintage photograph. cars parked along side of street
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USA, Washington, Monorail that goes from the Seattle World's Fair Grounds to downtown Seattle
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Vintage Photograph. Cars driving by Prudential Insurance Company building on Wilshire Blvd in newest section of "Miracle Mile" Los Angeles, California
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Street Scene, Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, circa 1907
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Lincoln, Nebraska USA. Street scene with cars and American flags during world War II. 1942
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Vintage Photograph. Subway crowds between tracks.
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Vintage Photograph. Cars driving on "Miracle Mile" famed shopping district on Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California
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Arrival ceremony for Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie's arrival; crowds line New York Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. Jerry Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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"Light Ship Without A Crew", 180 Voices in the Fog (2 of 6). This item consists of a photograph of the electronic fog signal aboard the Coast Guard Lightship 99.
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Traffic restaurant, Stockholm Central Station.
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Anefo photo collection. Work at Amstelbrug, Amsterdam, bus 3A on free job Ceintuurbaan. August 9, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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USA, New Jersey, Little Ferry, night traffic
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Photograph of a traffic jam on 14th Street and the Mall, Washington D.C. Dated 1937
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Coal barge in Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon for U.S. Farm Security Administration, July 1941
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Tram, Centraal Station, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1963
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Tunnel 10-1-57. Tunnel 10-1-57
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Vintage photograph. B-29 Bombers flying over New York City
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Daytona Beach is 23-mile-long and 600 feet wide. It's smooth, compacted sand attracted vehicles of all types. June 27, 1960.
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Reading Terminal Clock, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Trolley Car on Hastings Street. ca. 1946, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Hastings Street and Marine Building, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
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United Kingdom, London, Trafalgar Square, Bus
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Chicago traffic. The streets of Chicago. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Streets , Illinois , Chicago
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The city of Los Angeles stages a parade to celebrate the first transfer of power from Hoover Dam, 1936
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Vintage Photograph. US Capitol building with cars parked on street
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Inaugural ceremonies at U.S. Capitol, and Inaugural Parade. Inaugural Parade for President John F. Kennedy, Washington, D.C. Delaware Float. The sign reads: "To President Kennedy - The Diamond State treasures world peace"