Historical Photographs of Pamir, the World’s Last Commercial Ocean-Going Sailing Ship
This post was originally published on this sitePamir was a four-masted barque (which is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts), built […]
traffic & transport
A Freight Train Sitting on a High Trestle With Two Men Standing on the Roof of One of the Cars, 1895
This post was originally published on this sitePhotograph of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad crossing a trestle in Arizona, ca.1895. The large steam […]
Traffic on Blackfriars Bridge, 1896
This post was originally published on this siteAn actuality record of Blackfriars Bridge, London, taken from the southern end looking northwards over the Thames by […]
Porters Transport a Car on Long Poles Across a Stream in Nepal, January 1950
This post was originally published on this siteInstead of cars carrying workers, Nepal has workers carrying cars on the rocky, hilly trail from Kathmandu. This […]
Fairchild’s Experimental Safety Vehicle for U.S. Dept of Transportation, ca. 1972
This post was originally published on this siteBy December 1972, this model of the Fairchild Experimental Safety Vehicle (ESV) should be a reality, and in […]
British Ships Get Bomb Shelters, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1940, to protect a sailor or officer on watch on the open bridge of the British liner […]
Back in 1900, This Giant ‘Mammoth’ Camera Was the World’s Largest Camera
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1899 “The Alton Limited” train was built in Pullman, Illinois. This train was noted because of its […]
Cruise on Land and Tour on Water, 1921
This post was originally published on this siteAeronautical invention has conquered the air, and yet airplanes can run also on the earth. Nautical invention has […]
Bull Train, 1912
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the railway, bull trains were used to haul large quantities of goods. A bull train consisted of […]
A Re-enactment of the Sexual Harassment That Flight Attendants Regularly Experienced in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage images are extracted from the book Sex Objects in the Sky: A Personal Account of the […]
Keeps Air-Raid Map Under His Hat, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteAlthough not quite so good as a steel helmet, the black derby hat owned by an Englishman living […]
Amazing Vintage Photographs of San Francisco’s Sky Tram
This post was originally published on this siteFrom late 1955 to 1966, an aerial tram ran from the Cliff House to Point Lobos. The Sky […]
On the California Zephyr in 1948
This post was originally published on this siteThe California Zephyr ran from Chicago to Oakland and was introduced in 1948. The Budd Manufacturing Company made […]
Stage Entering Red Mountain Town, Ouray County, Colorado, ca. 1885
This post was originally published on this siteThis photograph of what appears to be an open-topped stage descending into Red Mountain was taken by legendary […]
36 Wonderful Photos of London’s Tube Riders From the 1960s to 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteFor more than four decades, photographer Bob Mazzer has been taking pictures on the London Underground. “There’s definitely […]
These 16 Vintage Photographs Show How Glamorous Flying Used to Be in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the 1980s, flying was a much classier experience. Back then airlines aggressively competed with each other to […]
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Train Running the Narrow Gauge Track Through the Animas River Canyon, ca. 1880s
This post was originally published on this siteDurango was built as a company town by the Denver and Rio Grande (D&RG) Railway in 1880 with […]
Go-Devil on the Little Bookcliff Railway, 1903
This post was originally published on this siteThe Go-Devil was a gravity driven rail car that ran on the Little Bookcliff (LBC) Railway from 1892, […]
Interurban Electric Train Between Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, 1911
This post was originally published on this siteBetween July 14, 1910, and October 31, 1928, there was a daily electric passenger train service between Fruita […]
Vintage Photos Show Mainly Ambiance Around the Dutch National Railways (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteNederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is a Dutch company, the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, […]
50 Amazing Panorama Photographs Show What New York’s Fifth Avenue Looked Like in 1911
This post was originally published on this siteFifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It stretches north […]
Fascinating Pictures of London Drivers in the Eighties
This post was originally published on this siteChris Dorley-Brown spent two summers in the mid-1980s photographing drivers stuck in traffic jams in and around East […]
The Paternoster: The Non-Stop Europe’s Doorless Elevator
This post was originally published on this siteA paternoster is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for […]
1948 Davis Divan: The Three-Wheeled Sedan that Wheeled Itself Into Oblivion
This post was originally published on this siteThe history of auto design is filled with failed ideas and strange prototypes that never made it to […]
Incredible Photos of New York City’s Subway in 1980
This post was originally published on this siteIn the spring of 1980, Bruce Davidson began his ‘Subway’ project, which focused on New York City’s subway […]