Futuristic Transportation Concepts

Illustrations depicting imaginative early 20th-century air and land transport concepts, highlighting creative visions of the future.

Illustrations depicting various cutting-edge stage illusions at the beginning of the 20th century. The first shows the race of a motor-car again a train; also shown, a ship pursuing a small boat before she blows up and sinks; and finally a Wright aeroplane comes to the rescue of a woman on a roof-top. All scenarios are shown from the front (what the audience sees) and behind (where the magic happens). Date: 1909

A futuristic air transport scene. A traffic policeman, in his own mini-airship, directs international air traffic. Date: 1901

French military airship La Republique which made her maiden flight from Paris to Compiegne. Crashed on manoeuvres when propeller tore envelope, October 1909. From 'Le Petit Journal' 10 October, Paris, 1909

Catching the Orient Express in the year 2000 Date: 1927

Land Transportation: Camel Ship of the desert, First Railway train in England 1825, modern railway train, automobile.

Illustrations depicting various cutting-edge stage illusions at the beginning of the 20th century. The first shows the race of a motor-car again a train; also shown, a ship pursuing a small boat before she blows up and sinks; and finally a Wright aeroplane comes to the rescue of a woman on a roof-top. All scenarios are shown from the front (what the audience sees) and behind (where the magic happens). Date: 1909

A steam train on a line at a station with passengers travelling. Coloured aquatint by Havell after Calvert.

An illustration showing women getting into the lifeboats from B deck of the Titanic. Date: 4th May 1912

Eycernweg - Chemin the Fer, P.J. Delhuntene, 1842 - 1856 print Leaf with 4 horizontal rows with performances of vehicles, such as a steam train, omnibuses and a horse and carriage. Below a train that goes through a tunnel. Under each performance a caption in Dutch and French. Numbered at the top right: N 29. Turnwood paper letterpress printing four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach. railway, train. passenger train

A cartoon commenting on the Channel Tunnel. Dated 20th century

Punch illustration On the rise of steam ships 1847

THE NEW ELECTRIC TRAMCAR AT KEW BRIDGE, LONDON, UK, 1883: 1. The Car. 2. The Interior of the Car, With One of the Cushions Removed to Show the Accumulators. 3. The Starting and Reversing Handles.

Illustration showing a humorous view of travel by mechanised horses on an underground railway in London, England 1911

An engraving depicting a conductor collecting fares on the open top deck of a tram. Dated 19th century

MATRIMONIO EN DIRIGIBLE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

One of Margate's new "Neversink" pleasure boats for keeping an even keel inthe roughest seas. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

LECCION DE SALVAMENTO EN EL TITANIC. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

'The old woman who lived in a shoe.' Returns delighted from her purchase of shoes wit the A. S. T. Co., beautiful black tip upon them, assured that hereafter her shoe bills will be reduced one-half. Parents who buy these tipped shoes all find this to be true. , Women, Children, Shoes, Carts & wagons, Donkeys, 19th Century American Trade Cards

The greatest race of the yachting season by Louis Dalrymple, 1866-1905, artist, 1893. President Cleveland at the helm labelled 'Congress' of a yacht labelled 'Repeal' in a race against British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone who is holding an oar labelled 'House of Commons Majority' and piloting a boat labelled 'Home Rule', which has a broken spar and is bumping up against debris labelled 'Opposition of the House of Lords' floating in the water.

The City Train Must Just Be Due, Whip Up! For He's Awaiting You. Original caption: The city train must just be due: Whip up! for he's awaiting you. From page 30, The Hub Portfolio of Carriage Designs, Volume 2, Two-Wheelers, New York 1888.

A Zeppelin flying over a river in Germany, circa 1910

This elegant Renault cabriolet Claridges boasts coachwork by Letourneur et Marchand. Date: 1925

THE CAB RUNNER NUISANCE IN LONDON, UK, 1889.

The world's railroad scene / Swain & Lewis, des. & lith. 103 State, Chicago. | Library of Congress

Illustration depicting a station porter transporting heavy luggage to the train. Dated 20th century

Flu tank, self contained vehicle Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1925

Survivors from Zeppelin L19 cling to its tail after their airship was shot down over the North Sea

Cartoon - We Ask for a Subway and We Get an Elevated. John Collins (1917-2007)

Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, better known as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn) is the largest city in Vietnam. It was once known as Prey Nokor, an important Khmer sea port prior to annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochin-china and later of the independent state of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1975. In 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Định Province and was officially renamed Hồ Chí Minh City after Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam's great wartime leader (although the name Sài Gòn is still commonly used). The city center is situated on the banks of the Saigon River, 60 kilometers (37 mi) from the South China Sea and 1,760 kilometers (1,090 mi) south of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

A coach heavily laden with passengers, some on the top, is being driven at speed around a hairpin bend on a mountainous road. Process print.

Port 45 Lumber: Portland, Oregon, Ports of Call

A rich driver in his automobile shows papers to a policeman on a bicycle. 19th century France. French illustration 1900

Going on board an India-bound P&O liner at Tilbury Date: circa 1880

Cartoon, Camouflaging a lorry in rather colourful shades. One of the men says he painted miniatures before the war. Date: 1917

American on an outing, Utagawa Sadahide, 1861 print An American on an outing. On the right in the foreground a dog, behind it an open carriage with an American occupant who holds a pipe in his left hand and wears a hat, an American coachman on the carriage. In the background an American ship in the port of Yokohama, on the right three small demolition. Part of a series of foreigners on the quays of Yokohama. (Yokohama-e). Japan paper color woodcut outing, pleasure trip. four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach Yokohama

Heintje, Pim and Puck gestures to a truck, D. Felled, in Or Before 1925 drawing Heintje, Pim and Puck stand along the road and wave to the passing truck. Heintje is in the middle and waves. Each of the boys is wearing a basket. paper. ink. deck paint pen / brush truck, van. saluting. container made of plant material other than wood: basket

The Railway mail service - methods of distributing and delivering the mail / from sketches by a staff artist. | Library of Congress

Cartoon - Streetcar Named Indecision. John Collins (1917-2007)

Moscow Winter 2259. From a series of postcards "Moscow of the future" of the Einem Chocolate Factory, Anonymous

Avión planeador norteamericano utilizado para el desembarco de tropas en terreno enemigo.

Upper Station Incline Railway at the Royal Gorge showing one of the cars. , Sports & recreation facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Advertisement for Diamond T - The Nation's Freight Car, 1919

The Packard 38 Phaeton is the appropriate car for visiting the ruins of the Roman forum. 'Ask the man who owns one...' Date: 1913

East River Tunnel, New York, USA Date: circa 1907

A futuristic whale bus, hanging from a large whale by two straps. It also has a propeller at the back. Date: 1899

The Bicycle Regulation in Amsterdam, Anton Molkenboer, 1897 print Amsterdam paper canal. passenger carriage. bridge. political caricatures and satires Amsterdam

World's railroad scene, Railroad

Sectional diagram of the 'Quest', the ship of the Shackleton-Rowett Oceanographical and Antarctic Expedition of 1921-22. Surrounding the image of the main ship are a number of interior views, including (top left) Sir Ernest Shackleton's quarters; (bottom middle) the galley; (top right) the wardroom. Date: 1921

Cartoon - There's a Traffic Jam Building Up in Ottawa. John Collins (1917-2007)

Futuristic drawing showing a hotel landing platform to board an air taxi. From Robida, Le Vingtieme Siecle, Paris 1883;

'Like toys beneath me are church and town.' A biplane flying over a church, town and river. Date: 1928

Under a Bridge, Boating & Leisure

The Lesson of SS Titanic: Lifeboat drill on a passenger liner, 1912. Operated by the White Star Line, on 14 April 1912 SS Titanic struck an iceberg in thick fog off Newfoundland. She was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of her time, and thought to be unsinkable. In the collision five of her watertight compartments were compromised and she sank. Out of the 2228 people on board, only 705 survived. A major cause of the loss of life was the insufficient number of lifeboats she carried. Better provision of lifejackets and lifeboats began immediately after the disaster. From 'Le Petit Journal'. (Paris, 2 June 1912).

Driving is a beautiful business, / it is to useful and entertainment / but sweet child, / when driving, / should one avoid an accident, Theodorus Johannes Wijnhoven -Hendriksen, 1832 - 1850 print Leaf with 12 performances of carriages, carts and cars with people and freight, pulled by horses. Under each image a two -way verse. Numbered at the top right: No. 42. Rotterdam paper letterpress printing four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach. two-wheeled vehicle drawn by two animals. two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal

176 - Space Ships (See Aviation Cards For All Named Space Ships & Vehicles Also Space Travel Etc.). March 03, 1955.

Cartoon - Mule Train. John Collins (1917-2007)

Underwater pioneers: early ancestors of our midget submarines. Some 17th to 20th century designs: primitive forerunners of Britain's latest naval weapon. Date: 1943

Frank Reade's Electric Air Racer of 1903

Tokyo Shinagawa oki no kurofune: Black ship off Shinagaw 1870 by Hiroshige Utagawa, 1842-1894, print on hosho paper: woodcut, colour. Japanese print showing war ship with three masts and multiple cannons bearing British flags and emitting a large plume of smoke

Colour Illustration from a book depicting a hot air balloon ride. Dated 1913

Eycernweg - Chemin the Fer, J.A. Age day, 1851 - 1880 print Leaf with 4 horizontal rows with vehicles, including a steam train, omnibuses and horse and carriage. Below a train that goes through a tunnel. Under each performance a caption in Dutch and French. Numbered in the top left: n 29. Amsterdampublisher: Turnhout paper letterpress printing four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach. railway, train. passenger train

Cartoon - Pacific Hitch-Hiker. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cycling: Lady wearing 'Rational' cycling dress, riding a 'safety' bicycle with handbrake. Advertisement for Elliman's Embrocation London 1895.

New York, the baggage room at a railway station, 1891, USA

THE MODERN COLOSSUS OF (RAIL) ROADS, 1879 political cartoon in PUCK MAGAZINE. A giant William Henry Vanderbilt, President of the New York Central Railroad, stands straddling US railroads. Smaller figures of Cyrus West Field, of the New York Elevated Railroad Company, and Jay Gould, of the Union Pacific Railroad, stand at his feet (BSLOC_2018_2_70)

Michigan Central and Great Western Railways. Via suspension bridge and Niagara Falls.. Michigan Central and Great Western Railways. Via suspension bridge and Niagara Falls.

Coal transport, emptying of the coal carriages into the mass, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880, Coal transport, emptying of the coal carriages into the mass, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880

Seeing Hingham, Mass. , Automobiles, Passengers. Hingham Public Library Postcard Collection

Cartoon - The Kremlin Convertible. John Collins (1917-2007)

S.S. Malolo Matson Line. 1928. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Chas. H. Kabrich, the only bike-chute aeronaut novel and thrilling, bicycle parachute act in mid-air. ca 1896.

Steamship Cruise liner Boom Label, Advertising

Child Playing on the Railway Tracks and is in Danger, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Cartoon - International Traffic Problem. John Collins (1917-2007)

The Highways of Middle America. undefined.

Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- How they teach young engine drivers the meaning of the signals. Date: 1935

Greetings from Soesterberg. recto

Cowboy with rifle sitting on stagecoach by Stanley Borack, 20th century

High class men and women aboard an Omnibus are asked by the conductor for their ticket money with a mixture of annoyance and acceptance Date: 1899

Out for the Day in an Orient Model de luxe - Waltham Manufacturing Company - 1905 Magazine Advertisement

Kalmarsund ferries in Färjestaden harbor. In the foreground rail bus type Y.

A New Woman lights up in a railway smoking car, Brooklyn NY, USA Date: 1895

France, Montfort l'Amaury, Landscape with Railway, print

S.S. "Statendam" Holland-America Line. 1960. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Ducks,' Amphibian Trucks landing on Pacific Beach.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

The innovative people of Venus develop this birdlike man- powered airship which moves by flapping its wings. Date: 1942

Vintage Rail Travel Poster: Journey into History- The Silverton- Narrow Gauge of the Rockeis.

Persian or Gallic Scythe Wagon and Chariot. Original caption: Persian or Gallic scythe wagon and chariot. Die Wagen und Fahrwerke der Griechen und Romer und Anderer Alten Volker by Johann Christian Ginzrot, Vol I. Set of 66 - No. 39.

Series "How will our grandnephew live in 2012" of the chocolate company Lombart, Anonymous

Serie Wintersport, Eisyacht segeln in Holland / Series winter sports, ice yacht sailing in Holland, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei, genaues Datum unbekannt.

Lady driver with her Christmas shopping on the back seats! A Russian card, but with a HEAVY European/Germanic influence. Date: 1909

A robot signalman. The operator in this control cabin could deal with 2,000 wagons in twenty four hours. By pressing various buttons on the board he could break and shunt wagons into any of the fifty

Europe, Utrecht, Wees, JH van (II), New Dutch children's prints, Baron van Munichhausen on a bicycle, verso - stamped, Sheet with 8 illustrations of the tall tales of Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen on a bicycle. A caption under each image., print, picture, folk print, prints, pictures, folk prints, height 398 mm, width 295 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1869 - 1888, paper, lithography (technique), colours, letterpress printing, print maker, printmaker

The Duchess of York (later Queen Mary) launches the battleship 'Prince George' at Portsmouth Date: 22 August 1895

Nicanor Piñole Rodríguez/ El viejo autobús. 74,80 x 104,10 cm. Museum: Museo Nicanor Piñote, Gijón, SPAIN.

Mt. Tamalpais Railway overlocking S. Franc. BayThe Double Bow Knot on the Mt. Tamalpais Railway overlocking San Francisco Bay and City.

Danger Signal, Hindustan Times, May 1947 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Cartoon of Tour Boat at Chicago World's Fair. ca. 1933, Chicago, Illinois, USA, GONDOLING IN THE LAGOONS, GREETINGS FROM CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR 1933

The Great Transition from Animal to Mechanical Horsepower. undefined.

Railroad Magazine: The Circus on the Tracks, 1946, Railroad

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