Futuristic Transportation Concepts

Illustrations of innovative travel methods, including airships and underwater tunnels, depicting early 20th-century visions of transportation.

Rettungsboje -- nicknamed lobster pots by the RAF -- German rescue buoys anchored in the English Channel during the Second World War. A diagrammatic drawing of one of the new German rescue buoys anchored ten miles off the French coast for use by German crews forced down by RAF action. Date: 1940

'How the king may travel to Paris - in future.' Just as World War One is about to start, the Channel Tunnel question is reconsidered. Date: 1914

Boy points in the distance from a quay, in or before 1933 drawing A boy stands with vast arm on a quay where the boat is moored 'the dolphin' and points in the distance. There is a man or boy on the boat. In the background you can see the silhouette of a city on the water. paper. India ink (ink). deck paint. pencil pen / brush traffic on the water. pier, quay, wharf. index finger forwards, pointing, indicating. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Father Christmas uses an airship to deliver presents Date: 1918

Rettungsboje -- nicknamed lobster pots by the RAF -- German rescue buoys anchored in the English Channel during the Second World War. A diagrammatic drawing of one of the new German rescue buoys anchored ten miles off the French coast for use by German crews forced down by RAF action. Date: 1940

A passenger liner of the Anchor Line leaves harbour for India or Australia. Date: 1927

A lady and her chauffeur on a rainy day in the city: he holds up an umbrella for her Date: 1920

Otto Albert Koch (1866-1920), German graphic artist. Mercedes Benz Automobile advertisement: Land, water, air: In addition to Benz automobiles, this poster of 1918 is advertising aero and marine engines.

When mankind start to explore space they will find it practical to anchor space ship stations at convenient locations, where travelers can transfer to smaller craft. Date: 1946

News // Travelers for ... .. The hole .. / (8)

Giant cactus on the desert , Cactus, Airplanes, Battleships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Giant cactus on the desert , Cactus, Airplanes, Battleships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Two years before the Wright brothers' flight, illustrators were already predicting that flying machines like this would be among things to come Date: 1901

Motor gondola of a zeppelin, 1932. Creator: Unknown.

Owl line. Going! Going!! Gone!!! ca 1885.

An American mail plane lands at night, guided by beams from the airfield below. Date: 1927

A futuristic aerial regatta, with an amazed crowd gazing up at an array of flying machines. Date: 1899

Captain Frank Hawks' Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship, 1932. Creator: Unknown.

Tomorrow's car will be aerodynamic in shape, to give it maximum speed... Date: circa 1935

A typical London street, with buses and trams, cyclists and horseriders, while trains rattle overhead, two more roar underground and below them, two others rumble... Date: 1899

The boiled water cart , Water carriers, Carts & wagons, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

A futuristic transport solution for the inner city -- the torpedo car. This Fletcher Felts suggestion runs on a monorail. Date: 1923

American on an outing; Americajin Yuko; Holidays in Yokohama; Yokohama Kyujitsu. An American on an outing. On the right in the foreground a dog, behind it an open carriage with an American occupant that holds a pipe in his left hand and wearing a hat on the carriage an American coachman. In the background an American ship in the port of Yokohama, to the right three sloping. Part of a series of foreigners on the quays of Yokohama. (Yokohama-e).

Sectional View looking North at the Junction of Sixth Avenue and 32nd Street, Showing Five Superimposed Railway Systems, Scientific American, December 29, 1906

A sectional plan of the interior of the liner 'Queen Mary', which operated mainly in the North Atlantic. Launched in September 1934, her maiden voyage began in May 1936. She was retired in 1967 and is currently moored permanently at Long Beach, California, operating as a hotel, restaurant and tourist attraction. 1936

Char Enigme, 1911. The packed locomotive towing ruined material on an accidentation route (dummy title)

Lighter Than Air, Hot Air Balloons & Derigibles

How to recognise the aircraft of different countries by their markings

Anchors of 'Constellation,' Newport, R.I. , Ships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Steam paddle boats on the Mississippi river from a poster called Title Coon Hollow Chas. E. Callahans big scenic play. c1894. Medium 1 print (poster) lithograph

Interior of an American Steamship 4th month, 1861 Utagawa Yoshikazu Japanese. Interior of an American Steamship 73457

Fishing Boats at Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima gyoshu), from the series Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto sanjurokkei) 1862 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

Loading a biplane with passengers and luggage at Croydon Aerodrome, London. Artist: Unknown

A Philippine Railroad Train, Manila, Philippines, circa 1900

A city street of the future... Date: 1930s

Colour illustration depicting a semi-permanent timber bridge over one of the rivers along the North Western Highway in Canada. In the foreground is a man with a dog sledge. Dated 1939

ACCIDENTE DE AUTOMOVIL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.

Futuristic air travel / Harry Grant Dart. - digital file from original item | Library of Congress

'So much for customs!': with planes as the new mode of transport, smugglers can literally fly over the customs borders Date: 1908

Time Flies, Aviation

New snow removal equipment. Modern street flusher , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Londoners struggle to get on the last bus home in the pouring rain. Date: circa 1900s

Progress in travel by sea and land during the reign of Queen Victoria. Date: 1897

Atlantic for November , Ships, Periodicals

V for the Van that follows the Train, The Alphabet

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912). American aviator. With his brother is credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane. Plane flying over the field Anvours (France) at a speed of 80 km / h. 1908. Illustration.

A family of first-class travellers on their way to London Date: 1870s

Old Locomotive by Lyonel Feininger, 1871-1956

Illustration depicting a Transatlantic Liner, equipped to communicated via telegraph. Dated 19th Century

Transports par Avions, Commercial Aviation

Railroad Engineer Magazine: Steaming Through the Mountains, Railroad

Baron Munchausen carries his carriage in a narrow road Illustration by Alphonse Adolf Bichard from the book The Adventures of Baron Munchausen published c1886

Woman with train.

Future Rocket Train, 1940's Visions of the Future

Van Houten's Cocoa, heard in the train. 'Yes, Miss, when travelling I always drink Van Houten's Cocoa. It is so sustaining.' , Adults, Railroad dining cars, Beverages, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Rowboat Row, Children's Literature

Nord Express. Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1901-1968). Lithograph in colours. Dated 1927. 105 x 75cm.

Tourists Feeding Fish from a Boat. ca. 1936, Silver Springs, Florida, USA, 933. FEEDING FISH FROM GLASS BOTTOM BOAT AT SILVER SPRINGS, FLA. FLORIDA'S INTERNATIONAL ATTRACTION. SEE SILVER SPRINGS. 'Nature's Underwater Fairyland' Largest flowing springs in the world, over 750 million gallons daily. Electric driven glass bottom boats. Greatest depth 80 feet. Temperature of water 72 degrees winter and summer. Shown from sunrise to sunset, in all weather, every day in the year.

Portada de "Motor Stories", Mayo del 1909. Museum: WOODROW GELMAN COLLECTION NEW YORK USA.

The South African 'Corniche': a motoring paradise - the Marine Drive, Cape Peninsula, South Africa Date: 1926

Illustration celebrating Canada showing a mounty police officer and a train passing through a forest 1948

Amusement Rides at Lakeside Park. ca. 1945, Denver, Colorado, USA, ROCKET SHIPS-LAKESIDE PARK-DENVER, COLO. Lakeside, Denver's Smartest Amusement Park. 160 acres devoted to fun and recreation make Lakeside a wonderland of pleasure for the entire family. The high flying Rocket Ships and 20 other thrilling rides provide entertainment for young and old. El Patio Ballroom, overlooking beautiful Lake Rhoda plays host to 3,000 dancers nightly. 'LAKESIDE IS THE GREATEST AMUSEMENT PARK IN THE ENTIRE WES

Mobile and Ohio r. r. dining cars Christmas 1902.. text. Posters. 1895 - 1917. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Posters, American

Thinking big, and way beyond the giant flying-boats of the 1930s is this massive 'flying liner' which carries vehicles in its wings, freight and passengers in its twin hulls. Date: 1932

Vintage Polish Travel Poster. Gdynia showing the port of boat work in city. by by Stefan Norblin, circa 1930s

'Cyclists & The Y.H.A.', 1939. Artist: Unknown.

American Valentine's Card - Boy sailing love's yacht with the following words: (Lolli)Pops are my cargo Love is my crew As I go sailing Directly to you circa 1930

Breakfast event held by the Fall River Line on the Steamer Priscilla (SS), 1900. 6.0 x 8.5 inches. Illustrated, color

Airship of Venus, 1940's Visions of the Future

Shell oil and petrol Date: 1929

Serie Wintersport, Saliskaten, Schlittschulaufen mit Segel in Dänemark / Series winter sports, saliskaten, skating with sail in Denmark, 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.

Warning board in road traffic

A colourful cover of an aeroplane flying over the coast. As aviation increased during the 1930s, the Bystander published a 'Flying Number' each year. 29th April 1936

Poster emphasising the great size of the French transatlantic liner at Le Havre - dwarfing even the New York skyline ! Date: 1935

Baroness Raymonde Delaroche also known as Elise Deroche (1886-1919), first woman to hold pilot's licence. On 3 November 1909 she flew a Voisin biplane 1,000 yards. From set of cards on aviation published 1910. Chromolithograph.

Cousin Chatterbox's Railway Alphabet, Alphabet - Railway

Passengers arriving to embark for Paris at Croydon Aerodrome, London, 1925. Artist: Unknown

The Reasons Behind the Wheel Gauge. undefined.

'Frank Reade and his New Electric Air Ship, the 'Eclipse' - a dramatic scene as the wonderful aircraft deals with the Yellow Peril Date: 1892

An elegant skier, in a red outfit, is towed by a horse. Date: 1929

Henri Farman (1874-1958), French aviator and aircraft constructor, in his Voisin biplane winning Archdeacon Deutsch prize for first circular l kilometre flight, Paris, 13 January 1908. From series of postcards on flying machines published c1910. Chromolithograph

Spaceship in the Jungle, 1940's Visions of the Future

An advertisement for Ariel Motorbikes. Also produced push bikes, sewing machines and cars (briefly) Date: circa 1911

ReclameBiljet Voor: Karl Dönitz, The trips of the 'Breslau' in the Black Sea, 1917, Eschebach & Schaefer, After Unknown, 1917 print paper steamship, motorship

Red Banner Rail Yard, USSR - Bolshevik & Soviet

Tokyo Nihonbashi han ei no zu : Flourishing Nihonbashi section of Tokyo. By Yoshitora Utagawa, active 1850-1870, Japanese artist. Published 1861. Japanese triptych print shows various modes of transportation on street in Tokyo, Japan. Includes title page cover sheet with title and name of artist inscribed in ink brush. circa 1860

España. Publicidad. Cartel de Fuel-Oil, el combustible del siglo XX, de la Sociedad Petrolífera Española, de Madrid. Años 1920.

Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover, 1909. Artist: Unknown

Color illustration by Emil Ranzenhofer depicting the American Scenic Railway around 1909, showing train, tracks, landscape, and passengers.

Aviation, 1910: Gastamabide & Mangin monoplane, 1908

It will not break. Willimantic Linen Co., 200 yds, 50, the best thread for sewing machines. , Children, Dogs, Carts & wagons, Thread, Cotton, 19th Century American Trade Cards

San Sebastian, Ships - Sailboats

Railroad Engineer Magazine: Concept Trains, Railroad

Matchbox labels, from the Swedish industrial and trading museum. Locomotive, airship, automobile.

Korean Mail Steamship Co., 1918.

The Qingdao-Jinan Railway or Jiaoji Railway (simplified Chinese: 济铁路; traditional Chinese: 膠濟鐵路; pinyin: Jiāojì Tiělù, formerly the Shantung Railway) is a railway in Shandong Province, China. The railway is 393 km in length and connects Qingdao, on the Jiaozhou Bay, and Jinan, the provincial capital of Shandong. Adolph von Hansemann and other German financiers funded construction of the railway, then known as Schantung Eisenbahn Gesellschaft, which began September 23, 1899, and was completed in 1904. In 1914, Japan occupied the city and the surrounding province during the Siege of Tsingtao after Japan's declaration of war on Germany in accordance with the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. China protested Japan's violation of her neutrality but did not interfere in the operations. The failure of the Allied powers to restore Chinese rule to Shandong after the war triggered the May Fourth Movement. The city reverted to Chinese rule in December, 1922, under control of the Republic of China. Howeve

JET-PROPELLED SNOWMOBILE Date: circa 1950

Ader's flying bird 'Eole' ('Aole'). Had wing span of 15m: Wood and aluminium construction: Claimed to be first piloted plane to take off under own power 9 October 1890. From series of cards on aviation c1910. Chromolithograph.

Airplane of Antoinette with five portraits of aviators; Les Pilotes de l'Antoinette. .

DF-SC-89-11102. Base: Unknown

The Zeppelin LZ-129 'Hindenburg' flies over the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympic Games. Date: 1936

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