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Newport Station

Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis (1909–1987)

Museum of Island Railway History

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The Ulster Volunteer Force won't surrender... by National Library of Ireland on The Commons Via Flickr: Sir Edward Carson inspects a Browning Machine gun mounted on a motor car while members of the original UVF stand on parade. It is striking to see the machine gun mounted thus when we have become familiar with the images of military vehicles all over the world and especially in Africa seemingly festooned with such weapons! Sadly many of those who stood to attention in the background went on to die in the blood, mud and gore of the Somme just a few years later! Photographer: W. D. Hogan Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection Date: Not dated but circa 1913 - 1914 NLI Ref.: HOG240 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie

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Modern transport at it's best! by National Library of Ireland on The Commons Via Flickr: I don't know about you but I'm tired of looking at castles and big houses! I want to get out and about and see people and places in their daily settings so what better way to do it than in an open topped tram? This pristine "Perrott Steam Car" fits the bill to perfection! Photographers: Chiefly, William Arthur Camwell Collection: Dublin Trams Collection Date: ca.1891 NLI Ref: NPA TRAM53 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie

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A longshoreman listens to his radio as he sits on the terrace wall in front of the 42nd St. Library, January 29, 1947.

Source: Rare Historical Photos

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Seventeen-year-old Elinor Smith, aka "The Flying Flapper," established an endurance flying record for women when she landed at Mitchel Field after staying aloft 13 hours, 16 minutes and 45 seconds, January 31, 1929. The record was previously held by Miss Bobby Trout of California. Smith is helped from the plane by her father, Tom Smith (right) and Joseph Brunner, after the flight.

Photo: Associated Press via the Chattanooga Times Free Press

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Leon Leonidoff, production director of Radio City Music Hall, watches a dress rehearsal on the great stage from the twelfth row, February 2, 1933. The board in front of him contains a light chart, showing all of the 2,000 lighting combinations possible, with control buttons. It also has a microphone, making it possible to speak to any employee without having to leave his seat.

Photo: Associated Press via the Chattanooga Times Free Press

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М.Шанин «Телефонистка на заводском коммутаторе» 1958

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Music title pages, archive.org

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Schoolboys having a dandy time in a string of double-decker buses outside Penn Station, ca. 1920.

Photo: Bettmann Archives/Getty Images/Fine Art America

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Английские фабрики выпустили новую модель мотоцикла с двухместной коляской. 

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The first electric railway in Britain (1900)

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Leslie Darrell Ragan

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Imperial Airways (circa 1920-s)

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Volcano on the move by Ian Duffield Via Flickr: 34028 - Field SW of Cheddleton 18-11-2010 IMG_5323 bw Russ Hillier charter

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In pristine condition Ex-LMS Stanier Black Five 4-6-0 no. 5231 moves down from Loughborough MPD to Loughborough Central Station in order to haul the first southbound train of the day on 12th April 1993 (EXPLORED) by Ian Duffield Via Flickr: 5231 - Loughborough MPD 12-04-1993 R1794bw Olympus OM40 (film) Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital GCR Easter Gala