D River Collection

Zebras Pull Mazawattee
Four zebras in harness pull a Mazawattee tea cart -- purely for publicity purposes, we understand!

THE HONEYMOONERS, c1955. Left to right: Cast members Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, and Joyce Randolph in a publicity photograph for the television series The Honeymooners, c1955

Jack Johnson on his Racing Motor Car
Arthur John Johnson, better known as Jack Johnson, the American heavyweight boxer, pictured in 1908. Johnson was the World Heavyweight Champion between 1908 and 1915

Vintage Racing Car
A vintage racing car hurtling along a country lane

FORD CARS: EDSEL, 1957. This Is the Edsel. Advertisement for the Ford Companys ill-fated automobile line, 1957

Prince Michael of Kent driving an E-type Jaguar at Brands Ha
Nineteen year old Prince Michael of Kent (born 1942) driving at 100mph in an E-type Jaguar at Brands Hatch race track in April 1962

BSA three wheeler sports car and driver, South Wales
Mr Jack Holt driving his 1932 BSA three wheeler sports car, bought in 1938 from Morgan of Caerphilly. Probably photographed in the Haverfordwest area, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Veedol motor oil poster
Poster advertising Veedol motor oil, recommended by Lancia cars

Melbourne Cable Tram and Driver
A Melbourne Cable tram (destination - North Fitzroy) and driver (in his uniform) - 1925

Humber Hawk advertisement
Advertisement for the 1954 Humber Hawk car, packed with power and aready to prove it. Apparently, the powerful overhead valve engine gave vivid exciting acceleration

Humber car advertisement
Advertisement for Humber cars which, claims the manufacturer, is a car you will be proud to own. This particular Humber is driven by a chauffeur who drops off his passengers at a dock

Brooklands Poster
A poster for the racing programme at Brooklands Race Tract at Weybridge, Surrey, featuring Sir Malcolm Campbell driving (at the time) the worlds fastest car, Bluebird

Shire horse pulling a hay wagon
A heavy working horse pulls a high hay wagon along a country lane. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Monkey driving a toy car
A rather surreal photograph of a monkey driving a model vintage car

Central heating for cars / W H Robinson
The Autofooetjoye central heating device, consisting of a small zinc water tank glued to the back of the car, warmed by an oil stove with connecting pipework that the driver can rest his feet

Bentley car at St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
A 4.5 litre Bentley car and its driver with St Michaels Mount in the background. (2 of 2)

Horse-Drawn Bus London
A Horse-drawn bus operating the Waterloo Station to Somerset house route

Drivers Ernie Simms and Brian Kervin on board diesel locomotive No. D7010
D7000 Hymek class locomotive

Driver is a Novice
CAUTION : DRIVER IS A NOVICE A useful notice tied to the back of a learner drivers car as he makes a nervous hand signal

Calthorpe Racing Car
1908 Tourist Trophy Race, 24th Sept, Calthorpe 4-cylinder racing car. Known as the Four Inch Race because that was the maximum size of cylinder bore allowed for entry. Race heId on Isle of Man

Snow at Oxenholme Train Station in the snow in Cumbria UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Stanley Steamer car, 1906
Stanley Steamer car. This is the 1906 model of the steam-powered car produced by the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, a US company that operated from 1902-1917

Shire horses and dray at Lands End, Cornwall
Shire horses and a dray at Lands End, Cornwall

Singer SM 1500 Roadster
Taking out the Singer SM 1500 Roadster for a spin on a very sunny day

Shire horse drawn dray
Shire horse drawn brewery dray passes through a village, delivering beer to The Lamb and Flag pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Talyllyn Railway, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Train driver and signal reflection, Bridgnorth Railway Station, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Girl Driving Toy Car
a Young Lady Driver

GUARD (1930S)
A guard of the North Eastern Railway waves his green flag and blows his whistle to tell the driver that the train may leave

A combine harvester in Weybourne in Norfolk UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

India, Tamil Nadu. Tuk-tuk (auto rickshaw) in Madurai

Camal & Driver, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Camal & Driver, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Camal & Driver, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, MR

Dr Christopher Dresser on a rickshaw, Japan
Dr Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) - English designer and theorist - best known as a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement

Apollo 16 lunar rover, artwork
Apollo 16 lunar rover. Artwork of the US astronaut John Watts Young (born 1930) driving a lunar rover on a performance test run on the Moons surface

Apollo lunar rover, artwork. Two Apollo astronauts in a lunar rover, exploring on the Moon. Their lunar landing module is at upper left

CURRIER & IVES: WINTER MORNING. Winter morning in the country. Lithograph, 1873, by Currier & Ives

AMERICAN CIRCUS, c1874. The Grand Layout. Circus parade around tents with a crowd watching alongside a railroad train. American lithograph, c1874

Lanchester car
A Lanchester car (10 HP) and suave-looking driver in relaxed pose on a suburban street

1906 Tyre Advertisement
An advert for Jenatzy Tyres of Brussels

Boys playing with toy car, 1930s
Two boys play with a minature Rolls Royce

Driver of the Royal Army Service Corps in Full Dress

Carriage outside Star Hotel
A horse-drawn bus outside the Star Hotel in Matfield, Kent (now the Star Inn). The bus is from Tunbridge Wells, and serves the villages of Matfield, Brenchley and Paddock Wood

Hackney Coach / 1807
A Hackney coach stops at a liquor store for the horse team to receive refreshment

Corner shop in Vienna, Austria
A large corner shop, Hammerbrot, on a street in Vienna, Austria, with parked cars and people out shopping. Date: 1953

British Consulate, Beirut, Lebanon Date: circa 1910s

THE LITTLE DRIVER PUB
The Little Driver public house, Bow Road, east London. Date: early 1900s

Princess Elizabeths Wedding - Procession - Admiralty Arch
The marriage of Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) to Prince Philip of Greece on 20th November 1947. The wedding procession en route to Westminster Abbey from Buckingham Palace

KOREAN WAR: TANK, 1951. An American First Division tank drives north through Chunchon, on the central front in Korea, March 1951. Oil over a photograph

HENRY FORD (1863-1947). American automobile manufacturer. Ford in 1896 with the first Ford automobile. Oil over a photograph

OIL CRISIS, 1979. Cars lined up for gas at a service station in Maryland at the time of the oil crisis, 15 June 1979. Photographed by Warren K. Leffler

Steam lorry, Llandyssil, Powys, Mid Wales
A steam lorry (Manns patent steam cart) belonging to Evans & Jones, haulage contractors, laden with goods which have just been loaded from a train at Llandysul (or Llandyssil)

British car in the South of France
A British car with a GB plate, its driver standing alongside, in a cobblestone square somewhere in the South of France. The Hotel Mediterranee is in the background

Dead Mans Handle
A dead mans handle is a switch that is automatically operated in case the human operator becomes incapacitated. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Small boy with chrome shiny silver pedal car
Small boy in a beautiful silver chrome pedal car with his proud Father alongside

Rover 12 Saloon (rear view)
A Rover 12 Saloon (rear view)

Dymchurch Light Railway
The Green Goddess, a locomotive on the The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway (a miniature railway), Kent, England, pulling out of a station

Volkswagen taxi cab, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Wild Bill Hickok / Postcd
WILD BILL HICKOK alias JAMES BUTLER American frontiersman, stage driver, scout, and US marshal; famous as a crack shot

Omnibus Drivers 1877
A Victorian omnibus driver assists a gentleman passenger to board the No 568 (route between Edgware Road and West Strand)

Woman Racing Drivers
Women join the racing driver fraternity

Trams, Finsbury Park
TRAMS AT FINSBURY PARK, LONDON The boy stood on the tramway line, The driver rang his bell. The tram went on to Finsbury Park : the boy went down to H*ll

Train Driver & Guards
Driver and guard on the Dyke Railway, part of the Southern rail network

Bologna, Italy - Chiese di Santo Stefano & Tour Bus
Hotel Tourist Postcard from Bologna, Italy - with a photograph of the Chiesa di Santo Stefano & Tour Bus of the Stella D Italia e Aquila Nera Company (Star of Italy and Black Eagle Co.)

Large open saloon car
Taking the chaps for a spin! Two ladies and their husbands in a grand open-top Model T Roadster ready for the off

Actresses on National Service, 1939
Cast members of Tony Draws a Horse at the Comedy Theatre in London pictured in their other war roles. Miss Kay Astor (centre) is a nurse

Children enjoy a ride on a model steam train
A group of young children enjoy a ride on a model steam train. 1970s

Slow Coach and infuriated passenger
A lovely postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Urgent - featuring a carriage being pulled by a very tired old nag and being driven by an old soak of a driver

BENEKER: THE ENGINEER, 1913. Oil on canvas by Gerrit A. Beneker, 1913

Tuk-tuk (Tricycles) drivers, Gulou Area, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, Asia

Britannia and Eve, April 1940
Front cover illustration featuring an attractive lady at the wheel of a car, although where the rest of the car is is anyones guess

Two boys on their Go-cart
Two boys (twin brothers?) in their Sunday best sitting on their beautifully-made toy car, complete with slender steering wheel, running board, lamp and number plate

The Egg Test For Brakes / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Sports car parked at the roadside - the driver looks back toward the cameraman

Vintage Car and grand building
An enormous open-top saloon/sedan luxury car standing in front of an impressive arcaded facade/entrance to a large building

A Happy Party of Little Motorists. Six young children are taken for a spin in an open-top car. They are all wrapped up warm against the elements. Date: circa 1905

Vintage Car

Camel driver at Petra, Jordan
A beautiful postcard depicting a camel driver with his camel train sheltering at Petra, Jordan

Gents Private Carriage
The comfort of being driven like a gentleman

car light trails at night, winding curved mountain road, Dades, Gorge, Morocco, North Africa

The Rival Buses. English cartoon by Ernest Howard Shepard from Punch, 1947, caricaturing U. S
COLD WAR: BALKANS, 1947. The Rival Buses. English cartoon by Ernest Howard Shepard from Punch, 1947, caricaturing U.S. President Harry Truman (left)

GIANT, 1956. James Dean as Jett Rink and Elizabeth Taylor as Leslie Benedict in a scene from the film

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Early electric car advertisement for the Babcock Electric Victoria Phaeton, 1907. Hand-colored halftone of a 20th-century printed newspaper ad

Firestone tires ad, 1912
Advertisement for Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, 1912. Hand-colored woodcut

Late Victorian street scene with horse-drawn carriage
A late Victorian street scene with a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground, and various other horse-drawn vehicles in the distance

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"D river: A Journey Through Time and Wheels" Step into the past with "D river, " a captivating collection of snapshots that take us on a nostalgic ride through history. From the iconic television series "The Honeymooners" to vintage racing cars, this assortment of images offers a glimpse into an era where wheels ruled the world. In one frame, we find ourselves transported to the 1950s as Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, and Joyce Randolph strike a pose in their timeless roles from "The Honeymooners. " Their chemistry leaps off the photograph, reminding us of the laughter and joy they brought to our screens. Next up is a majestic shire horse effortlessly pulling a hay wagon. The strength and grace displayed by these magnificent creatures serve as a testament to their importance in transporting goods during simpler times. As we shift gears towards speed and adrenaline, we encounter vintage racing cars roaring across racetracks. These sleek machines embody both elegance and power, capturing our imagination with every turn. Jack Johnson takes center stage on his racing motor car—a true embodiment of determination and skill. But it's not just cars that steal our attention; zebras pull Mazawattee carts through bustling streets—an unexpected sight that merges nature's beauty with human ingenuity. Meanwhile, Ford introduces its ill-fated Edsel line in an advertisement that speaks volumes about ambition meeting reality. Royalty meets luxury when Prince Michael of Kent takes control of an E-type Jaguar at Brands Hatch—a moment frozen in time where sophistication merges seamlessly with performance. From South Wales comes another gem—a BSA three-wheeler sports car accompanied by its proud driver. This image encapsulates freedom on wheels—embracing adventure while feeling the wind against your face. Veedol motor oil poster reminds us how essential maintenance is for any vehicle—highlighting quality products that keep engines running smoothly throughout generations.