Trolley Collection

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893. Group of Cornish miners at rest at the 310 level
Cornish miners at Croust time, at the 310 level. Miners enjoying their croust, having performed the first part of the days labour

GWR Refreshment Department Platform Trolley, May 1937
A GWR Refreshment Department platform trolley at Paddington station in London, May 1937. A woman is viewing the refreshments available from the trolley

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893
Working at 180 level. The photograph was taken by John Charles Burrow on the same occasion as a similar view published in Mongst Mines and Miners (1893)

Busy Brooklyn Bridge the year it opened, 1883
Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, seen from the Manhattan side, 1883. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Grimsby Street
A trolleybus and only two cars on Freeman Street, Grimsby, Humberside. Note the smartly-dressed pedestrians and litter-free street

English Rose kitchen advert, woman with desserts
Advertisement for English Rose Kitchen Equipment featuring a young housewife with a tea trolley and a selection of desserts, cakes and tea. Date: 1952

Chicagos State Street, 1890s
Marshall Field & Co. retail store on State Street, downtown Chicago, 1890s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph

Newborn babies at a maternity hospital. Nurse wheeling a trolley of newborn babies around a maternity hospital. The babies are weighed and checked

URUGUAY: MONTEVIDEO. View of the Plaza de Constitucion in Montevideo, the capital of Urugay
URUGUAY: MONTEVIDEO. View of the Plaza de Constituci├│n in Montevideo, the capital of Urugay. Photograph, late 19th century

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

The Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland, Europe

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893
Cornish miners working at the 180 level. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Tramway, Alfama district, Lisbon, Portugal

Fairey Campania two-seat seaplane
Fairey Campania two-seat carrier-borne reconnaissance or coastal patroller seaplane, which entered production in early 1917. It was mounted on a wheeled trolley for takeoff from a ships flight deck

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893
Tram Road Bridge at the 170 fathom level, 1893. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893
A bridge has been constructed at the 170 fathoms level to carry the tram road over a place where the lode has been stoped away

Breakdown lorry from Lambeth fire station in action
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station, being deployed to move a lorry involved in a serious accident with the OXO lorry in the distance

Trowbridge Station, 1960
This photograph shows Hall class no. 4909, Blakesley Hall, approaching Trowbridge station in Wiltshire on a day in 1960. The station nameboard can be seen on the right of the picture

Penzance Station, Cornwall, 1951
A view of Penzance Station, Cornwall in 1951 with the town shown in the background. A steam locomotive is readying for departure from one of the platforms while porters with their trolleys are busily

Poster, BOAC takes good care of you
Poster, BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) takes good care of you. 20th century

Harrow Road tram on Route 60 going to Paddington, London
Harrow Road tram on Route 60 going to Paddington, advertising The News of the World newspaper. Date: circa 1920s

Scene of an accident in an Islington street, London
Scene of an accident in an Islington street, North London, with a trolley bus passing by

Electric tram, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
An electric tram on the road at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, with the driver standing at the front in uniform

London Transport trolley bus
A London Transport trolley bus, serving Hampton Court

Vickers(ja) Wild Goose missile on a rail trolley

Asprey non-spill drink sets and trolleys advertisement, 1935
Advertisement for a variety of cocktail trays and trolleys from the luxury brand, Asprey, in chrome and glass, all of which have the nifty advantage of never spilling your drinks

Metropolitan Electric Tramways Ltd 1909
Metropolitan Electric Tramways Ltd, operating in North London, adopting the German trackless idea of running electric trolley cars on the ordinary road. Date: 1909

Flower Vendors, Easter Display, New York City, USA, c. 1904 (b / w photo)
5863113 Flower Vendors, Easter Display, New York City, USA, c.1904 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

New signings, Bjorn Kristensen (right) and Frank Pingel (left) of Newcastle United arrive at Newcastle Airport, January 1989

With a view to helping aged and infirm passengers on the often considerable walks along corridors at Londons Heathrow Airport

Bedford trucks belonging to Pledge & Son Ltd, the milling company, being loaded up in a garage at their Victoria Mills located in Ashford, Kent. 1939

Melbourne - Victoria, Australia
Swanston Street (looking North) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Porter (Petherick)
London characters: in these days of hatboxes, parasols, dressing cases and all, the STATION PORTER takes them from cab to train and puts them in the luggage rack for you

Vancouver, Canada - Hastings Street with trams
Vancouver, British Columbia, Western Canada - Hastings Street with trams. Date: circa 1920

National Childrens Home, Harpenden - Bakery
Boys at work in the bakery at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. Bread is coming out of the oven and a trolley is stacked with loaves. Date: Date unknown

Cable car on Hyde Street, San Francisco, California, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

GWR luggage trolley, c. 1920s
This image is taken from a page from a GWR furniture catalogue. The GWR produced their own furniture which included benches, trollies and coat racks

Piazza Cordusio with Sforza's Castle in the background, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Piazza Cordusio with Sforza's Castle in the background, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

London street scenes
863262 London street scenes; (add.info.: London street scenes. Postman delivering letters: Fireman fighting a fire: Railway Porter with trolley of luggage: Policeman on crowd duty)

An audience enjoying a magic lantern show
5311937 An audience enjoying a magic lantern show; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an audience enjoying a magic lantern show)

Miners working metal deposits, 1869 (engraving)
863783 Miners working metal deposits, 1869 (engraving); (add.info.: Miners working metal deposits by means of descending levels, a method practised in Hungary)

The Miner: In background man is working at rockface, while another wheels trolley out of mine
531505 The Miner: In background man is working at rockface, while another wheels trolley out of mine. By Jost Amman 16th century (woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Traveler Trolley Luggage
Filipe P Neto

Le repli allemand et l'intervention Americaine; Une installation ingenieuse: chariots suspendus rou Creator
Le repli allemand et l'intervention Americaine; Une installation ingenieuse: chariots suspendus roulant sur deux fils de fer, pour le ravitaillement des premieres lignes, 1917

Loading cotton into a steamer, Savannah, Ga. c1904. Creator: Unknown
Loading cotton into a steamer, Savannah, Ga. c1904

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"Journey through time: The trolley's historical significance and global presence" Step back in time to May 1937, as the GWR Refreshment Department Platform Trolley gracefully navigates Grimsby Street. Its charming presence adds a touch of nostalgia to this bustling English town. Meanwhile, an English Rose kitchen advert captures the essence of domestic bliss, featuring a woman skillfully crafting delectable desserts on her trusty trolley. A symbol of convenience and efficiency, it effortlessly aids her culinary endeavors. Venturing across continents, we find ourselves in Uruguay's capital city, Montevideo. Late 19th-century photographs reveal the Plaza de Constitucion adorned with horse-drawn trolleys—a testament to their integral role in urban transportation worldwide. Transporting us further back into history is Chicago's State Street during the 1890s. Amidst its vibrant atmosphere, trolleys traverse the streets while curious onlookers marvel at these modern wonders shaping city life. In Illogan, Cornwall in 1893, exhausted Cornish miners find respite at the East Pool Mine's 310 level. Their camaraderie evident as they lean against their trusted trolley—both tool and companion throughout their arduous work underground. Shifting gears from industry to new beginnings brings us to a maternity hospital where newborn babies lie peacefully beside their mothers' bedsides. Here too stands a humble yet essential trolley—a silent witness to countless joyous moments marking life's precious milestones. Across vast oceans lies Brooklyn Bridge in its inaugural year of 1883—an iconic structure teeming with activity. Amongst pedestrians crossing this architectural marvel are bustling streetcars or "trolleys, " connecting communities and fostering growth within New York City. Amidst London’s Blitz during World War II emerges Charing Cross—the site of bomb disposal operations that demanded immense courage and resilience. In this chaotic landscape stands another hero—the bomb disposal trolley—a symbol of hope and determination in the face of adversity.