RMDR9P9B–Izmir, Turkey - Place Fassoula with Taxis
RM2M9C4N5–Taxis at Piccadilly Circus, London
RM2M975WT–Sopwith Atlantic taxis into position. 18 May 1919.
RMG3D2CK–Taxis (Unic Landaulette with white wall tyres) outside the Victoria & Albert Museum, Kensington, London. Date: circa 1910
RMG377A6–Hailing taxis - W H Robinson -test edit
RMAHF1G3–Horses At Greenwich Park
RMK07JHC–The Main Entrance - The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Date: 1913
RM2RGBAPG–Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 1B/522 G-AWUF 'Pegasus I' (msn 25090), of Gregory Air Taxis.
RM2RGBAP6–Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 1B/522 G-DJMJ (msn 25106), of Goodman Air Taxis (MAM Aviation), at London Heathrow Airport.
RM2M96MKE–Pleasure Flights Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Bembridge Farm Aerodrome at any time by arrangement at the farm. Flights over Bembridge five shillings, air taxis to anywhere, ninepence per mile
RM2M3PB3X–Cars, taxis and horse-drawn cabs jostle for position around Eros in Piccadilly Circus as society leaves restaurants and make their way to London's West End theatres. A typical scene in the capital at the height of the summer Season. Date: 1914
RM2RGDP64–Illustration showing the mass of entertainment and amusements on offer to the London population during the First World War, despite the fact the country was supposed to be practising war economy. Cars and taxis fill the streets, people are well dressed and posters advertise clothing sales, drink, film and theatre shows.
RM2M96X8P–Avro Lancaster Mk VII NX611 in French Naval Air Arm livery at Bankstown in Sydney Australia. Eventually restored and bought in 1983 by the Panton Brothers she is now named “Just Jane” and taxis at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby
RM2M3P9MK–Illustration showing the mass of entertainment and amusements on offer to the London population during the First World War, despite the fact the country was supposed to be practising war economy. Cars and taxis fill the streets, people are well dressed and posters advertise clothing sales, drink, film and theatre shows. Date: 1916
RM2M96MKF–Poster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare. Connections from Bristol by air to Liverpool, Birmingham, Plymouth, Bournemouth, Brighton, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands. Air Taxis -- see your city from the air.
RMKRD1N9–The almost empty forecourt of Charing Cross Station in Central London, during a brief taxi cab drivers' strike (31 October to 9 November). The year 1911 had seen a whole spate of transport-related strikes. On a normal day the forecourt would be full of taxis. Date: 2 November 1911
RMDRDP0N–Corner of Jermyn Street and Haymarket, London
RMG3CTWF–Hyde Park and the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London
RMG3AM6F–Kolkata, India - The Municipal Market
RMG3D7EM–Piccadilly viewed from Bond Street, London
RMDRF03D–Romania - Bucharest - Piata Teatrului
RMHH4G72–Pall Mall, London - Horse Taxi cabs
RMG3CX2D–Yokohama, Japan - the second Yokohama Railway Station
RMDREJ4M–Burlington House, London
RMDRC16X–Norway - view of a Fjord with steamship and carriages
RMHH4EPY–Paris, France - Boulevard Montmartre
RMG3D34F–Brompton Oratory, London - with cab rank
RMDRATJE–Mexico - Pachuca Railway Station
RMDRDJ9J–Park Lane - Brook Street Gate - London
RM2C876E9–Vintage Gregoire Taxi Car with Meter, Britain.
RMK07JMX–Pall Mall, London - Horse Taxi cabs
RMHH4EPD–Altrincham Railway Station - Trafford, Greater Manchester
RMKRCW26–Charing Cross Station & obelisk
RMG36K5B–London Cab Shelter 1875
RM2K64HHW–Bank Street, Ottawa, Canada
RMG3D55Y–The Quadrant, Regent Street, London
RMG3D47K–Tokyo Central Railway Station, Japan
RMDRAT99–Algeceras, Spain - Street Scene
RMDRA38N–Hastings, East Sussex - The Albert Memorial
RMG3CR2A–Chile - Santiago - Mapocho Station
RMDRHFDA–The Terrace of the Hamilton Hotel, Bermuda
RMG3C449–Westminster Abbey, London - Queue of Taxi cabs
RMG3C2WF–Piccadilly Circus and a London Flower Seller
RMDRANB0–Airship over the Champs Elysees, Paris
RMK07PD8–Railway station, Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
RMK07JMG–Hyde Park Corner, London - Apsley House
RMG3AM3M–A Policeman at Piccadilly Circus, London, close to Eros
RMDRFFWE–One seated Bullock Ekka (Taxi)
RMG3BR38–FRANZ GRAF VON THURN
RMHH4G73–Hyde Park Corner - London - Horse Cabs and an Early Motorcar.
RM2M3NKY5–The first electric cab ever licensed in London in 1897. Called Berseys after the manager of the Electric Cab Company, they were nicknamed 'hummingbirds' due to the sound they made.
RMD8BE03–GALLIENI PHOTO
RMMHNRT6–Railway Station, Tokyo, Japan
RMK08WDK–New Pullman Car, near Langham Place, London
RMDRAG3A–New Pullman Car, near Langham Place, London
RM2K64KW3–The Victorian replica of the Eleanor Cross at London Charing Cross station, surrounded by taxi cars.
RMDR9PB6–Izmir, Turkey - The Quay with Horse Tram
RM2ARBDXY–The Euston Arch an original entrance to the Euston railway station, designed by Philip Hardwick in late 1830s, London
RM2M3RXXK–Sheila O'Neill, the first professional female chauffeur in London, photographed in her car, with a medical accident emergency case on the seat next to her that reads 'Miss Sheilah O'Neill'. The Illustrated London News summarises Miss O'Neill's career. describing her role as a nurse in the Boer War. Date: 1909
RMHH4HGE–Landing stage, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq
RMG3D34D–Hyde Park Corner with Royal inset portraits
RMG3BN9Y–HORSES AT GREENWICH PARK
RMDRAP3B–Egypt - The Citadel
RMHH6381–Fleet Street - looking west from Ludgate Circus
RM2ARBDXE–Inside the Euston Railway Station, London, view from platform.
RMPXGWJP–Big Ben and Houses of Parliament - Inset portrait of Balfour
RMPXGWJD–Westminster Abbey - viewed from the end of Whitehall
RM2M3P8T0–The taxicab in war. German occupiers of the town of Senlis, in France, in World War One, surprised by a dash of Turcos (native French colonial Algerian troops) who whirled into the town in taxicabs. 1914
RM2ARBF7M–Kingsway, London - running north from The Strand to High Holborn, built 1899-1905
RM2M3RXKX–The Great Cab Strike: The rush for omnibuses, at the South-Eastern Railway Terminus, London Bridge. Date: 1853
RMK07R2B–Place de la Breche, Constantine, Algeria
RMKRD0FX–Taxi Cab and Motor Fire Escape
RM2M3NY3E–Two sophisticated and fashionable ladies in heels, cloche hats and fur trimmed coats alight from a taxi at a polling station where they will vote for the first time in the General Election of May 1929. This photograph was accompanied by a caption which may be either humorous, or misogynistically sceptical, but it refers to several ladies who died after the mentally and phyically overwhelming effort of casting their vote! Date: May 1929
RMK07N5X–Place de la Gare - Bizerte, Tunisia, North Africa
RM2M3KB1J–In the centre of London, close to Piccadilly Circus, two children stop a policeman from directing traffic to ask him where Father Christmas is. The streets are cold and wet and and the inhabitants of cars and taxi cabs can be seen with the statue of Eros visible in the distance. 1921
RM2RGD2TE–Regent Street, London - looking north toward Oxford Circus with Dickins and Jones Department Store (right), which traded between 1835 and 2007.
RM2M3NY3J–A familiar sight in central London during the Season - a long line of cars snaking its way up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace. Inside are debutantes and other ladies who are to be presented at court, all of them coming under the scrutiny of the crowds who gather to watch. Date: 1930
RMG3BXW1–The Six Princesses of Luxembourg
RM2K640D3–Turkish Porter with a heavy load - Istanbul, Turkey
RM2C878TD–Statue of Queen Victoria - Queen Victoria Street, London - at the Northern end of Blackfriars Bridge.
RMHH4F6R–Northumberland Avenue Hotels, London
RMG3D9KJ–Von Brandis Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
RM2M3P9AA–Miss Susan Dudley Ryder, who had the distinction of being London's first female taxi driver, aving passed all the driving tests. She was a cousin of Lord Harrowby and a sister of Mrs Gavin, the champion lady golfer. Date: 1917
RM2RGDK79–The first electric cab ever licensed in London in 1897. Called Berseys after the manager of the Electric Cab Company, they were nicknamed 'hummingbirds' due to the sound they made.
RM2RGD2NH–Market Square, Johannesburg, South Africa.
RMHH63TK–Street scene with bullock taxi, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
RM2M3P82C–Humorous illustration by Annie Fish in The Tatler showing a tongue-in-cheek impression of women taxi drivers during the First World War, more concerned with adjusting make up than driving. The Taxi Driver's Union objected to women driving cabs on the basis that they were not strong enough to handle heavy luggage and were liable to panic in difficult situations. Eve, Tatler's gossip columnist, rather ridicules these objections. Date: 1917
RM2M3P7C5–A Miss Webber, the first motor cab driver to be trained and employed by a London cab company due to the shortage of male drivers, receives instructions on the Thames Embankment while in charge of a laundry motor van. Date: 1915
RM2M3RX2H–Mr Sidney Goldberg, the Managing Director of Welbeck Minicabs of London, accepts the first of his new fleet of 300 Ford Cortinas. 1963
RM2M3P82J–Humorous impression of lady taxi drivers drinking tea in a cab shelter and charming the cabmen official. The Taxi Drivers' Union objected to women taxi cab drivers during the First World War, an objection ridiculed by illustrator Annie Fish (who illustrated the gossip column, Letters of Eve in The Tatler). Date: 1917
RM2RGDNTE–The taxicab in war. German occupiers of the town of Senlis, in France, in World War One, surprised by a dash of Turcos (native French colonial Algerian troops) who whirled into the town in taxicabs.
RM2RGDKXG–A familiar sight in central London during the Season - a long line of cars snaking its way up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace. Inside are debutantes and other ladies who are to be presented at court, all of them coming under the scrutiny of the crowds who gather to watch.
RM2RGDMX0–A Miss Webber, the first motor cab driver to be trained and employed by a London cab company due to the shortage of male drivers, receives instructions on the Thames Embankment while in charge of a laundry motor van.
RMHH4J3Y–Condado-Vanderbilt Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
RM2K64K25–WW2 - Prams containing possessions return to Euston, London, following Evacuees heading home after the passing of the V1 and V2 rocket attack scare - September 1944.
RMG3CYXB–WW2 - Prams containing possessions return to Euston, London, following Evacuees heading home after the passing of the V1 and V2 rocket attack scare - September 1944. Date: 1944
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