Carts Collection

The Main Entrance - The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Date: 1913

The Diamond, Carndonagh - a street scene with a market going on at the side of the road. There are people and hand carts. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Carndonagh)

The Diamond, Donegal - a view of the square in Donegal town with horse and donkey and carts. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Donegal). Date: circa early 1900s

On war Service for Thomas Oxley Ltd, Shiloh Wheel, Stanley Street, 1914
An elephant and two camels doing Government Work for Messrs.. Oxley Ltd of Sheffield. A load consisting of three heavy boilers is being drawn along with comparative ease

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1895
General surface view with telepherage line carrying hoppers. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Ardara, Co. Donegal - a street scene with motor car and people and lots of hand carts. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Ardara). Date: circa early 1900s

Market Day in Cookstown - a view down the Main street with the market in progress. There are people, carts, motor vehicles and bicycles. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Tyrone: Cookstown)

Coverack harbour, Coverack, St Keverne, Cornwall. Late 1800s
The harbour at low tide with a two masted schooner alongside the harbour wall. Photographer: Unknown

Coasters in the harbour, Newquay, Cornwall. Late 1800s
Coasters in the harbour. Vixen of Fowey is pictured on the left, probably Hetty on the right at the central jetty

Coasters in the harbour, Newquay, Cornwall. Late 1800s
Three sailing coasters unloading at the central jetty and harbour beach. Hetty on the right and Vixen in the centre. Vixen was built at Peterhead in 1870 and registered in Fowey

Harbour, Boscastle, Cornwall. Possibly 1902
The schooner " Lively" of Bideford alongside the quay, unloading coal. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Hong Kong street scene, 1890s C016 / 4499
Hong Kong street scene. Pedestrians, carts, rickshaws and signs in both Chinese script and English on a hill street in Hong Kong in the 1890s. At the time, this area was a British colony

Croydon Fire Brigade at Brigade HQ, Croydon Town
The horse drawn steam pump form Croydon fire station. This was one of three stations in the Croydon Fire Brigade, the other two being Thornton Heath and South Norwood

Cardiff Workhouse, Cowbridge Road, Cardiff
The Cardiff Union workhouse (left) on Cowbridge Road, Cardiff. In the street are a tram, horses and carts, pedestrians and a cyclist. Date: circa 1911

Old Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Artist: Walker, John Rawson - Title: Old Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Date: 1825 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 53.3 x 78.8

Isandlwana Mountain, 1879 (b / w photo)
NAM261154 Isandlwana Mountain, 1879 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: from a photograph album containing photographs of scenes in India)

Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances
District Council of Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances typical of those used at the time: a horse drawn steamer, horse drawn manual pump, horse drawn escape, hand wheeled escape

Advertisement for John Harrison
From Patterns of Silver Nickel Silver and Sheffield Electroplate (Ref. No. 739.07 SSTQ)

Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances typical of those used at the time: a horse drawn steamer, horse drawn manual pump, horse drawn escape, hand wheeled escape, and a hose cart

LCC-MFB Shadwell fire station, East London
Opened in 1881, Shadwell fire station was located at 9 Glamis Road, Wapping

Ealing Fire Brigade with horse-drawn appliance
Firefighters of the Ealing Fire Brigade, West London, with a horse-drawn appliance, and a policeman standing alongside

London Bridge, heavy with traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian

USA / Pacific Grove
The wide Light House Avenue, in the days when horse drawn carriages and carts were still in use, Pacific Grove, California, USA

Goat Carts Felixstowe
Goat carts and people at Felixstowe, Suffolk

Royal Exchange / Postcard
The busy crossroads at the Royal Exchange, in the City of London, with carts, motor- buses and both horse- and motor-cabs; the Bank of England is on the left

Hughes, Dickson Ltd, Flour Mill and Falls Road. Methodist Church, Divis St. Belfast - a view of the large flour mill with horse and carts and people outside and the Church next to it

Blenkinsop locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, from
STC246796 Blenkinsop locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, from Costume of Yorkshire engraved by Robert Havell (1769-1832) 1814 (colour litho) by Walker

Ketch Elizabeth loading cargo at Mother Iveys Bay, St Merryn, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Ketch Elizabeth loading cargo (possibly sand) at Mother Iveys Bay

Stela of the royal scribe Ani. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Relief. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

Horse pulling coal delivery cart
Horse pulling a coal delivery cart of Joyner and Sons with two tradesmen riding on the cart. Date: 1930s

Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall. 1900
Building the west front of the cathedral during the summer of 1900. The front is complete to just below the Rose window. There are horse buses ranged outside the west front entrance

Sigiriya Rock Fortress, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Sigiriya (Sinhagiri) Rock Fortress, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres high. Date: circa 1920s

View of Bull Ring Market, Birmingham, West Midlands
View of the Bull Ring Market, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Date: circa 1905

Fair Day at Castlewellan, The Pick of the Bunch - a view of the fair day with people and carts under a large tree, with two pigs, in the town. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Castlewellan)

Tower Bridge / Carts 1930S
Two horse-drawn carts, one from the Metropolitan Cartage Co. wait while Londons Tower Bridge opens

Draycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, harvest
Draycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, Hodgkins family group, bringing in the harvest pre-1915. Date: circa early 1910s

Cooperage yard, Guinness Brewery, Dublin, Ireland (b / w photo)
6029985 Cooperage yard, Guinness Brewery, Dublin, Ireland (b/w photo) by Irish Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cooperage yard, Guinness Brewery, Dublin)

Great Western Tea Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920

Kungsgatan, Landskrona, Sweden
Kungsgatan (Kings Street), Landskrona, Sweden. Date: circa 1910s

Oxford Street looking west from Oxford Circus, London. Date: circa 1900

Peat carts, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Horse-drawn carts transporting peat (cut turf) on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland

Gathering Seaweed at Le Hocq, Jersey, Channel Islands - the principle growing agent for the famed Jersey Royal Potatoes, although used less these days. Date: circa 1910s

Covent Garden CXP01_01_156
COVENT GARDEN, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. Market traders setting up the fruit and vegetable market at Covent Garden outside St Pauls Church

Harley House, Marylebone Road, London NW1
Harley House, a residential mansion block in Marylebone Road, London NW1. Date: circa 1905

Picture No. 11014409
Decorated Horses and Coachmen - at the Feria del Caballo (Horse Fair) Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz province, Andalusia, Spain Date:

Barnet Voluntary Fire Brigade with manual horse pump
The officers and firemen of the Barnet voluntary fire brigade with the manual horse drawn pump fire engine

Firefighters attempt to right a fallen cart, WW2
Firefighters attempt to right a fallen cart in Clerkenwell Close

Waiting at the Cotton Gin - Memphis, Tennessee. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds Date: circa 1910

Covent Garden Market, London Date: circa 1907

Fire crew and horse drawn pump

Billingsgate Fish Market - Fresh Haddock
Fresh Haddock brought to Billingsgate Fish Market in London on large wagons Date: 1912

Covent Garden 1905
Covent Garden : horse-drawn carts and wagons arrive, piled high with fruit and vegetables for the dining tables of London

LA Peste at Marseille
Scene showing the streets of Marseille strewn with plague victims, some being carted away in carts : drawing made on the spot in 1720

Miltons Cottage at Chalfont St Giles, Bucks (bodycolour on paper)
1214051 Miltons Cottage at Chalfont St Giles, Bucks (bodycolour on paper) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 21.0x14.4 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Horse-drawn float in carnival, Eastbourne, Sussex
Horse-drawn float led by Jim Wicking in a carnival at Eastbourne, Sussex. circa 1962

Wall Street, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
View of Wall Street, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, with traffic and pedestrians. Date: circa 1905

Foxley & Plough Lanes, Purley, Surrey
Foxley & Plough Lanes, Purley, near Wallington, Surrey, England. Showing Horse & Carts Date: 1905

Visit to Madeira - Road to the Hotel
Black and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

LCC-MFB Kensington fire station, W London
The appliance room of the former Kensington fire station which was located in King Street, W8. It was built in 1871 and closed in 1905 when the new Kensington fire station was opened

Departure of Irish Emigrants at Clifden, County Galway, 1883
Engraving showing a large number of emigrants leaving Clifden, County Galway, 1883. Many famillies are shown boarding horse drawn carts with all their belongings

Rose & Crown Public House, Perry Wood, Kent
Rose & Crown Public House, Perry Wood, Selling, near Faversham, Kent, England. Showing Horse & Carts Date: 1911

Kelp makers huts, South Uist, Scotland
Kelp makers huts, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Longueval 1916
A convoy of British ammunition carts passes through the devastated remains of the village of Longueval, in the heart of the Somme region

Bermuda - Hamilton - Street Scene
A hive of activity on a main street in Hamilton, Bermuda

Horse-Drawn Railway / 1820
Birkinshaws horse-drawn railway, characteristic of those in general use at this time

Horse and buggy, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wooden buildings and carts at Bodie, Ghost Town, Bodie State Historic Park, California, United States of America (USA), North America

Rotherhithe Ferry 1877
The steam ferry across the Thames at Rotherhithe, one of the few crossings below London Bridge : carrying not only foot passengers but a coach with footmen, also carts

Gower - Cockle carts at Penclawdd
Cockle carts at Penclawdd, Gower, Glamorgan, Wales. Date: 1960s

Norman soldiers loading stores and arms onto ships
Norman soldiers loading suits of chainmail armor, carts laden with helmets, spears and barrels onto ships. Willian, Duke of Normandy, orders soldiers and cavalry to board

United States. Emigrants on carts heading out West
Emigrants on carts heading out West. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G

United States. Emigrants on carts heading out West - Vernier
Emigrants on carts heading out West. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G

A race between dog-hauled carts takes place at Brussels, Belgium - but not all the contestants make it to the finishing line. Date: 1858

A French baker sits in his cart ready to deliver his bread, his dog stands ready to move off. Date: 1906

Egyptian art. Great Temple of Ramses II. 19th Dynasty. Military campaign against the Hittites. Ramses II in a chariot with a bow and arrow at the Battle of Kadesh. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom

China, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, carts parked on sidewalk

Strand Road, Rangoon, Yangon, Burma, Myanmar, c.1890

USA - New York City - Hester Street
Hester Street - It has historically been a center for Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant culture. More recently, it has been absorbed by Chinatown, although some kosher and Jewish-owned stores can be found

Appleby in Westmorland, Market Town, Cumbria, North West, England, 21st October 1938

Advert for Maythorn & Son, builders of carriages 1897
Selection of Maythorns horse-drawn carriages. 1897

Children riding in a cart on a Victorian scrap
Children riding in a cart drawn by goats on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Street scene, Canton Grande, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. Date: circa 1910

Covent Garden Market, London, Christmas Eve 1846
Covent Garden Market, usually the sight of gleaming floods of colourful fruits and fine odours, but over the build up of Christmas the garment of green in which complete transformation of sprigs

The London Harness Horse Parade in Regents Park. 122 welsh cobs Binn and London Trolley entered by J. Welsh of Peckham and No. 95. Beckton Brandy Snap driven by T

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"Carts: A Glimpse into the Past" The Main Entrance - The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel: Step back in time and witness the bustling streets of Whitechapel as carts navigate through the main entrance of the iconic Royal London Hospital. Harbour, Boscastle, Cornwall. Possibly 1902: Immerse yourself in a picturesque coastal scene from 1902, where carts line up along the charming harbour of Boscastle in Cornwall. The Diamond, Donegal: Journey to Donegal and discover "The Diamond, " a vibrant square filled with lively activity as carts traverse its cobblestone streets. Ardara, Co. Donegal: Experience the charm of Ardara in County Donegal as horse-drawn carts gracefully make their way through this quaint Irish town. The Diamond, Carndonagh: Witness history unfold at Carndonagh's central hub known as "The Diamond, " where traditional they were once a common sight amidst daily life. Coasters in the harbour, Newquay, Cornwall. Late 1800s: Transport yourself to late 1800s Newquay and marvel at majestic coasters docked within its harbor while awaiting their cargo to be loaded onto waiting carts. East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1895: Explore the industrial heritage of Illogan's East Pool Mine with an image capturing miners utilizing sturdy mine carts to transport valuable minerals deep underground during the year 1895. Hong Kong street scene, 1890s C016 /4499 : Take a glimpse into Hong Kong's past with a captivating street scene from the 1890s; observe how horse-drawn carts played an integral role in everyday transportation during that era. Market Day in Cookstown : Travel back to Cookstown on market day and witness farmers' wagons brimming with fresh produce lining the streets, creating a vibrant atmosphere filled with bustling trade and commerce.