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Horsedrawn Collection (#4)

"Horsedrawn: A Glimpse into the Timeless Charm of Horse-Drawn Vehicles" Step back in time to Billingsgate Market

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory, …near Reigate, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory, …near Reigate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory, the residence of Mr. H. E. Gurney, near Reigate, 1864. Annual entertainment

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864

Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. C. D

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: The War in Schleswig: wounded Austrians...after the battle of Over-Selk... 1864. Creator: Unknown

The War in Schleswig: wounded Austrians...after the battle of Over-Selk... 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: wounded Austrians on the road to Rendsburg, after the battle of Over-Selk, 1864. Since Monday 15, 000 Austrians and as many more Prussians have had to bivouac in the open air

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: The Charing-Cross Railway: temporary entrance to the station from Villiers-Street, 1864

The Charing-Cross Railway: temporary entrance to the station from Villiers-Street, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: temporary entrance to the station from Villiers-Street, [London], 1864. The temporary entrance to the station will hereafter serve only for empty cabs

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915

Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Shows Governor Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) in a coach with his predecessor Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924), at Whitman's inauguration, Albany, New York

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Marriage festivities at Quiddenham Park, Norfolk, the seat of the Earl of Albemarle, 1864

Marriage festivities at Quiddenham Park, Norfolk, the seat of the Earl of Albemarle, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Marriage festivities at Quiddenham Park, Norfolk, the seat of the Earl of Albemarle, 1864. Quiddenham...was the scene of glad festivities on Wednesday week

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: A 'Block' in Park-lane, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. A 'Block' in Park-lane, 1864

A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864
A "Block" in Park-lane, [London], 1864. Traffic congestion: Just about the corner of Brick-street, which is close to Holdernesse House, may be witnessed, at certain hours daily

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: A Visit to the Old Folk on Christmas Eve - drawn by Alfred Hunt, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

A Visit to the Old Folk on Christmas Eve - drawn by Alfred Hunt, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Visit to the Old Folk on Christmas Eve - drawn by Alfred Hunt, 1864. If one could take a peep into all the houses in England on Christmas Day, what scenes of domestic happiness would be witnessed

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Demolition of Lyon's Inn, Strand, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Demolition of Lyon's Inn, Strand, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Demolition of Lyon's Inn, Strand, [London], 1862. A piece of old London - a long-neglected, out-of-the-way nook and corner - has disappeared

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson

Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, [London], 1862. The disappearance of Hungerford Market...is perhaps not a subject of much, if any

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: 'The Queen's Highway in the Sixteenth Century', by J. Hayllar... 1864. Creator: W Thomas

"The Queen's Highway in the Sixteenth Century", by J. Hayllar... 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"The Queen's Highway in the Sixteenth Century", by J. Hayllar, in the Winter Exhibition at the gallery of the Institute of Painters in Water-colours, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Milk for France collection, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Milk for France collection, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Milk for France collection, May 1918. People in a horse drawn wagon on the street in support of the Committee for Free Milk for France during World War I, in New York City

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: U.S. supply truck in France, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

U.S. supply truck in France, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. supply truck in France, 1917 or 1918. A side of meat being loaded into a train from a U.S. supply truck in France during World War I

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, goulash for 8 cents, 1916. Women serving food from a mobile lunch kitchen in Berlin in 1916 during World War I. Sign reads translated from German: "Warm lunch

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: American Flag Day in London, 10 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

American Flag Day in London, 10 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
American Flag Day in London, Apr 1917. A carriage arriving at St. Paul's Cathedral in London for a service commemorating the engagement of the United States in World War I

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Germans in Belgium, on the way to the front, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Germans in Belgium, on the way to the front, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans in Belgium, on the way to the front, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers in road in Belgium during World War I

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Germans in Carpathians, between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Germans in Carpathians, between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans in Carpathians, between c1915 and c1918. German soldiers in the Carpathian Mountains during World War I

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich, between c1915 and c1920. German soldiers on snowshoes during World War I

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Wrecked bridge over Morawa [i.e. Morava], between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Wrecked bridge over Morawa [i.e. Morava], between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Wrecked bridge over Morawa [i.e. Morava], between c1915 and c1920. A bridge over the Morava River, Serbia during World War I

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Scottish Circus in Krasnoiarsk, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Scottish Circus in Krasnoiarsk, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Scottish Circus in Krasnoiarsk, 1916. From a collection iwhich ncludes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne…

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne at Gottenborg - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Offices attached to the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Offices attached to the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Offices attached to the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862. Site of the Smithfield Club Cattle and Implement Show. The hall...has entrances from all sides

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: On a hunt in the vicinity of the Znamensky glass factory, 1913. Creator: S. Ia. Mamontov

On a hunt in the vicinity of the Znamensky glass factory, 1913. Creator: S. Ia. Mamontov
On a hunt in the vicinity of the Znamensky glass factory, 1913. From a collection which includess more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Work at the Bakalskii mine, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Work at the Bakalskii mine, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Work at the Bakalskii mine, 1910. A family, with shovels and horse-drawn carts, working at the iron mines in the Bakaly hills

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Opening of Southwark Bridge toll free, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

Opening of Southwark Bridge toll free, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Opening of Southwark Bridge toll free, 1864. Southwark Bridge over the River Thames in London links Southwark and the City

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: departure from Gottenborg Railway Station

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: departure from Gottenborg Railway Station, 1864 Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: departure from Gottenborg Railway Station - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. This week has witnessed the abolition of turnpike toll obstructions upon fifty miles of road in

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: City-road Gate, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: City-road Gate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: City-road Gate, 1864. This week has witnessed the abolition of turnpike toll obstructions upon fifty miles of road in

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty:..proclaiming Prince Frederick...Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty:..proclaiming Prince Frederick...Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, 1864 Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: the Burghers of Altona proclaiming Prince Frederick of Augustenburg Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from the balcony of the railway station, 1864

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Descending Mont Cenis in Winter, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Descending Mont Cenis in Winter, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Descending Mont Cenis in Winter, 1864. Travelling over the Alps by sleigh....tremendous faces of rock rise perpendicularly...there is a fearful precipice

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Mariani....especially on Sundays after mass

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: triumphal entry of Prince Frederick... Holstein, 1864

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: triumphal entry of Prince Frederick... Holstein, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: triumphal entry of Prince Frederick of Augustenburg into Kiel, Holstein, 1864. The news of...[the Prince's] arrival spread like wildfire through the town

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Irkutsk Teachers Seminary, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk Teachers Seminary, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk Teachers Seminary, 1904-1914. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1904. Creator: Unknown

Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1904. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Omsk. Chernavinsky (Lubinsky) Avenue, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown

Omsk. Chernavinsky (Lubinsky) Avenue, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
Omsk. Chernavinsky (Lubinsky) Avenue, 1904-1914. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Vladivostok. Svetlanskaya street, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Vladivostok. Svetlanskaya street, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Svetlanskaya street, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Vladivostok. Svetlanskaya street, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Vladivostok. Svetlanskaya street, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Svetlanskaya street, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Festive procession of firefighters along Bolshaya Street in Krasnoyarsk, 1902. Creator: Unknown

Festive procession of firefighters along Bolshaya Street in Krasnoyarsk, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Festive procession of firefighters along Bolshaya Street in Krasnoyarsk, 1902. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Irkutsk Branch of the State Bank, 1902. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk Branch of the State Bank, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk Branch of the State Bank, 1902. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Irkutsk. Flea Market Square, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk. Flea Market Square, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. Flea Market Square, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Bazaar on Novobazarnaya Square, 1905. Creator: Unknown

Bazaar on Novobazarnaya Square, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Bazaar on Novobazarnaya Square, 1905. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Vladivostok. Svetlanskaya street. West Side, 1904-1909. Creator: Unknown

Vladivostok. Svetlanskaya street. West Side, 1904-1909. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Svetlanskaya street. West Side, 1904-1909. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Vladivostok. Post office, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Vladivostok. Post office, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Post office, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Vladivostok, 1904. Creator: Unknown

Vladivostok, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok, 1904. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Novobazarnaya Square in the city of Krasnoyarsk, 1905. Creator: Unknown

Novobazarnaya Square in the city of Krasnoyarsk, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Novobazarnaya Square in the city of Krasnoyarsk, 1905. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Irkutsk Public meeting, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk Public meeting, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk Public meeting, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageHorsedrawn Collection: Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. Bazaar, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. Bazaar, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. Bazaar, 1900. Postcard from a collection of 103 postcards of the city of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur in the early 20th century




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"Horsedrawn: A Glimpse into the Timeless Charm of Horse-Drawn Vehicles" Step back in time to Billingsgate Market, where a bustling Victorian man skillfully navigates his horse and cart through the lively crowds. The rhythmic clip-clop of hooves echoes through the streets as milk carts make their way from door to door, delivering fresh dairy goodness. In Borough High Street, London, circa 1904, a picturesque scene unfolds before our eyes. Horse-drawn vehicles and barrows line the street, showcasing an era when horsepower ruled transportation. It's a snapshot frozen in time that captures both the beauty and simplicity of days gone by. Travel further back to Stamford Lincolnshire in 1822 with "Sketches from Nature. " Here we witness horses pulling wagons across vast landscapes as settlers brave the treacherous journey westward on wagon trails. The American West comes alive with pioneers forging ahead towards new horizons. Peasants arrive at a medieval castle courtyard market in an enchanting illustration that takes us even further back in history. The clatter of hooves announces their arrival as they gather to buy and sell goods amidst towering stone walls and ancient architecture. Fast forward again to London City Centre in the early 1900s; horse-drawn carriages gracefully glide along cobblestone streets while pedestrians marvel at their elegance. These majestic creatures effortlessly pull passengers through bustling cityscapes filled with life and energy. Witness innovation unfold as McCormick Harvester demonstrates its revolutionary invention -the horse-drawn harvester and binder- capturing attention during Queen Victoria's first entry into Brighton Oct. This moment marks not only progress but also pays homage to our equine companions who have been instrumental throughout history. A captivating image emerges from Millbank, Westminster, London in 1840 by William Parrott—a reminder that horses were not just means of transport but loyal companions too.