Passengers Collection (#94)

Traditional river ferryboat - Vietnam Date: circa 1902

Poster advertising luxury cruises, showing a crew member in white uniform watching as tradespeople approach in boats with locally produced items for sale to the passengers. 20th century

Page from Safety First Album
Page from Safety First, An Album to contain a Series of Cigarette Cards of National Importance, issued by W D & H O Wills, featuring tips for sharing roads with trams

Highwaymen jump out from the woods to to attack a passing carriage. Guns pointed, the passengers have little choice but to hand over their possessions to the outlaws. Date: 19th Century

Coronation. Cars arrive with main congregation
Cars queue up in Victoria Street to deliver their passengers to the main entrance of the Abbey. These cars are delivering foreign representatives to the Abbey. 1953

Motoring in Lakeland Theres nothing like motoring (when you get stuck). For testing your temper, endurance, and pluck !! circa 1920s

Cabhorse Slips on Ice
A cab-horse slips on the icy streets of wintry Copenhagen - passers-by, including a policeman and a soldier - cope with the situation while the passengers dismount. Date: 1888

Elephant Transport C1920
An elephant used for transport, picking its way up some steps at Sanchi, India. Date: 1918

Zeppelin Lz-7
The Zeppelin LZ-7 is the first designed to carry passengers, but on its first flight it is forced down by a storm and breaks in two in a forced landing in Teutoberg forest. Date: July 1910

ON GOLDEN ARROW FERRY
A smartly dressed couple stroll along the deck of the Golden Arrow ferry, connecting luxury trains between Dover and Calais. Date: 1947

Hovercraft Passengers
Passengers waiting on an unspecified British beach for others to disembark from a hovercraft so that they can get on. Date: 1960s

Argument against Chunnel
An argument against the Channel Tunnel - being cooped up with a snoring Frenchman smelling of frogs legs and garlic for as long as it takes to pass from Calais to Dover ! Date: 1882

Broad Street Station
Passengers arrive by hansom cab or four-wheeler at the entrance to Broad Street Station, terminus of the Great Eastern Railway. Date: circa 1900

Station Refershments
Passengers at this station in Virginia refresh themselves with coffee and fried chicken. Date: 1882

Woolwich / River View
viewed from the river Thames, with a warship and a hulk moored off the river bank, and small boats ferrying passengers across the river Date: circa 1750

Unwelcoming passengers in train compartment
The occupants of a train compartment are somewhat restrained in their welcome to a new arrival. Date: 1891

Dahabiya passenger boat cruising on river, River Nile, Luxor, Egypt, january

Steam coach. Historical artwork of a steam coach patented by Englishman David Gordon around the 1820s. At this time engineers became occupied with creating steam-powered coaches for paying customers

Martian colony art exhibition, artwork. This is an exhibition of space art (lower right) taking place on Mars in the year 2536

Whitewater rafting
MODEL RELEASED. Whitewater rafting. Team of people navigating a set of river rapids in a rafting boat. Photographed on Snake River, in Wyoming, USA

Air travel. Passengers in seats on board a flight

Madrid Barajas International Airport, Madrid, Spain. This is the interior of terminal 4. Terminal 4 was designed to give passengers a stress-free start to a journey through the careful design of its

Madam C. J. Walker, US businesswoman
Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919), US businesswoman, driving a car. Walker was one of the first African-American millionairesses

Rickshaw, London, UK, thermogram. The colours show variations in temperature. The scale runs from white (warmest), through yellow, orange, red and purple to black (coldest)

Airline passengers in wheelchairs at Terminal 2E, Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, France

Hindhead Tunnel
The south portals of the Hindhead Tunnel (with lorry tailgating!) on the A3, Surrey. Opened in July 2011, the tunnel passes beneath Hindhead Common and the Devils Punch Bowl

Clermont Paddle-steamer
19th century engraving of the first commercially successful steamboat, on the Hudson River NY. Designed by Robert Fulton, it made its first voyage in 1807 with a run of 150 miles from New York to

Tower of London, historical artwork. The Tower of London is a castle in London, on the northern banks of the River Thames. It is a palace and fortress, most famous for being used as a prison

Dangers of steam carriages, 19th century
Dangers of steam carriages. 19th-century caricature lampooning the dangers of the steam carriages being developed at this time. A steam carriage at right has exploded

Electric dogcart, 19th century
Electric dogcart, being driven by a man accompanied by a woman and child. This vehicle is the dogcart built in 1888 by the British engineer Magnus Volk (1851-1937)

London Underground platform
MODEL RELEASED. London Underground platform. Passengers waiting as a tube train enters the station. Photographed in London, UK

Ship Alarm wrecked off the Irish coast, 1866
Lifeboat rescuing passengers from the ship " Alarm" off Belfast, Ireland, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Railroad blocked by snow in the Rockies
Digging out a railroad snowed under in Colorado, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Stagecoach travel
Stagecoach on the old Boston Post road. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bus Kyoto Japan Japan

Bus Britain British

1913 American Tourist
Harry G Potter. Autos, Old Styles. - 1913 American Tourist automobile with driver and two passengers in a wooded area

1913 touring car
Autos, Old Styles. 1913 touring car with driver and three male passengers parked on a road

Emigration from London to New York
Cold steerage passengers huddle together on a ships deck, bound for America

Ricksha with British RAF cadets
Ricksha in Durban, South Africa, during World War Two, with Zulu ricksha boy and passengers of three RAF air cadets

Horse and trap, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A horse drawn trap with two passengers outside Crickhowell Castle wall, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Car with passengers, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Mr Ernie Holt driving a party of cattle dealers from the Castle Hotel in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The open topped car is a Rover DE199, and weighed over 19 hundredweight

Early London to Paris flight, aircraft and passengers
A group of passengers with an aircraft taking them on a London to Paris flight, in the early days of aviation. The pilot stands on the left, with his goggles up on his forehead

Edwardian passengers waiting to board a boat
A group of Edwardian passengers waiting to board a boat

Passengers waiting to board a boat
A group of passengers waiting to board a boat. There are two Scottish pipers in traditional costume on the left, a man in a bowler hat in the middle, and a man in a top hat on the right

Passengers with porter, waiting to board a boat
A group of passengers waiting to board a boat, with a porter sitting on a luggage cart. They are outside Munros Yacht Stores and Coffee Rooms, and it appears to be raining, as umbrellas are up

Edwardian passengers on board a steamer
A group of Edwardian passengers, adults and children, on board a steamer

Fishguard Harbour with Irish boat arriving, South Wales
Scene at Fishguard Harbour and Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, not long after the station opened. The dock leads straight into the station

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Journeying through time and space, they have always been the lifeblood of transportation. In 1967, Waterloo Station in London bustled with activity as Jamaicans boarded the Empire Windrush, embarking on a new chapter in their lives. Meanwhile, William Heath Robinson's ingenious Kinecar promised a whimsical future for commuters. Backtracking to 1903, the RMS Carpathia sailed proudly across vast oceans, carrying hopeful passengers towards distant shores. And high above ground, the Vauxhall Royal Balloon soared into the sky during its first ascent, offering breathtaking views to those brave enough to venture upwards. In post-war 1947, love was in the air as a couple strolled arm in arm on a railway platform beside the luxurious 'Golden Arrow' locomotive. This train connected London to Dover where eager passengers caught ferries bound for Calais – an enchanting gateway to France. Stepping further back into history reveals Croydon Airport bustling with excitement in 1934; travelers eagerly awaiting their next airborne adventure. Platform 1 at Paddington Station witnessed countless comings and goings throughout different eras - from bustling crowds in 1929 to steam-powered marvels transporting passengers back in time to 1904. But not all journeys relied on conventional means – enter the gyrocopter. Beating traffic jams and soaring above city skylines like something out of science fiction. A true testament to human ingenuity. Even before motorized vehicles dominated urban landscapes, horse-drawn buses carried people through quaint streets such as Coinagehall Street in Helston around 1900. The clattering hooves echoing through time remind us that passenger transport has always evolved alongside society's progress. From grand stations and elegant ships to futuristic inventions and humble horse-drawn carriages – these snapshots capture moments when ordinary individuals became extraordinary passengers navigating their way through history.