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Circus performer, c1880. A man driving a horse-drawn cart with giant wheels. <br><br>Credit: Spectrum Colour Library / HIP / TopFoto

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Gimmick by the Conservative Party candidate - a sedan chair pressed into service in Guildford, Surrey. 23rd Feb.1950

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Car share?!<br><br>Car Covering Contest , stunt organised for charity at Glasgow University <br>12 January 1961

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Party on a tube train. Starlet  Joy Webster performs the rock and roll on the Underground train as sone of the passengers look on bewildered.<br><br>

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Professional frogman Courtney Brown tows 55-foot scale model, and exact replica costing $5,000,000, of the sunken  liner Titanic, used in scenes for the motion picture which dramatizes the gigantic task undertaken by the US government to &quotRaise the Titanic!"

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Charabanc load of holidaymakers. Speed 12 miles per hour. <br>August, 1921<br>

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Amphibian Motor Cycle combination. Captain Geoffrey Malins, O.B.E, and his companion with two motor cycle combinations who are making a world tour. Their object is to take the most direct route and to ford rivers by making a pontoon between portable sidecars, which will be paddled across with the motor cycles aboard.<br>Paddling in one of the sidecars.<br>23 November 1926

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The motoring test.<br>Because this motor roller has to cross the road from its shed to the grounds of Beaumont College, its driver, Mr Charles Hester, has had to undergo the Motor Learner's Test.<br>21 October 1935

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The motoring test. Because this motor roller has to cross the road from its shed to the grounds of Beaumont College, the driver, Mr Charles Hester, has had to undergo the Motor Learner's Test. It is photographed with &quotOld Crock" car, circa 1900. Beaumont College was a Jesuit public school in Windsor. It merged with Stonyhurst College in 1967.<br>21 October 1935

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PENGZHOU, CHINA:  LITTLE BOY HAVNG FUN INSIDE A PLASTIC BALLOON ON THE LAKE IN PENGZHOU PARK.  ©Lee Snider / The Image Works

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The Poor Man's Car.<br>The Carden two seater, selling at £100.<br>17 September 1920

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Motor Cycle Canoe.<br>Accommodation for three is provided.<br>Mr Armstrong, formerly an experimental airman in the R.A.F. has invented a novel motor cycle - complete with canoe sidecar which can be detached and floated.<br><br>14 August 1920

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Penny Farthing girl - February/March 1956<br>24 year old Frances Pidgeon (singer/dancer) on a Penny Farthing bike (borrowed from The Troubadour Club)<br>The ordinary or penny-farthing is an early model of bicycle, produced largely in England and the United States in the mid to late 19th century.  The earliest bicycles had pedals mounted directly on the front wheel. In order to increase speeds in the absence of any practical method of gearing, larger and larger wheels were built, culminating in the classic penny-farthing where the wheel could be 1.5m (60") or more in diameter. The name refers to the penny and farthing coins of the time, the former being large and the latter unusually small. Other popular names include high-wheeler, high bicycle and boneshaker, although the latter generally referred to any early bicycle before the invention of the pneumatic tire.  It had only a brief vogue, arriving and departing within a couple of decades, but it has caught the imagination as visually representing the late Victorian era. This brief lifetime coincided almost exactly with the birth of cycle sport.<br>©2006 TopFoto/Ken Russell<br>

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NATIONAL PICTURES<br>Ph:Carmen Valino<br>Royal College of Art take over Kensington Gardens with The Great Exhibition 2007. The Royal College of Art has erected a vast tent in Kensington Gardens to exhibit his graduate summer show which opens to the public from 15-28 June. The tent is also a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the College's move to South Kensington. In the picture a life-size model of a futuristic helicopter, Florian Seidl, vehicle design<br>14/06/2007

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Henson and Stringfellow's 1843 design for steam-powered flying machine. Webbed tail 15.24m, and beneath it a rudder. Steam engine in car drove two set of vanes (pink objecs) 6.09m diameter. Wing area 418.064 sq. metres. Lithograph, London, 1843.

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Giant Robot Planned.  In an unprecedented move in the field of military transportation, the US Army is now seriously considering used of robots.  Due to the difficulties of operating wheeled or tracked equipment over rugged terrain, it is planned to use vehicles - with legs.  Scientists at the General Electric Company in Schenectady (New York) are busily working on the project.  Manoeuvred by a human driver, the robot will simulate movements indicated by muscular controls of the driver.  Development of such a machine will not only mark a significant advance in engineering but officially hail the commencement of a new era - the robot age.<br><br>November 1965

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No worries if you run out of fuel - so long as you have a donkey in the car with you!<br> <br>©TopFoto

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Soap box derbys are scoutings gift to the Festival Spirit.  At Fore Street, in the heart of the City of London's bomb damaged buildings, the 'Derby' organised by the Boy Scout Association, took place.  Picture shows:  Tony Dinmore age 10, a Wolf Cub, seen in his soap-box car &quotBrumas" during the racing<br><br>June 1951

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Competitors cornering at speed during the Soap Box Derby at the Crystal Palace<br><br>24th August 1966

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30 December 1933<br><br>Ice-skating acrobatics on stilts in St Moritz<br><br>©TopFoto

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Photo by John Hedgecoe - Performer on a unicycle balanced on rocks<br>©2006 John Hedgecoe/TopFoto

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CAR SINKS IN CHANNEL.<br>A Volkswagen car fitted with propellors sank ten miles out at sea yesterday when attempting to cross the English Channel. The car, piloted by two Englishmen, was going at first until the sea roughened.<br>PHOTO SHOWS volkswagen two miles out, heading for Dover.

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Ten year old Bryan Frost of South Kent clutches firmly to the wheel of his Soap Box car &quotThe Thing" in the London Area Semi-finals of &quotThe Scout" Soap-Box Derby at Fore Street, City of London.<br><br>9 June 1951

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Boy riding in a cart pulled by a goat, c1890-1910. <br><br>Credit: Spectrum Colour Library / HIP / TopFoto

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An unusual use of bicycles.<br><br>Wedding party on bicycles led by the bride and bridegroom, Nice, France, 1909. The party rode to the civil ceremony and after it was performed, remounted and rode off for the wedding breakfast. From 'Le Petit Journal'. (Paris, April 1909). <br>Credit: Oxford Science Archive / HIP / TopFoto

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Auto-Cycle.<br><br>28 October 1920

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Snow Scene: Model T trucks were often converted into &quotSnowmobiles," as some were called, for wintertime use. In this 1926 photo, sled runners are attached to the front axle, while a third axle and belt provide increased rear traction. <br>Photo Credit to read: (&quotFrom the collections of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.")

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Pontiac<br>1940

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Small power engineering exhibition at the Horticultural Hall.<br>A steam traction engine built by three farmer - brothers of Eynsford (Kent), weighs 1/4 ton and pulls 5 CWTS.<br>

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Johnson, the first rider on the Pedestrian Hobbyhorse

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The owner along with his dog drives a converted Messerschmitt aircraft.  It has been developed into a very rare and collectable vehicle by the makers of the famous World War II fighter aeroplane, London, UK.<br>Date: 25.03.2005<br>Ref:  B125_087627_0004<br>COMPULSORY CREDIT: J Almasi / uppa.co.uk

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The owner along with his dog drives a converted Messerschmitt aircraft.  It has been developed into a very rare and collectable vehicle by the makers of the famous World War II fighter aeroplane, London, UK<br>Date: 25.03.2005<br>Ref:  B125_087627_0001<br>COMPULSORY CREDIT: J Almasi / uppa.co.uk

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Transport by dog to Voves. CAP-6 ( RES )

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Fusetti Amphibian car. France, 1924.

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The Pullman carriage of the writer Raymond Roussel. France, 1925.<br><br>Roussel, Raymond (1877-1933). Rousseau travelled all over Europe in a specially built luxury caravan, complete with bathroom and studio.<br>

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1921 Automatic (ii) electric light car

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1921 Leyat airscrew car

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Sorts of left roller skates. Spanish engraving XIXth century.

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Mercier, inventor of the  motor-driven roller skates. 1912.     BRA-70500

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Forty two men standing on a duraluminium wing to test it for strength<br>September 1916<br>4th experimental wing

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Model of Cierva<br>auto gyro 1926

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No Change Here<br>... except for the wheels.  Donkey and trap, with wheels converted for pneumatic tyres, taking a churn of milk to the dairy.  Taken near Tralee.<br><br>Undated.<br>

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The new Scoota Car- the cheapest car demonstrated in London. Two and a half horse power engine, travels 80 miles on a gallon of petrol. <br><br>2nd April 1936.

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Ford prototype electric car

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Electric car<br><br>London's little wonder car<br>Electricity powered costing £200 to build.  Goes 50 miles before recharging. 1922

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Florida, Miami Beach, Lummus Park, South Beach Segway Tour, visiting couple & tour guide, driving lesson included, <br>© Jeff Greenberg/The Image Works

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Fisher Body created this transparent panelled 'ghost' Pontiac for the 1940 World Trade's Fair.<br>

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Lilienthal's monoplane hang glider, forerunner of controlled flying <br>1894

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Motor Skeeter

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Chatham Navy Week.<br>Sailors on gyro wheels. <br>August 1938

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Chatham Navy Week.<br>Sailors on gyro wheels. <br>August 1938

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Sand yachting Ostend 1905 &quotYoung Enthusiasm"

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1905 Rexette 5 hp tricar, (c1905?). The Rexette tricar, known as the 'King of Little Cars', had a seat instead of the usual saddle.  1905 Rexette 5 hp tricar, (c1905?).   <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto

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Cyclist training behind an Auburn car, c1935. The cyclist rides along behind an improvised windbreak attached to the car.  Cyclist training behind an Auburn car, c1935.   <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto

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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost converted into a locomotive on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, 1933.  Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost locomotive on the Romney, Hythe   <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto

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Soap Box Derby at Brooklands, Surrey. The Soap Box Derby pedal race is a very popular amateur racing event.  Soap Box Derby at Brooklands, Surrey.   <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto

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Girl in a 1948 vintage Austin J40 pedal car.   <br><br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto

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Leon Serpollet on his first steam tricycle, 1887. In 1890 Serpollet travelled the 286 miles from Paris to Lyon on a steam tricycle, the journey taking 15 days. Serpollet set a world land speed record in 1902, driving along the promenade at Nice at 75.06 kmh in a steam-powered car.    Leon Serpollet on his first steam tricycle, 1887.   <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto

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Electric Car<br>Roger Wallace in his electric car, 1899. A Victorian man in formal dress driving an early electric car.    Roger Wallace in his electric car, 1899.   <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto

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Robert Wil-de-Gose, his mother and nanny in 'The Bug', 1912.   <br>Credit: National Motor Museum / HIP / TopFoto

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A new diesel-engined car which is equally at home on the road or on a railway track was tested for the first time on the Great West Road.  The vehicle, which is of original design, can climb steps and runs easily all over all sorts of surfaces.  It is fitted with four-wheel drive and four-wheel stearing, and is capable of drawing at least ten trucks.<br>Photo shows the new road-rail car being tested on rails.<br>November 4th 1935

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A new diesel-engined car which is equally at home on the road or on a railway track was tested for the first time on the Great West Road.  The vehicle, which is of original design, can climb steps and runs easily all over all sorts of surfaces.  It is fitted with four-wheel drive and four-wheel stearing, and is capable of drawing at least ten trucks.<br>Photo shows the new road-rail car being tested amid the traffic on the Great West Road.<br>November 4th 1935

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France's strangest wedding took place at Levallois when a couple were married in a primitive motor car. The bride and groom passed through the streets in their unusual bridal car with the Best Man and the bride's attendants following in a similar model. Photo shows the wedding party led by the bride and groom passing through Levallois in their Old Crocks<br>September 16th 1935

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 Man floating in a tin bath tub called HMS Unsinkable, in a river wearing a sailors outfit, a bemused dog watches him.

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His motor scooter churning up a lively wake, bowler hatted businessman Mr Michael Castle Kelly, 38, of Chelsea, navigatos away from Charing Cross Pier on his way up the Thames to home after a day at the office.  Mr Kelly is a marketing research consultant with offices in Haymarket.  He decided to use his water scooter for commuting between office and home in view of the London bus strike which began today.  The three mile journey from Chelsea to Charing Cross Pier this morning took him 17 minutes and cost a sixpenny mooring fee.<br>May 5th 1958

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Donald Campbell here he is trying out an amphibious scooter on Lake Coniston Lancaashire November 29th 1966

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Belfast, N. Ireland: The problem of flight has always intrigued man, and none more so than these students of aeronautics at Queen's University, Belfast. These three students, in their final year, discuss a project with Mr Terenue Nonweiler (right) senior lecturer in the aeronautical department. The students have thought up an interesting way of man-powered flight by bicycle; Two men on the a tandom supply the drive to get the &quotFlying Bicycle" into the air. The progress of the experiment, still in its early stages, is being closely watched by the Royal Aeronautical Society; It is hoped the interest shown will produce more money for experiments. Lack of finance has been a main obstacle in development of the idea beyond the model stage, although a full-scale wing has been tested out. 12th April 1959.

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The new adventure sport called Zorbing. The occupant hurtles down a hill at speeds of up to 30mph pinned to the inside of a giant inflatable ball<br>30th June 1999

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Dream Cars by Mazda Employees Wheel Car , Japan      ©. Fujifotos/THE IMAGE WORKS DFUJ1129    2314 1021 1905-015

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