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Background imageWheels Collection: Thomson's road-steamer and coal-waggons, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Thomson's road-steamer and coal-waggons, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Thomson's road-steamer and coal-waggons, 1870. 'The great difficulty has been, on the one hand, to prevent the engine being shaken and damaged by the road, with its natural inequalities of surface

Background imageWheels Collection: Annual flower fete, Portland, Oregon, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Annual flower fete, Portland, Oregon, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Annual flower fete, Portland, Oregon, between c1910 and c1915. Shows decorated car, possibly at the Portland Rose Festival

Background imageWheels Collection: Locomotive engine, with horizontal extra wheels, for the Mont Cenis Railway, 1868. Creator: Unknown

Locomotive engine, with horizontal extra wheels, for the Mont Cenis Railway, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Locomotive engine, with horizontal extra wheels, for the Mont Cenis Railway, 1868. Railway over the Alps. 'The entire length of this line, from St

Background imageWheels Collection: A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a paddle shaft for a steam-ship

A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a paddle shaft for a steam-ship, 1865. Illustration representing...the enormous shaft for the paddles of a steam-ship

Background imageWheels Collection: The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen... 1862

The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen, Prussia, 1862....it is only recently that the great stride has been made which causes [Krupp's] to

Background imageWheels Collection: The Lilliputians convey the sleeping Gulliver to their city, lantern slide, late 19th century

The Lilliputians convey the sleeping Gulliver to their city, lantern slide, late 19th century. Fifteen hundred of the emperors largest horses, each about four inches and a half high

Background imageWheels Collection: Travelling Coach. Creator: Hendrik Verschuring

Travelling Coach. Creator: Hendrik Verschuring
Travelling Coach

Background imageWheels Collection: Funeral Car of Napoleon I. 1858. Creator: Unknown

Funeral Car of Napoleon I. 1858. Creator: Unknown
Funeral Car of Napoleon I. 1858....a most interesting relic...namely, the hearse in which was conveyed the body of the Imperial exile to St. Helena to the tomb in 1821

Background imageWheels Collection: The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

Background imageWheels Collection: Men Hauling Barrel, 1801. Creator: William Unger

Men Hauling Barrel, 1801. Creator: William Unger
Men Hauling Barrel, 1801

Background imageWheels Collection: Experiments made with Stevens's Bread-making Machine at Marylebone Workhouse, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Experiments made with Stevens's Bread-making Machine at Marylebone Workhouse, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Experiments made with Stevens's Bread-making Machine at Marylebone Workhouse, 1858. Mr. Stevens, the inventor of the A B C bread-making machine, is a practical baker

Background imageWheels Collection: The New Houses of Parliament - the Great Clock at Westminster, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The New Houses of Parliament - the Great Clock at Westminster, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The New Houses of Parliament - the Great Clock at Westminster, 1857. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Freeman De la Motte, showing the mechanism which powers the chimes of Big Ben

Background imageWheels Collection: Palace of Tanjore - from a drawing by T.J. Rawlins, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Palace of Tanjore - from a drawing by T.J. Rawlins, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Palace of Tanjore - from a drawing by T.J. Rawlins, 1858. Tanjore, situate in a fertile territory, was...a wealthy city, or rather, as now, divided into two forts and a pettah (native town)

Background imageWheels Collection: Back of a four-wheeled cart, 1770-1825. Creator: Simon Andreas Krausz

Back of a four-wheeled cart, 1770-1825. Creator: Simon Andreas Krausz
Back of a four-wheeled cart, 1770-1825

Background imageWheels Collection: Parts of the construction of a farm wagon, 1770-1825. Creator: Simon Andreas Krausz

Parts of the construction of a farm wagon, 1770-1825. Creator: Simon Andreas Krausz
Parts of the construction of a farm wagon, 1770-1825

Background imageWheels Collection: Manufacture of the Atlantic Submarine Cable, at Glass, Elliott, and Co.'s Works, East... 1857

Manufacture of the Atlantic Submarine Cable, at Glass, Elliott, and Co.'s Works, East... 1857. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Atlantic Submarine Cable, at Glass, Elliott, and Co.'s Works, East Greenwich, [London], 1857. The firm has...undertaken to complete 1250 miles within a specified period...The

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Crimping Wheel, c. 1939. Creator: John Wilkes

Crimping Wheel, c. 1939. Creator: John Wilkes
Crimping Wheel, c. 1939

Background imageWheels Collection: Cigar Store Figure, c. 1938. Creator: Hardin Walsh

Cigar Store Figure, c. 1938. Creator: Hardin Walsh
Cigar Store Figure, c. 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. View of...the interior of the Mill-house on a Brazilian Sugar Estate during the time of grinding, with a Mill of an improved construction

Background imageWheels Collection: Robinson and Lee's Patent Bread-Making Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Robinson and Lee's Patent Bread-Making Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Robinson and Lee's Patent Bread-Making Machine, 1850. Diagram of...a Bread-Machine recently erected in Glasgow...One ton and a half of loaf bread, or a ton of biscuit

Background imageWheels Collection: The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Drilling Machine, 1850

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Drilling Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Drilling Machine, 1850. One of Nathan Gough's four-horse vertical high-pressure engines is used for giving motion to the drilling

Background imageWheels Collection: Travelling in India - Officers joining the Indian Army on Service, 1850. Creator: Smyth

Travelling in India - Officers joining the Indian Army on Service, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Travelling in India - Officers joining the Indian Army on Service, 1850....the new arrangement for dak travelling, which has superseded the palankeen

Background imageWheels Collection: Wreck of the 'Royal Adelaide' Steam-Ship, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Wreck of the "Royal Adelaide" Steam-Ship, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of the "Royal Adelaide" Steam-Ship, 1850. On Sunday 31 March 1850 a ship was wrecked on Tongue Sands, just off the coast of Kent

Background imageWheels Collection: The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862

The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. The use of this mill is to express the juice from the cane...an endless travelling-table...carries the canes up

Background imageWheels Collection: The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department... 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department of the Western Annexe, 1862. Machine for...reducing iron ore to pig metal...As iron-furnaces have increased in size and number

Background imageWheels Collection: The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Although of a very unpretending appearance, the flax-gin of America may claim a value for industrial usefulness greater than

Background imageWheels Collection: Paper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862

Paper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Paper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862. Side elevation of a machine...intended to manufacture an endless sheet of paper of any width under

Background imageWheels Collection: The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862

The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. The collection of tools first met with on entering the annexe is that of Mr. Whitworth

Background imageWheels Collection: The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets... 1862

The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets... 1862. Creator: E Bourdelin
The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets - from a photograph by the Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background imageWheels Collection: The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed... 1862

The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed, extracting the oil, and making oilcake, 1862

Background imageWheels Collection: The Eastern Annexe of the International Exhibition Building containing agricultural implements

The Eastern Annexe of the International Exhibition Building containing agricultural implements, 1862 Creator: Unknown
The Eastern Annexe of the International Exhibition Building containing agricultural implements, [South Kensington, London]

Background imageWheels Collection: A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWheels Collection: Dismantling the Mumby Lumber Mill after thirty five years op... Malone, western Washington, 1939

Dismantling the Mumby Lumber Mill after thirty five years op... Malone, western Washington, 1939
Dismantling the Mumby Lumber Mill after thirty five years operation. Malone, western Washington

Background imageWheels Collection: Flower Wagon, c. 1730. Creator: Hanekawa Chincho

Flower Wagon, c. 1730. Creator: Hanekawa Chincho
Flower Wagon, c. 1730

Background imageWheels Collection: Chair with Carved Grape Leaf Decoration and Gothic Top, c. 1937. Creator: Robert Stewart

Chair with Carved Grape Leaf Decoration and Gothic Top, c. 1937. Creator: Robert Stewart
Chair with Carved Grape Leaf Decoration and Gothic Top, c. 1937

Background imageWheels Collection: STS-7 landing, California, USA, June 24, 1983. Creator: NASA

STS-7 landing, California, USA, June 24, 1983. Creator: NASA
STS-7 landing, California, USA, June 24, 1983. Space Shuttle Challengers STS-7 mission lands at Edwards Air Force Base

Background imageWheels Collection: Cigar Store Indian, 1938. Creator: Louis Plogsted

Cigar Store Indian, 1938. Creator: Louis Plogsted
Cigar Store Indian, 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Armchair, England, c. 1885. Creator: Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo

Armchair, England, c. 1885. Creator: Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
Armchair, England, c. 1885

Background imageWheels Collection: Armchair, London, 1867 / 70. Creator: Owen Jones

Armchair, London, 1867 / 70. Creator: Owen Jones
Armchair, London, 1867/70

Background imageWheels Collection: Toy Wooden Horse, 1935 / 1942. Creator: David Ramage

Toy Wooden Horse, 1935 / 1942. Creator: David Ramage
Toy Wooden Horse, 1935/1942

Background imageWheels Collection: Table, c. 1937. Creator: Edna C. Rex

Table, c. 1937. Creator: Edna C. Rex
Table, c. 1937

Background imageWheels Collection: Grand Piano, c. 1938. Creator: Ray Price

Grand Piano, c. 1938. Creator: Ray Price
Grand Piano, c. 1938

Background imageWheels Collection: Table, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Edna C. Rex

Table, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Edna C. Rex
Table, 1935/1942

Background imageWheels Collection: Settee - Sofa, c. 1937. Creator: Edna C. Rex

Settee - Sofa, c. 1937. Creator: Edna C. Rex
Settee - Sofa, c. 1937

Background imageWheels Collection: Cigar Store Indian, c. 1937. Creator: Ray Price

Cigar Store Indian, c. 1937. Creator: Ray Price
Cigar Store Indian, c. 1937

Background imageWheels Collection: Horse and Rider, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Philip Johnson

Horse and Rider, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Philip Johnson
Horse and Rider, 1935/1942

Background imageWheels Collection: Army Repair Shop, February 1864. Creator: Alexander Gardner

Army Repair Shop, February 1864. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Army Repair Shop, February 1864. Albumen print, pl. 70 from the album " Gardners Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

Background imageWheels Collection: Table (Drop-leaf), 1936. Creator: Nicholas Acampora

Table (Drop-leaf), 1936. Creator: Nicholas Acampora
Table (Drop-leaf), 1936

Background imageWheels Collection: Bureau, c. 1936. Creator: Grace Halpin

Bureau, c. 1936. Creator: Grace Halpin
Bureau, c. 1936

Background imageWheels Collection: Calash and Horses, c. 1940. Creator: John Hall

Calash and Horses, c. 1940. Creator: John Hall
Calash and Horses, c. 1940

Background imageWheels Collection: Court Ladies Dragging a Cabinet along the Floor, 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman

Court Ladies Dragging a Cabinet along the Floor, 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Court Ladies Dragging a Cabinet along the Floor, 19th century

Background imageWheels Collection: Sheet 13 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859. Creator: Juan Llorens

Sheet 13 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859. Creator: Juan Llorens
Sheet 13 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859

Background imageWheels Collection: Sheet 5 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, ca. 1850-70. Creator: Juan Llorens

Sheet 5 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, ca. 1850-70. Creator: Juan Llorens
Sheet 5 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, ca. 1850-70

Background imageWheels Collection: Gravure al Eau Forte, Machine aBalotter: pl. VI, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Unknown

Gravure al Eau Forte, Machine aBalotter: pl. VI, 1771 / 1779. Creator: Unknown
Gravure a l Eau Forte, Machine a Balotter: pl. VI, 1771/1779

Background imageWheels Collection: Leading carriages, showing the tube, piston, heater, closing wheels &c. 1845

Leading carriages, showing the tube, piston, heater, closing wheels &c. 1845. Diagram showing an atmospheric railway, a system using air pressure for locomotion, invented by Clegg and Samuda

Background imageWheels Collection: The car, 1844. Creator: Unknown

The car, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The car, 1844. Special seat in which nationalist politician Daniel O Connell was conveyed through the streets of Dublin, Ireland, after his release from prison. At length Mr

Background imageWheels Collection: The Chaldeans Carrying Away the Pillars of the Temple of Jerusalem

The Chaldeans Carrying Away the Pillars of the Temple of Jerusalem, from The Disasters of the Jewish People, plate 17, 1569

Background imageWheels Collection: Unloading Supplies for U. S. Military Railroad opposite Richmond, Virginia, ca. 1865

Unloading Supplies for U. S. Military Railroad opposite Richmond, Virginia, ca. 1865
Unloading Supplies for U.S. Military Railroad opposite Richmond, Virginia, ca. 1865. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Background imageWheels Collection: Fork, 1861-65. Creator: Unknown

Fork, 1861-65. Creator: Unknown
Fork, 1861-65. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Background imageWheels Collection: Coxs Landing, James River, 1864. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell

Coxs Landing, James River, 1864. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell
Coxs Landing, James River, 1864. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Background imageWheels Collection: Tenby Lifeboat, 1853-56. Creator: John Dillwyn Llewelyn

Tenby Lifeboat, 1853-56. Creator: John Dillwyn Llewelyn
Tenby Lifeboat, 1853-56

Background imageWheels Collection: Deck of the Great Eastern, the Cable Trough, etc. 1866, 1865-66

Deck of the Great Eastern, the Cable Trough, etc. 1866, 1865-66

Background imageWheels Collection: 1927 G. W. K. Chummy. Creator: Unknown

1927 G. W. K. Chummy. Creator: Unknown
1927 G.W.K. Chummy

Background imageWheels Collection: Square-Box Buggy On Side-Bars, 1885. Creator: Unknown

Square-Box Buggy On Side-Bars, 1885. Creator: Unknown
Square-Box Buggy On Side-Bars, 1885. 19th century light horse-drawn vehicle. Scale, three-quarter inch. Colored Plate No. LXIV from " The Hub", October 1885. [New York, 1885]

Background imageWheels Collection: Patent Landau, 1809. Creator: Unknown

Patent Landau, 1809. Creator: Unknown
Patent Landau, 1809. Horse-drawn vehicle designed by Anglo-German polymath Rudolph Ackermann, who as well as being a coach-builder, was also a bookseller, inventor, lithographer

Background imageWheels Collection: The International Exhibition: carriage by Stevenson and Elliot, of Stirling, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: carriage by Stevenson and Elliot, of Stirling, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: carriage by Stevenson and Elliot, of Stirling, 1862. The door-glasses...are especially devoted to illustrating the progress of the colony of Victoria [in

Background imageWheels Collection: The International Exhibition: Messrs. Harrison and Son's power-loom for weaving flax, 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Harrison and Son's power-loom for weaving flax, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Harrison and Son's power-loom for weaving flax, 1862. This loom combines many important improvements

Background imageWheels Collection: The Town Wall of Regensberg, 1817. Creator: Johann Christian Erhard

The Town Wall of Regensberg, 1817. Creator: Johann Christian Erhard
The Town Wall of Regensberg, 1817

Background imageWheels Collection: Smoking tyres during tyre burn-out. Creator: Unknown

Smoking tyres during tyre burn-out. Creator: Unknown
Smoking tyres during tyre burn-out

Background imageWheels Collection: Manufacture of railway wagons, wagon of wheels and suspension of a car

Manufacture of railway wagons, wagon of wheels and suspension of a car

Background imageWheels Collection: Axle wheels of a steam train engine

Axle wheels of a steam train engine

Background imageWheels Collection: Civil constructions, different types of train cars, joining systems, brakes and wheels

Civil constructions, different types of train cars, joining systems, brakes and wheels, engraving, 1900

Background imageWheels Collection: Ancient History. Persia. War chariot with sickles in their wheels. German engraving, 1865

Ancient History. Persia. War chariot with sickles in their wheels. German engraving, 1865

Background imageWheels Collection: Plan and perspective of the steam engine and wheels tree of the Clermont ship, built

Plan and perspective of the steam engine and wheels tree of the Clermont ship, built by Robert Fulton in 1807



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