Overhead Railway and Dock Road 2
Photograph of a very busy street scene with a variety of different types of transport on Dock Road, Liverpool. In the background the tops of masts are visible showing the picture was taken very close to the river Mersey with buildings of Prince's Dock East in front. The overhead railway is clear in this image with advertising for Walker's brewery on the side it says Walker's Warrington & Falstaff Ales and Walker's Highland Whisky. The traffic moving away from the camera next to the railway is varied. There are a few cars but mainly horse-drawn carts which are transporting goods to the dock area. One of these carts says "Hovis" on the back of it. In the distance there is a very old style van/lorry with "Armstrong, Litherland & Crosby, Liverpool" written on the side. The traffic is three vans and one horse drawn cart with barrels on. Along the road a number of cars and carts are parked. Tram tracks run along this area in a number of directions and the wires needed to power them cut across most of the image due to the angle the photograph was taken at.
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Bridge Street towards Lower Bridge Street
This photograph is a view of Bridge Street, Chester, looking towards Lower Bridge Street. Two 17th century buildings are in the top left of the composition on Bridge street, one is a shop called The Creamery which was a tea shop and is advertising "Lyons tea" in the window. Further along the row there are shops with signs saying "R. W . Dunn- Chemist and Pharmacist" and next to this "Woodson". On the same side of the road is St Michael's Church which was later deconsecrated and turned into a Heritage Centre in 1975. The side of the road where Hardman has taken the image from there is a balcony which frames the rest of the composition. Along the road cars are parked. The style of these suggests this images was taken in the 1940s. The Hardmans had a second studio in Chester from 1938-1958.
Mersey Tunnel Dock Road Entrance
This shows the entrance to the Mersey tunnel from the Dock Road. Horses and carts, cars, and tramlines can be seen on the street. The overhead railway is visible in the bottom left of the composition, with an advertisement for 'Walkers Imperial Stout' on the railings.
'Pneumatiques Cuir Samson', poster, c 1910.
French poster printed by Kosuth & Cie, Paris, featuring a coloured lithograph of a naked man of strength testing a Samson pneumatic tyre. The invention of the pneumatic tyre by John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921) in 1888 revolutionised wheeled transport. Initially used on bicycles, the new tyres gave a much smoother, more comfortable ride. In 1895 the Michelin brothers, who later went on to become one of the foremost tyre manufacturers, completed the Paris-Bordeaux car race in a vehicle fitted with pneumatic tyres, getting through 22 inner tubes in the proces. In the early days of motoring, tyres were expensive and prone to puncturing, a problem made worse by the poor road surfaces of the time.
Welshpool Street Scene, Early Morning
This is a street scene was taken in the early morning in Welshpool (Y Trallwng), Wales. There are two old men talking on the corner of the street. In the distance a car is driving along the road.
Unidentified Petrol Pumps
Photograph of petrol pumps outside Bollingbroke Automobile Co. Ltd. in Prestbury, Cheshire. The photograph was taken from the other side of the road, and signs to the car park, and to Wilmslow and Stockport can be seen. To the left and right of the image are houses.
Car on Forest Road
Photograph of Chambré Hardman's car parked on a wooded road. Hardman took a number of picture of the Daimler car in different surroundings.