German post coach on hand powered ferry art, 1832

Produced for a Schlesien (Silesia) postal traffic exhibition in Breslau (today Wroclaw in Poland) in 1932.

breathe easy bus environment advertisement, India

"1 bus means 40 less autos spewing toxic fumes"

'all I need in bed is a good book'

1956 Riley Pathfinder advert

According to the UK inflation calculator £940 in 1956 is about £19,900 now and £471 PT (purchase tax?) is £10,000 (ouch!).

1931 Vickers-Supermarine Rolls Royce seaplane

website dedicated to the ill fated 'Wahine'

Seen in January 1968, nearly at the Inter-Island wharf in Wellington harbour at the finish of a daylight voyage from Lyttelton. (Warwick W.G. Pryce photo)

The book Strait Crossing: the ferries of Cook Strait through time contains plenty about the inter-island ferry Wahine which lasted from 1966 to 1968 but those who want more should check out this website.

1954 Ford adverts

1953 Chevrolet bus chassis / GM motor advert, France

two stroke, no valves, high torque

Wellington Head

It is? Whether Pencarrow, Breaker Bay or Sinclair on the south coast, we ponder whether the artist of this, published in The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia from 1886, had even seen a photo let alone visited in person. Totally unsuitable for navigation purposes...

Fiat railcar in Vevi station, Greece

On a single track standard gauge line from Florina to Thessaloniki and Bitola in Macedonia.