1980 Talbot Sunbeam

 

1947 Austin 110 promotional art

1977 Chevrolet Camaro

1946 GM Coach

Based out of Salem, Massachusetts.  No date, but the car in the background suggests late 1960s.

Soviet D1 300-3 diesel-hydraulic multiple unit

Seen in front of the builder -- Ganz-Mavag, Hungary -- in early 1967 These were 4-car sets built between 1963 and 1989 for 1524 mm gauge and had a top speed of 120 km/h, and were equipped with two 730-hp Ganz-Jendrassik type 12 VFE 17/24 prime movers.  Axle arrangement was A1A-2 / 2-2 / 2-2 / 2-A1A, later changed to 1B-2 / 2-2 / 2-2 / 2-B1.

pre-WW2 Scottish paddlesteamer 'Jupiter'

This was launched on 9 April 1937 by Fairfield Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. of Glasgow. Power was from triple expansion 3-cylinder diagonal steam engines, 25, 39 and 61 inches x 60 inches stroke

Dimensions were 223'6" x 30'1" (68.1 x 9.2 metres); capacity tonnage was 642 grt.

The vessel served during World War 2 as the minesweeper HMS Scawfell at Milford Haven and Dover and was used as escort ship in the North Sea and an anti-aircraft defence vessel on the Thames. She attended the Normandy Allied landings in 1944. Following the war she returned to Clyde River service in February 1946, the first war "returnee" to do so.

Jupiter operated initially the Holy Loch route and later mainly railway connection services from Gourock to Dunoon (1952) and Wemyss Bay to Rothesay (1953-54).

Eventual scrapping took place in Dublin in 1961.

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Billings 'Land Yacht', L.A. area, 1930s

C.K.G. Billings' private vehicle that he termed the "Land Yacht"; a chauffeur can be seen opening the front passenger door. The Land Yacht was as large as a sightseeing bus and could accommodate a party of six people and attendants. It had main compartments at the front and back, as well as a central section devoted to a kitchen, electric icebox and shower bath. The rear of the automobile was an observation sitting room with room for bridge tables, and both of the passenger sections could be converted into sleeping quarters. Mr. Billings' Land Yacht may have been an early and luxurious version of the modern-day RV.

Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings, or C.K.G. Billings, was a wealthy industrialist, a noted horseman, and a tycoon from Chicago. In 1901 Billings retired at the age of 40 as the President of the People's Gas, Light and Coke Company in Chicago; the company was family owned.  (L.A. Public Library)

people boarding a bus at the Tract Office, Hollywoodland, greater L.A., 1920s

As most know, Hollywoodland was the original name; the 'land' was dropped in 1949. (L.A. Public Library collection)

barges at Quai de la Bourse, Rouen, France, early 20th century

 On the Seine River.

Ellerman's City Line to and from India poster, 1924

The ship shown, SS City of Naples was launched in 1908 and wrecked in 1926 on Zenisu reef, Miyage Island, on a voyage from the UK to Yokohama -- info