Category: Vehicles & Transportation

Travel back to the days of classic cars, trains, and planes. This gallery showcases the machines that revolutionized mobility.
From luxury automobiles to wartime trucks, explore the evolution of transportation and design.

#27 A motor iceboat invented by Dr. Thadeus D. Smith of Wisconsin reaches seventy miles an hour during its test on a frozen lake.

Vehicles & Transportation
#43 The legendary Schlörwagen Pillbug (1936) with a huge propeller and Soviet a five-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine (100 or 125 hp), added during WWII.

Vehicles & Transportation
#8 STCP 143, a 1910 Brill-23 semi convertible platforma salao 4-wheel tram on Rua dos Martires da Liberdade on 11 June 1974

Vehicles & Transportation
#24 STCP 193, a 1932 Brill 28 type semi convertible 4-wheel tram on the pedestrianised Rua de Santa Catarina to Amial on 27 April 1977

Vehicles & Transportation
#8 Carol the elephant from the San Diego Zoo introduces the Super Saver pass in 1976

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#24 San Diego Chicken getting a ride at Fashion Valley Transit Center in December 1977

Vehicles & Transportation
#40 All MTS buses have bike racks now, but in the 1970s and 1980s, only selected routes were equipped, such as Route 41 connecting UCSD and Fashion Valley

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#6 A #76 Hamilton car on Hamilton Ave. near 5th Ave. in Pittsburgh, PA on June 26, 1965

Vehicles & Transportation
#22 A Shannon-library at the P&LE transfer near Smithfield St. Bridge, Pittsburgh, PA on September 1, 1965

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#38 West view along East St. in Pittsburgh, PA on June 26, 1965

Vehicles & Transportation