The StreeetLife is like the Riverside in Glasgow loaded with some well preserved old time methods of getting from here to there.
Tom Sheppard was the director and initial collector in the first half of the last century
This Voiturette by Henry Sturmy in 1900
Coventry (Eng) Motette Tandem Tricycle 1898
A mitered”wagonette” from France
This De Dion Quad is from France in 1899
A USA built White Stanhope Steam Car by the White Sewing Machine Co in 1901
Manchester got into the game with a Marshall in 1901
River Hull from Museum deck. And divers bicycles including penny farthings, no pedals and a bicycle built for 3? How romantic!
My Lady Chesterfield navigated winter in her sleigh and Cyrano in the rear
A Landeau coach from 1860’s
OK. A 1895 Wagonette Brake. A wagonette has seats facing each other not forwards and a “brake” is used to “break” a young horse to pulling a cart
The advantage offered by a Barouche was it is low enough that no step was needed to enter
An 1860 Park Drag. Drag being slang at the time to describe a smart looking well built coach
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