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A Peugeot motorboat car, in Britain. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images).
1925
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Back views of an English invention capable of being used as a car, boat and
plane. Showing are a tail fin, rudder and propeller. It also has two wings
which can fold back and another propeller at the front. (Photo by London
Express/Getty Images). 27th February 1928
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A Fulgar show-model car made by French car manufacturers, Simca. Designed
for the year 2000 it is intended to be atomically powered, guided by radar
and using only two wheels balanced by gyroscopes when driven at over 150
kph. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 1958
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A caterpillar driven ferry with a 24 horsepower engine takes holidaymakers
from the mainland at Bigbury in Devon to Burgh Island, a quarter of a mile
away. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 4th April 1935
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The James Samson Handyman electric cart offered for sale at £86.00
complete. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1953
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A one-man anti-gas ambulance and resuscitator, designed and made for use by
the Home Guard. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 29th July 1941
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A fun vehicle for the young at heart, The Bugle Buggy, a fibre glass
bodyshell mounted on a Volkswagen chassis and engine. (Photo by Fred
Mott/Evening Standard/Getty Images). 5th August 1970
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“Haywire”, one of the snowcats used by Dr. Fuch's and his Commonwealth
explorers on their journey across the Antarctic continent, arrives at
Tilbury from New Zealand, via Antwerp. (Photo by Central Press/Getty
Images). 10th May 1958
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Mr. Graham's novel three-wheel car designed to look like an armoured car,
being used to take himself and his bride on honeymoon after their wedding.
(Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). August 1931
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Joan Blondell (1909–1979) the friendly comedienne is riding on an American
railway truck, during the filming of her latest film, “Other Men's Women”,
directed by William Wellman for Warner Brothers. (Photo by Hulton
Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1931
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Swiss engineer M. Gerder at Arles, France on his way to Spain in his
“Motorwheel”, a motorcycle with a wheel which runs on a rail placed inside
a solid rubber tyre. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1st September 1931
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Salesman Mike Dreschler has his motorised roller skates refuelled at a
petrol station near Hartford, Connecticut. He has a single horsepower
air-cooled engine strapped to his back and holds a clutch, accelerator and
engine cut-off switch in his hand. (Photo by F. Roy Kemp/BIPs/Getty
Images). 11th May 1961
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Three trycycles make car for two. Dr. J. B. Hanson and wife demonstrate
their car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). Circa 1931
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Queen Mary (1867–1953) with Princess Mary, the Princess Royal (1897–1965)
being driven across rough ground in a tracked car by Army officers. (Photo
by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1920
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The new Amphicar, which can be driven on land or water, is used as a
fishing boat by its owner at the start of the salmon fishing season on the
River Tay, Scotland. The “aqua” car is German built, fitted with a Triumph
Herald engine and can reach speeds of 7.5 knots in water. (Photo by Fox
Photos/Getty Images). 17th January 1964
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A trackless train leaving King George V Dock for London. (Photo by Topical
Press Agency/Getty Images). 1926
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Customers buying snacks at the bar of a bus. (Photo by Topical Press
Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1933
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A Blackpool single decker tram. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). Circa
1934
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A man with his small, runaround cycle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty
Images). Circa 1921
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A submarine motor car, which can travel both on land and underwater and is
equipped with a 4 hp engine and steel fins on both sides. (Photo by Horace
Abrahams/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1st December 1937
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A three-wheeled car made by Mr. A. Graham of Kingston, Surrey. The vehicle,
designed in a nautical style, reaches a maximum speed of 70 miles an hour
with a body made entirely of sheet iron. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty
Images). April 1929
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Arthur Parkes, a television engineer from Dudley in Worcestershire, is the
proud holder of the first mobile television licence to be issued in
Britain. Mr. Parkes has confounded the British Broadcasting Corporation by
proving that aircraft are capable of receiving television transmissions.
(Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images). December 1955
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A miniature truck carrying a party of children in open carriages next to a
London and North Eastern railway steam engine on a platform at Ilford
railway station, Essex. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Topical Press Agency/Getty
Images). 2nd June 1934
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Prototype for a car-about-town, La Quasar, designed by Quasar Kahn. The car
allows easy access from all four sides and can reach speeds of 95kph.
(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 12th June 1967
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Two Victorian ladies out for a drive with their chauffeur. (Photo by
Keystone/Getty Images). Circa 1900
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The Dynasphere, an electrically-driven wheel, invented by Mr. J. A. Purves
of Taunton and his son. It had 2.5 horse power and once attained a speed of
25 mph. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1932
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Georges Monneret arrives on Dover beach after successfully crossing the
Channel on his Douglas Vespa motorbike balanced on a pair of floats. (Photo
by Keystone/Getty Images). 1952
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Clive Talbot Of Chiswick, London, in his car built with the body of a boat.
(Photo by June Lander/BIPs/Getty Images). September 1959
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Students at Brooklyn High School in New York learn to handle the controls
of a car and experience simulated traffic conditions flashed onto a screen
by means of projected film, using the Aetna Drivotrainer. (Photo by
Keystone Features/Getty Images). March 1953
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Captain Malin with an amphibian Riley car going down the Severn. He is
taking a convoy of these cars for a London to Cape Town venture.The car is
mounted on a portable balloon apparatus and driven by its own power through
small paddles on the rear wheels. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press
Agency/Getty Images). 20th March 1931
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The “Urbania”, the world's smallest working car, invented by Marquis Piero
Bargagli of Poggio Adorno to solve the problem of limited parking space.
The engine is situated in the centre of the chassis and the seats rotate on
a circular rail, enabling the passengers to descend from any side. (Photo
by Franco Sestili/BIPs/Getty Images). December 1964
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An Adler Diplomat car, built in Germany in 1936, with its carburettor that
uses wood instead of petrol, fitted during World War II. (Photo by
Keystone/Getty Images). 21st November 1973
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Gas-driven taxis in a street in Birmingham. The gas bags on the roofs of
the taxis last about 15 to 20 miles without a refill. (Photo by A. J.
O'Brien/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 24th April 1940
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A car of totally new design, the automodul, driven by its designer J. P.
Ponthieu, at the opening of the first Racing Car and Cycle show in Paris.
(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 21st February 1970
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A motor iceboat invented by Dr. Thadeus D. Smith of Wisconsin reaches
seventy miles an hour during its test on a frozen lake. (Photo by Topical
Press Agency/Getty Images). 30th March 1925
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Baker Mr. Sillitoe has constructed a delivery van with the driver's cab and
the van in the shape of loaves of bread. (Photo by Topical Press
Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1925
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A stunt car being rolled. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images).
Circa 1925
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The newly built one horsepower Rytecraft lorry, believed to be the smallest
motor lorry in the world, on the North Circular Road with other traffic.
(Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 22nd January 1935
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With chains fitted properly on the wheels, the driver is just about ready
to race his midget car on the ice at Lily Pond, New Hampshire, USA. (Photo
by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955
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Model Gay McGregor shows off the latest 1956 model Bond Minicar
three-wheeler, at its London preview. (Photo by Folb/Topical Press
Agency/Getty Images). 4th November 1955
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The new Volkswagen travelling along the tracks of the Long Island railroad.
This versatile vehicle has two sets of wheels, tyres for the road and iron
wheels that fit directly onto the tracks. (Photo by Sherman/Three
Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1956
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Dr. Manfred Curry standing beside his invention, the Curry-Landskiff, a
man-powered vehicle which can reach speed of up to 35 miles per hour.
(Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1925
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A man and a woman riding in an “Auto Red Bug”, America's latest electric
2-seater runabout, in a London street. Driven by a 16 volt battery, it is
capable of 12 mph. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images).
1st March 1929
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A man cycling a “One-Man Car Cycle” in a street in the West End of London.
(Photo by Crouch/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). September 1928
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Holidaymakers riding the “train” at Butlin's Holiday Camp, Skegness,
Lincolnshire. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images). 5th August
1939
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A motor car at Brooklands race track which has been fitted with a propeller
for extra speed. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1st May 1911
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A man examining his electric car. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/Express/Getty
Images). 19th August 1948
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A vehicle invented by George McLaughlin which was designed to travel on ice
and snow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 1926
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Travelling to the Derby by chauffeur driven car. (Photo by Topical Press
Agency/Getty Images). UK, 2nd June 1911
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A new “People's Car”, with an entirely plastic body, designed to seat three
adults and two children and marketed as the cheapest car on the road.
(Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images). Circa 1954
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The back view of a Renault 4 CV car, parked in the centre of Copenhagen
with a large key fitted to the boot giving passers-by the impression of a
life-size clockwork car. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). Circa 1964
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Lord Brabazon, the pioneer British aviator, demonstrates the hover scooter
at Long Ditton in Surrey. The machine has been developed by American
engineer Charles Rhoades, and combines the hovercraft with a scooter
powered by a 250cc twin cylinder 2-stroke motorcycle engine. (Photo by Fox
Photos/Getty Images). 9th November 1960
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The Peugeot motor-boat car, on a river bank. The front end is shaped like
the bow of a boat, the middle part like a car and it has wheels. (Photo by
Fox Photos/Getty Images). October 1926
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A fruit importer's lorry at Covent Garden, London, with its driver's cabin
in the shape of an apple. (Photo by Harold Clements/London Express/Getty
Images). October 1928
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The “Urbania”, the world's smallest working car, invented by Marquis Piero
Bargagli of Poggio Adorno to solve the problem of limited parking space.
The engine is situated in the centre of the chassis and the seats rotate on
a circular rail, enabling the passengers to descend from any side. (Photo
by Franco Sestili/BIPs/Getty Images). December 1964
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An old car is used to harvest a field at Sprowston, Norfolk. (Photo by Fox
Photos/Getty Images). 24th August 1937
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The Regal four-seater coupe, produced by the Reliant Engineering Co.,
Tamworth, Staffordshire, on show at the Cycle and Motor Cycle Show at
Wasrl's Court in London. (Photo by Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Images). 14th
November 1952
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Navy recruits riding in car and trailer at the HMS Royal Arthur training
centre formerly Butlin's holiday camp, Skegness. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty
Images). 22nd February 1940
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