Road
Northgate Street
Photograph of Northgate Street in Chester. The image is of Northgate street with a Sign for Northgate Terrace down one of the alleys. There are a few cars on the road and a number of pedestrians walking along the road. The Hardmans had a second studio in Chester from 1938-1958.
Ralli Car, 1906.
Print. One of a series of designs for various types of horse-drawn transport by J & C Cooper published in the Coachbuilders and Wheelwrights' Art Journal.
Bridge Street towards Lower Bridge Street
This photograph is a view of Bridge Street, Chester, looking towards Lower Bridge Street. Two 17th century buildings are in the top left of the composition on Bridge street, one is a shop called The Creamery which was a tea shop and is advertising "Lyons tea" in the window. Further along the row there are shops with signs saying "R. W . Dunn- Chemist and Pharmacist" and next to this "Woodson". On the same side of the road is St Michael's Church which was later deconsecrated and turned into a Heritage Centre in 1975. The side of the road where Hardman has taken the image from there is a balcony which frames the rest of the composition. Along the road cars are parked. The style of these suggests this images was taken in the 1940s. The Hardmans had a second studio in Chester from 1938-1958.
Cunard Building Parapet and Overhead Railway (with Goree)
Photograph showing a decorative parapet of the Cunard building which dominates the right of the image, and the Overhead railway below, with a road which runs along the side of the Goree Piazza arcade. A car is driving along the road and in the distance people can be seen crossing the road. The Goree Piazza arcade was bombed in the Second World War and finally demolished in 1958. A similar view was published in the Daily Post November 1937
Mr Train's tramway, between Marble Arch and Notting Hill Gate, London, 1861.
Lithograph showing the single-decker horse-drawn tram 'Victoria' and the double-decker 'Napoleon' pasing Marble Arch in London. George Francis Train, an American author and entrepreneur, introduced the first trams in Birkenhead in 1860 and London in 1861. The lines in London were laid in Bayswater, Victoria and Kennington, with the cars pulled by horses. Train's innovative mode of transport was not popular, partly because the design of rails used stood proud above the road surface if incorrectly laid, creating an obstacle to other types of road vehicle. The London lines were removed after only a few months. Trams did make a comeback, however, after the pasing of an Act of Parliament in 1870 permitting the laying of tramways in London.
Car on Forest Road
Photograph of Chambré Hardman's car parked on a wooded road. Hardman took a number of picture of the Daimler car in different surroundings.
Princes car, c 1907.
Print. One of a series of designs for various types of horse-drawn transport by J & C Cooper published in the Coachbuilders and Wheelwrights' Art Journal.
Overhead Railway and Dock Road 2
Photograph of a very busy street scene with a variety of different types of transport on Dock Road, Liverpool. In the background the tops of masts are visible showing the picture was taken very close to the river Mersey with buildings of Prince's Dock East in front. The overhead railway is clear in this image with advertising for Walker's brewery on the side it says Walker's Warrington & Falstaff Ales and Walker's Highland Whisky. The traffic moving away from the camera next to the railway is varied. There are a few cars but mainly horse-drawn carts which are transporting goods to the dock area. One of these carts says "Hovis" on the back of it. In the distance there is a very old style van/lorry with "Armstrong, Litherland & Crosby, Liverpool" written on the side. The traffic is three vans and one horse drawn cart with barrels on. Along the road a number of cars and carts are parked. Tram tracks run along this area in a number of directions and the wires needed to power them cut across most of the image due to the angle the photograph was taken at.
Edward Chambré Hardman with Camera and Car
This is an image of the photographer, Edward Chambré Hardman, taken by his wife Margaret. It show him standing up in his car, park on a country road, with its roof partially down. He is holding a camera and looking at the sky with it's dark clouds above him. In many of Hardman's landscape images, such as The Rick" 770 ECH/1/1/003 , clouds play a significant part in the composition.
Ford Model Y saloon car: 20th century
Ford Model Y saloon car. The Model Y Ford '8' motorcar went from the drawing board to production at Ford's Dagenham, Essex factory in just 10 months. The first one left Dagenham on 10 August 1932. The little car was felt to combine modern looks with superior performance. Production of the Model Y ended in 1937. By the end of the 1930s, motor vehicles reigned supreme on London's roads with over 350,000 Londoners owning a car.
'You Tak' the High Road and I'll Tak' the Rail Road', BR poster, 1960s.
Poster produced for British Railways (BR) to advertise their expres services to Scotland. Illustrated with two Scottish men, one taking the train the other travelling by car.
Dock Road Traffic
This is an image of the traffic on the Dock Road, Liverpool. It shows a number of cars and vans, many with items in the back which have either just come from the dock or are heading there to be transported. One of the vans says Haulage Contractor above the drivers seat. Tram tracks are visible on the road.
'Motorail - You're Chauffer Driven All the Way..', BR poster, 1982.
'Motorail - You've Chauffer Driven All the Way .. and You Just Sleep Away the Miles'. Poster produced for British Rail (BR) Motorail, promoting overnight services whereby pasengers' cars could be transported by rail while the pasenger himself travelled in comfort in a sleeper compartment. The illustration shows a man reading in bed on board a train, while on the roads drivers queue in traffic jams in the rain. Printed in Great Britain by Xeniacrest Ltd.
Ralli Car, c 1903.
Print. One of a series of designs for various types of horse-drawn transport by J & C Cooper published in the Coachbuilders and Wheelwrights' Art Journal.
Sands, Chester
Photograph of Sands, a shop in Chester. It is situated in a clack and white half timbered building. To the right of the picture another shop can be seen, and 'sale' signs can be seen in the windows. There are two cars on the road in front of the buildings.
Mersey Tunnel Dock Road Entrance
This shows the entrance to the Mersey tunnel from the Dock Road. Horses and carts, cars, and tramlines can be seen on the street. The overhead railway is visible in the bottom left of the composition, with an advertisement for 'Walkers Imperial Stout' on the railings.
De Dion Bouton, 1904 and Lanchester, 1903.
Two colour offset lithograph made between 1965-1980, showing a pair of veteran cars. Printed in ink on foolscap paper using a Rotaprint, the image was produced as a demonstration of printing in the Science Museum's Printing Gallery.
Mersey Tunnel Interior
This is quite a stunning image of the Mersey tunnel, Liverpool. It was taken by Hardman at night as shown by the light on on the outer edge of the tunnel. What is particularly effective is the marks on the road caused by tyres as cars speed through the tunnel. The marks are light in contrast with the darkness of the tarmac and initially look like they are from the lights of a speeding car. The Fast and Slow" lanes are clearly marked out on the tarmac of the tunnel and lights above each lane also define the speed which can be driven.
