OLD STYLE: FOUR-IN-HAND COACH AND HANSOM CAB

The following images are from the book "King's Empire" published in 2 volumes the early 1900s. The photographs were taken at the height of the British Empire. The books are available in higher resolution for download as PDF ebooks at www.ozebook.com

OLD STYLE: FOUR-IN-HAND COACH AND HANSOM CAB. It is said that the English are the most conservative of people. It is at any rate true that when they have got hold of a good thing they do not like to part with it. Hence, although the days of the stage coach as a necessity have long been numbered, the days of the four-in-hand drag—with its spanking horses, its red-coated guard, its long post horn, its skilful driver—have come, and seem likely to endure. Throughout the summer many a well-appointed coach leaves London. Behind the coach may be seen the vehicle which is indigenous to the Metropolis—the Hansom Cab, the " Gondola" of London. (Page 7.)