Jan. 17, 1964 The Amphicar is used as a fishing boat by its owner at the start of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay, Scotland. Image: Fox Photos/Getty Images A vehicle that promised to revolutionize drowning…. Dan Neil, Time Magazine Designed by Hanns Trippel and manufactured in West Germany by the Quant Group,…
Image: Chris Dorley-Brown On a warm May morning in 1986, Chris Dorley-Brown brought his camera to East London, looking to make a photo or two to capture the sell-off of Rolls Royce, one of the Tory government’s privatization initiatives which had been in the news lately. He soon encountered numerous traffic jams and snarls, and…
c. 1933 The Nash Motors automobile elevator display at the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago. Image: Chicago History Museum/Getty Images The invention and rapid adoption of the automobile at the turn of the 20th century presented an immediate problem: where to park so many vehicles, especially in dense urban areas. Above-ground and subterranean…