2nd Grade Transportation

By elizabethmorris
  • 2000 BCE

    Horses

    Horses
    Horses are tamed in order to use for transportation.
    Transportation. India, None. [Between 1890 and 1923] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001705509/.

  • Hot Air Balloons

    Hot Air Balloons
    An illustration of a hot air balloon being raised.
    (ca. 1783) Moyen infaillible d'enlever les Balloons. , ca. 1783. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003681190/.

  • Steam Boat connecting canals of United States

    Steam Boat connecting canals of United States
    The patent for the first steamboat was made in 1791, where in 1787 it was put to the test to gain a paid patent. Picture of Fitch's steamboat from 1850s.

  • Steam Powered Locomotive Running

    Steam Powered Locomotive Running
    Diagram of what the first Steam Locomotive looked like.
    (1814) [Early steam locomotive with toothed "propelling wheel" which gripped a ribbed rail while other wheels rode on a smooth rail, and two coal cars]. , 1814. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006691760/.

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train
    Wagon Trains were used with pioneers and westward travelers of early America. Wagon train crossing pontoon bridge, Rappahannock River, below Fredericksburg, Va. Fredericksburg United States Virginia, None. [Photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed between 1880 and 1889] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012649536/.

  • Railroad Act

    Railroad Act
    in 1862 Congress passed the Railroad Act, where the east and west coast of the United States would be connected by railroad and trains. Beard, F. (1869) "Does not such a meeting make amends?" / FB. Utah, 1869. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002720304/.

  • First automobile on Pennsylvania Avenue

    First automobile on Pennsylvania Avenue
    In 1896, the first automobile made it's appearance on Pennsylvania Avenue. (1896) First automobile on Pa. Avenue, 1896. Washington D.C, 1896. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96513431/.

  • Wright Brothers Motor Airplane

    Wright Brothers Motor Airplane
    The Wright Brothers write about their first flight in this document in 1903.
    (1903) Octave Chanute Papers:Special Correspondence--Wright Brothers, 1903. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/wright002809/.

  • Train rides become Entertainment

    Train rides become Entertainment
    People enjoy dinner on a train car. (ca. 1905) Entire Dining Car Interior. , ca. 1905. May 15. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99401038/.

  • First Transpacific Flight

    First Transpacific Flight
    Pilot of the first flight over the pacific ocean receive flowers from Natives.(1935) [Duke Kahanamoku placing bouquet of Hawaiian flowers on airplane after first transpacific flight]. , 1935. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/95522263/.

  • Streamline car

    Streamline car
    In 1939 streamline cars were essential for cities and traveling. Greydon Co, C., Gottscho-Schleisner, I., photographer. (1939) Streamline car. Sunnyside yard. New York, 1939. Sept. 28. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gsc1994014054/PP/.

  • Song about a Railroader

    Song about a Railroader
    Russ Pike sings a folk song about railroaders, the growing idea of transportation. in the future cars will overpower trains. Pike, R. (1941) Railroader. Visalia FSA Camp, CA. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/toddbib000498/.

  • American Airliner

    American Airliner
    Passengers sit in an airplane, taking them to their destination. Collier, J., photographer. (1941) Passengers aboard an American airliner. United States, 1941. Dec. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/fsa2000052930/PP/.

  • More Cars = Drive Thrus

    More Cars = Drive Thrus
    Drive Thru restaurant in 1942, Texas. Cars become very popular, in return restaurants are made to accommodate. Rothstein, A., photographer. (1942) Barbecue drive-in restaurant. Fort Worth-Dallas highway, Texas. Fort Worth Tarrant County Texas, 1942. Jan. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/fsa2000006272/PP/.

  • Air Travel for Vacation

    Air Travel for Vacation
    Air travel is now sold to bring the joy of traveling to a consumer instead of the use of traveling goods from one place to another. Leffler, W. K., photographer. (1957) "Package vacation," at airlines office. , 1957. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017657571/.

  • Bridges and Highways of today

    Bridges and Highways of today
    A picture of a highway and bridges for cars that are still here today. Historic American Engineering Record, C., Connecticut Highway Department,(1968) Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at State Route 165, New Canaan, Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ct0471/.

  • 1955 until Today not Used Coal Station and Railroad

    1955 until Today not Used Coal Station and Railroad
    The disappearing of railroads are rampant with the building of more highways for cars. Trains and United States resources (coal) are less abundant and now rely on other transportation. Trains are disappearing.