About the collection

Nick Baldwin's lifelong enthusiasm led him to amass 100,000 photographs and 6000 files of papers on the theme of road transport.

The largest part of the Collection comprises photographs, brochures and newspaper cuttings relating to cars, buses and trucks in the Twentieth Century. It also covers coachbuilding, components, motoring, and vehicle ownership.

Aspects of social history are also recorded in the collection through advertising material and corporate publications including:

The General Strike, 1926	Role of women in transport	Road safety
Environment	Changing street scenes	Wartime
Caravanning and camping	Leisure	Transport overseas
Garages	Horse-drawn transport