1897 Bersey Electric Taxi Size:M: 50 x 40cm aids keeper Pat Dunne

aids keeper Pat Dunne

and the City of London is visible in the distance

laterally inverted for use with a vue d'optique viewing box

Also showing figures and household items on the street

The house was once associated with Captain William Lane Esq and the printing trade

1897 Bersey Electric Taxi Size:M: 50 x 40cm aids keeper Pat Dunne1897 Bersey Electric Taxi. This was the first type of self propelled cab licensed for hire in London and came from the fleet of the London Electrical Cab Company. It had a range of thirty miles between battery charges, hardly sufficient for a day's work. The batteries were positioned in a tray under the chassis. This is believed to be the only survivor of seventy similar cabs built.