Tipoia / Palanquin / Palkhi / Sedan chair/ Alikoke / Bush car / Horse litter / Hand litter / Bush ambulance around the world
A portable Roman dignitary
A Roman taxi
Buster Keaton left behind in Roman times (from 'Three Ages')
China's Qing Dynasty sedan chair in the 17th century
Tortuga taxi in the 17th century ('Spanish Main', 1945)
Ailing Ben Franklin being carried in the 19th century
Japanese dignitary being carried in the 19th century
A palanquin, or palkhi in India in the 19th century
African Porta_Princess in the 19th century
Indian Prince's Sedan Chair in the 19th century
Comparable Hand litter on the US prairie - 1859 - Read book online
Horse litter on the US prairie - 1859 - Read book online
19th century, taxi for the Indian nobility

1900s a Tipoia as a paid taxis service

1905 Transport in Machila, Angola (postcard)

1920s 'Alikoke bush car' to fit narrow trails, missionary invention (from Wilson's 'Angola beloved')

1924 East Africa equivalent Sedan chair (Osa Johnson, from "I married Adventure')

Early Asian ambulance

1920's Bush taxi (from Kongo 1932)

1953 Madeira (sled) road transport

1960's Bush ambulance in Congo, from 'Monganga Paul' Carlson
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