Series of illustrations for RBC magazine N.179 03—05 | 2024
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THE CAB DRIVER HAS ARRIVED!
History of the profession from pre-Petrine times to the present day.
While working on the illustrations, it was very exciting to look at the photographs of those times. An interesting fact — in 1927, car carriers were forbidden to drive on the sidewalk, tie their horses to street lamps and trees, railings and poles, and ride lame or sick horses.
A hundred years later, we've come to the basics.
Coachmen on Red Square. The end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century.
Moscow main archiv. ↓
In the '90s, there was a common myth that a CD disk on the windshield helped cheat radar and thus avoid a fine. In practice, however, it was just a sun visor and quite a convenient storage option.
