Cab Equipment
Inspect the onboard hardware, interior modifications, and external markers built specifically for taxi duty.
Inside this collection
Roof Signs
See how lit domes and rooftop beacons alerted midnight crowds to available rides.
Partition Screens
Explore heavy glass and steel dividers installed to safeguard drivers and passengers.
Fare Boxes
Learn how coin chutes and secure metal vaults gathered passenger payments.
Vacant Flags
Trace the mechanical arm drivers pulled down to start calculating journey costs.
Jump Seats
Discover fold-down interior chairs engineered to pack extra travelers into roomy passenger cabins.
Foot Alarms
Find out about secret floor pedals rigged to trigger exterior warning lights in emergencies.
Luggage Racks
Examine open front platforms and roof frames fitted to haul steamer trunks and heavy suitcases.
Intercom Units
Look back at small speaker grilles that carried conversation through thick cab partitions.
City stories deserve
a closer reading.
We trace the records behind the ride: drivers, fares, closed associations and changing streets. Evidence comes before the legend.
Our approach