A woman horse cab driver (or possibly a model posing as a driver) comforts her horse in this postcard from early 1900s Paris. The image is part of the delightful Femmes Cocher collection gathered by Winnipeg librarian and former taxicab driver Norman Beattie. The series celebrates the early role of women in the Paris taxi trade.

Driver Laurie Graham sends this photo of a sunny moment with passenger Cheryl Damico at Fort Point. The Golden Gate Bridge is in the background, along with Laurie's rear-loading ramp taxi.

Illustrator Bill Russell featured Chuck Hawkins on the "Taxi Driver of the Month" page of TODO magazine, which is distributed in San Francisco taxicabs. See more driver illustrations at Profile Reportage. Illustration copyright by Bill Russell 2007.

Yellow 831 begins the steep descent down California Street toward the San Francisco Financial District. This is a nice image linking taxis and San Francisco's unique geography. Drivers ought to be able to come up with a whole slew of shots that showcase our city and our taxicabs. Copyright by and courtesy of FreeFoto.com.

A cab at night leaves streaks of light and reflections on cable car tracks in this image taken from Jones Street looking towards Chinatown.

Another entry in the cab-at-night category shows a view from near City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. A Luxor Cab streaks through the honky-tonk district of North Beach.

The driver has a Bohemian look and the passenger is scowling in this evocative painting by Lawrence Montgomery. The scene is probably in the Mission District, and the time is late-70s or early-80s. Maybe someone can pin the year down a little closer by identifying the model year of the car? The large painting hangs in the office of Supervisor Tom Ammianno in San Francisco's City Hall and is reproduced here by permission.

The photos on this page don't all have to be San Francisco scenes, and they don't all have to be happy scenes either. In this picture, Iraqi police officers inspect a Baghdad taxicab. In addition to the usual hazards of cab driving, at least two Baghdad drivers have lost their lives to suicide bombers using the cabs to get close to their targets. To read more about one of the toughest jobs in the world, see the article Iraqi taxi drivers risk death daily.

These photos are in remembrance of two guys who we know would get a kick out of these pages. Cliff Lundberg and Mike (Taxiglut) Sealey were long time contributors to online discussion of all things taxi-related. Both died way before their times. The photo of Mike is of unknown origin, possibly a wedding picture. Cliff is pictured in an Aloha shirt at a City Hall demonstration against Proposition Y in the early 90s (Among other things, Y would have imposed a dress code for taxicab drivers.)