Call Collection

Masters of Malvern College
Illustration by Fred May showing the Headmaster of Malvern College, Mr Frank S. Preston, taking a roll-call of some of his staff. Malvern College is an independent school in Worcestershire, England

Malvern Water Cure (2)
(2 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Packing " Now this is what I call being jolly!"

Policeman at a police call box
A policeman on the phone at a police public call box on a London street

RAF Recruitment 1930a
Recruitment poster for the Royal Air Force..answers the call of the East

Have you answered the Red Cross Christmas roll call?. Poster showing a Red Cross nurse in a cloak, extending her hand, as soldiers march behind with an American flag. Date c1918

Police Car Chase 1991
Police officers driving a police car during a car chase, on the radio and wearing seatbelts. Metropolitan Police on an emergency call

Jack London / Call of Wild
Buck, sitting on the porch of Judge Millers house

Pensions Introduced
The scene at an English Post Office, when old age pensioners call in for the first time to receive their government pension

Witches Call Monsters
Scandinavian witches call up monsters while decent folk lie asleep

Policeman and Call Box
A police officer on the beat south of Pall Mall, central London, reports back to the station using a police call box

Jack London / Call of Wild
Bucks encounter with a frightened wolf

Advert promoting the Post Office Telephone Service. Date: 1932

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Call Boy. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Scottish American War Memorial, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dedicated to the men who answered The Call in 1914 to fight in the First World War Date: circa 1920s

Bill at Harrow School
Bill or call-over is a compulsory roll call, held in each House at Harrow School three times a day. Date: circa 1920s

Gracula religiosa indica, lesser hill myna
Plate 73, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Blonde in Bath 1960S
A blonde model sits in a trendy, but miniscule bubble bath, covering her embarrassment with a sponge whilst taking a phone call

Man in Bath
Just when he starts to enjoy a relaxing bath, a mouse enters the room and tries to steal his towel; luckily theres a bell- pull so he can call the maid and have her remove it

Call to Arms by David Wright, showing a model removing her army uniform. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Ethiopia / Call to War
Smoke signals summon the country-men to join their regiments as Ethiopia prepares for war

Call of the Wild / Fight
The ferocious fight between Buck & Spitz is watched by the expectant circle of huskies: " It was to the death."

Woman on the telephone, postcard
" Hello, are you there?" An early example of cold calling by telemarketers

Rabbiting on the Phone
A clever rabbit makes a telephone call on his new- fangled phone! Date: early 1930s

French mobilisation poster, WW1
French mobilisation poster for the First World War, calling all enlisted soldiers and sailors, and requisitioning animals, vehicles and related equipment. Date: 2 August 1914

Morocco, Casablanca - Call to Prayer
General View taken from a Casablanca Mosque, with a young Muslim man giving the call to prayer. Casablanca is in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean

Trumpet Call Ends Wwi
Zebrowski sounds the trumpet call for the Germans to stop fighting

Cagliostro & Lottery
Fashionable ladies call on Cagliostro hoping that he will help them win the Lottery

British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS. 1 XZ451
Fleet Air Arm - British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1 XZ451 (base code R, call sign 005) of 801 Naval Air Squadron, embarked on HMS Ark Royal. Date: 1990

Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - Take Cover - an eager volunteer
Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - " Take Cover" - an eager volunteer warden shouts down an alert of any occupants of a Ladies Public Convenience! Date: circa 1917

A young man in jeans sits against a fashion shop window
A young man sits against a fashion shop window and makes a call on his mobile phone. The window display shows a smartly dressed chimpanze and a bearded man - both wearing in blue jackets

WW1 - Scottish American War Memorial, Princes Street Gardens
WW1 - Scottish American War Memorial, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Erected by Scottish Americans in memory of Scottish soldiers who fell in the Great War

Seaforth Highlanders roll call after opening battle on the Somme

Seaforth Highlanders roll call after the opening battle on the Somme

Hawker Siddeley Dominie T. 1 XS730 - H
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Dominie T.1 XS730 / H (msn 25050, call sign H'). Date: circa 2000

McDonnell Douglas F-A-18A Hornet 161353
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A-5-MC Hornet (Lot 4) 161353 (msn A017 / 21, base code NJ, call sign 502), of VFA-125, seen at Naval Air Station Lemoore, on 29 October 1981. Date: 1981

Call Boy Impregnated Safety Matches, average 50 matches

The Cottages at Ightham Mote, Kent Date: circa 1920s

Main entrance from the courtyard, Ightham Mote, Kent Date: circa 1920s

Ightham Mote and Cottages, Kent Date: circa 1920s

Bridge and side entrance, Ightham Mote, Kent Date: circa 1920s

WW2 - Night Fighters At Rest
A photograph which portrays a group of WW2 night fighter pilots waiting inside a rest hut for the call that may come at any moment. Date: circa 1940s

High Street, Winchelsea, Sussex - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

WW2 Nerve Centre Of Fire Service Control
This illustration portrays a young woman working for the British Fire Service as part of the Home Front during WW2, she is on a call at a nerve centre. Date: circa 1941

WW2 Q-Ship And Royal Navy Radio
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a lady wearing a pink dress, standing on the deck of a Q-ship

WW2 Wireless S. O. S. Call And Red Cross Nurse
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a Royal Navy captain sending an S.O.S. wireless call, while the right picture portrays a British Red Cross nurse

And Whatever You Do, Don't Call Me Alf!
A humorous illustration showing a meeting of gentlemen at the top of some town steps, with a crowd and line of guardsmen looking on. Date: circa 1939

General Post Office Advertisement
An interesting advertisement illustration for the General Post Office, showing a repetition of a hand clutching a telephone, at your service!, as it were

Selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets
A selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

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