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The Kiss Call by Fred ThomsonPromotional postcard for The Kiss Call by Fred Thomson from Le Coup de Telephone, a farce, by Paul Gavault and Georges Beer; music Ivan Caryll. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, 8th October 1919
Illustration, A Song of the English, The SeaIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
WWI Poster, Help fill the War ChestDesign by B A Osnis, Help fill the War Chest. Humanity Calls. American war loan poster. Date: circa 1916
Street telephone fire alarm with group of childrenStreet telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with a group of children looking up at it
Street telephone fire alarm, out of orderStreet telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with an out of order notice on it
Two men on switchboard at LFB HQTwo men taking calls on the switchboard at LFB HQ. Date: 1925
LFB Telephone Switchboard - Lambeth HQ, SE1 Date: circa 1930s
Transatlantic telephone system by G. H. DavisA step-by-step diagram demonstrating the new transatlantic telephone system between Britain and the United States in 1927
States GeneralNow declared to be of age, Louis calls a seance of the Etats-generaux. Date: 28 October 1614
Everard de Espinquess Tristan and Iseult" Everard de Espinquess " Tristan and Iseult", written by Gassien de Poiters. Page from the third volume, with Jean Du Mas weapons
LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters station watchroomThe watchroom of Southwark Fire Station. Although this had a telephone switchboard serving the adjacent headquarters of the Brigade
LCC-MFB Firemen in switchboard & control roomWatchroom at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road, with men manning the switchboard and monitoring the fire alarm control board where calls for assistance were received
LFB firefighters working on a roof at a warehouse fireLondon firefighters working with hose lines on a warehouse roof at the scene of a fire, Carran Wharf in Upper Thames Street. City of London
Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council Fire BrigadeA horse drawn escape cart and a fire officer belonging to Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council Fire Brigade
LCC-LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, RotherhitheLondon firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, SE London
LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, RotherhitheLondon firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
When duty calls. Illustration shows a scene at the front door step of a house, with a young man headed for college, he is wearing a sweater with a large Y on it
Talking on the telephone, postcard" I don t know why ou botherd to send me a postcard, a phone call would have been much quicker!" - the declining post card industry pokes fun at itself in 1915. 1915
Help fill the war chest Humanity calls you, May 20-27. Poster showing hands casting money into a trunk. Date 1917
Metropolitan Police Information Room, LondonGeneral view of the Metropolitan Police Information Room at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers busy taking calls. In the foreground are the Inspectors and Sergeants positions. Date: May 1974
Delage MouetteThe Delage D8:100 Mouette calls itself a saloon but the body by Henri Chapron gives it sleek sporty lines - and a four-figure price tag (L1075). Date: 1937
Poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed NowWartime salvage poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now, save it for the collector when he calls. 1940s
Poster, In Her Hour of Need Your Country Calls for You. circa 1915
Common Snipe (Morris)
The Warriors Return, satirical postcardA wounded soldier, drawn as a wooden puppet and carrying his own broken-off leg, looks at a WD (War Department) signpost pointing to the workhouse
A sweeper - IndiaA sweeper calls. Indian man wearing turban carrying traditional basket and hand broom
Travelling telephone in use on a express trainA travelling call office, a telephone in use on an American express train. The train ran from Salt Lake, Utah to the mining camp of Ely, Nevada
Death & the WoodcutterDEATH AND THE WOODCUTTER A wretched woodman, worn down by lifes woes and the weight of his load of sticks, calls on Death to relieve him of his suffering
MODERN TELEPHONEA modern office telephone which enables the operator to put calls on hold before tranferring them
Telephone exchange at KensingtonDrawing by Percy Spence of telephone girls answering calls at the new national telephone exchange at Kensington, London in 1902
First Anglo-French telephoneIllustration showing the completion of the first Anglo-French telephone with callers in London speaking to Paris. Insert picture no
Myth / FloraQueen Flora calls upon the flowers of the garden after their winter sleep
Dusky Petrel (Morris)Though Morris calls this a DUSKY PETREL, we know of no bird with that name, and it looks more like a Manx Shearwater than anything else
Various BattlefieldsValleys, mountains, woodland, fields, water, ice - each kind of terrain calls for different military strategies, ranging from incendiary cannon-balls to invasion barges
Street FightingStreet fighting calls for different skills than pitched battles in open country : French infantry advance cautiously through the streets of a town
Waking in BarracksA bugle calls the soldiers to get up, but France being a civilised nation, coffee is served before the men put on their uniforms
Christmas Visiting 1857Watched by a robin, a lady calls at a house with her Christmas gifts
John Bull Dragged DownJohn Bull calls for help as he is dragged down by Germanys U-boats
Saint Saens / Samson / Lieb4Act 2 scene 3 : Samson has revealed the secret of his strength, Dalila has cut his hair and now calls the Philistine warriors to take him captive
Mussorgsky / Boris / Liebig6Act Four : Boris suffers another fit and, sensing his end is nigh, calls for his son and declares him his legitimate successor
Mascagni / Cav - LiebigSixty curtain calls greet the first production at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome - a resounding success which will be followed by enduring popularity
Traviata - Liebig - 4Act two, scene 14 : at Floras ball, Alfredo calls the company to witness that he pays his debts, and flings his gaming winnings at Violettas feet
Rubinstein as Saint SebIda Rubinstein in the name part, which calls for a dancer/reciter rather than a singer : the show is more a mystery play than an opera
London Coster / ScrapA London costerman, balancing a basket of fruit on his head, calls out to attract trade; his apprentice rides a carrot- chewing mule laden with more produce
Any Old Clothes? / 1804A clothes seller, wearing a number of hats on his head, calls out for donations of clothes, hats or shoes that he may sell
Harvesting CropsA woman calls a harvester home to lunch
Social / Australia PostmanAn Australian postman catches up with the news and enjoys a refreshing drink when he calls on a farmer in the bush
MAN O WAR, EARLY C19A MAN-OF-WAR When wars stern duty calls, Englands best safeguard are her wooden walls