Communication Collection (#4)

Comic postcard, Little girl and pillar box, just posted a card Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy posting a card Date: 20th century

Birthday postcard, Little boy, dog and pillar box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and pillar box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest on the phone Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest on the phone Date: 20th century

GPO / British Telecom Tower under construction
Londons GPO/British Telecom Tower under construction, juxtaposed against a Victorian building. Date: circa 1963

Comic postcard, Man on the telephone Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man on beach annoyed by telegram. How dare you bring me a telegram like this! Cela vous apprendra de m apporter un telegramme disant qu il faut revenir

Comic postcard, Writing materials. I haven t heard from you for a long time - see what you can do with this lot! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Jealous puppy, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, British soldier reading letter from wife, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, Dissatisfied hotel guest asking for the manager Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl on the phone Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Soldier and his girlfriend, WW2
Comic postcard, Soldiers letter to his girlfriend, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

He: "I seed some of these ere Belguims to-day. They re a funny speakin people
He: " I seed some of these ere Belguims to-day. They re a funny speakin people; some on em yer can t understand what thay say." Date: 1914

WW2 - Orders by means of the Ardente Loud Hailer
Captain to Captain - The Commander of a Corvette at Sea giving orders by means of the Ardente " Loud Hailer, " which has a remarkable Acoustic Range 1941

Young lady (off on her hols!) sends a quick postcard
Life is short as time will show - If you don t get this, please let me know. Date: circa 1910s

A postcard bearing a very useful message for busy people in order to stop their friends hating them: " I m very, very busy, With many things to do, But my favorite occupation is

Advert, Atwater Kent Model 20 Radio. 1926

Ada Blanche in The Telephone Girl at the Grand Theatre, Islington in 1896. Date: 1896

Electric telegraph used by French army, 1862
Electric telegraph used in manoeuvres by the French army near Chalons, 1862 Date: 1862

Early radio crystal set, terrier puppy -- I don t seem to hear from you at Honiton. 1928

Electric telegraph used in Crimean War, 1854
Electric telegraph used in the Crimean War, 1854. The plough for laying the wire. The wire is deposited by a subsoil plough in the ground

Speaking tube, c. 1870
Gentleman in his study using a speaking tube to communicate with another room. Date: C.1870

McMichael Radio used to receive weather reports
Demonstrating the McMichael Radio, used to receive weather reports at 23, 000 feet on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933

Advert, McMichael Radio
Advertisement for McMichael Radio, used on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933

Little Women - Beth checking the postbox
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Beth checking the postbox, her daily helpful task. 1880

First air mail letter from Hendon to Windsor
First English air mail letter from Hendon to Windsor, a letter to be carries by air by Mr. Gustav Hamel. 9 September 1911

William Tyndale translating the Bible into English from Hebrew and Greek texts. Date: circa 1520s

AR1 Aircraft-Radio Receiver installed in a light aircraft
AR1 Aircraft-Radio Receiver installed in a light, privately-owned aircraft. It could be used to receive weather reports and navigational warnings

Fairey Firefly aeroplane in flight. Date: circa 1930s

Gipsy Moth aeroplane G-EBYH. Date: circa 1930s

Imperial Airways Armstrong-Whitworth AW15 Atalanta plane
Imperial Airways Armstrong-Whitworth AW15 Atalanta type airliner, G-ABPI, used by the Royal Mail. Date: circa 1930s

Tiger Moth aeroplane G-ABTB, used for research
Tiger Moth aeroplane G-ABTB, used for experimental and research work by STC (Standard Telephones and Cables Limited). Date: circa 1930s

1930s childs birthday card
The cover of a small birthday card for a child with poem and floral design, given to a young Marion Rutter 1931. Date: 1930s

Inland revenue envelope, c. 1920s
An prepaid envelope for the collection of income tax, addressed Inverness, Scotland. Date: circa 1920s

Sorting the Christmas Mail on Christmas Eve
Sorting the Christmas Mail Christmas Eve at the London General Post Office. 1892

Interior of the General Post Office, London. 19th century

Telephone operator, Mayfair Exchange, London
Telephone operator surrounded by wires at the Mayfair Exchange, London, Ocober 1932. 1932

Photography by wireless radio, taking one hour and three minutes from London to New York. 1926

First transatlantic wireless service, Glace Bay, Canada
First transatlantic wireless service at Glace Bay, Canada - Guglielmo Marconi is third from the left. 1907

Procession of the parcel post round St Pauls Cathedral, City of London. 1847

CS Patrick Stewart, British cable ship, Reshire, Middle East
CS Patrick Stewart, British cable ship, at Reshire, Middle East (Persian Gulf). Date: 1907

Handwritten address on a letter with red sealing wax
Handwritten address on a letter to the 3rd Earl of Portsmouth (John Wallop, 1767-1853), 61 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, from Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), British Prime Minister

Handwritten note from R G Ingersoll to R R Conklin, possibly part of a letter, dated 9 December 1890. Robert G Ingersoll (1833-1899) was an American lawyer, politician and freethinker

Letter from The Englishwomans Domestic Magazine
Handwritten letter from The Englishwomans Domestic Magazine, London, a publication of Samuel Orchart Beeton, husband of Isabella Beeton

Envelope sent via British Embassy diplomatic bag in April 1978 (when the Mary Evans Picture Library was located at a different but nearby address in London SE3). Date: 1978

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