Phone Collection

Police Public Call Box in the snow, London
A Police Public Call Box, on a London street on a snowy day. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937

Cobham Air Routes Poster
Poster, Cobham Air Routes, offering flights to Guernsey in 2 hours. With a map of the south coast. 20th century

Pin-up calendar girl by David Wright, 1950
A woman with her red hair swept up in a bun, poses elegantly in some diaphanous lingerie as she speaks on a red telephone. Date: 1950

Pleasure Flights Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Bembridge Farm Aerodrome at any time by arrangement at the farm

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

Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, showing the Footshape Works where the boots and shoes are made, with addresses of branches below, in London, Bradford, Brighton and Leicester

Tatler front cover, 9 March 1960
Front cover of the Tatler featuring a photograph of a woman, eating breakfast while arranging to meet friends over the telephone. 1960

Advert for using a telephone
It pays to telephone ! Remember - a telephone in your home saves you time, money, and worry, and minimises inconvenience, anxiety, and loneliness

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

Ericsson Table Phone - 3
A table instrument by the Ericsson Company of Stockholm. There is no handle to alert the exchange, perhaps this is done with that knob : the bell is very noticeable

Automatic Phone Exchange
Automatic telephone exchange of the British Post Office, which at that time managed the telephone network

Advert promoting the Post Office Telephone Service. Date: 1932

Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8
London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959. Date: 1959

Pin Up on telephone by David Wright
An alluring blonde woman in a black evening dress and white fur stole talks on a red telephone while looking seductively at the viewer

RAF Harrier Jump Jets, No. 1 Squadron, set up in 1969. The jump jet is a vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft. Seen here are staff at work in a control tower

November 1951 by David Wright, showing a woman posed on the telephone. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Poster, Anglo-Swiss Telephone Service, showing a woman skating in the Alps. 20th century

Example of a woman dialling 999 for the emergency services in a red telephone booth

A long line of telephone switchboards with female operators

1934 G. P. O telephone advertisement
Advertisement for some rather eye-catching handmicrophone instrument in fine colours such as Chinese red, jade green and ivory white. The dial is chromium plated and the flex is silk-covered in grey

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

Phone Exchange / 1903
The switchboard of the National Telephone Company, United Kingdom

Woman On the Phone Date: 1916

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

Metropolitan Police operations room, London
View of a Metropolitan Police operations room at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers and telephonists busy taking calls

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

David Wright woman in black negligee on red telephone
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a black negligee. She is lying on a furry white rug, speaking on her red telephone. David Wright (1912 - 1967)

Danish Lady on the Line
A Danish lady in an extremely long dress uses a wall-mounted phone

Shoot for Kamella children's clothes brand
Client: Stonehouse Advertising - shoot for Kamella children's clothes brand - little girl's padded dressing gown and slippers Date: circa 1967

Comic postcard, Woman on the phone - reducing diet Date: 20th century

Early telephones, Verity Electrical Supplies
Early telephones from Verity Electrical Supplies, Aston, Birmingham. 1903

Birthday Card design - Glamour, Pin-Up, Woman on Telephone. Date: circa 1950

The Mall, Westport, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

Two small boys look in the Placa des Esplanada, Es Castell
Two small boys look at a mobile phone in the Placa des Esplanada (the main square) at Es Castell, near Mahon, Menorca, Spain

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

Lady riding side-saddle on a donkey
A pretty young lady is transported in style on a donkey, sheletered from the midday sun by a parasol. Her boyfriend is less lucky, gallantly trotting along in her wake on foot

GPO Bakelite telephone with dial Date: 1936

Louise Hampton in Late Night Final
British actress Louise Hampton (1881-1954) in a publicity photograph for the play Late Night Final at the Phoenix Theatre. Date: 1931

RMS Queen Mary, telephone engineer prior to launch
Telephone engineer working on RMS Queen Mary prior to launch Date: 1936

RMS Queen Mary, Telephone Exchange
RMS Queen Mary, Ship to Shore and Internal Telephone Exchange Date: 1930s

Candlestick telephone, 1920s printer's block Date: 1920s

Telephone, printer's block Date: 1934

Advert, Bell Telephone System, USA - And I Can Make It Talk Date: 1938

Caroline Haslett (1895-1957), later made a Dame, was an electrical engineer and champion of women's rights. Date: 1940

Man and woman by a telephone, in a dressing room, woman in dressing gown. Captioned, Not Dressed for Calling'. With quotation

Image of a woman mid-phone conversation, taken from a lifestyle article about living alone. Date: 1954

Chili Bouchier in film scene, Warned Off
Chili Bouchier in scene from British and Dominion film Warned Off Date: 1929

The Pocket Marconigraph
Predicting the mobile phone - man stranded at sea sends a message on his Pocket Marconigraph Date: 1914

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