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Recording Collection (#3)

Background imageRecording Collection: Russian Singer - Madam Maria Karinskaya

Russian Singer - Madam Maria Karinskaya. Date: 1910

Background imageRecording Collection: Plaster mould recording the original shape of the Koh-i-Noor

Plaster mould recording the original shape of the Koh-i-Noor
Made in 1851 before the diamond was re-cut to a brilliant oval. This cast records the Mogul-style cut of the Koh-i-Noor diamond

Background imageRecording Collection: LCC-LFB Brigade photographers at work

LCC-LFB Brigade photographers at work
Two of the London Fire Brigades team of operational photographers. For well over 150 years a photographic record of the Brigade at fires

Background imageRecording Collection: Edison Bell records

Edison Bell records
Edison Bell cylinder records, 1908 Date: 1908

Background imageRecording Collection: Birth Register 1760S

Birth Register 1760S
The church register at Neston, the Wirral, Merseyside, England, recording the birth of Emy Lyon in 1761. Emy grew up to be no other than Lady Emma Hamilton. 1760s

Background imageRecording Collection: Measuring an Earhquake

Measuring an Earhquake
An initial measurement of a large earthquake being made on a monitor recording at an outstation near Blacknest, near Aldermaston. Date: August 1963

Background imageRecording Collection: Members of the royal family at Badminton Horse Trials

Members of the royal family at Badminton Horse Trials
The Queen, Queen Mother, Princess Royal and Princess Margaret in a grandstand made from a farm wagon at the Badminton Three-day Horse Trials

Background imageRecording Collection: Latest dance records, 1923

Latest dance records, 1923
An advertisement for the latest 10 inch, double sided records from the Gramophone Company. Date: 1923

Background imageRecording Collection: Bert Ralton and his New York Havana Band, c. 1922

Bert Ralton and his New York Havana Band, c. 1922
Bert Ralton and his New York Havana Band recording c. 1922, using the acoustic method. Date: c.1922

Background imageRecording Collection: Elegant Women Photoing

Elegant Women Photoing
One well-dressed woman takes a photograph of two others, recording their fashionable dresses for their grandchildren to marvel at Date: 1899

Background imageRecording Collection: Childrens Choir, National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton

Childrens Choir, National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton
The so-called Cripples Choir at the National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, opened in 1903 for what were described as delicate and affected children

Background imageRecording Collection: Sri Lanka - Picking and weighing tea

Sri Lanka - Picking and weighing tea
Picking and weighing Green Tea in Sri Lanka

Background imageRecording Collection: G&S The Yeomen of the Guard recording 1929

G&S The Yeomen of the Guard recording 1929
Advertisement for a complete recording of Gilbert and Sullivans opera, The Yeomen of the Guard, which premiered in 1888. A His Masters Voice electrical recording

Background imageRecording Collection: Wagner, Parsifal Act three, recording 1929

Wagner, Parsifal Act three, recording 1929
Advertisement for a recording of Act three of Wagners opera Parsifal, which premiered at Bayreuth on 26 July 1882. Illustrated center is the white dove

Background imageRecording Collection: Portable recorder, WWII

Portable recorder, WWII
A portable recorder which is later used to transmit the recording by shortwave, during World War II

Background imageRecording Collection: A computer technician with data tape

A computer technician with data tape
A computer technician stretches out a piece of data recording tape, from the ICT Atlas I computing system. A colleague speaks on the telephone in the background. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageRecording Collection: A Billiard Match

A Billiard Match
An illustration of a couple who have been playing billiards. While a little boy and his dog are occupied in recording the score, they seize the opportunity for a kiss

Background imageRecording Collection: Kinora camera advertisement

Kinora camera advertisement
Advertisement for the Kinora, which, without lantern or screen shows " living" pictures taken with a hand camera and, according to the ad

Background imageRecording Collection: Krippner Experiment 1

Krippner Experiment 1
Dr Stanley Krippner, at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) monitors a DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT, recording brain activity and reading emotional activity

Background imageRecording Collection: A ships photographer coping with the storms

A ships photographer coping with the storms
Photography in treacherous conditions; a ships photographer recording conditions on board

Background imageRecording Collection: J. B. Hobbs Batting, 1924

J. B. Hobbs Batting, 1924
Photograph of Jack Berry Hobbs (1882-1963), the Surrey and England batsman, in attacking pose, during the 1924 season. Hobbs was the first cricketer to surpass W.G

Background imageRecording Collection: Wampum Message

Wampum Message
Wampum beadwork is not merely a decorative object, but is a method of recording treaties, agreements, historic events and the like, which it is desired to preserve

Background imageRecording Collection: Broadcasting a violin recital with sound and vision

Broadcasting a violin recital with sound and vision. Two television cameras record the performer from different angles. The microphone is suspended to obtain the sound recording

Background imageRecording Collection: Television in the comfort of your own home

Television in the comfort of your own home
The latest type of home receiver for vision and sound, with a fluorescent screen 8 by 6 inches, displaying a picture of Mickey Mouse

Background imageRecording Collection: E. M. I camers recording a scene on the lawns of Alexandra Pal

E. M. I camers recording a scene on the lawns of Alexandra Pal
The E.M.I camera recording a scene. The E.M.I camera was one of the methods that the B.B.C experimented with for its live broadcasts

Background imageRecording Collection: Women Recording their Vote for the First Time

Women Recording their Vote for the First Time
Women voting for the first time at the 1918 general election following two decades of campaigning by suffragettes

Background imageRecording Collection: Edith Sitwell / Recording

Edith Sitwell / Recording
EDITH SITWELL Writer, reading from her Rustic Elegies, being filmed while her voice is recorded in synch, in 1927

Background imageRecording Collection: Tetrazzini Recording

Tetrazzini Recording
LUISA TETRAZZINI She performed in opera houses all over the world and is seen here recording a peformance

Background imageRecording Collection: Recording Eye Prints

Recording Eye Prints
An invention by two doctors: the eye print; recording the pattern made by veins on the retina, which differs for every individual. Science aiding the criminologist

Background imageRecording Collection: Filming 1936 Olympics

Filming 1936 Olympics
OLYMPISCHE SPIELE 1936 Leni Riefenstahl and one of her team, recording the Games

Background imageRecording Collection: Recording on Phonograph

Recording on Phonograph
A singer recording on Edisons phonograph at New York

Background imageRecording Collection: Nellie Melba / Recording

Nellie Melba / Recording
NELLIE MELBA (originally, Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano; recording at Chelmsford in 1920

Background imageRecording Collection: Ancient Egyptian Scribe

Ancient Egyptian Scribe
Ancient Egyptian scribe recording a tribute



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