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3 Wise Monkeys / Japanese
Hear no evil See no evil Speak no evil

No News to Speak Of by David Wright featuring a glamorous, half-dressed woman lounging on a boudoir-style chair as she pens a letter

To speak up for democracy, read up on democracy. Poster showing three men conversing at a table with books, with an American flag and founding father in the background. Date between 1935 and 1943

F H Butler (Vanity Fair)
FRANK HEDGES BUTLER, noted balloonist, looks down from the hot air balloon basket he is riding in and prepares to speak through his megaphone

News Round Boy 1950S
Delivering newspapers on his bicycle, a boy pauses to speak to a colleague. Date: 1950s

Winston Churchill as an orator
Sketches made in the House of Commons by Samuel Begg showing Winston Churchills parliamentary mannerisms. By 1907 Churchill was under-secretary of State for the colonies

Heligoland Island
Heligoland - a small German archipelago in the North Sea. Formerly Danish and British possessions, the islands (population 1)

The Lord Mayors Banquet at the Guildhall, November 9th 1887
Banquet scene at Londons Guildhall. An annual banquet is traditionally held to celebrate the mayors installation in November each year

Macbeth / Banquo / Witches
Act I, Scene III Macbeth & Banquo encounter the three witches. M:" Speak, if you can: what are you?"

Two children teach a parrot to speak c. 1920

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Girls on the telephone
Fabulous illustration showing a number of teenage girls, all wearing 1950s style checked capri pants and boat neck sweaters while lounging around chatting on the phone. Date: 1950s

Communications Palmin 5
A wife uses the telephone to speak from home to her husband in his office

Slovak Mother & Child
A young Slovakian mother and child in traditional dress. The Slovaks are a farming people who speak a different language than the Czechs. Date: 1930s

South Arabian Boy Scouts Association AGM
Officials standing to speak on the panel of the Annual General Meeting of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. Left to right are Rao Sahib Muthaua M.B.E

Moliere / Femmes Savantes
LES FEMMES SAVANTES Act three, scene five Pardon me, sir, I don t speak Greek ! Date: first performed 1666

Ballad / Bar the Door
GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR Both goodwife and goodman refuse to go and bar the door, and agree that the first one to speak shall do it. Date: traditional

Sedan Chair / Naples 1583
An Italian lady is carried in a litter through the streets of Naples Date: 1583

Kids Picnic 1930S
A group of young children enjoy a picnic outdoors under the careful supervision of a woman - " don t speak with your mouth full, Jimmy!". Date: early 1930s

Met Police officer on his car radio
A Metropolitan Police officer stands by his car with the door open, about to speak on his car radio

Public speaking / W H Robinson
Training to speak well in public. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Princess Diana visiting St Marys, Scilly Isles
Princess Diana on a visit to St Marys in the Isles of Scilly. She is wearing a polka dot dress and is pregnant with her first child. She appears to be bending down to speak to someone in a wheelchair

A gardener takes a break from tending the lawn
A gardener, smoking a pipe and tending a school cricket field, stops to talk to two smartly dressed gentlemen

Heligoland - The New Port. A small German archipelago in the North Sea. Formerly Danish and British possessions, the islands (population 1)

A British observation-officer testing his communications equ
A British observation-officer testing the communications equipment which allowed him to speak to the ground when aloft in his kite-balloon

A Trip on a Tricycle Chair, 1890
Illustration showing a Trip on a Tricycle Chair that leads to disastrous consequences for the chairs driver. At top right, the young man in the bowler hat purchases the machine

At the Wheel of a Yacht, 1890
Engraving showing the scene at the steering wheel of a sailing yacht, entitled Passengers are requested not to speak to the man at the wheel

Humanitarian Deism
A speaker in Hyde Park, at Speakers Corner orates to a listening crowd in 1912. Since 1872, people have been allowed to speak at Speakers Corner on any subject they want

Pilgrims, Beauraing
Pilgrims at the Grotto du Pensionnat, where the Virgin Mary came down from Heaven to speak with some Belgian children

Videophone Predicted
Cumbersome it may be, but this videophone enables you not only to speak with and see your correspondent, but shake hands as well ! Date: 1905

Thomas Edison / Tube Speak
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor speaking through his Perfected Phonograph in America

Chaucer, Nuns Priest
The Nuns Priest about to speak

Politicians Speak
Politicians clamour to make themselves heard above their rivals

Persian Parliament
A debate of the Persian parliament, convoked by the Shah as a democratic gesture. The deputies are seated, spectators stand round them and may speak if invited

Strauss and Monkey
Strauss, a German savant, believes that by careful dieting, animals can be taught to think and speak, and fish can be taught to sing

Futuristic cine-phono-telegraph
A futuristic cine-phono-telegraph, which allows people to speak over the telephone and see each other on a screen at the same time

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