Call Collection (page 7)

Doctor Checks his Diary
A nurse hands the telephone over to a doctor, who checks his appointments diary

Territorials Card C1914
A card celebrating the brave members of the territorial army as they answer the call to war

Fire Brigade Office 40S
An emergency call comes in to Durham County Fire Brigade

Automatic telephone-girls: Operators replaced by machines
A diagram of the mechanical telephone exchange, showing what happens once the number is dialled to when the call is received

Trumpeters Trumpeting
Trumpeters of the Sachsen Armeekorps sound the call for officers to report to divisional headquaters

London / Ely Place
Ely Place, Holborn, London, where the Beadle used to close the gateway and call the hours between 10 p.m. and 5 o clock in the morning, as was the tradition for many years

Women telephone operators
Series of engravings from the Graphic showing two callers during a telephone conversation and the operators at the exchange working to ensure the call is transferred

Aertex telephone user
Advertisement from 1924 for Aertex underwear showing a businessman or office worker taking a telephone call at his desk

Man on Phone C1905
A man telephones his beloved and imagines her in the room with him, answering his call

16 and Ain t Half Done
Do you call yourself a regular Teetotaller and stop at the l eventh cup, Mr Brown? Why, I ve drunk 16 and ain t half done

Holy War Preached / 1897
In India, fanatical Moslems respond enthusiastically to the call for a Jihad (holy war) against the occupying British

Minister and Quaker
A dissenting parson seeks to see whats beneath the quakers dress, forcing the frightened lady to call the Watch for help

Lady Mouser at Tea
Lady Mouser takes afternoon tea at her country pile. Do call in to see her, but note that she is awfully keen on punctuality

French Sick Visitors
Two fashionably dressed ladies call on a sick woman in an attic, who is already being cared for by a sister of charity

Caedmon, Poet & Herdsman
CAEDMON A herdsman who, according to Bede, received a divine call in a dream to sing of " the beginning of things"

Dickens / Little Dorrit
Fanny and Little Dorrit call on Mrs Merdle

Egan / Actors House Call
The house of call for actors

Call of Wild. Thornton
John Thornton rescues Buck & with rough, kindly hands, searches for broken bones, after Hals attack on him

Call of the Wild / Hal / C20
Hal

Eton Roll Call
Absence (roll call) in the Quadrangle at Eton College, Berkshire, England

Young Lady & Callers
Two young men call to see a demure-looking young lady, bringing a bouquet of flowers

Scandinavian chest of drawers
The Swedes call this a bureau, but its really a rather handsome, if somewhat ponderous, chest of drawers

New York Produce Exchange
Exchanging produce is conducted pretty much like an auction in the Call Room of the New York Produce Exchange

Corsets at home 1925
WHAT JOY TO BE FITTED FOR CORSETS AT HOME ! There is a NuBone Corsetiere near you who will call at your home at your convenience

Torino Dance Marathon
At Torino, police call a halt to a dance marathon, described as una stolta gara - a foolish competition

Santa Phones
Santa Claus receives a phone call from a young admirer

British Dogs and Gun
Two dogs employed by the Welch Fusiliers to haul a machine gun and its ammunition. They answer every call cheerfully and do not flinch even under the hottest fire

A Charity Visit 1854
Two fashionably dressed ladies call on a sick woman in an attic, who is already being cared for by a sister of charity

USA / Met Opera / Curtain
NEW YORK Wagnerian opera singers take a curtain call, assisted by a footman

Ford V8 Convertible
The Ford V-8 convertible stops by a flower stall, so amart, no wonder people - or at any rate the advertising agents - call it The Sunshine Machine

Snowbound on Xmas Eve
SNOWBOUND ON CHRISTMAS EVE - the guard of a stagecoach stuck in the snow fires his blunderbuss to call for help

Quick-Hitch Harness / 1881
Shortly after 1880 the quick hitch harness was developed, allowing faster response to call-outs by the fire brigade

Theatre Coat / Paquin 1912
Exotic pink & black kimono style theatre coat by Paquin embellished with chinese embroidery & trimmed with fur. Her headdress is ornamented with embroidery & beads

Crosspatch / Greenaway
Crosspatch, lift the latch, Sit by the fire and spin; Take a cup and drink it up, then call your neighbours in

Rat-Crown / Strasbourg
Rats found at Strasbourg with their tails tangled in a RAT-CROWN - the French call it the roi-des-rats

Fashion Visits Poor
Two ladies bountiful, in fashionable garb call on a have-not bearing gifts which include cast-off clothing for the sick womans daughter

Luther Inspired
MARTIN LUTHER is unexpectedly favoured with a call from God at the gate of the University Library at Erfurt, 1505. Date: 1505

Yvonne LA Bois
Yvonne La Bois, American starlet, reclining languidly on her bed as she makes a phone call, surrounded by photographs of her men friends

Cunarder Cabin
A third-class two-berth room (they don t call it a cabin) on a Cunarder on the Atlantic run

Elk or Moose
Alces malchis. This is the largest kind of deer : the Americans call it a moose. This one is a female

Doctors House Call
An 18th century doctor arrives in a sedan chair to pay a house call : only the really successful practitioners have their own carriage

Grand Tour Visit Card
The visiting card of W Landon, doing Rome while making the Grand Tour and lodging in the Piazza di Spagna : he would present these cards to people he wished to call on

Coriolanus Yields
Coriolanus listens to the entreaties of his wife and mother, and agrees to call off his siege of Rome, thereby bringing about his own downfall

Coriolanus Listens
Coriolanus, intent on defeating Rome, is dissuaded when his wife and mother visit his camp : he agrees to call off the siege, thereby causing his own downfall

Frankfurt Parliament
At Frankfurt-am-Main the authorities call in the troops and dissolve Parliament

Visited on St Helena
Admiral Taylor is but one of many distinguished visitors who call on Napoleon during his exile on Saint Helena

Witches Call up Storm
Scandinavian witches call up a storm

Emigrants Roll-Call
Calling the roll on an emigrant ship bound from Liverpool for America

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