Communicating Collection

Carrier Pigeon poster
Poster warning people of the dangers of shooting carrier pigeons who may be carrying life or death messages. Carrier pigeons, we are told, are a vital part of RAF

Heliograph used by British army in Africa
Heliograph used in the British army in Africa, probably during the Boer War (1899-1902). The heliograph is a wireless telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight (generally using Morse code)

Woman On the Phone Date: 1916

HARE'S APPARATUS
Robert Hare's device for communicating with the dead Picture 1 of 2 Date: circa 1854

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

A Wireless Station on the Western Front
A wireless station installed in an old loft on the Western Front. Packing cases and roughly made tables serve as furniture and two operators, wearing the wireless receivers

Loves telegraph
Victorian illustration depicting fairies communicating via the telegraph. Date: 1898

Botanical Book Date: 1880

Technicians Hands Date: 1954

Using Dictation Machine Date: 1954

Rotary Press Date: 1941

Old Woman Reads Letter Date: 1941

Radio Broadcaster Date: 1941

Nurse on Telephone Date: 1948

Woman Amazed by Phone Date: 1948

Reel-to-Reel Recorder Date: 1950

Daughter at Work Day Date: 1950

Pilot Talks To Tower Date: 1947

Early Recording Machine

Telephone Technician

DEAF-DUMB SIGN LANGUAGE
The Dumb Alphabet - a girl demonstrates the art of communicating with the deaf and dumb. Date: 1801

Blind Typists - Royal Normal College, Upper Norwood
Blind Typists - Royal Normal College for the Blind, Westow Street, Upper Norwood, London. Taking down a telephone message in shorthand

House Flags and Funnels. circa 1910

International code of Signals flags and House Flags. circa 1910

Fire in London Underground train near Holland Park
Fire in a London Underground train near Holland Park Station, 28 July 1958. General view of the fire-damaged rear section of the first carriage

Naval Signals - Commercial Code Signalling - How are you?
Naval Code Signals - Signalling Flags - How are you? Commercial Code Flags (1857-1900). How are you is signalled (apprently) by the code letters D, W and F. Date: circa 1900

National Flags and international code of signals flags circa 1910

The Kiss Call by Fred Thomson
Promotional postcard for The Kiss Call by Fred Thomson from Le Coup de Telephone, a farce, by Paul Gavault and Georges Beer; music Ivan Caryll. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, 8th October 1919

Bottlenose Dolphin - Female (Mother) communicating with Newborn Baby / Calf immediately after birth, keeping the baby under water to control its breathing (Tursiops truncatus)

French biplane dropping propaganda leaflets, WWI
How the French army contradicts German misstatements. A French biplane drops leaflets over German land hoping to prove to the German soldiers the falsity of the statements made to them by their

Russian Soldier Using Semaphore
A lone Russian soldier atop a hill using Semaphore flags to communicate to other sections of the Russian forces in the 1904/5 Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1905

Communication - Far easier for the younger generation, even in 1903! The little girl: " Grandmother, Dad said he did not want to kiss you, by phone" - the response is a miserable Granny

Message from King George V after marriage of Princess Mary
Message from King George V to his people after the marriage of his only daughter Princess Mary to Viscount Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood, on 28th February 1922

British Chaplain writes for a wounded soldier
A British Chaplain writing home for a wounded British Tommy, seated on a stretcher with injuries to his right leg circa 1916

Communications Palmin 2
Primitive people communicating with drums

Baldwin Broadcasts, 1924
The first use of radio by party leaders in a general election: Mr Stanley Baldwin reading his address to the public into a microphone at the London headquarters of the BBC

Sending Message to Mars
Communicating with Mars - sending a message with a massive beam of light. Date: 1907

The American Civil War. The outrage on the Trent
Lord Lyons communicating Earl Russells despatch to Mr.Secretary Seward. An international diplomatic crisis erupted for President Lincoln when two Confederate officials sailing towards England were

Space Communication
Artificially-induced auroras offer a viable means of communicating with other worlds : by modifying their pulses, messages can be effectively transmitted

Electric Telegraph in US
The electric telegraph in use during the American Civil War: General Ulyssess Grant and his operator

Soviet Radio Operator
Soviet shortwave radio operator communicating with forces behind the enemy lines

German Seaplane
A German seaplane prepares to take off after communicating with a warship

Seance Device
Four spiritualists try a new method of communicating with the spirits, using a metal plate and electrical controls in a way I don t pretend to understand (text in Swedish)

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