Communication Collection (page 19)

Serbia - Card issued by the National Post Office, showing a postman and the varied means of conveying ones letter around the globe - by train, by plane or by sea. Date: 1936

D Annunzios propaganda drop over Vienna, WW1
Aerial view of the centre of Vienna, Austria, with thousands of propaganda leaflets dropped by the Italian poet and nationalist Gabriele d Annunzio from his Ansaldo SVA biplane

Busy communication trench, Mesopotamia, WW1
A busy communication trench in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during an action, with walking wounded and stretcher cases, during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Kenya, Africa - General Post Office Nairobi Date: circa 1910s

Demobilization leaflet for soldiers
A printed demobilization leaflet for soldiers, Army Form Z 70, explaining why, although the Armistice has been signed, demobilisation must be a gradual process because of the large numbers involved

War Office letter to Mrs G G Ranstead, from the Director General of Mobilization, concerned the expected demobilisation of men who enlisted in 1914 and 1915. 11 June 1919

Laying transatlantic cable
Laying the Atlantic Cable : paying out the land end of the cable from the stern of the Niagara. Date: 1857

George V Christmas radio broadcast
King George V (1865 - 1936), seated at the microphone in a room at Sandringham from where he broadcast a Christmas message to the British Empire. Date: 1934

Argentina - Madero Port, Pier No. 4 - Buenos Aires
Argentina - Madero Port, Pier No.4 - Buenos Aires Date: circa 1910s

General Post Office, Yangon, Myanmar Date: circa 1910s

Early US Televsion Shop Advertisement - Park Incorporated - First with the finest in television service and test equipment. Meeting arrangements to be made with Tony or Campy! Date: 1950s

Indonesia - Jakarta - The Telephone Exchange. Jakarta was formerly known as Sunda Kelapa (3971527), Jayakarta (15271619), Batavia (16191942), and Djakarta (19421972)

Little girl writes a letter to her granny
A little girl writes a letter to her grandmother, and makes sure to check her grammar before posting it. Date: 1908

Packet for Balloon Post
An actual envelope for a letter sent by balloon post out of Paris during the Siege. The letters were limited to a weight of 4 grams ! Date: 1870

Social / Newspaper 1963
A man reading a newspaper in a Newcastle street Date: 1963

Sixth form lecture theatre, Rosebery County School
6th form lecture theatre at Rosebery County School (probably the one at Epsom, Surrey). Date: 1968

Cycle messengers
Bicycling, New York Streets. Group of bicycle messengers in front of the New York Herald building

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: on board the Great Eastern, the crew prepares for the final attempt to grapple the lost telegraph cable which had snapped at the beginning of August

British Ballad, The Gay Goshawk
THE GAY HOSHAWK. British ballad about a Scottish squire who sends letters to his love by a goshawk. He tells her that he will die for love

Post Office Telegraphs: Official war news
Official war news detailing British, French and Russian advances on 30th July 1916. The British forces are reported to have repulsed enemy attempts to recapture Selville Wood

Communications Officer - Metropolitan Police

Morse Code Operator - Metropolitan Police

Radio Operator - Metropolitan Police. A list of a name form of the phonetic alphabet is propped up on his desk Date: circa 1940s

Police radio operator

Prison Chapel, Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire
Interior of the prison chapel at Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire. The seats were partitioned to prevent communication between the inmates

W2KYO Ham Radio Card
The Land of Liberty W2KYO ham radio call card

Trackside Railway Warning Sign
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway - Trespassers will be Prosecuted by order - Railway trackside warning sign

Electric train line indicators
Three early train line indicators, with arriows which moved from red to green, depending on whether a train was on that portion of track or whether it had left it

Spur to a guilty conscience - not writing to friends
All these write regularly - Why the Devil don t you? Spur to a guilty conscience - not writing to friends! This card illustrates those individuals who will oft communicate with the written word

Shimla, India - The Telegraph Office
The Telegraph Office at Shimla, originally called Simla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India

Wireless telegraph transmitter with balloon-mounted aerial
A balloon carrying a telegraph antenna for a very early wirelss ( sans fils ) transmitter, France

German communications WWI
German telephone exchange in Schwiedeckelager on the Western Front during World War I

German communications post WWI
German communications post on the Western Front during World War I

German telegraphist WWI
German telepraphist carrying equipment during World War I on the Western Front

Communications equipment WWI
Communications mast on a beach at Gallipoli during World War I

Communications trench at Gallipoli WWI
Sandbag wall across gully used as main communication trench at Helles, Gallipoli during World War I

French troops in the Middle East WWI
French soldier from the Corps Expeditionnaire d Orient looking over the side of a communication trench during World War I

Thomas Cook Interpreters
A poster advertising Thomas Cook Interpreters - available to aid travellers arriving on all the principal rail and boat arrival locations at the chief cities and ports across Europe

French pigeon communications WWI
French communications via carrier pigeons during World War I

Workmen put telegraph cables, Syria
Workmen installing telegraph cables in Aleppo, Syria

French marine WWII
A French marine in charge of a set of guns waits for the order to fire during World War II

Austrian army messenger dogs
Training Austrian Army messenger dogs

Printing Presses at Daily Mirror Works
A close-up view of one of the printing presses at the Daily Mirror works, where the newspapers were printed (far below ground level). Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Children broadcasting WWII
British children broadcasting from New York during World War II. Martin Clemser (2.5 years), son of R. Glemser of the BBC and Josephine Martin (4 years), daughter of William H

Wireless Operator School, WWII
Wireless Operator School, during World War II. Practical telegraphy, receiving and sending on long wire circuits. Preparing for the War Emergency Certificate which means completing the course in

Observer Corps Centre, World War II

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

Reuter Telegraph Messenger Girl, London
A wonderful card depicting a female employee (Messenger) of the Reuter Telegraph Company

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