Communication Collection (page 20)

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

Selfridges, London - Postcard Section
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Postcard Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

Selfridges, London - Writing Paper Section
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Writing Paper Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

Poster advertising the telephone
Poster designed by E McKnight Kauffer, encouraging people to use the telephone to make contact with the world

The Main Post Office, Istanbul. There are different counters for local/ interior post and for International post. A clock above the counter unusually shows the time in two different time zones

Pilot and co-pilot - Equipage II
The cockpit of a large airliner with pilot and co-pilot. Poster issued by Le Secretariat General a la Defense Aerienne

Turkish Postman
A Turkish postman with satchel and long stick checks a signpost to make sure he is delivering to the correct address!

Example of Persian Script
A fine example of dated Persian script on an envelope

Example of Ottoman-era script
Good example of script using Arabic letter shapes, possibly Ottoman/Egyptian

Frost covered telephone wires
Telephone wires weighed down by frost and ice in Albert on the Western Front in France during World War I in February 1918

Battles of Arras 1918
Canadian Signal Service laying cables over newly captured ground at Neuville Vitasse during the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Communication trench 1916
The scene in a British communications trench. Troops gather, shortly before they are given the order to advance during the Battle of Albert in the first few days of the Somme campaign

Despatch rider 1917
A motorcycle despatch rider in the snow at St. Pol in France on the British front during World War I in December 1917

World War I trench
A communication trench behind the British lines on the Somme. These trenches were used to transport men, equipment and food supplies to the front line

Signal Service dugout
An Army Signal Service dugout in Lindhoek on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Christmas Post by Ethel Parkinson
A woman, accompanied by a small girl, posts a rather large stash of Christmas cards off to lots of lucky recipients

Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music
A selection of news reports, magazines and sheet music relating to the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912. It includes a copy of The Times newspaper, a twelve-page supplement of The Sphere

Titanic Ismay silver tray
A circular silver tray for letters and calling cards, engraved with the names of Joseph Bruce Ismay and his wife. Ismay was Managing Director of the White Star Line

Sporting Evening Times, Titanic disaster
Front page of the Sporting Evening Times for 16 April 1912, reporting on the Titanic disaster

Letter from Captain EJ Smith
A two-page letter from EJ Smith, future Captain of the ill-fated SS Titanic, to My dear Alvin Taylor. It is written on RMS Baltic White Star Line headed paper

Stead telegram and brass nameplate
1. One of eight telegrams sent to Miss EK Harper relating to the Titanic disaster and the loss of WT Stead. 2. A cast brass nameplate from Titanic lifeboat no. 12

Izmir, Turkey - Public Scribe
Public Scribe at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Selection of French Stamps

British X1 Submarine
The British Submarine HM X1 Commisioned in 1925 and scrapped at Pembroke in 1935

Turkish newspaper boy
A newspaper seller, Cakal Suleyman, vendor of the Aksam Newspaper at Bandirma (Panderma), Turkey

Le Havre - Port Semaphore System
The Semaphore system at the port of Le Havre, France

Communication between Berlin and Istanbul
The hotline between Constantinople and Berlin (also the railway line/route/connections) during the First World War

School Lesson in the desert
Taking a school lesson in the desert. A magnificent photograph

HH Abbas II Hilmi Bey - Khedive of Egypt & Sudan
HH Abbas II Hilmi Bey (also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha) (1874 - 1944) - the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (1892 - 1914)

Scene on the British Lines of Communication
Sunshine and dust near Neuville St. Vst on the Western Front during World War One. The battle ravaged and dusty road has a solitary truck driving in the distance

A German communication trench, mending an underground cable

General Christian De Wet
General De Wet was an elusive guerilla leader and raider of the British lines of communication in the Boer War. During World War One his name was linked to the traitor Maritz

Breakdown Communication
An American couple on their honeymoon bring out the phrase book hoping to understand what the European railway official is trying to tell them

Pigeon Container on a British Paratrooper, Second World War
Photograph showing a pigeon container strapped to the stomach of a British paratrooper, 1944. Pigeons are one of the oldest and most reliable forms of military communication

H. M. Stanley and his officers leaving Mombasa aboard the ste
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on left, raising cap) and his officers returning from the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition aboard the steam-ship Katoria, 1889

H. M. Stanleys meeting with Forest Pygmies, Central Africa
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Anglo-America explorer and journalist, meeting with some forest pygmies, during one of his expeditions to Central Africa

A converted bus for pigeons
A motor bus converted into a home, or cote, for French carrier pigeons. Pigeons, along with dogs, proved to be a vital method of communication during battles

Travelling by hammock; H. M. Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expe
Photograph showing one of the members of Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition being carried by hammock, Central Africa, 1888

Map of Central Africa showing the likely routes of the Emin
Engraved map showing Central Africa and the predicted routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887. Emin Pasha (1840-1892), the German doctor, explorer

Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson entering Dufile, 1888
Engraving showing the Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson riding into Dufile, on the banks of the River Nile, c.1888. Emin Pasha (1840-1892)

A Member of H. M. Stanleys expedition threatening a baggage
Engraving showing a member of Sir Henry Morton Stanleys expedition to find Dr. David Livingstone threatening a baggage porter, Central Africa, 1871

H. M. Stanleys Expedition crossing the Makata Swamp, Central
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanleys expedition crossing the Makata swamp in Central Africa, 1871. In October 1869

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