Communication Collection (page 5)

Businessman dictating to secretary 1903
Businessman dictating to secretary. Date: 1903

Advert for Telephone Development Association 1929
Less than a crown a week, to rent a telephone, Paying nothing to be installed and pay nothing for calls or to receive. Date: 1929

Telegraph poles for railway, Tanganyika, East Africa
Men holding up cast iron telegraph poles destined to run along the railway line in Tanganyika, East Africa (then part of the British Empire, now Tanzania). Date: 1922

Drummers of the King of Buntuku, Gold Coast, West Africa
Drummers of the King of Buntuku, Gold Coast (then part of the British Empire), West Africa. Each chief had his own drum call or motto. 1922

Base Post Office near fighting lines, WW1
A Base Post Office on the Western Front near fighting lines, 31 October 1914, First World War. 1914

Colonel Ashley with Chelsea Pensioners, WW1
Colonel Ashley explaining modern signal methods to Chelsea Pensioners during the First World War. 1914-1918

Girl at a post box on a Valentine card. Date: circa early 20th century

Santa Claus with list and post on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1950s

Times Office in Basra, Iraq, WW1
Times Office in Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Civil and Telegraph Office, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Civil and Telegraph Office, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Christmas mail going to the Front, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Christmas mail going to the Front, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Early Victorian General Postman. 19th century

Postman cat handing over some letters. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens with letters on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens at a table on a greetings postcard
Two kittens at a table, one of them writing, on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Not Forgotten by Steer. 1888

Hiding Cupids Message - a woman hides a billet doux under some plants in a greenhouse

General scenes at the Post-Office 1875
Sketches showing scenes in a general Post-Office. Date: 1875

Television magazine cover, April 1932, The Worlds First Television Journal, listing BBC television programmes. 1932

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

Naval Signal announcing the Armistice, WW1
Handwritten Naval Signal announcing the Armistice, from the Navy Office at Southend, dated 11 November 1918, marking the end of the First World War. 1918

Naval Signal, surrender of German Fleet, WW1
Naval Signal announcing the surrender of the German Fleet at the end of the First World War, 21 November 1918. 1918

Canadian poster, Send More Men, WW1
Canadian poster, Send More Men -- Won t You Answer the Call, First World War. 1915

British soldiers carrying telegraph wire, WW1
British soldiers carrying telegraph wire for communication purposes, the Battle of the Bridges, Western Front, First World War

Laying Telephone Wire, by Colin Gill, WW1
Laying Telephone Wire, painting by Colin Gill, First World War. circa 1918

Telegraph company, St Vincent Island, Cape Verde Islands
Entrance to Western Telegraph Companys offices and cable station, St Vincent (Sao Vicente) Island, Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean. 1922

Mailboat at Ceuta, Spanish city in Morocco, North Africa
Mailboat ferry Victoria at Ceuta (operating between Ceuta and Algeciras), Spanish city in Morocco, North Africa. Date: circa 1940

Steamer at Ceuta, Spanish city in Morocco, North Africa
Steamer (mailboat) General Sanjunio at Ceuta, Spanish city in Morocco, North Africa. Date: circa 1930

The Galling, Perturbing, Offending Telephone, H. M. Bateman
The new service - as some declare they have found it. Complaints about the new telephone service recently transferred to the operation of the Post Office, as visualised by the great cartoonist, H. M

Central telephone exchange 1903
The post office central telephone exchange, St. Pauls Churchyard, London, England. Date: 1903

Variety of Telegraph machinery including a Single needle telegraph of Cooke Date: circa 1850

Horse-drawn parcel mail 1849 Horse-drawn parcel mail service 1849
A horse-drawn parcel mail service of 1846. Date: 1846

Advert for Stellite portable room to room telephone 1905
British-made portable telephone for your home, easy to self-fit and without spoiling the look of your room, can be used to call the servants when you are still in bed. Date: 1905

Stock Share Certificate - Collins Radio Company, 100 shares. 1967

Moving Post Office in Worcestershire 1909
Ombersley in Worcestershire had a service were a travelling bus with a post box fixed to the rear, when passing two or three times daily you could post your letters

The Secret Office at the General Post Office, 1844
The Secret Office, at the General Post Office in London, 1844. Letters were opened and re-sealed in the Secret Office under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 1844

Knot porter 1746
Knot porter from London, carrying lots of parcels on his back. 1746

Parcel mail porter 1846
Parcel mail porter in London. Date: 1846

The Womens Army Corps - USA - WW2 Propaganda
The Womens Army Corps (WAC) - USA - WW2 Propaganda. Made part of the Army August-September 1943. Date: 1943

Lets Make em Holler Uncle - USA - WW2 Propaganda
" Lets Make em Holler Uncle". The leader of the Axis powers crushed in Uncle Sams fist - USA - WW2 Propaganda Date: 1943

American mule kicks out at Japanese Agressor - WW2
American mule kicks out at Japanese Aggressor (Emperor Hirohito?) - WW2 - USA - Propaganda First Day Cover envelope Date: 1943

Forcing Italy to surrender - WW2 Propaganda
To Unconditional surrender. When success goes to the head - defeat goes to " de-feet" !. Allegory on Allied advances toward defeating Mussolini in Italy. Date: 1943

French regimental pigeonnier releasing a carrier pigeon. Pigeons were found useful in World War One to send messages and had not been entirely superseded by wireless telegraphy. Date: 1916

German despatch riders WWII
German despatch riders on Mercedes motorcycles in Aisne, France, during World War II Date: 1940

German dispatch riders pre-WWII
Motor dispatch School in 1935 in Magdeburg. The passing on of a dispatch message. Date: 9 July 1935

German troops pre-WWII
German dispatch riders prior to World War II

Guglielmo Marconi with his Assistants Kemp and Paget, behind is the experiments kite. Date: 12th December 1901

Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937), Italian inventor and electrical engineer, shown in photograph with his apparatus, after receiving signals at Newfoundland

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