Communication Collection (page 6)

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

Transatlantic success, the forest of the telegraph poles at Poldhu Station, Cornwall, from which the first ever wireless message was sent across the Atlantic to Newfoundland. Date: 12th December 1901

Brass postal, door handles and letter plates
William N. Froy and Sons, brass door knockers and letterboxes. Date: late 19th century

The spark that speaks across the Atlantic to Canada, Guglielmo Marconi transmitter Date: 1907

Guglielmo Marconi reading a wireless telegraph message on tape from a across the Atlantic, on board the Italian Cruiser, Carlo Alberto. Date: 1902

Fourteen colour plates are used to make the engraving for the special supplements, here you can see the different print machines used for each colour that is done separately. Date: 1881

Printing the original weekly newspaper The Graphic. Date: 1881

Men working in the batteries and dynamo machine room before going to print. Date: 1881

Engravers work through the night to produce the latest news for that week. Date: 1881

Finising and planing the electrotypes, before the printing can be done. Date: 1881

Interior of the studio where the engravings using tools and magnifying glasses to produce their work. Date: 1881

Ancient and Modern Communication. The Roman Road, Watling Street, flanked by the tall pylons of Rugby Radio Station, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Letter sorting office at the General Post Office - St Martin s-le-Grand, London. This was the main post office for London between 1829 and 1910. Date: 1900

Exterior of the Central Electric Telegraph Station, founder s-court, Lothbury, London, at the rear of the Bank of England. Date: 1848

A Lady excited by the ring of Loves Telephone
circa 1910s

Trainee Signalmen use semaphore to spell their regiment
circa 1910s

Comic Postcard - A Windy problem
Comic Postcard - " I m afraid you ll be troubed with wind outside, Lady!" " Well, you be thankful you re not troubled with it inside, thats all!" circa 1930s

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

French Commander directing operations from tree top 1917
Birds-eye view of the battle behind the lines, showing two French Commanders with periscope and map, directing operations and sending their strategy back to the front lines. Date: 1917

Gibbs Happy Families - Mrs Pipe the Plumbers wife. Date: 20th century

Young woman hiding a love letter
The Love Letter. A young woman hides a love letter from an older woman who seems to be giving her some unwelcome advice. Date: circa 1832

Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (1874 - 1937), Irish-Italian inventor and electrical engineer. Marconi photographed with his wireless invention, telegraphy instrument. Date: 1901

Advert for Carters reading stands 1906
Holding a book, writing pad, lamp in any position. Date: 1906

First regular air mail, England to Australia 1934
First regular air mail from England to Brisbane in Australia, Sir Kingsley Wood making his speech. Leaving from Croydon, London in Imperial Airways liner. Date: 8 December 1934

Air mail leaving Croydon for Karachi, India 1929
The first air mail service between Croydon, England and Karachi, India. Inaugurated by Armstrong-Siddeley Argosy air liner of Imperial Airways, arriving on 6 April. Date: 30 March 1929

Waiting for the mail train 1890s
Two officers of the Post Office fixing the mail-bag to the post outside Bletchley station on for the London and North Western Railway

Travelling rail post office 1890s
Her Majestys mail-carriers, sorting letters on the London and North Western railway with speeds of sixty miles an hour. Date: circa 1890s

Shrewsbury Grammer School - library 1861
Library was erected in 1595, but underwent considerable alterations in 1815. Square-headed windows at the ends were replaced by the pointed windows seen in the engraving. Date: 1861

New public pillar post box 1857
New freestanding public post box of 1857, set up in the streets of Metropolis, designed by A. Copper, C.E. of Great George Street and Mr. W. J Wills superintended the ornamentation. Date: 1857

New Police - Ambulance call for London 1907
In the streets of London emergency boxes were set up, with a direct line to the police and ambulance service. Date: 1907

Sending a message over the tickertape circuit
A woman sending a message containing coffee quotations over the tickertape telegraph circuit. Date: 1891

Fragment of a work produced by Gutenberg
Fragment of an historical work produced by Gutenberg on his first printing press. Date: 1455

Futuristic recorded message
A futuristic recorded message, brought on a tray by a servant. Date: 1899

Telegraphic message boy
Telegraph boy employed to deliver telegrams, holding his leather satchel with an important sealed message, which is probably sent up by a Manchester or Birmingham manufacturer to one of the London

Wireless Station, North Head, Washington State, USA
US Government Wireless and Telegraph Station, North Head, Washington State, USA. Date: circa 1906

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

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