Communications Collection (page 14)

A POET AND HIS MUSE
A garret poet and his muse Date: 18th century

MOTHER READS TO CHILDREN
Mother reading a story to her two children Date: 1947

NY TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
Telephone exchange, New York Date: 1896

Storytelling - Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer: Tom and Joe tell their adventures

CARTHAGE INSCRIPTION
Punic inscription found at Carthage

BABYLONIAN SEAL INSCRIPT
An inscription from a Babylonian seal

Postman in London
A London postman knocks at a door Date: circa 1880

JOST AMMAN / BOOK PRINTING
Printing a book in Germany Date: 16th Century

ARAB POEM - 1
The poetry is written in the central cartouches which are gold lined. Comments are in the margins. The script is nastaliq - one of the classic Middle Eastern scripts. Date: 16th century

ARABIC MANUSCRIPT - 2
The poetry is written in the central cartouches which are gold lined. Comments are in the margins. The script is nastaliq - one of the classic Middle Eastern scripts. Date: 16th century

SOLDIER WRITES HOME
A World War One soldier writes his Christmas letter home Date: 1914

CHRISTINE DE PISAN / SHAW
French writer, Christine de Pisan, presenting her book to the Queen of France, Isabelle of Bavaria Date: 1364? - 1430

MONK COPYING
A monk copies a manuscript Date: 15th century

MONK COPYIST
A 15th century monk copies a manuscript Date: 15th century

Newsboy with his newspapers
A London newsboy. Date: circa 1870

PRINTING DUTCH BOOKS C17
Printing a book in Holland Date: 1600

Monk Copyists
A monk copyist at work. It is also the first known picture of a man wearing spectacles. Date: 1352

Bale Fire of Beacon Warning of Attack
The Bale Fire is a series of fires, used to pass on an alarm throughout a district : here, settlers in the American colonies warn others of an attack of Native Americans Date: 17th century

SMOKE SIGNAL NATIVE AMER
The Native Americans in the foreground are replying with hand signals to a smoke signal sent by their friends on the opposite ridge. Date: circa 1880

SEALING LETTER WITH WAX
Sealing a letter with wax. Date: circa 1840

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

Fragment from a Gospel of St John, in the Evangelienbuch (Book of the Gospels) of Charlemagne, written in Latin. It opens, In the beginning was the word.... Date: late 8th century

Greek manuscript of a homily by Gregory of Nazianzus
A Greek manuscript of a homily by Gregory of Nazianzus (Gregory the Theologian, Gregory Nazianzen), Archbishop of Constantinople (c329-c389). Date: 1200

Fragment of the Lieder von Gudrun
A fragment of the Lieder von Gudrun (Songs of Gudrun or Kudrun), a medieval German epic tale, made for the Emperor Maximilian I. Date: circa 1570

Page from the Heidelberger Liederhandschrift
A page from the Heidelberger Liederhandschrift, a medieval German book of songs. Date: 14th century

Page from the Palace of Hope
An illustrated page from the Palace of Hope, from the Documenti dAmore (Teachings of Love) of the Tuscan poet, Francesco da Barberino

Fragment of a Minnesinger manuscript
A fragment of a Minnesinger manuscript by Schenken von Limburg. Date: mid 14th century

Illustrated page from the Welschen Gast
An illustrated page from Der Waelschen Gast (The Foreign Visitor, or The Italian Visitor) of the medieval writer Thomasin von Zirclaere. The title refers to himself, as his mother tongue was Italian

Early model of a Remington typewriter
An early model of a Remington typewriter. Date: 1877

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

Vickers Viking IB G-AJJN was retained by Vickers and flown on a demonstration flight to New Zealand in April 1947. On its return it was used y Vickers as a communications aircraft until it was later

RTAF Museum - Fairchild 24
Communications Type 1 - Fairchild 24 in the Royal Thai Air Force Museum at Don Mueang Royal Thai Air Force Base. Date: 1970s / 1980s

Post and Telegraph Office, Reykjavik, Iceland - note the superb roof-mounted box aerial Date: circa 1909

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

A French Signal Corps with heliographs, telescopes and flags
A French Signal Corps with heliographs, telescopes and telegraph flags. Date: circa 1909

Staten Island, New York, NY, USA - A Travelling Library - the Bookwagon, carrying the service of the New York Public Library to the countrysides

Czech Republic - Mobile Post Office - Auto Posta
Czech Republic - Mobile Post Office and Sorting Vehicle - Auto Posta. Date: 1937

Spa Resort near Florence, Tuscany, Italy - Postal Kiosk where you can buy postcards and send your messages. The Post Master (in uniform) is pictured. Date: 1905

Rome, Italy - Palazzo delle Poste e Telegrafi Date: 1901

WW1 - Cold German Soldiers behind the lines
WW1 - Cold-looking German Soldiers behind the lines during Winter - note the fantastic telegraph pole attesting to the complex communications systems in operation at this point on the front

WW1, Rouen, France, British Post Office and Boieldieu Statue
WW1, Rouen, France, British Post Office and Statue of Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, French Composer. Date: 1917

New York Worlds Fair, Birds Eye view Trylon and Perisphere
New York Worlds Fair - Birds Eye view of the Trylon and the Perisphere, showing the Administration Building in the left background

Duke of York at the reconstructed G. P. O. at Mount Pleasant
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) at the reconstructed G.P.O. at sorting Office at Mount Pleasant, London - November 1934

Two police officers in SPG van, Met Police, London
Two police officers, one male, one female (WPC McKay), in an SPG (Special Patrol Group) van, Met Police, London. The SPG was set up in 1961 to provide a centrally-based mobile capability for dealing

Inspector Janet Knott, Met Police, London
Inspector Janet Knott, first woman inspector in the Traffic Division of the Met Police, London. Seen here speaking on a motorcycle radio, with a male colleague on the right. Date: circa 1970s

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