Communications Collection (#46)

Egyptian Scribe
Egyptian scribes

Ways of Reading
Ways of reading : young read assiduously, older they will be distracted; older still they will need spectacles or magnifiers; yet older, they will doze over their books

Egyptian Manuscript
Part of an Egyptian Manuscript found in the Swathing of a Mummy

Hogarth Poor Poet
The Distressed Poet and his wife both have problems : he wonders what to write, while his wife wonders how to pay the milkmaids bill

C19 French Schoolbook
Two pages from a French schoolbook, with a scene from an ecole maternelle (= dame school) and images of trades

Writing with a Quill Pen
A lady sits at her desk, writing with a quill pen

Telegraph / Tibet / 1922
The electric telegraph is introduced to Tibet

Telegraph / Australia / 1891
Australian Telegraph messenger

Doctor Syntax meets a blue stocking beauty
Dr Syntax meets with a blue-stocking beauty

Swedish Postman C1900
The Swedish postman makes use of a steam ferry to get from one part of Stockholm to another

Korean Postman
A Korean postman kneels on the ground as he takes his mail from the basket on his back and hands it to a high official

Italian Postman
Am Italian postman delivers letters to a monastery

Egyptian Postman
The Egyptian postman rides a camel on his delivery round

Manuscript (Crucifix)
Facsimile of a page of illuminated manuscript with the crucifix designed into an ornate letter T (from the Church in Metz, France)

Illum Manuscript (C8)
Facsimile of a page from a manuscript kept in the L Abbaye de Saint-Medard de Soissons

Valentine and Bouquet
The best Valentines are those which come accompanied by a bouquet of flowers

Editor of the Future
A high-tech editor of the future - protected by a Faraday cage and earthed, he dictates stories onto gramophone cylinders

Cambridge Public Library

Victorian Kitchen 19C
A woman sits reading by the kitchen range

Postman Rings his Bell
The bellman, or postman, rings his bell to let you know that the letters are about to go

Punch Cover 1915 Doyle
A classic Punch cover, with Mr Punch and his dog Toby

Press at Leipzig / 1520
Press in Leipzig, Germany

Printing Office Scene / Dc
A scene in a printing office

Rotary Press Plate Photo
Changing the plate on a rotary press

Wulfstan Writing(Strutt)
WULFSTAN Archbishop of York 1002 - 1023 English prelate; advised law to Kings Aethelred and Canute writes with a quill pen

Printing, 16th Century
A printing office showing the compositor, the printers and the proof-reader at work

Mother / Children Reading
A mother looks at a book with her two daughters

Newsboy with Sunday Time
A newsboy selling The Sunday Times

Newsboy at Station
A newsboy sells magazines and books to passengers at a railway station

CAXTONs PRESS 1474
Caxtons Press

Library, Versailles
The Library of the palais de Versailles, France

Enjoying Presents
Children with their presents share the delights of a picture book

Morse / Electric Telegraph
Morse telegraphic apparatus Card 2 of 2 B - the receiving end C - the " key" which produces the break of contact

Selling Newspapers 1867
Victorian newspaper seller offering the paper to passengers on a horse-drawn bus

Dutch Flat Bed Press C17
Working on a Dutch flat bed press

English Print House 1619
An English printing house

Communications / Telephone
Girls working in a manual telephone exchange

Swallows / Postcards 1908
Six swallows delivering postcards, which they hold in their beaks

Communications / Courier
An Ethiopian courier carries a message from the Negus : peasants along the route bow their heads in respect

Caxton and Edward IV
Caxton showing the first specimen of his printing to King Edward IV at the Almonry, Westminster

Baronio Writing
Cesare Baronio, Italian historian (1538 - 1607) writing at his desk

Ancient Egyptian Scribe
Ancient Egyptian scribe recording a tribute

APOLLINARIS 431-487
GAIUS SOLLIUS APOLLINARIS SIDONIUS Roman prelate; Christian writer, in Gaul

SIGNALLING
Royal Navy flag signal A

Reading a Ghost Story
The Ghost Story The unnerving effects of reading Gothic novels late at night

Gillray / Tales of Wonder
Tales of Wonder! Gillray satire on the taste for Gothic novels

Stanley Baldwin Library
The English politician Stanley Baldwin reading in his library

Grandmother Storytelling
Old woman telling stories to her many grandchildren

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