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Scandinavian RunesA priest explains to a warrior the message inscribed on a stone in Norway
Police Officer in RadioPolice officer on walkie talkie in London. Metropolitan Police
Olivetti Advert 1928An Olivetti typewriter is held aloft by Hermes, messenger of the gods and patron of the telecommunications industry
Solomon Writing ProverbsWhen not entertaining queens or building temples, Solomon found time to write his Proverbs - as shown in their first letter in a 12th century German Bible
Mother & Daughter ReadMother reads a large book while her daughter hangs over her shoulders
Posting Christmas CardsLittle boy taking his christmas cards to the post box
Froissart / ChroniclesJEAN FROISSART - French chronicler in his study
An early typing poolFrom the start, typing was perceived as the archetypal employment opportunity for women : this is the Typing Office of the Society for the Employment of Women
Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letterThe aviator Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter which he himself will transport by air to Windsor. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor
Gustav Hamel signing receipt for mail, HendonThe aviator Gustav Hamel in the cockpit of his aeroplane, signing the official receipt for the mail, just before setting out from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor on the very first airmail flight
Review in the TatlerA theatrical review in The Tatler of the play Roberts Wife featuring cartoons by Tom Titt of Owen Nares, Edith Evans and Robert Holmes
Boy & Girl Post LetterA boy and girl arrive with a letter just as the postman is emptying the box
English Rural PostmanAn English rural postman collects the mail from a letter-box
Mail Aeroplane 1970SFirst Class mail being unloaded from a plane into a General Post Office (Royal Mail) van, Britain
Irish Contry PostmanIrish country postman delivering the mail
Mail Steamer, 1940SLoading mail boxes onto the steamer at the Kyles of Bute, Argyllshire, Scotland
G. P. O. Inland OfficeThe General Post Office, St. Martins-le-Grand, London - the Inland Office
Chap Posts a LetterA smart cyclist stops to pop a letter into a Royal Mail letterbox
Rural PostboyThe Post Boy
Parcel Delivery TricycleA Royal Mail parcels post delivery tricycle
Owen Jones Title PageDecorative gothic-style title page, echoing the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts
Copper Plate PeinterThe process of transferring portraits, landscapes and other pictures and writing from engravings on copper to paper
Hands-Free Telephone SetA telephone receptionist (possibly working for the emergency services) uses a rather cumbersome hands-free telephone, worn around the neck
Old Chinese ManuscriptFragment from a manuscript of the Uigur dynasty : figures are shown writing and reading, and one is playing a lute-like musical instrument
Typewriters of 1909Various models of typewriter obtainable from Harrods
Olivetti Advert 1932The boss consults his watch - hes in a hurry for this report - but don t worry, signor, thanks to the Olivetti you gave her, your secretary will have it done in time
French Philately ManualAlbert Laplanches popular guide to stamp collecting
Paris Stamp MarketLA BOURSE AUX TIMBRES-POSTE The stamp market in the Champs Elysees, Paris
Danish PostmanA Danish postman is glad to be offered refreshment as he stops for a moment on his rounds
British Postman in SnowSnow does not deter this country postman making his deliveries with a horse- carriage
Receiving ValentinesTwo girls have been waiting eagerly for the post on Saint Valentines Day : now one of them holds out her pinafore to receive her share from the postman
Lady Posts Letter 1906A lady goes out in her evening dress and cloak to post a letter in a London street
Gpo Sorting, 1875The General Post Office, London : stamping and sorting letters
Posting Letter into SackA woman posts her letter into a postmans sack which he carries around with him
Country Letter BoxA boy stretches to post a letter in the box at Bowlers Green, Surrey : this was before all letter-boxes were painted red
Trinidad PostmanA postman in the (then) British colony of Trinidad is offered a pineapple by a grateful recipient of mail
Reading a LetterShe reads a letter above a vase of blue flowers
She Reads a Letter 1889She reads a letter at her dressing table
Chappes Telegraph - 1The optical telegraph of Claude Chappe and his brother is erected on the Eglise de Montmartre, overlooking Paris
Military PostmanA military postman for the British army collecting post from a mail box on an army camp site
Dog Reading by PiddingA learned grandfather amuses his grandchildren by teaching the dog to read. The dog, wearing spectacles & smoking a pipe, sits on a stool to read a newspaper
Print Photography 1916Colour Photographers at work
Danish Lady on the LineA Danish lady in an extremely long dress uses a wall-mounted phone
The First Iln Front PageThe Illustrated London News The front page of the first issue
Morning DeliveryThe morning delivery
Country PostmanAn English country postman with a letter for the daughter of the house which she d rather Mama didn t see
Steam Book Press / 1877Steam printing press machinery for printing books - reading a page which has just come off the machine
Communications / RadioThe Wireless Telegraphy room of an Atlantic liner