Message Collection (page 6)

Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu
Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu for Sunday 14 April 1912. The Prince Frederick Wilhelm was one of the ships in the vicinity when the Titanic hit the iceberg

RMS Titanic - silk postcard of the liner at sea with a related message on the reverse. Postally used 6 May 1912

Italian Fusilier with rifle poses before a painted mountain
The caption is Lightening attack! On the back is a message from a soldier in Rome, to his mother, complaining about a lack of letters. WW1 Date: 1916

Poster type card showing a Church Lads Member at camp
The card has a message from Leonard, who is at camp training for war, to his mother complaining that he had to leave his rifle behind in the Church room

Be-medalled General Sir Douglas Haig
General Haig Commanded the BEF First Corps and went on to become Commander in Chief. The card has a message on the other side from a Conscientious Objector - what a card to choose! WW1 Date: 1918

British Home propaganda
The young girl in a sailor's uniform is wearing a hat with Iron Duke on it. On the reverse is a written message saying that the girl recipient has been to several theatre performances - ZigZag

Last and boots on a Christmas and New Year card
Cobbler's last and boots on a comic Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic pictogram on a Christmas and New Year card
Comic pictogram with a puzzle about family relationships on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card with flowers and space for message
Greetings card with flowers, child, gold background and space for message. Date: circa 1900

Comic pictogram on a Christmas card
Comic pictogram (harness, bit and stirrup) on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic pictogram on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Two boy scouts on an outdoor activity, Mauritius, signalling with a flag

Rome. Pope Leo XIII directs a phonograph message to the Amer
Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Rome. Leo XIII directs a phonograph message to the American Catholic people on the occasion of his jubilee

Phonoplex telegraph invented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Engraving

Kaffir with Cleft Stick
An African Kaffir letter carrier, carrying a message in a cleft stick Date: 1846

Marconi monument, Poldhu, southern Cornwall
Close-up of plaque on the Marconi memorial monument, Poldhu, southern Cornwall. The monument marks the location of Poldhu Wireless Station

WW2 poster, Warship Week, Winston Churchill
WW2 poster, Warship Week, A message from the Prime Minister, with a portrait of Winston Churchill and a letter from him in support of the National Savings Movement and the Warship Week Campaign

World War One Mystery Towers, Shoreham by Sea, England
World War One Mystery Towers, Shoreham by Sea, near Worthing/Brighton, Sussex, England. The towers were built to protect allied merchant shipping from German U-boats

Washroom at Flixton Hall, Flixton, Greater Manchester
Washroom at Flixton Hall, Flixton, Trafford, near Urmston, Greater Manchester, England. Message on the back is headed Flixton and this is thought to be the washroom at Flixton Hall Date: 1908

Edward VIII abdication message read in Parliament
King Edward VIII s, final and irrevocable decision to abdicate, his message being read in Parliament. " I, Edward the Eighth

The Sixtus Affair, fighting over Alsace-Lorraine
Cartoon in Punch magazine entitled Discipline. The blackboard reads France ought to have Alsace-Lorraine Carl referring to the German suspicions that in March 1917 a secret message was sent

Slogan painted on a British artillery shell
An instance of the grim humours of war. A message for the Germans written across the back of a British artillery shell. Date: 1916

WW2 - London Auxiliary Ambulance Service Driver on the farm
WW2 - British Home front, October 1941 - Mrs John Steel, daughter of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, British Pathologist, lends her hand to the war effort

Naval Signal Flags - Greeting - Christmas Postcard. The translation of this flag series translates as: Keep a Bright. Look Forward (signalled by International code). Date: circa 1910s

Scouts learning morse code
Nine Boy Scouts of the 1st Coulsdon Group sit around a table learning morse code, under the watchful eye of their Scout Leader. 1950

Courage! On les aura
A morale-boosting message from General Petain at Verdun, urging courage as the war drags on

The Sphere Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition
Front cover of The Sphere Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition in which Captain Scott and his four comrades perished after being beaten to the South Pole by Norwegian, Roald Amundsen

Wartime Messenger Dog
A soldier writes a message to give back to a French messenger dog on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), US inventor and telephone pioneer. Born in Edinburgh, Bell began his career in assisting his father teach elocution

Zulu & Cleft Stick
A Zulu courier running, carrying a message in a cleft stick

Ufos / Valentich / Bass St
Near Melbourne, Australia, Frederick Valentich, flying alone, encounters unknown object over the sea and after a strange radio message he and his plane vanish for ever

Pigeon Saves the Day
A broken down seaplane in the North Sea sends out a pigeon carrying an SOS message of help during the First World War

British passport from Gibraltar to Madrid, one journey, made out to Captain J Coulson, Army Service Corps, Bearer of Despatches. 1900

French Railway Alphabet - T for Telegraphe (telegraph). 19th century

British passport from Madrid to Gibraltar, made out to Captain John Coulson, British subject, travelling with despatches, dated 3 November 1900. 1900

Japan - A Geisha whispers a secret to another fellow Geisha
Japan - Confidences - A Geisha whispers a secret to another fellow Geisha Date: 1904

Signallers with the King?s African Rifles
Photograph: Signallers with the King?s African Rifles taking down a message, 1943. Captioned: Signaller taking down a messge

Cardinal Wolsey and the Kings Messenger -- Wolsey has lost favour with Henry VIII, and his downfall begins. circa 1529

King George V, message to the Empire record (verso), HMV, His Masters Voice, 78 rpm. Broadcast on Christmas Day, 1935. 1935

Susi - with blank card. 1950s

Romantic greetings card with red roses. Date: circa 1890s

Mottos - Many Happy Returns - Birds among Flowers, Message above. Part of Box 134 Boswell Collection - Mottos. Date: circa 1895

Christmas and New Year card in shape of telegraph boy
Christmas and New Year card in the shape of a boy holding up a telegraph message. Date: circa early 20th century

If you have a postcard collection - Add me to it! Date: 1906

Young woman with mirror on a novelty postcard
Young woman in an elegant costume on a novelty Valentines Day postcard. The back-to-front writing on her mirror reads: Won t you say yes? Date: circa 1900s

A message from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
A message from Cincinnati, Ohio, The Queen City of the West. Date: circa 1940s

Valentines Day postcard with red hearts, roses and ribbons. Date: early 20th century

Couple skating
Christmas greeting card with message. Couple in period costume skating together in harmony in a winter scene. Date: 1902

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