Messengers Collection

Bayeux Tapestry (1 of 8)
A black and white depiction of the Bayeux Tapestry. In this section, Harold Godwinson meets with King Edward the Confessor and sails to France

WW2 ATS poster for motorcycle messengers Date: circa 1940

Telegram Boys 1930S
A line-up of smart young telegraph boys with immaculate uniforms and highly polished shoes

District Messengers / Gpo
Young boys worked as GPO District Couriers and delivered packages all over London. Here, they leave the District Messenger & Theatre Office. Date: circa 1930

The Imperial Museum at Nara, Japan - with deer
The Imperial Museum by the Deer Park at the Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan. In the Deer Park, deer are able to roam freely

William Wallace, Scottish leader, talking to two Dominican friars who were acting as messengers for the English before the Battle of Stirling Bridge, 11 September 1297

Training dogs in the trenches, WW1
Training war dogs. Dogs at the British War Dog School being acclimatised to trenches (part of the ground) before being sent to the Front where they were used in various roles such as messengers

Boy Scout messengers waiting for orders during WW1

Hermes and Iris
A painting depiction of what might be the Greek Goddess, Iris, with her symbolic jug of water, and Hermes, with his flaming red hair and dagger

Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan - The Deer Park
The path to the Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan passes through a Deer Park. In the Deer Park, deer are able to roam freely

LONDON TELEGRAPH BOY
A London telegraph boy, whose job is to deliver the telegrams to their individual recipients. Date: circa 1870

DISTRICT MESSENGERS / GPO
Young boys worked as GPO District Couriers and delivered packages all over London. They wore a distinct uniform with badges on their hats. Date: circa 1930

Telegram Boys 1937
Four young telegraph boys, smartly dressed in their uniforms, queue up at the counter to be given their telegrams by the manager

Major Richardson and his messenger dogs
Major Edwin Hautenville Richardson, renowned trainer of dogs for military use and founder of the British War Dog School during the First World War

Heliodorus expulsed of the Temple of Jerusalem by heavenly m
Heliodorus. 2nd century BC. Minister of the Syrian king Seleucus IV Philopator. Tried to seize the treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem. Heliodorus expulsed of the temple by heavenly messengers

London District Messenger Service - Messenger boy in distinctive uniform with cap at jaunty angle. Date: circa 1905

Messengers proclaim victory in the Russo-Japanese War
Two post runners proclaiming good news to the populace as they race along the road bearing a proclamation, they heads adorned with both the National Flag of Japan

Lady & Messengers 1560S
Men: doublets, large sleeves with panes & bows, voluminous hose & canions with bows at the knees, or buskins & spurs. Noblewoman: ornate petticoat, feather fan. Date: late 1560s

Duma messengers protected by guards, Petrograd, Russia
Duma messengers protected by armed guards, Petrograd (St Petersburg), during the Russian Revolution. The cars were used to travel at great speed around the city. Date: 1917

Major Richardsons war dogs - bringing in a dispatch
Major Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, with two of his messenger dogs. During the Great War, Richardson was commandant of the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness

The Dogs of War - trained animals at work at the front
Messenger dogs, trained at the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness, pictured in action delivering messages at the front in a page from the Illustrated London News. Date: 1918

The Red Cross for the Russo-Japanese War
An ambulance dog supplied by Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer to the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war in 1904

The Dogs of War - training messenger dogs at Shoeburyness
Page from the Illustrated London News illustrating the work of the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness on the Essex coast in training dogs to become messengers at the front during the First World

Messenger dog depot on the Western Front
Journalists visiting a messenger dog depot on the British Western Front in 1918. Date: 1918

French Pigeon Trainer, Illustrated War News, WW1
A French pigeon trainer with his avian pupils during the First World War. Pigeons, possessing a natural homing instinct, were used extensively as messengers during the conflict. Date: 1917

British War Dog School
Keepers and their canine charges at the British War Dog Training School, where dogs were trained to act as messengers at the front during the First World War

Morning parade at British War Dog School
Morning parade at the British War Dog training school which was based at Shoeburyness in 1917. The school specifically trained dogs to act as messengers at the front to great effect. Date: 1917

British War Dog School, Shoeburyness, 1917
Dogs and their keepers line up at the British War Dog School which was based at Shoeburyness on the Essex coast in 1917. The school was run by Colonel Edwin Richardson

Aeneas built a castle in Italy and sends his wise messengers to the king Latinus in Laurentum. Scene from the Aeneid of Virgil in french manuscript From the creation of the world to the conquest of

Training dogs at the British War Dog School, WW1
Part of the training ground at the War Dog School, which trained dogs in readiness for serving at the front during First World War in various roles such as sentries and messengers

British messenger dog, WW1
Messenger dog, Nell. This dog worked with the British Army throughout the war, delivering messages between trenches and headquarters

Mrs Richardson and her dog pupils, WW1
Mrs Richardson, wife of Lieut.-Col. E. H. Richardson, Commandant of the British War Dog School during the First World War, pictured with a selection of some of her canine pupils

British messenger dogs, WW1
Keeper Coull with three of his charges - messenger dogs used by the British Army during the First World War to carry messages between trenches, headquarters and stretches of land

WW1 messenger dogs - training them to jump barbed wire
Messenger dogs destined for the British Army, being trained to jump and clear barbed wire entanglements during the First World War. Date: 1914-18

WW1 messenger dog
A British soldier securing a message to a messenger dogs collar on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-18

Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan - The Deer Park
The Deer Park at the Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan. In the Deer Park, deer are able to roam freely and are believed to be sacred messengers of the Shinto gods that inhabit the shrine

Path to the Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan - Deer Park
The path to the Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan passes through a Deer Park. In the Deer Park, deer are able to roam freely

Great Chronicles of France (14th c. ). Two messengers
Great Chronicles of France (14th c.). Two messengers communicate to Charles the Great the victory over the Saracens. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Castres. Goya Museum

UNZUETA, Adri n (19th century). Moctezuma receives the Messengers. Oil on canvas

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Messenger dogs billeted behind the front line trenches, soldiers stood by kennels with their dogs Date: 20th century

Chiaous Bashi, Official of the Sublime Porte
A Chiaous Bashi, an official of the Sublime Porte. He was in charge of the court messengers and announced those wishing an audience with the Sultan, amongst other duties and responsibilities

Cycle messengers
Bicycling, New York Streets. Group of bicycle messengers in front of the New York Herald building

Footman from Sais, Egypt
A Footman from Sais, Egypt (on the Western Nile), wearing a fine patterned waistcoat / jerkin and holding a long thin stick

Two Egyptian Footmen
A hand-tinted card depicting two footmen from Sais, Egypt (on the Western Nile), wearing white tunics, patterned waistcoat and sashes and holding long sticks

Papal Messengers
Messengers from pope Della Luna (there were several rival popes at this time) are pilloried by the people of Flanders

Jap Messenger Dogs
During the war between Japan and China, the Japanese use dogs to carry despatches in the siege of Shanghai

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