Noise Collection (page 3)

Pulling Christmas Crackers. Artist: Anon. An boy and girl, scared of the noise, pulling Christmas crackers Date: 1899

Street music: 1892 slum scene
A noisy street scene of 1892:children dance to a barrel organ, competing with an accordion, penny whistle and the hubbub of passers by. 1892

Street music: Unfair competition, 1892
A London organ grinder plying his trade finds he can t compete when he plays outside the Royal Albert Hall. Date: 1892

Street music: an unwelcome German band
Preventions better than cure: a servant bribes a German band to clear off before their music makes someone ill

Street music: The organ grinding nuisance, 1864
A difference of opinion: an old lady and a child encourage an organ grinder to play in the street, despite the pleas of a maid on behalf of a suffering invalid. Date: 1864

Time, gentlement, please! - anti-jazz music, 1913
The personification of Time drops her lyre in horror and covers her ears against the latest American import: Jazz. Date: 1913

Jazz music while you dine, 1929
A couple listen to jazz over a rather fraught dinner. The dog, cat and pet bird screech while the music blares out of the gramophone. Date: 1929

340 mm gun on Western Front, northern France, WW1
A 340 mm gun in action on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War. One of the gunners (centre right) has his fingers in his ears. Date: 26 September 1918

Queen prima-donna at home, 1874
Three girls plead with their musical Mamma to stop playing the piano. Date: 1874

Ta ra ra boom de ay - the popular favourite
Mr. Punch shields his ears against the din of the popular music hall hit Ta ra ra boom de ay, sung, played and whilsted in the street by all and sundry. Date: 1892

BRETON SONNEURS
Breton sonneurs are the equivalent of waits, but they probably make a lot more noise as they parade through the village Date: 1853

A quiet afternoon spoilt
A quiet September afternoon in the countryside is ruined for this woman by a flock of Geese, intent on preventing her from finishing her book. Wisely she comes armed with a parasol to fend them off

The Country Side by Illingworth
A lady in the back of an open top car (bottom left) relaxes during a drive in the country and says, Oh William, isn t it a treat to get away from the hurry and bustle of town

Metropolitan Police rattle
A Metropolitan Police rattle

Leader of the Band by Muriel Dawson
A boisterous child makes a racquet with a pan and lid. Even his toy donkey looks pained by the noise

The Music of the East
Humourous postcard entitled The Music of the East, depicting a braying Egyptian donkey, singing out to an empty desert... Date: 1908

Manufacturing Wool Yarn
The Worlds largest (at the time) single line of worsted carding machines for opening scoured raw wool prior to combing at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Howitzer 1918
A 12 inch Howitzer gun firing at Louez on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1918

A line of crying babies
A line of babies and toddlers sitting on chairs, in various states of distress; not a dry eye in the room, apart from the angry little child second from the right who seems rather annoyed by

The Hungry Fox (animal as human) 3 of 5
Seizing the grey goose by the neck the Fox makes a dash for it before the farmer awakes at the noise

Christmas time chaos
A chaotic but merry scene depicting a family at Christmas. The children, all very energetic and excited, play musical instruments, help decorate the tree and play games

Hospital saloon on the London and North Western Railways
A hospital on wheels, the invalid saloons on the London and North Western Railway. Special thick flooring was used to deaden the vibrations and noise from the patient

Queen Victorias saloon in the royal carriage
The saloon of Queen Victorias carriage on the London and North Western Railway. The carriage was designed at an estimated cost of 3000

Sound Detectors
Noise detectors used to sense approaching aircraft. These were originally used in World War One

Landing Project Paris
Project for an airport on the roof of Galeries Lafayette, in the heart of Paris, whose convenience would outweigh the danger, the noise and other minor drawbacks

The God of War / 1909
The God of war tells the leaders of Europe not to make so much noise toasting Peace & to let him get on with sharpening his knives

Elisha at Samaria
King Ben-hadad of Syria besieges Samaria, reducing the populace to cannibalism; but Elisha scares the besiegers away in panic with the noise of a great host

Sensationalist News
The modern editor and his boss, the pressure to publish sensational news

Sport for Disabled / 1895
Sport for the disabled at Nogent-sur-Marne - men with wooden legs competing for first place

Punch / Motoring Cartoon
A quiet Sunday in our village. Cars bringing traffic, noise, pollution and general chaos to a small village

Sailor and Parrot
Sailors have a tendency to bring home parrots as souvenirs of their travels in exotic climes : the noise below decks must have been indescribable !

Jolly Boys / Greenaway
We re all jolly boys, and we re coming with a noise, our stockings shall be made of the finest silk and our tails shall touch the ground

Chinese Emperor Wu Wang entertaining with gunpowder
The Chinese Emperor Wu Wang (Zhou Dynasty) uses gunpowder to make loud noises to entertain his guests

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