Signal Collection (page 10)

Railwayman with black-out lamp
The green signal light of a guard on the railway is shaded with a hood in the wartime black-out as World War Two begins

Ireland - Greetings Card
A greeting card from Ireland (interestingly depicted as one country)

River Emergency Service, World War II. A patrol boat of the River Emergency Service returning from duty flies the gas signal GQH and a member of the crew signals for assistance be semaphore

A Trainee Signalman
A trainee signalman operates the junctions on a model railway as part of his training. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Battles of Arras 1918
Canadian Signal Service laying cables over newly captured ground at Neuville Vitasse during the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Signal Service dugout
An Army Signal Service dugout in Lindhoek on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

British Army Signallers 1916
Three members of the British Army Signal Service, wearing gas masks, in a trench on the Western Front, a typical forward Signal Post

George Corbett, Brading Station, Isle of Wight
Mr George Corbett, who was employed all his life on the Isle of Wight railway at Brading Station. At the time of this photograph he had the distinction of being the oldest stationmaster in the world

Argentina - Railway Station, Rosario

Semaphore 1912
Boys practising semaphore in the courtyard of the Columbia Park Boys Club, San Francisco

The Express Train passing a signal-box at high speed

The arrival of an Express train at Constantinople. The route depicted to Constantinople started at Palestine

Le Havre - Port Semaphore System
The Semaphore system at the port of Le Havre, France

Voyage of the Obelisk Ship Cleopatra to London, 1878
Series of engravings showing features of the journey of Cleopatras Needle, the ancient Egyptian obelisk, from Egypt to London in 1878

Turkish Imperial Yacht Izzeddin
The Turkish Imperial Yacht Izzeddin

4000-lb Bomb being loaded into a Lancaster, Britain; Second
Photograph showing a 4000-lb Cookie bomb being loaded into an Avro Lancaster of the Royal Air Force, at an airfield somewhere in Britain, 1944

A Land-rush in the United States. A Minute after the signal
Horses and wagons of all sorts take the participants in the land-rush to stake a claim for their plot. The land on which Arkansas City was to be built had belonged to the Cherokees until they were

The Bridge of a British Ironclad
Engraving showing the Bridge of a British Ironclad, with several officers on watch and the signal flags in use behind them

I am Going to Slow Down
This signal means : I AM GOING TO SLOW DOWN, STOP, OR TURN TO MY LEFT

Policeman Signals Come
This police signal means : COME ON

I am Going to Turn Right
This signal means : I AM GOING TO TURN TO MY RIGHT

Overtake me on my Right
This signal means : OVERTAKE ME ON MY RIGHT

I am Going Straightahead
This signal means : I AM GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD used when there is any doubt

Policeman Signals Stop
This police signal means : STOP !

Incorrect Signals
An incorrect or delayed signal is as dangerous as none at all

Locomotive / Wedgwood
Named after Sir Ralph Wedgwood, chief general manager of London and North East Railways

Boy Scouts Signal
Boy Scouts signalling with a lamp

Aurora Cruiser
A blank shot fired from the guns of the cruiser Aurora is the signal for the storming of the Winter Palace, and the overthrow of Kerenskys provisional govt

Channel Bridge 1
Project for a railway bridge : signal lamps warn shipping to steer clear of the supports for the suspended monorail

Colorado Desert
A government exploring party saddle up their mules before crossing the Colorado Desert towards Signal Mountain, a vivid depiction of the American desert landscape

Motoring Hand Signal
A fashionable female motorist uses a hand signal to indicate her intention to turn right. Note her leather driving glove with a built-in make-up mirror!

Playing with Model Train
Two children play with a model railway set out on the floor

Jonathan Warns David
To warn David that Saul is still angry with him, Jonathan goes out into the countryside ostensibly to practise archery, but really to signal to David to make his getaway

Druid Sencha / Battle Sign
The Druid Sencha gives the men of Ulster the signal for battle

Kite Aerial / Marconi
Marconi raises kites to support an aerial electrode on Signal Hill, St. Johns, Newfoundland

Flag Signalling R. N
A Royal Navy sailor indicates that he is about to signal one or more numbers

The Signal Fire
A girl on a high rocky platform lights a fire to warn someone that it is either safe or unsafe to do what they are thinking of doing or not doing

New York Subway / 1909
A Train-despatcher

Speed Contest 1897
The start of a speed contest at the Velodrome de la Seine, Paris - a gent in a top hat gives the starting signal

Signal Box at York
Even with colour coding, the signalman at York is faced with a massive array of levers - a mistake could be disastrous

Signals at Blackfriars
Inside the signal box at the London terminus of Blackfriars

All-Electric Signals
An all-electric signal box, replacing the traditional hand-operated signal levers

London Bridge Station s
Inside the signal boxes controlling the approach to London Bridge station, South- Eastern Railway. This is one of the busiest stretches of railway in the London area

Concert Des Chats
The Concert des Chats, a feature of the Foire de Saint- Germain : the animals miaow when the monkey gives the signal

Naval Lieutenant & Boy
A Lieutenant and a Signal Boy who holds a telescope to help make out the flags on distant ships

After the Duel
The end of a duel with pistols - one of the protagonists has been hit, and his second signals to his carriage to fetch him away Date: circa 1830

Loo Rock, Funchal Bay
The Signal Station on Loo Rock in Funchal Bay, Madeira

Castle & White Cliffs
Dover Castle & environs with a key marking out various new roads, two churches, signal house & Guildford Battery which is linked to the castle by a passage through the rock

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