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WW2 era - Comic Postcard - England expectsThe Caption reads - England Expects presumably evoking the Nelsonian flag signal to his fleet. It was everymans war. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941
Steam EngineImage from an alphabet book. A steam engine passing a signal box. Artist: Richard James Williams Date: 1919
Indicator Board - Victoria Station - LondonA gigantic indicator board at Victoria Railway Station, London, 1908 Date: 1908
Signal Station - Hungerford Bridge - Charing Cross 1864The Signal Station on the North end of Hungerford Bridge over the River Thames, leading into Charing Cross Station, London. Date: 1864
Hong Kong - Mody Road, Kowloon - Lyee Moon BuildingA very rare view of Hong Kong - Mody Road, Kowloon - Lyee Moon Building - Signal Hill Tower (on left) on Blackhead Point with a time ball (only in use 1927-1933). circa 1930
Terrific Apparition - Londons First Traffic Light 1869Terrific Apparition - Seen during the recent fog at Westminster. A satire on Londons First Traffic Light. Invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer
Metropolitan Underground Railway 1862Series of illustrations depicting the Metropolitan Underground Railway. 1862
Florence Fenwick Miller, English journalist and authorFlorence Fenwick Miller (1854-1935), English journalist, author and social reformer, editor and proprietor of The Womans Signal, an influential feminist journal. 1897
St Marys Church tower and beacon, Monken Hadley, LondonSt Marys Church tower and beacon, Monken Hadley, Barnet, north London. Known as the Beacon Church, since the tower and fire beacon were added in the early 16th century. Date: 1842
Japanese Navy: Vice-Admiral Togo & Signal men. Artist: George Derville Rowlandson Date: 1903
Comite du Debarquement Signal Memorial BernieresThis was the first of the Monuments put up by the Comite under M Raymond Triboulet. They are found along the beaches to commemorate le Jour J
Bugler blowing All Clear after Zeppelin air raid, WW1Bugler blowing the All Clear after a Zeppelin air raid during the First World War. 1914-1918
Postman with trumpet, horse and cart. 19th century
Patriotic poster, Buy British - Broadcast this messageBuy British - Broadcast this message to your friends. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)
General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteersThe General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers manning the signal box at LMS Bletchley. 1926
Colonel Ashley with Chelsea Pensioners, WW1Colonel Ashley explaining modern signal methods to Chelsea Pensioners during the First World War. 1914-1918
Railway signals on a Christmas and New Year cardRailway signals on a Christmas and New Year (New Century) card. Date: circa 1899
Wireless signals from the Eiffel Tower giving Greenwich timeGreenwich time communicated via wireless to a London home by means of an installation on the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The time could be received by anyone with the requisite receiving mechanism within
Naval Signal announcing the Armistice, WW1Handwritten Naval Signal announcing the Armistice, from the Navy Office at Southend, dated 11 November 1918, marking the end of the First World War. 1918
Naval Signal, surrender of German Fleet, WW1Naval Signal announcing the surrender of the German Fleet at the end of the First World War, 21 November 1918. 1918
Guglielmo Marconi with his Assistants Kemp and Paget, behind is the experiments kite. Date: 12th December 1901
Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937), Italian inventor and electrical engineer, shown in photograph with his apparatus, after receiving signals at Newfoundland
MUSSOLINI / SIGNAL 1940BENITO MUSSOLINI leading his country to war Date: 1883 - 1945
Curtiss Model G Army Tractor - Signal Corps No. 21Curtiss Model G Army Tractor Signal Corps No.21. The first tractor aircraft for the Signal Corps, all previous aircraft having been pushers. Date: circa 1913
United States Army - Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1United States Army - Signal Corps Dirigible No.1, designed and built by Thomas Scott Baldwin, for the US Army Signal Corps. Date: 1908
Thai paratroop trainees waiting for the green lightThai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 05:Red light! Waiting for the green light to be signal for jump. (Red on - waiting for the Green light) Date: 1955
Operating the levers in the signal box at London Bridge, one of the busiest stations in the country. Date: 1866
Trainee Signalmen use semaphore to spell their regimentcirca 1910s
Two marines on coast signal battleship with flag Date: 1918
Lifeboat Signaling Date: 1941
Tower Man at Work
Signal Gasoline Date: 1940
Mauritius - Port Louis - HM Battleships and Signal Mountain. Date: circa 1909
Baby Scouts -- signallerBaby Scouts -- A girl scout signaller you notice here, she warns the camp when enemies are near. Date: 1900
CHAPPE SIGNAL TOWEROne of a series of signal towers built by the French engineer Chappe, between Paris and Lille Date: 1890
ARMADA BEACONS 1588THE SPANISH ARMADA Lighting the beacons to signal the alarm Date: July 1588
SMOKE SIGNAL NATIVE AMERThe Native Americans in the foreground are replying with hand signals to a smoke signal sent by their friends on the opposite ridge. Date: circa 1880
A French Signal Corps with heliographs, telescopes and flagsA French Signal Corps with heliographs, telescopes and telegraph flags. Date: circa 1909
A signalman at work at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, EnglandA signalman at work in the 180 lever railway signal box at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Date: 1991
Goat on Bala Lake Railway line, N WalesA man, wearing riding jodhpurs and boots, leads a goat across the railway line at Llangower railway station on the Bala Lake Railway, in North Wales. First published in The Sunday Times Date: 1989
Caldon Canal lock, StokeA man opens the sluice gate on a lock on the Caldon Canal, Stoke, Staffordshire Date: 1987
Longport Junction footbridge, StokeA young woman wearing a patterned sweater walks her dog down the steps of the footbridge at Longport Junction, Stoke-on-Trent. The Longport Junction signal box is in the centre background Date: 1987
US - Life in our Navy - Signal Corps - USS MassachussettsUS - Life in our Navy - Signal Corps aboard USS Massachusetts (BB-2) is a Indiana-class battleship. Date: circa 1910
Spad S-XiiiPilot Standing with 103Rd Aero Sqn La Fayette Us Signal Corps Aviation Section Spad S-Xiii Parked Date: 1910s
Lake Placid, N. Y. USA - View from Signal HillLake Placid, N.Y. USA - View from Signal Hill with Whiteface Mountain in the background Date: 1940
Parisian Officer directing traffic on Les Grand BoulevardsA French Traffic Gendarme with a VERY fine moustache and beard combo direct traffic at a junction on the Grand Boulevards, Paris at the Porte Saint-Denis. Date: circa 1920
Royal Navy Signal Flags1Signal flags of the Royal Navy 1 of 2 Date: 1937
House Flags and Funnels. circa 1910