Signals Collection (page 2)

Traffic Policeman directing the traffic at Parliament Street, London. Date: circa 1930

Beech RC-12K Guardrail 85-0152
United States Army - Beech RC-12K Guardrail 85-0152 (MSN FE-006), fitted with Common Sensor System 4, for airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection. Date: circa 2000

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 (msn 8040), of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW664
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW664 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW664 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic

Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14843
United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14843 (MSN 18782), a highly specialised Signals and Communications Intelligence gathering aircraft, at RAF Mildenhall, November-December 1997

Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14842
United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14842 (MSN 18782), a highly specialised Signals and Communications Intelligence gathering aircraft, at RAF Mildenhall, December 1997. Date: 1997

Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14846
United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14846 (MSN 18786), a highly specialised Signals and Communications Intelligence gathering aircraft, at RAF Mildenhall circa January 1999

The Driver's Signals by Alan Anderson

Switzerland - Alpenhorn (Alphorn) - a very long valveless wooden wind instrument played like a horn - used for signalling in the Alps. Date: circa 1910s

Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway - Interior of the Signal cabin. Now the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground network. Date: circa 1906

Cock O the North locomotive waiting for signals
LNER 2001 Cock O the North 1933 locomotive waiting for the signals to move. Date: circa 1930s

Indicator Board - Victoria Station - London
A gigantic indicator board at Victoria Railway Station, London, 1908 Date: 1908

Signal Station - Hungerford Bridge - Charing Cross 1864
The Signal Station on the North end of Hungerford Bridge over the River Thames, leading into Charing Cross Station, London. Date: 1864

Terrific Apparition - Londons First Traffic Light 1869
Terrific Apparition - Seen during the recent fog at Westminster. A satire on Londons First Traffic Light. Invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer

View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, 1821
View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, with 2, 700 inhabitants in 400 homes, 1821. Showing the government building, school, church, prison, battery and telegraph signals

WWII Post Office reservists, September 1939
Post office reservists of the Royal Corps of Signals arriving in London to augment the telephone and communications staff in government offices in the early days of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Patriotic poster, Buy British - Broadcast this message
Buy 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 volunteers
The General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers manning the signal box at LMS Bletchley. 1926

Railway signals on a Christmas and New Year card
Railway signals on a Christmas and New Year (New Century) card. Date: circa 1899

Wireless signals from the Eiffel Tower giving Greenwich time
Greenwich 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

British soldiers carrying telegraph wire, WW1
British soldiers carrying telegraph wire for communication purposes, the Battle of the Bridges, Western Front, First World War

General James Wolfe leading the attack on Quebec
Seven Years War - General James Wolfe leads the British redcoat forces up the steep path to the Heights of Abraham in their daring night attack on Quebec, Canada. 1759

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

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XW665 (msn 8040), of No.51 Squadron. The three original Nimrod R.1s, and the attrition replacement

Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665
Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW665 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft

USAF - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17G
United States Army Air Force - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17G, seen, presumably, at Shaw Field or a satellite field

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 regiment
circa 1910s

Flags most commonly flown in Bermuda
circa 1910s

Using Dictation Machine Date: 1954

Baby Scouts -- signaller
Baby Scouts -- A girl scout signaller you notice here, she warns the camp when enemies are near. Date: 1900

FLAG SIGNALS IN NAVY
A barefoot rating signalling with flags on board a warship of Her Majestys Navy. Date: circa 1890

ROMAN BEACON SIGNALS
Beacons used by the Romans during their campaign against the Germans Date: 1st century

SMOKE SIGNAL NATIVE AMER
The 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 signalman at work at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
A signalman at work in the 180 lever railway signal box at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Date: 1991

Goat on Bala Lake Railway line, N Wales
A 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

Parisian Officer directing traffic on Les Grand Boulevards
A 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

House Flags and Funnels. circa 1910

Union Pacific Streamliner train, City of Los Angeles
Union Pacific Streamliner luxury train, named the City of Los Angeles, operating between Chicago and Los Angeles in just under 42 hours. Date: circa 1937

Capital ship of a modern battle fleet by G. H. Davis
The capital ship of a modern battle fleet: a drawing of a typical British aircraft carrier, showing the general arrangements between decks, and two British innovations. Date: 1953

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

British Railways - The Flying Scotsman - Bittern Class
British Railways - The Flying Scotsman (Bittern Class - Dominion of New Zealand - No 4492) - the new streamlined engine introduced on this route on 4th July 1938. Date: 1938

Smoke Signal Statue, Pioneer Park, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Smoke Signal Statue, dedicated to the Nebraska Indian, Pioneer Park, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1941

International code of Signals flags and House Flags. circa 1910

Locomotive at Noel Park & Wood Green Station, London
Locomotive standing at Noel Park & Wood Green Station. This card shows the railway Bridge over High Road, Wood Green, London

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

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