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Front and back covers, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson, published by the Great Western Railway in the companys centenary year
Little boy with rocking horse, sailing boat and castleA little boy standing in a room (perhaps a nursery) containing a rocking horse, a sailing boat, a train engine with signals and a castle. Date: circa 1930s
Steam engine and carriages at a coastal stationSteam engine and carriages pulling out of a coastal station, with the sea and a ship on the right. Date: circa 1930s
Steam engine and carriages on a railway track. Date: circa 1930s
WW2 Christmas card, Victorys Signal. The flaghoist signal used by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), England expects that every man will do his duty
Dutch boy scouts with signalling equipment, HollandTwo Dutch boy scouts with signalling equipment, Holland
Dutch cub scouts with semaphore flags, HollandTwo Dutch cub scouts with semaphore flags, Holland
Greek boy scouts doing semaphore signalsThree Greek boy scouts, one of them doing semaphore signals
LNER 123 railway engine, Marylebone Station, LondonLNER 123 railway engine leaving Marylebone Station, London
Earl Haig railway engine, Marylebone Station, London. early 20th century
WW2 Poster -- be discreetYou may be a walking RAF - but don t let everyone know it! Be discreet! Colour lithograph by Sgt Norman Tiger Harrison, Royal Corps of Signals, India
Wolf cubs doing a semaphore test, CanadaWolf cubs doing a semaphore test (signalling with flags), Canada
1st Port of Spain scout with heliograph, Trinidad. The equipment was made by two scouts, the Potter brothers
1st Port of Spain scouts with heliograph, Trinidad
A Woman At War - WWIA Woman At War - Being experiences of an Army Signaller in France in 1917-1919 - 807, Unit 3, W.A.A.C. L Signals, A.P.O. 3, France. Published in Liverpool by Daily Post Printers, Wood Street. Book
Royal Engineers badge, Signal Company Despatch RiderMotorbike badge, Royal Engineers 1914-1918 Signal Company Despatch Rider. Commemorative Ware. Date: 1914-1918
Boy scout helio signalling, South AfricaBoy scout belonging to a South African troop, helio signalling at camp
How wireless beacons guide ships in the fogThe Marconi invention can determine distance of the ship from the beacon to steer the vessel into a Harbour during foggy weather
Those Signals by Bruce BairnsfatherTwo soldiers sit in a damaged attic, in this Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon. One spots a set of signal lights, but the other is simply not having any of it. Date: 1916
Rejected by the War Office, Mules put to good use by L. R. BHumorous illustration suggesting what to do with an obstinate mule who has been rejected for usual war work. Why not utilise the mules wonderful kicking powers
British signal station on railway track, Western Front, WW1A British signal station of three men, set up on a railway track, using a daylight lamp, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British soldier in trench with signal rockets, WW1A British soldier in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One, with rockets used for signalling. Date: circa 1916
How the busiest junction in England is worked: electrical devices which protect the passenger from danger on the District Railway. Showing the newly completed Earls Court underground station, London
How wireless waves guide aeroplanes during bad visibilityMethod of directing the pilots of aircraft flying to and from Croydon has been revolutioned by the Marconi directional visual beacon station erected at croydon. WWII
Landing aircraft in fog by G. H. DavisThe dot and dash radio beam system of landing aircraft in fog: a method which prevented many accidents during the Second World War. Date: 1945
Russian Soldier Using SemaphoreA lone Russian soldier atop a hill using Semaphore flags to communicate to other sections of the Russian forces in the 1904/5 Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1905
Steam engine in a station
View of trains leaving London Bridge StationView of trains leaving Platforms 9 and 10 of London Bridge Station, with passenger carriages on the left, and cargo trucks on the right. Date: 20th century
Trainee Traffic PoliceA group of British traffic policeman learning hand signals in a training yard. Date: early 1930s
Wood Green and Alexandra Park Station, LondonA marvellous postcard looking down on Wood Green and Alexandra Park Station, London (now called Alexandra Palace Railway Station). Date: circa 1905
Three boys on a desert island attract a passing ship using their robes and spears as signal flags. Date: 1898
Palace entertainers - Hue, VietnamPalace entertainers and dancers in demonic costume at Hue, the capital city of Thua ThienHue Province of Vietnam. Date: 1907
International system of flag signalling - German postcard, including a section of storm signals (lower section). Date: circa 1910s
Black Gate and Castle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The Main East Coast Mainline railway line runs straight through the former Castle grounds! Date: circa 1910s
On my signal - Painting by Andrew McGeachyOn my signal - an early monoplane awaiting taxi and takeoff. The ground crew awaiting the final signal from the pilot. Date: circa 1910
Maritime signals. Plate of the of the Encyclopedia" Maritime signals. Plate of the of the Encyclopedia, " Dictionnaire Raisonn頤 es Sciences des Arts et M鴩 ers" or " Encyclopedie"
Setting the signals. Illustration shows Uncle Sam raising a red signal flag labeled Big Crops and Prosperity and a yellow signal flag labeled Business and Confidence over the US Capitol building
London Sea Scouts in semaphore displayLondon Sea Scouts in a semaphore signalling display at Hyde Park. They are signalling the letter C, meaning Ready. 1947
Sea Ranger Girls, 1939Sea Ranger girls, part of the River Emergency Service during World War Two, seen putting their flag waving signals into action. Date: 1939
The Wreck of the Titanic - page from the SpherePage from the Sphere which reported in great detail on the sinking of the Titanic. Top part of the page shows the wireless telegraph message with the SOS and CQD signals
Sea Scouts receiving signals by flag. October 1935
Sea Scouts signal lamp trainingSea Scouts undergoing signal lamp training. circa 1944
Australian Signals laying telephone cable, France, WW1Australian Signals laying telephone cable near Eaucourt l Abbaye, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917
German Navy Signal RoomThe interior of a German Navy Signal Room. Date: 1940s
Australian Signals laying cable near Albert, France, WW1Australian Signals laying cable in a muddy area near Albert, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 21 September 1917
Army Signal Service wireless station, Western Front, WW1An Army Signal Service wireless station on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
British Signal Corps laying subterranean cable, WW1Men of the British Signal Corps laying a subterranean cable during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Soldier in trench with signals rockets, WW1A soldier in a trench with rockets used for signalling during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918