Sound Collection (page 5)

The Sound of Mull, Oban, Scotland - Decorative Border
The Sound of Mull, Oban, Scotland - photograph set within a decorative border of harebells and a tartan bow with brooch. Date: circa 1910s

The Tenor hits a high note and is met by a special bouquet
An Operatic Tenor hits a high note and is met by a special bouquet, comprising of eggs, carrots, a turnip and a dead cat! " He who pitches too high, won t get through his song"

The Tenor hits a high note and a special bouquet awaits
The Tenors Top Note. An Operatic Tenor hits a high note and is about to meet a special bouquet, comprising of rotten eggs, a carrot and a turnip !! Date: circa 1910s

Back from the Boer War - Scene at a London Terminus of a wounded soldie returning to his relieved family after his tour to Southern Africa. Date: circa 1901

Mount Edgecumbe - Folly overlooking Plymouth Sound
A folly in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, one of four designated Country Parks in Cornwall. Situated on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar. Date: circa 1904

Hamilton - view from Paget - Bermuda Date: circa 1930s

Ferry from Wauwintt to Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
The Sailing Ferry boat Lillian - on the route from Wauwintt to Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. Wauwinet lies on the northeastern coast of Nantucket Island, 4.7 miles north-northwest of Siasconset

Crystal Cave, Hamilton Sound, Bermuda
Stalactites in the Crystal Cave, Hamilton Sound, Bermuda Date: circa 1910s

A fine lakeside home in Bermuda
A typical private lakeside island home in Bermuda. Date: 1906

Northrop RF-61C (previously designated F-15A), 45-59300, operated by NACA carries a body to altitude. After release, the body exceeded the speed of sound, 24 September 1950

The Supermarine 508, VX133, is escorted by the second prototype Swift, VV119, in its later Type 535 guise. This Swift went on to star as Prometheus in the film Sound Barrier

The USS Norton Sound - guided missile research ship
The USS Norton Sound, the US Navys guided missile research ship, from which a Martin Viking rocket was launched on 12 May 1950 to establish a new record for US-built

Martin Viking 4 rocket prior to launching
View through the blockhouse window of the nose of Martin Viking 4 rocket prior to launching from the deck of the USS Norton Sound

Grays Telephone System
A demonstration of the telephone system of Elisha Gray in New York. Gray filed a patent for the telephone on the same day as Bell, but his initial delay proved costly! Date: 1878

Abbotscliff sound mirror 1932
Abbotscliff sound mirror, used for anti-aircraft defence 1932 Date: 1932

Sound mirror for anti-aircraft defence 1924 Date: 1924

A sound sleeper. Illustration shows Sir Thomas Lipton beating a hand-drum labeled American Progress, trying to wake John Bull who is sound asleep in a chair. Date 1903 September 23. A sound sleeper

Midnight sun, Bell Sound, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Birds eye view of Port Townsend, Puget Sound, Washington Territory. From the north-east. 1878. Date c1878

The Spanish insult to the British flag at Nootka Sound

Steam Boat Lexington Fire
Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 13th 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished. Date: January 13th 1840

Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiers
Silhouettes of wartime scenes, showing soldiers in various situations. From the top: every dog has his day, the last straw, empty vessels cause the most sound, and a couple is not always a pair

Royal wedding procession through Windsor
Enthusiastic reception of royal newly weds Victoria(Vicky)(1840-1901) the Princess Royal and Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia(1831-1888) at Windsor

Camel Caravan
A camel caravan in Oman - only in the heart of the Arabian Gulf do the caravan bells still sound regularly. The huge, noble camels stride in peace among oven-hot rocks. Date: 1930s

Sound of Kerrera - Oban - Scotland. Oban Bay is a near perfect horseshoe bay, protected by the island of Kerrera, and beyond Kerrera is Mull. Date: circa 1920s

Washington D. C. USA - Story Puget Sound Bank Building and New National Bank of Tacoma Building. Date: circa 1910s

New Zealand / Otago
Hotel Milford, in its setting at the head of Milford Sound, Otago, New Zealand. Date: 1950s

THE TALKIES
A live orchestra synchronizing music and sound to a film screen. Date: circa 1930

Charing X Road Jam
Traffic congestion on Charing Cross Road, central London. Date: late 1960s

St. Jamess Park London
A quiet and delightful corner of St. Jamess Park, central London, out of sight, but within sound of the roar of traffic. Date: 1939

Lillian Hall-Davies, British film actress
Lillian Hall-Davies (1898-1933), British film actress of the silent era. She failed to make the transition to talkies, and committed suicide. Seen here in a mob cap, holding a basket of flowers

Fairyland and Great Sound - Bermuda Date: 1933

Puget Sound Indian Racing Canoe - Washington
Puget Sound - Ten-man Indian Racing Canoe - Washington State. Date: circa 1909

Canada - Parry Sound, Ontario - James Street Date: 1908

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

British Pom Pom anti-aircraft gun, WW1
A British one pounder Pom Pom anti-aircraft gun, mounted on a field gun carriage. It was used by the 6th Siege Battery RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) during the First World War

Bert Ralton and his New York Havana Band, c. 1922
Bert Ralton and his New York Havana Band recording c. 1922, using the acoustic method. Date: c.1922

Topophone Life Save
TOPOPHONE Device which, by amplifying sound, helps sailors to avoid collisions at sea, particularly during fog or at night Date: 1880

The De Valera-Cosgrove election, Ireland
A talking-film of the Irish politician, Mr W. T. Cosgrove, used in his election campaign against amon de Valera

Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand
View of Milford Sound with mountains in the background, South Island, New Zealand. Milford Sound is a fjord in the south west of the Island

An Andean Harpist with his harp
The harp migrated from Europe to Mexico and South America with the Conquistadores and Missionaries. The South Americans adapted it and it sometimes called the Highland Harp

An Antarctic Bystander
Early copies of The Bystander found in front of Hut Point, McMurdo Sound, in the Ross Sea Dependency of the Antarctic. The Hut was erected in 1902 by Captain Robert Falcon Scott

London Cheapside
The church of St Mary-le-Bow whose bells (destroyed by bombing 1941) are supposed to be the hallmark of a true London Cockney, born within their sound

Lear / Nonsense / Tyre / Lyre
There was a Young Lady of Tyre, who swept the loud chords of a lyre; at the sound of each sweep, she enraptured the deep, and enchanted the city of Tyre

St Mary-Le-Bow
The church of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, which houses the famous Bow Bells, to be born within the sound of which is the hallmark of an authentic Cockney

Roger Dann (1911-2000) English actor about a month before starring as Captain Von Trapp in the Sound of Music at the Palace Theatre

A Young Family waving goodbye to the British Arctic Expediti
Engraving showing a young mother and two children waving farewell to the ships of the British Arctic Expedition, as they depart

A Funeral in the Ice, British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876
Engraving showing a funeral taking place in the Arctic, during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. In the summer of 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships

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