Sounds Collection

It sounds good to me by David Wright showing a woman in a revealing outfit and stocking talking on the telephone. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during

Tom Tower, Christ Church
The Curfew Tower, the Tom Tower of Christ Church, houses Great Tom a bell that sounds the curfew every night as a warning that colleges will shortly be closing their gates Date: 1950s

Trumpet Call Ends Wwi
Zebrowski sounds the trumpet call for the Germans to stop fighting

Town & Country Mouse
LE RAT DE VILLE ET LE RAT DES CHAMPS (the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse) - The country mouse alarmed by the sounds of the town house

Albemarle and Sassacus
In the North Carolina sounds, Confederate ram Albemarle rules the waves : she survives ramming by the Sassacus but will be sunk by a torpedo attack later in the year

The Aeolian Company Vocalion Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for The Aeolian Company Ltd. promoting the Aeolian Vocalion, a gramophone of refinement. The image portrays a gentleman casually seated in a blue arm chair

The Gramaphone Co, His Masters Voice Advert
An illustrated advertisement for The Gramaphone Co. Ltd, based in Sydney, showing the famous His Master's Voice logo. The picture shows a merry ballroom full of dancing couples

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Death
ww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, 1st, great, i, death, mounted, horse, sounding, horn, trumpet, battle, field, ground, french, soldiers, troops, army, trench, trenches, warfare, satire, satirical

Buck in his own dreams: "These sounds & sights of another world would make the hair to rise." Date: First published: 1903

DRUNK ZENO BURIED ALIVE
ZENO, Byzantine Emperor, drunk as usual, is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: 491

ZENO ENTOMBED ALIVE
ZENO, Byzantine Emperor, drunk as usual, is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: 491

EMPEROR ZENO DIES
ZENO, Byzantine Emperor Drunk as usual, he is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: ruled 474 - 491

Child awakening to the sounds of a sunny morning. Date: circa 1920

Realism in sounds behind the scenes: Railway noises off
A group of stage hands using different techniques to make realistic train noises in the fledgling cinema industry. 1928

Two Lovers - Shamisen
Two Japanese lovers play the shamisen. The girl touches the cords, whilst her lover determines the sounds by the pressure of his fingers on the strings. Date: 18th century

A blissful accordion player on a park bench in Maderia. He wears traditional Maderia hat, sits back and basks in the sun Date: 2007

Tobacconists shop in Chester, Cheshire
The House of Bewlay tobacconists shop in Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, where paranormal activity was reported from 1968 onwards

Archibald Cockburn
ARCHIBALD COCKBURN of St Kitts, churchman, author of Essay on the intermediate state of Blessed Souls which sounds quite interesting. Date: circa 1722

Military Bugler C1860
A bugler of the British Army sounds a call Date: circa 1860

Splitting of the Atom - apparatus used by Dr J D Cockcroft
Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus

E. Thorp Hicks with his sound educator for helping the deaf
The inventor of the Sound educator, Mr E. Thorp Hincks, pictured with his invention which subjected the ear to the recurrence of sounds whose pitch

Researchers - monitoring sonar sounds of a dolphin echolocating a metal ball

Bonzos bath night by George Studdy
Bonzos bath night -- as bath night approaches he gets more and more nervous and jumps at every little sound. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Wake-up call
An early morning wake up call at a naval college. A trumpet sounds and two big drums are banged in order to get the recruits out of their sleeping hammocks. Date: 1885

China - Hsiang Shan Bay (Nimrod Sounds)
Zhejiang, China - Native village on Hsiang Shan Bay (Nimrod Sounds) Date: circa 1930s

Pretty French girl putting a shell to her ear to hear the sounds of the sea. Date: 1943

The crying sounds of a telegram

Richard Brownlow
RICHARD BROWNLOW Lawyer : Chief Prothonotary (sounds impressive !) of the Court of Common Pleas, London. Date: 1552 - 1638

Office Scene
Nay, sir, that sounds to me like swindling - three Victorian men discuss a business proposition Date: circa 1870

Arrows against Storms
The Gauls fire arrows into stormclouds to drive them away - an idea which is not quite so ridiculous as it sounds. Date: 1st century

Angelus in Canada
French-Canadian farmworkers pause in their labours when the angelus sounds Date: late 19th century

Listening for sounds of counter-mining
British soldier using a microphone to listen for evidence of enemy counter-mining underground. Underground mines became a major feature of warfare on the Western Front during World War I with miners

Sir Richard Paget, speaking through an artifical throat
Sir Richard Paget speaking through an artificial throat, capable of intimidating all vowel sounds. The artificial throat was displayed at his lecture in 1928 at the Royal Institution

A Song of the Sea
A young girl listens to the sounds of the sea through a seashell, while a decorative border emphasises the theme

Aloisia Scharf
Austrian medium Aloysia Scharf who produced rap sounds, seemingly by paranormal means

Fall of meteorites at Hatford, Berkshire, UK
When meteorites fall at Hatford, Berkshire, Mistress Greene, a witness, has one dug up, though one of the diggers swoons in terror

Announcement of Victory
A man summons the people of the village with the sounds of a drum to hear the announcement of victories in Addis Ababa

Officers in Trenches
Officers of the Hampshire Regiment in the trenches soon after the outbreak of war : five of them will give their lives for King and Country before the All-Clear sounds

Rocket Train Project
This is German inventor Max Valiers magnetic rail car project of 1932, but given a face-lift by the American publisher. It sounds great in principle, but

Positions for Speaking
This chart illustrates the various mouth positions suited to producing a variety of sounds when speaking

Walking on Water
Jesus did it by faith alone, but the rest of us need these sea-boots if we wish to walk on water. Sounds fun : why didn t the idea catch on ?

Combined Knocker / Bell
Waudes patented Knocker Bell, where one movement of the hand gives the two distinct sounds! Advertisement from a late 19th century trade catalogue

Vowel Simulator / 1900
Marages machine to simulate the sounds and mouth shapes created by saying the five vowels

Titanic Music Sheet
The Wreck of the Titanic, piano composition by Jeanette Forrest - The Voyage Begins - Everybody Happy and Care-free - Whistle sounds the Alarm - Nearer my God - Ship sinks

Judgment (Blake)
The Day of Judgment - God presides, an angel sounds the last trump, the virtuous (on the left) rise to their eternal bliss, the wicked fall to endless misery

Black Angel / Judgement
A black angel sounds The Last Trump, announcing that today is Judgment Day

The Moated Grange
THE MOATED GRANGE a traditional old, dark house, the setting for mysterious sights and sounds

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