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William Pitt the Younger addressing ParliamentWilliam Pitt (the Younger) addressing the House of Commons
The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan - The Auditorium. Opened in 1928 as a flagship movie palace in the Fox Theatres Chain. The first theatre to be designed to incorporate a speaker system for sound
Suffragette Votes for Women Meeting. Leaflet/flyer issued by the National Womens Social & Political Union, advertising a public meeting at the Music Hall, Aberdeen, March 5th 1909, Mrs
Keir Hardie addressing suffragettes at Trafalgar SquareKeir Hardie (1856-1915), founder of the Labour party, addressing suffragettes at a free speech meeting in 1908 - Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1834-1913)
WOMENs RIGHTS DEMO / 1906A Womens Social & Political Union demonstration in Hyde Park
Suffragette W. S. P. U Pinner Constance LyttonSuffragette W.S.P.U Pinner Constance Lytton. The Pinner, Middlesex, branch of the Womens Social and Political Union, captioned on reverse, W.S.P.U Garden Party given by Mr. & Mrs
Princess Elizabeth first broadcast, 1940Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) making her first radio broadcast on 11 October 1940 to British children evacuated abroad to the United States and Canada. Date: 1940
The William Morris Clarion vanA man stands on a Clarion van under a banner reading Socialism talking to a crowd of people congregated around him. One holds a bicycle and other bicycles are visible by the van
William Morris / MeetingWILLIAM MORRIS Socialist meeting at Kelmscott House, home of the English writer, artist and socialist Date: 1834 - 1896
Traffic Accident GroupA Metropolitan Police Traffic Accident Group, consisting of two Triumph motorcycles and one Wolseley 6/110 motor car, fitted with radio transmitter and loudspeaker
Peel / Arthur WellesleyARTHUR WELLESLEY, first viscount PEEL son of sir Robert Peel statesman, Speaker of the House of Commons
Sylvia Thompson by Madame YevondeSylvia Thompson, Mrs Luling (1902 - 1968), English novelist, writer and public speaker photographed by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1931
Pankhurst & GawthorpeChristabel Pankhurst with Wspu Speaker Mary Gawthorpe
Suffragettes Plain Things at Meeting. A bevy of buck-toothed, grinning suffragettes applaud the speaker at a Votes for Women meeting
Comic postcard, Temperance speaker and audience Date: 20th century
Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) English writer, playwright and public speaker. Date: 1931
Military SpeakerA pastel painting which shows a crowd of people listening to a military man, who is speaking from an elevated position, onlookers are also viewing from the high terrace above. Date: circa 1920
Preparing loudspeaker for FA Cup Final, Wembley StadiumPreparing loudspeaker for FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium Date: 1946
Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), novelist and playwright, formal studio portrait smoking cigarette. Captioned, The After-Dinner Speaker Par Excellence
Graphophone, Paris Exhibition of 1889Graphophone, Universal Exhibition of Paris, 1889 Date: 1889
George Thomas, British Labour Party politicianThomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy (1909-1997), British Labour Party politician, MP from 1945 to 1983, best known as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1983
Donald Soper, Methodist minister, socialist and pacifistDonald Oliver Soper, Baron Soper (1903-1998), prominent Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist. Date: circa 1980s
David Blunkett, British Labour politician, giving a speechDavid Blunkett (b 1947), British Labour politician, MP for Sheffield Brightside from 1987. He served as Education Secretary and Home Secretary
Ray Bernard, left-wing campaigner, giving a speechRay Bernard, a left-wing political campaigner, giving a speech in the street. Various people have stopped to listen. Date: circa 1950s
Leo McGree, communist and trades union activistLeo McGree (1900-1967), member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and trades union activist Seen here taking part in a political rally
Joe Bent, Communist Party politician in Southwark, LondonJoe Bent (Spencer John Bent) Communist Party politician in Southwark, south-east London. Seen here outside a Polling Station, talking with a voter
Tom Mann, trade unionist and public speakerHead and shoulders portrait photograph of Tom Mann (1856-1941), British trade unionist and popular public speaker. This photograph was presented to Nellie Rathbone. Date: early 20th century
Tariq Ali speaking under an NUJ bannerTariq Ali (b 1943), British Pakistani historian, novelist, filmmaker, political campaigner and commentator. Seen here speaking under a National Union of Journalists (NUJ) banner. Date: 1991
Comic postcard, Temperance satire Date: 20th century
Advertisement for Western Electric wireless receiving apparatus showing a family listening to a loud speaker which was the same as used at the opening ceremony of the British Empire Exhibition in
Advert for Sterling Premax hornless loud speaker, 1925 Date: 1925
Advert for Sterling Primax hornless loud speaker, 1925 Date: 1925
Advert for Amplon wireless loud speaker, a product of the House of Graham, London, 1925 Date: 1925
A Little Disinfectant by H. M. BatemanA speaker on a soap box, clearly with Communist leanings given the red flag, is sprayed by disinfectant, much to the delight of an assembled crowd. Date: 1932
Monument of Sir Richard Vernon and wifeSupposed monument of Sir Richard Vernon (c.1390-1451), English landowner, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons, and his wife, Benedicta de Ludlow, in St Bartholomews Church, Tong, Shropshire. 1864
Meeting of unemployed men on Tower Hill, LondonMeeting of unemployed men on Tower Hill, East London. 1892
Colonel John Brown, Chairman of the British Legion, addressing an open-air gathering
William E Pussyfoot Johnson, American prohibitionistWilliam Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson (1862-1945), American campaigner against the consumption of alcohol, seated (right) at a table during an alcohol prohibition meeting in Britain. 1919
Dos for Public Speakers by H. M. BatemanDos for Public Speakersfrom the Public Speaking Club of America visualised by the cartoonist H. M. Bateman. Date: 1912
Joseph Hodges Choate - American Ambassador to the UKHis X cellency. Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) - The American Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1899-1905) - very popular
Cromwell dissolving the English ParliamentThis illustration shows Cromwell asserting his authority in dissolving the English Rump Parliament on 20 April 1653. He is shown ordering the removal of the golden mace from Parliament. 1653
Speaker at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London. Date: late 1960s
Speakers at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, with several photographers alongside. A large banner behind them reads: Scrap Polaris. Date: late 1960s
A speaker addresses her fellow women revolutionaries in the church of Saint-Germain l Auxerrois during the Paris Commune Date: 1871
The General Election - Free FoodersComic Postcard series - The General Election - Free Fooders. Candidates at a hustings face the warth of the electorate and also face a barrage of eggs and vegeatbles
LARGE BANQUET 1863A lone speaker holds forth at a vast formal banquet. Date: 1863
ELECTRO-CHEMICAL PHONEEdisons Electro-chemical telephone. Date: 1879
HYDE PARK DEMOSuffragettes speaking at a Hyde Park demonstration. Date: 14 July 1912
COMMUNE / MEETINGA woman addresses the crowd during a political meeting held in a church Date: 1871
DOROTHY JEFFREY / CORNISHDorothy Jeffrey (nee Pentreath) Allegedly the last speaker of Cornish. Date: 1685 - 1777
PARNELL REMOVED / 1881By order of the Speaker, Charles Stewart Parnell is removed from the Commons by the sergeant-at-arms for obstruction. Date: 3 February 1881
FABIAN SOCIETY 1892The Fabian Society meets at Essex Hall, London Date: 1892
Speakers State Coach 1847The Speakers State Coach Date: 1847
Magazine cover, dog and radio - His Masters Voice. Date: 1924
Opening session of the First State Duma, RussiaThe opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws. Date: April 1906
Futuristic dictation machineA futuristic dictation machine, which allows a businessman to dictate his correspondence without the need for a secretary. Date: 1899
Anti-Suffrage CartoonBeauty & Intellect are superior to Brute Force. An anti-suffrage cartoon mocking a suffragette. The speaker is depicted in a style in which suffragettes were often unfairly portrayed as a harridan
Invitation card, Inner Wheel Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent -- Lecture Programme for 1938 and 1939. Date: 1938
Pierre Antoine Berryer (1790-1868). Colored engravingPierre Antoine Berryer (1790-1868). French lawyer and speaker. Engraving of Universal Gallery, 1868. Colored
Sack of Rome (410) led by Alaric I (ca. 370-410), King of the Visigoths (395-410), during the reign of Emperor Honorius. It was a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire. Colored engraving
Plutei of Trajan. Relief. Rome. ItalyPlutei of Trajan. Stone balustrades built by emperor Trajan. 103 AD. Relief detail. Curia Julia. Roman Forum. Rome. Italy
Syria. Damascus. Ottoman architecture. The Tekkiye Mosque. Built on the orders of Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the architect Mimar Sinan between 1554 and 1560
Father and son. Miniature of Le Recueil of Devotion. 14th century. Chateau de Chantilly. France
J Bruce Evans, Evangelical Preacher, California, USAJ Bruce Evans, Evangelical Preacher, South Pasadena, California, USA, shown in different poses. Date: circa 1910
Sir Thomas GargraveSir THOMAS GARGRAVE Statesman, President of the Council in the North, Speaker, Treasurer for the Wars, Counsellor of State to Henry VIII, Edward VI, Elizabeth. Date: 1495 - 1579
The forum of the city of Rome during the imperial era. Illustration by Lluis Bargall&, xf3;. Watercolour. The forum of the city of Rome during the imperial era
Edward VIII abdication message read in ParliamentKing Edward VIII s, final and irrevocable decision to abdicate, his message being read in Parliament. " I, Edward the Eighth
Cartoon, His Masters Voice, WW1Cartoon, His Masters Voice, showing Kaiser Wilhelm as a German dachshund looking back at a British bulldog inside the amplifier of a wind-up gramophone
Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London, 1892Illustration showing a socialist speaker (on left) holding forth in Hyde Park on a Sunday afternoon, London, 1892. The original caption for this image read: Socialism in London
The Reis Telephone systemThe Reis Telephone System (developed by Johann Philipp Reis, 1834 - 1874), demonstrated to the Physical Society in Frankfurt in 1861. Reis speaker worked by magnetostriction
Gustav Vasa persuading the elders of LubeckGustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden, persuading the elders of Lubeck to join him in a rebellion against Christian II of Denmark
The coming of the Loud speakerPhotograph of a loud speaker being used at Stamford Bridge football stadium. The man seated at the table spoke into the telephone receiver
Invitation card, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Tunbridge Wells Branch, for a meeting with Mrs [Grace] Lankester, Hon
West End riots: ducking an unpopular speaker, 1886Ducking an unpopular speaker at an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square. The people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches
West End riots, 1886 - speaker address an audienceAn " earnest orator" sketched at the West End riots in 1886. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalagar Square
Belfast Natural History Society and Belfast Naturalists Field Club at Mahee Island, 29Th July, 1922 - a view of a crowd of people around a speaker at a Round Tower stump on the island
Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel - British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895 when he was raised
Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793), Italian playwright, reciting. EngCarlo Goldoni (1707-1793), Italian playwright, reciting one of his comedies in the Scotto Garden in Pisa. Engraving. Colored
Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). Norwegian scientist. Banquet inFridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1922. Banquet in his honour at Britannia hotel in Trondhjem. Sketch of Mr
Meriwether Lewis, (1774-1809). American explorer. The Grand Council of the Ravens at Fort Laramie in presence of Lewis. Engraving by Guachard in 1881. Colored
History of England. Meeting at the Royal Society of London. Engraving, 1890. Colored
Official proclamation of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as EmpreHISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 19th century. LONDON. Official proclamation of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as Empress of India in the steps of the Stock Exchange
The House of Commons in Walpoles Administration - with Arthur Onslow in the Speakers Chair and Sir Robert Walpole on the left
Fletcher Baron GrantleyFLETCHER NORTON, first baron GRANTLEY jurist and statesman, speaker of the House of Commons Date: 1716 - 1789
