Speaker Collection (page 5)

French parliament
The opening of the parliamentary session. M. le Duc de Broglie reads a message from the president of the Republic at the rostrum of the National Meeting

The Reis Telephone system
The Reis Telephone System (developed by Johann Philipp Reis, 1834 - 1874), demonstrated to the Physical Society in Frankfurt in 1861. Reis speaker worked by magnetostriction

The General Strike: Listening to speakers in Hyde Park
Labours May Day in London: Listening to the open-air speaker in Hyde Park during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

Sketches of the Socialist Meeting in Trafalgar Square, 1886
Engraving showing a series of sketches of the Socialist Meeting in Trafalgar Square, London, in November 1886. The images show (clockwise from top left)

Arthur Wellesley Peel (1829-1912)
Engraving of Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons; MP for Warwick at the time of this portrait

Dollar in Trouble / 1933
Americas false optimism at the time of the depression - not noticing the leak in the dollar balloon blue skies ahead are promised

Sergeant at Arms / Commons
Members bow, as the speaker, accompanied by the Sergeant at Arms enters the House during the State Opening of Parliament

Humanitarian Deism
A speaker in Hyde Park, at Speakers Corner orates to a listening crowd in 1912. Since 1872, people have been allowed to speak at Speakers Corner on any subject they want

William Boyd Carpenter
WILLIAM BOYD William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon, royal chaplain and clerk of the closet to Edward VII and George V. Created KCVO in 1912. Great orator

Soldiers Hear Speaker
Soldiers at Petrograd listen as a speaker tells them what a splendid thing the revolution is

Cyrano and his Nose
CYRANO DE BERGERAC When his nose is mocked, he reproaches the speaker for his lack of ingenuity in making insulting remarks, and suggests a few

Dorothy Jeffrey / Cornish
DOROTHY JEFFREY (nee Pentreath) Allegedly the last speaker of Cornish

Upright Telephone 1897
This hand-held instrument replaces the pillar model, with a lift-off combined receiver and speaker, standard for all future models

Lecture / British Museum
A lecture in the Assyrian Gallery of the British Museum. The speaker points towards one of the massive carved Lion supports removed by Layard from excavations at Nineveh

Radiola Portable, 1924
The Portable (well, sort of) RADIOLA receiver, loud speaker and amplifier

Wellington Praised
The duke of Wellington stands at the bar of the House of Commons to receive the congratulations of the Speaker on his victory at Vimiero, Peninsula campaign

Ireland Parnell Ejected
By order of the Speaker, Charles Stewart Parnell is removed from the Commons by the sergeant-at-arms for obstruction. Date: 3 February 1881

Robert Winthrop
ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP American politician, speaker of the House 1847-49

Japanese Women Strikers
A speaker at a meeting of Japanese women strikers

Spencer Wilmington
SPENCER COMPTON earl of WILMINGTON statesman, Speaker of the Commons

Pyne - Speaker Commons
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Chosen by his fellows, he has no vote except a casting vote should the House be exactly divided. Date: 1808

Irish Mps Expelled
The conduct of the Irish Home Rulers in Parliament leads to their expulsion by the Speaker

John Evelyn Denison
JOHN EVELYN DENISON Viscount Ossington, Speaker of the House of Commons

Election Meet / Rough Time
An election meeting - the audience giving the speaker a rough time

Temperance meeting in cathedral town
A temperance meeting in a cathedral town meets opposition. Attended by Wilfred Lawson, George Trevelyan & Dr Temple

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