Speaking Collection (page 10)

Communication - Far easier for the younger generation, even in 1903! The little girl: " Grandmother, Dad said he did not want to kiss you, by phone" - the response is a miserable Granny

A Yorkshireman at the Folies Bergere Show, Paris, France
A Yorkshireman in Paris Mr Watson (thro Leeds) - " Whats this ere Polly Burgesses like?" Date: 1894

Theatrical Lodging House Keeper who drops her h s
Theatrical Lodging House Keeper: " What name did you say, Sir? Harlton?" Actor (about to take apartment): " No, not Harlton - Arlton." T.L.K: " Oh

French Anarchist - possibly Zo d Axa or Han Ryner
A well-known French Anarchist - caricature by Phil May. This is likely to be either Alphonse Gallaud de la Perouse (18641930) (better known as Zo d Axa, an adventurer, anti-militarist, satirist)

Orators Corner (Speakers Corner) - Hyde Park, London Date: circa 1940

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor
Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir John Slessor, speaking at a dinner in London given by the Hawker Siddeley Group on 31 May 1951 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the first jet-powered flight

Two children teach a parrot to speak c. 1920

A suffragette meeting in 1913
A suffragette addressing a crowd in Reading during the election of 1913. Date: 1913

Earl Bridgewaters Dogs
The dogs of the immensely wealthy rev. Francis Henry Egerton, 8th earl of Bridgewater, lived with him in Paris though, like him, not speaking French, but dined at table with him. Date: circa 1800

Lindbergh / Speaks to USA
Charles Augustus Lindbergh addresses the American people, speaking over the radio at the Washington Monument. Date: 1927

Commissioner Ronald James Dobson giving a speech at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 by Queen Elizabeth II

George VI coronation broadcast
Broadcasting arrangements for coronation of George VI (leaflet cover), 1937 1937

Humorous picture showing a Chinese man, kneeling, speaking to a woman sitting on a sofa, crying profusely. Date 1895

Speaking of to-days eclipse. Illustration shows the sun with Theodore Roosevelts beaming face and smaller planets having the faces of Elihu Root, William Howard Taft, Charles W. Fairbanks, Leslie M

The speaking likeness. Print showing a woman holding a frame in front of her daughters face, creating a living portrait. Date c1892

Girls on the telephone
Fabulous illustration showing a number of teenage girls, all wearing 1950s style checked capri pants and boat neck sweaters while lounging around chatting on the phone. Date: 1950s

Prince George opening Esplanade, Walton, Essex
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) opening the Princes Esplanade at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Seen here addressing the crowd before performing the official opening by cutting the ribbon

Italian Patriotic postcard - WWI - Irredentist Movement
In Gorizia we are! To Trento and Trieste, we re going.. Italian patriotic postcard from World War One urging Italy to rise up and reclaim Trieste and Trento (having already captured Gorizia)

Metropolitan Police officer speaking to a little boy
A Metropolitan Police officer (WPC) speaking kindly to a little boy who looks as if he might have lost his way -- or perhaps someone has forgotten to pick him up from school. Date: circa 1950s

Woman on telephone reporting something suspicious
A woman seen through the front window of her house, speaking on the telephone to report something suspicious, possibly an attempted burglary

The raven refuses to help Jack Sparrow, and calls him a rascal. Date: 1937

Dunderpate speaks to the pastrycook about marrying his daughter, but the pastrycook doesn t like the idea of making him free food for the rest of his life. Date: 1938

Dunderpate speaks to the tailor about marrying his daughter, but the tailor doesn t like the idea of making him free clothes for the rest of his life. Date: 1938

Allied soldier on field telephone, WW1
An Allied soldier speaking on a field telephone while sitting at a small table in the open air during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Jack Sparrow asks the tame raven for help
Jack Sparrow asks the tame raven (who is an excellent mimic) for help -- if he can make a sound like milk being poured into a saucer, he might be able to get the cat to move away from the crust

Frenchwoman at her door, Bouchain, France, WW1
A Frenchwoman speaks with a British soldier at her front door in Bouchain, northern France, during the First World War. The German words painted on her door say No lodging for troops. 25 October 1918

Dartmouth House, Charles Street, London, one of the most notable properties in Mayfair; purchased by the English Speaking Union in 1926. Date: 1930s

Dunderpate and Susan with the squire
Dunderpate and Susan speak to the squire, who looks down at the offered pair of shoes. They remind him that he offered them a silver crown in return. Date: 1938

Jack Sparrow tells his troubles to a tame raven. Date: 1937

Dunderpate speaks to the farmer on his mare
Dunderpate speaks to the farmer sitting on his mare. 1938

Dunderpate and his mother with the frying pan
Dunderpate and his mother at home -- she is frying sausages for supper. He tells her he has earned a silver crown and ridden in a coach. Date: 1938

Generals Bailloud and Mahon, Lord Granard, WW1
General Maurice Camille Bailloud (1847-1921) (centre) of the French Army 156 Division, speaking with Lieutenant General Sir Bryan Mahon (1862-1930) of the British Army, at Salonika (Salonica)

Dunderpate speaks to the squire in the coach, asking how he can make his fortune. The squire says he would give a silver crown to stand in the boys shoes for just an hour. Date: 1938

David Wright woman with red telephone
Elegant woman in a low-cut yellow dress, speaking on a red telephone. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Ninette de Valois at a ballet rehearsal
Ninette de Valois sitting on a chair with her back to a large mirror, presiding over a ballet class or rehearsal. circa 1940s

German General speaking to troops, Piave, Italy
A German (or Austrian) General on horseback, speaking to troops, at Piave, Italy, during the First World War. Date: December 1917

Lloyd George giving a speech from a car
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), British Prime Minister, giving a speech from an open-topped car, with an army officer standing behind him. Date: circa 1914-1918

South Arabian Boy Scouts Association AGM
Officials standing to speak on the panel of the Annual General Meeting of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. Left to right are Rao Sahib Muthaua M.B.E

President Wilson addressing Congress in April 1917
President Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) addressing the American Congress to recommend entering the war on the side of the Allies. Four days later the USA declared war on Germany

Dr Chaim Weizmann speaking at Rishon LeZion, WW1
Dr Chaim Azriel Weizmann (1874-1952), member of the Zionist Commission in Palestine, who later became the first President of the State of Israel

Political speech in Hampstead, 1940s
A candidate from the Hampstead Conservative Unionist Association makes a speech outdoors from a pedestal to an attentive audience of exactly two. 1940s

Major General Leonard Wood, American army officer
Major General Leonard Wood (1860-1927), American army officer, delivering a graduation address as part of military training activities at the Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Archduke Friedrich and General von Falkenhayn
Archduke Friedrich Maria of Austria ((1856-1936), Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War, speaking with General Erich von Falkenhayn (1861-1922)

Aymaq nomadic man, Afghanistan
A Man of the Tymunee Eimauk. Aymaq (also Aimak, Eimauk or Aimaq), are a collection of Persian-speaking nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes

Aj Balfour / Graphic 1907
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour, British politician and Conservative MP, giving an energetic speech in Parliament Date: 1848 - 1930

Lincolns Inn Oration
A woman addresses a crowd of men during a lunchtime oration at Lincolns Inn Fields, London Date: 1950s

Gustav Vasa rousing his countrymen against the Danes
Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden, seen here at Mora in Central Sweden rousing his fellow-countrymen to revolt against the Danes. Date: 1519

Sixth form lecture theatre
View of a sixth form lecture theatre, with the male lecturer speaking to a full audience of students. Date: 1967

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