Speaking Collection (page 5)

GERMANS INVADE SUDETEN
German troops march into the Sudetenland, on the grounds that they are liberating the German-speaking citizens of the country Date: 1 October 1938

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

Demonstration in London -- the man on the left is probably Sid Rawle (1945-2010), nicknamed King of the Hippies, founder of the Hyde Park Diggers

EDISONS TELEPHONE 1879
Edisons loud-speaking telephone. Date: 1879

BELLS / EDISONS T-PHONES
Graham Bells first telephone, hand telephone and long- distance telephone, shown alongside Edisons transmitter, and loud speaking phone. Date: late 19th century

HYDE PARK DEMO
Suffragettes speaking at a Hyde Park demonstration. Date: 14 July 1912

SPEAKING WATCH (INSIDES)
A watch designed by M.Sivan, which contains a miniature Edison phonograph, allowing it to speak the time, by reading off a rubber disc. Date: 1894

Gladstone addresses a crowd on Blackheath
William Ewart Gladstone addressing the constituents gathered at Blackheath, South East London, regarding the Hungarian atrocities. Date: 1876

Gladstone speaking in the House of Commons
Interior of House of Commons with Gladstone in his early years speaking

IRISH POLITICAL MEETING
A political meeting in progress in Ireland during elections, union flags displayed prominently on the wall - the candidate tries to speak in a hostile atmosphere Date: 1893

LAMBETH ELECTION
The Lambeth Election : The Nomination at Kennington Park. Date: 1865

St Paul preaching in the synagogue at Thessalonica, as described in the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 17. Date: 1st century AD

Inspector Sheila Ward, Met Police, London
Inspector Sheila Ward (b.c1937), Met Police, London, the first woman to hold the post of Station Inspector, at Kings Cross. Seen here speaking to a line of male police officers

Inspector Janet Knott, Met Police, London
Inspector Janet Knott, first woman inspector in the Traffic Division of the Met Police, London. Seen here speaking on a motorcycle radio, with a male colleague on the right. Date: circa 1970s

Male and female police officers in a London street, with a building called Benson Court behind them (probably in N19). The WPC is wearing the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985

Winston Churchill in BBC radio broadcast, 1940
Winston Churchill in a BBC radio broadcast in 1940. The back of the photograph states he is, " the broadcaster whose voice inspired the civilised world

Lenin giving speech from balcony, St Petersburg, Russia
Lenin giving a speech from the balcony of the Kshesinskaya Palace, St Petersburg, Russia, in the year of the Russian Revolution. Date: 4 July 1917

Queen Elizabeth II making Christmas broadcast
H. M. The Queen seated at the microphone making her Christmas broadcast from Government House, Auckland in 1953. Date: 1953

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon
Beauty & 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

Naked lady and cockatoo
A naked woman relaxing while speaking to her cockatoo

Sir John Simon and Mayor of Pudsey talk to Commandant Coulon
Sir John Simon (John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon) (1873-1954) and the Mayor of Pudsey talk to Commandant Coulon (Assistant French Military attache)

A swarhy brigand makes his first ever telephone call
Painting by Joso Buzan (1873-1936), Croatian academic painter, depicting what appears to be a lively telephone exchange between a stranded Pirate and his Shipmates

Rome. Pope Leo XIII directs a phonograph message to the Amer
Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Rome. Leo XIII directs a phonograph message to the American Catholic people on the occasion of his jubilee

Michelangelo explaining anatomy to his disciples. Engraving
Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564). Italian artist. Engraving depicting Michelangelo explaining anatomy to his disciples. From the composition of H. Georg Urlaub. 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

Charles III (1716-1788). King of Spain. Gratitude of Charles III towards the King of Morocco. Painting by Pere Pau Muntanya. Barcelona. Spain

Woman police officer with car and radio, Egham, Surrey
Woman police officer (mobile officer) on duty in Egham, Surrey, standing by a police car and speaking on a handheld radio

Winston Churchill making a speech in 1941
Clenched fists as Mr Churchill tells of the trials of Londoners during the heavy winter Blitz. 1941 Date: 1941

Tallulah Bankhead and Leslie Howard in Her Cardboard Lover
Tallulah Bankhead and Leslie Howard appearing in in Her Cardboard Lover at the Lyric Theatre, London in 1928. Date: 1928

Cartoon, Siege Guns of Rhetoric, WW1
Cartoon, Siege Guns of Rhetoric, or how our politicians are helping the work of the services. Showing politicians of different persuasions combining together against the common enemy in the early

King George VI opens Empire Exhibition, Glasgow 1938
King George VI declaring the British Empire Exhibition at Glasgow open, in the presence of 100, 000 spectators at Ibrox Stadium. Queen Elizabeth stands with other dignitaries behind the king

Spain (1842). Barcelona. Members of the revolted troops against Esparteros government speaking to the members of the Batall󠤥 la Brusa (Blouse Bataillon)

Sea Scouts and Baden Powell, HMS Implacable, Portsmouth
Sea Scouts being addressed by the Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell, on board HMS Implacable in Portsmouth. He is seated, accompanied by his daughter. 7 August 1934

Antonin Nemec, Czech politician, Prague
Antonin Nemec, member of the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD), speaking to a large crowd in Staromestske Square (Old Town Square), Prague, Czechoslovakia

Festival of Britain dedication service, St Pauls Cathedral
Festival of Britain service of dedication, St Pauls Cathedral, London. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Fisher, speaks from the pulpit

Met Police officer at Piccadilly Circus, London
A Metropolitan Police officer on duty at Piccadilly Circus in Central London, speaking on his walkie talkie radio. There are neon advertisements for Coca Cola, Cinzano, Skol, Volkswagen

Kaffir Kraal
A Kaffir kraal : the term Kaffir is used somewhat indiscriminately of South African natives, but these are probably Bantu-speaking people of Cape Province

Gustav Vasa persuading the elders of Lubeck
Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden, persuading the elders of Lubeck to join him in a rebellion against Christian II of Denmark

Colonel Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp, MP
Colonel Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (1783 - 1855), an eccentric and reactionary Conservative Member of Parliament. He opposed many things, including Catholic Emancipation, Jewish Emancipation

The Calendar by Edgar Wallace - scene in the Stewards Room, where a jockey is speaking to five men. First produced at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, and Wyndhams Theatre, London. Date: 1929

Misfitz - Alice in Wonderland - The Mad Hatter. early 20th century

Invitation card, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Tunbridge Wells Branch, for a meeting with Mrs [Grace] Lankester, Hon

Communist China - children in a classroom
Children in a classroom in Communist China, one of them standing up to speak. During the Cultural Revolution there was much emphasis on the raising of standards, and active learning was part of this

The Deserted Village by H M Bateman. Speaking recently before a distiguished society, an architect named a village which to his surprise, though near the City

I ve only got to put my hat on! by Bevan Petman. circa 1920s

The Sermon on the Mount - Matthew 5. circa 1688

Comic humanised turkey on a Christmas label. Date: circa 1880s

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