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Background imageTalking Collection: Fishermen, Algarve, Portugal

Fishermen, Algarve, Portugal
A group of shore fishermen chat beside the wind-whipped Atlantic waves of the Algarve coast, Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Background imageTalking Collection: Kind Edward VII visits the Newmarket Workhouse

Kind Edward VII visits the Newmarket Workhouse and talks to a young inmate, who is resting in a cane day-bed and playing his mandolin. Date: 1904

Background imageTalking Collection: WW1 - German Humorous Postcard - Counter-intelligence

WW1 - German Humorous Postcard - Counter-intelligence. A German soldier takes a tactical approach to chatting to a pretty young nurse in a train carriage

Background imageTalking Collection: Pretty girl walking along a rural path with two turkeys

Pretty girl walking along a rural path with two turkeys pecking at the greenery on either side. Date: 1908

Background imageTalking Collection: Three Women talking on a terrace by Katsukawa Shuncho

Three Women talking on a terrace by Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783 to circa 1795) Date: late 18th century

Background imageTalking Collection: Three Women talking outside by Katsukawa Shuncho

Three Women talking outside by Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783 to circa 1795). Date: late 18th century

Background imageTalking Collection: Elizabeth, Duchess of York visiting St. Marys Hospital

Elizabeth, Duchess of York visiting St. Marys Hospital
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) visiting St. Marys Hospital, three years after she had laid the foundation stone for the new Medical School (see picture)

Background imageTalking Collection: Maids of All Work

Maids of All Work, a genre scene of two housemaids on a doorstep, oil on canvas, signed and dated J Finnie 1864-5. Date: 1864-1865

Background imageTalking Collection: Adrian Brunel, film director, with Anne Firth, actress

Adrian Brunel, film director, with Anne Firth, actress
Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter, who began his career during the silent movie era. Seen here at a filming location for The First of The Few

Background imageTalking Collection: Bourgeoisie. Gentleman with a lady in the living room

Bourgeoisie. Gentleman with a lady in the living room. Colored engraving. 1897

Background imageTalking Collection: WW1 - Cartoon - Austria and Germany

WW1 - Cartoon - Austria and Germany
WW1 - A cartoon illustrating the Austrian and German Emperor discussing their positions in war. Date: 1914

Background imageTalking Collection: Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two, facing, one on top of the other

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two, facing, one on top of the other (tursiops truncatus)

Background imageTalking Collection: Cyanide Sid Cooper, wrestler

Cyanide Sid Cooper, wrestler, talking to members of the crowd. Date: 1980s

Background imageTalking Collection: Marshal Joffre talking to General Pershing

Marshal Joffre talking to General Pershing
Pershing became the highest ranking military officer in American history up to that time. WW1 Date: circa 1917

Background imageTalking Collection: Comic postcard, Communication problems

Comic postcard, Communication problems - girl and boy Date: 20th century

Background imageTalking Collection: Sir John Simon and Mayor of Pudsey talk to Commandant Coulon

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)

Background imageTalking Collection: Street market in Dakar, Senegal

Street market in Dakar, Senegal
Lively street market of mostly women offering their goods in Dakar, the capitol of Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: circa 1930

Background imageTalking Collection: African man in printed shirt talking to a English woman at N

African man in printed shirt talking to a English woman at N
Nottingham. Black man in printed shirt, talking with a white woman, with back to camera by a table with records. Printed wall paper in the back drop. Date: 1960s

Background imageTalking Collection: War of the Communities of Castile (1520-1521). The Holy Asse

War of the Communities of Castile (1520-1521). The Holy Asse
Revolt of the Comuneros. War of the Communities of Castile (1520-1521). Conflict between citizens of Castile against Charles V

Background imageTalking Collection: Medieval miniature. Meeting of the Roman Senate. Discussion

Medieval miniature. Meeting of the Roman Senate. Discussion on marriage between a plebeian woman and a roman patrician. 15th century

Background imageTalking Collection: Charles III (1716-1788). King of Spain

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

Background imageTalking Collection: Woman police officer talking in a school classroom

Woman police officer talking in a school classroom
Woman police officer (Helen Parnell) talking to a group of children in a school classroom. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageTalking Collection: Woman police officer and woman with handbag, London

Woman police officer and woman with handbag, London
Woman police officer talking to a young woman with a handbag outside a shop on a London street, and making notes in a notebook. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageTalking Collection: Woman police officer standing by mounted policeman, London

Woman police officer standing by mounted policeman, London
Woman police officer standing by a mounted policeman just off Hammersmith Bridge, West London. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageTalking Collection: Woman police officer and woman with handbag

Woman police officer and woman with handbag
Woman police officer, Sergeant Greta Drinkwater (nee Saban), talking to a woman with a handbag in a London street. Drinkwater would rise to the rank of Chief Superintendent

Background imageTalking Collection: THE JAZZ SINGER

THE JAZZ SINGER
Al Jolson stars in the first talking picture - really a silent film with sound sequences, directed by Alan Crosland : not a great movie, but a landmark... Date: 1927

Background imageTalking Collection: Old lady in a bath chair

Old lady in a bath chair
Old lady in a rather large bath chair, talking to three women on a bench while shielding herself from the sun with an umbrella. Date: 1920s

Background imageTalking Collection: The first interview by John Kay 1787

The first interview by John Kay 1787
The first interview. Captain Dalrymple of Fordel and Cleland, by John Kay. An Edinburgh gentleman (landowner and industrialist Marten Dalrymple) talking to a lady wearing an extremely large hat

Background imageTalking Collection: Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut, WW1

Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut, WW1
Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut -- a new take on a fable of Aesop during the First World War, where the fox will never be able to get the crow to open his mouth and drop the nice piece of cheese

Background imageTalking Collection: WW1 - American Neutrality

WW1 - American Neutrality
WW1 - Discussion in office regarding Americas initial neutrality in the war. The text with the illustration is purposefully written in an American dialect to emphasise their relaxed attitude towards

Background imageTalking Collection: Voss, Werner on left, talking to Manfred von Richthofen

Voss, Werner on left, talking to Manfred von Richthofen-both fighter pilots and aces

Background imageTalking Collection: Two women walking together along a street

Two women walking together along a street
Two women, in long dresses and cloche hats, walk together along a street. Date: 1920s

Background imageTalking Collection: Victorian family with drunkard husband

Victorian family with drunkard husband
Slide showing a picture of a man and a woman talking with two children. The woman is pointing at a shop with a sign saying Christmas Gin with a man in torn clothes walking past. Part of Box 366

Background imageTalking Collection: Bottlenose Dolphin - two, smiling

Bottlenose Dolphin - two, smiling (Tursiops truncatus)

Background imageTalking Collection: WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malaria

WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malaria
but my dear! You must try the troops. Don t give them the chance - Mosquitoes Mean Malaria! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

Background imageTalking Collection: Tallulah Bankhead and Leslie Howard in Her Cardboard Lover

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

Background imageTalking Collection: Cartoon, His Masters Voice, WW1

Cartoon, His Masters Voice, WW1
Cartoon, His Masters Voice, showing Kaiser Wilhelm as a German dachshund looking back at a British bulldog inside the amplifier of a wind-up gramophone

Background imageTalking Collection: Central Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice, London, 1882

Central Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice, London, 1882
Engraving showing a view of the Central Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice, London, in 1882. This view shows a number of barristers and members of the public talking. Date: 9 December 1882

Background imageTalking Collection: Hunt and Ruskin

Hunt and Ruskin
WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT artist, talking with John Ruskin (on the left) in the garden of Ruskins home at Coniston in the Lake District. Date: 1827 - 1910

Background imageTalking Collection: In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar

In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar
" In Marble Halls" - Jobbing actors standing in a theatre bar discussing their fortune, both successful and not

Background imageTalking Collection: Book cover design, With the Airmen

Book cover design, With the Airmen

Background imageTalking Collection: Sea Scouts and Baden Powell, HMS Implacable, Portsmouth

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

Background imageTalking Collection: General von Hoeppner, Wolff and Richthofen, WW1

General von Hoeppner, Wolff and Richthofen, WW1
General Ernst Wilhelm von Hoeppner (1860-1922), German cavalry officer who commanded the Air Service during the First World War

Background imageTalking Collection: Queen Elizabeth II at the Barbican, 1972

Queen Elizabeth II at the Barbican, 1972
Queen Elizabeth II talks to children among the crowds during her walk through the Barbican Centre in London in November 1972. Date: 1972

Background imageTalking Collection: Emperor Charles I of Austria and Admiral Paul von Hintze

Emperor Charles I of Austria and Admiral Paul von Hintze
Emperor Charles I of Austria (1887-1922, reigned 1916-1918) talking with Admiral Paul von Hintze (1864-1941), who served as Germanys Imperial Foreign Minister from July to October 1918

Background imageTalking Collection: Girls at Tennis Court

Girls at Tennis Court
German girls talking beside a tennis court : So far as the score goes, the English are the champions : but when it comes to betrothals, we are the record-holders !

Background imageTalking Collection: Viennese Cafe Circa 1900

Viennese Cafe Circa 1900
People talking, laughing and drinking in the busy Cafe Rouacher in Vienna

Background imageTalking Collection: Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge

Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge, standing with the Show Secretary Albert Riddle, and a prize bull wearing three rosettes. Date: circa 1982



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