Telephone Collection (page 10)

Suffragette Kitchener Mrs. Pankhurst. Lord Kitchener is informed by an officer that the Germans will disembark in Dover. He replies, Telephone Mrs

French military transmitting messages
Relays of French military soldiers continuously day and night operating the telephone exchange somewhere in the Somme district. Date: 1916

Indian troops in Mesopotamia during World War I
Indian sappers laying telephone cables in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1918

Receiving late news on the tape telegraph at Daily Chronicle
A late news item received on the tape telegraph and telephoned at once down to the machine room at The Daily Chronicle to guarantee inclusion in that days edition. Date: 1914

Dial 999 display in an LFB exhibition
A Dial 999 display in a London Fire Brigade exhibition with details on either side of the services available

Fire safety in the theatre -- a notice in a backstage area: Release for stage lantern, in case of fire pull down lever

Fire safety at bedtime -- a staged photograph for a Safe at Night fire prevention scheme, 28 February 1969. This family have been woken by a smell of smoke

Blitz in London scene in a fire station control room, WW2
Blitz in London -- scene at night in a fire station control room, 19 September 1940. Date: 1940

Street telephone fire alarm with group of children
Street telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with a group of children looking up at it

Street telephone fire alarm, out of order
Street telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with an out of order notice on it

Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box, London
Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box near the Royal Festival Hall on Londons South Bank, used for a fire service exhibition. Date: 1957

Emergency call button in telephone box
The emergency call button in a public telephone box -- just press the button and ask for Fire, Ambulance or Police. No number or coins required

Firefighter using telephone point in street
Firefighter using a telephone point (marked Ambulance Call) in the street

Two men on switchboard at LFB HQ
Two men taking calls on the switchboard at LFB HQ. Date: 1925

LFB Telephone Switchboard - Lambeth HQ, SE1 Date: circa 1930s

Woman operating field telephone van, WW2
Woman operating a field telephone van during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Two women in control room, WW2
Two women taking messages in a fire station control room during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

LCC-London Fire Brigade training in use of telephone
LCC-London Fire Brigade training recruits in taking messages over the telephone, at Lambeth HQ

Man taking a call in a fire station control room, May 1939. Date: 1939

Belgian boy scout in phone box
A Belgian boy scout (or cub) in a phone box

Telephone duty at White Horse Hotel. Through the long night watches. 21017 Private P. J. Hill, D Company, 20Th Battalion, The County Of London Regiment. Studied At Lambeth School Of Art, St

Woman on the phone, with toddler
Woman on the phone, with her toddler looking up at her. circa 1960s

British balloon observer on the Western Front
The observer stands with telephone receiver over his head; a mouthpiece hangs in front of him. Date: 1916

Three Brownies in Baden Powell House, London
Three Brownies on telephones in Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London, with a portrait of Lord Baden Powell behind them. Date: circa 1960s

British telephone exchange for observation balloon, WW1
A British telephone exchange inside a lorry, for communications with RFA observation balloons on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Bonzos bath night by George Studdy
Bonzos bath night -- as bath night approaches he gets more and more nervous and jumps at every little sound. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Number Engaged by Pat Charles
An impression by Pat Charles of the latest fiances and fiancees to announce their engagement in 1932, all interconnected by telephone lines

Tank manoeuvres controlled by radio-telephony by G. H. Davis
Annotated illustration showing a company-commander broadcasting his orders to his section-commanders by wireless. The tank in the foreground is seen cut away diagrammatically to show the driver

Transatlantic telephone system by G. H. Davis
A step-by-step diagram demonstrating the new transatlantic telephone system between Britain and the United States in 1927

Letter headed paper by Muriel Dawson, giving her address and phone number, with a decorative border of children. Date: 1920s

Interior of carriage where Armistice signed, France, WW1
Interior of Marshal Fochs railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, France, where the Armistice was signed on 11 November 1918 to end the First World War

Portrait of a telephone girl engraved directly from a negative transmitted over a telephone wire in 1924 Date: 1924

Seaside scene, Come Right Along Now! Showing a young woman in a bathing costume near a beach, on the phone to a friend. Date: July 1914

Print Users Yearbook -- people in underwear
Print Users Yearbook -- people viewed in a cutaway of a house, all in underwear. A new standard of intimacy. Who would have guessed that undies were the correct garb to don when entertaining guests

Cover design, Telephone Numbers book
Cover design for a Telephone Numbers book, depicting a woman writing at a desk with a telephone next to her

Training in taking telephone messages
Men of the London Fire Brigade being trained in taking telephone messages. Date: 1930

Men working at watchroom telephone switchboard
Firefighters working on the watchroom telephone switchboard at Southwark Fire Station. Date: circa 1909

James Sutton Removals
A removal van belonging to James Sutton Removals. Storage is also offered

Female Air Traffic Clerk
Patricia Page-Taven, the smart Air Traffic Clerk and Courier for B.O.A, C. India, Far East and Australia, seen here answering the telephone at her desk with colleague. Date: 1940s

Telephone & Post
An old-fashioned telephone booth and pillar box, England. Date: 1976

Secretary Taking Notes
A secretary takes notes as a man at a desk talks on the phone. Date: late 1960s

AIRHOSTESS
An air hostess talks on the phone. Date: late 1960s

Doctor and Nurse
A doctor sits at his desk taking an appointment over the phone with a nurse looking at it over his shoulder. Date: late 1960s

Telephone Engineer
An engineer testing equipment at Dollis Hill telephone exchange, London. Date: early 1930s

Weather Map
Forecasting the weather at the Air Ministry, Kew, London - making entries on a weather map. Date: early 1930s

Cuba - Havana - Vives and Cristina Avenues Date: circa 1908

London - King Street, Cheapside and Guildhall Date: circa 1910s

Installation - Field Telephone System - WW1 - Western Front Date: circa 1916

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