Telephone Collection (page 6)

Headmistress of a school
People You See. Headmistress of a school. From Teddy Bear (10 October 1964)

Telephone in a restaurant
Restaurant scene from 1910 showing one diner using a telephone at his table

Overhead Phone Wires, NY
Overhead telephone wires at the junction of Broadway and John Street, New York

Telephone kiosk New York

Boy with telephone on a heart-shaped Valentine card. Date: circa 1900s

Mrs Martin - telephone exchange in cupboard - Hamilton Place
Mrs Martin with the telephone exchange in the cupboard in reception during the building works at No.4 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: 1960

Soho, London - Keith Prowse ticket agency, offering tickets for Neil Young, Elton John, David Cassidy, Sweet, Roxy Music, and many more. 1973

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

Find the Fault card No. 21 -- office desk. circa 1930s

Operation Gold. Reconstruction of the tunnel built by American intelligence and British between 1954 and 1955 to link the west and east side of the city

CS Winifred Barker and Superintendent Shirley Becke
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960

Woman police officer on the phone in a police station
Woman police officer (Maggie Coombs) on the telephone in a police station. Date: circa late 1970s

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

Inside the Cafe Marguerite, Oxford Street, London, proprietors Vanoni and Tinelli. Date: circa 1905

Joseph Williams Ltd, Great Portland Street, London
Joseph Williams Ltd, music publishers and sellers, 32 Great Portland Street, London. circa 1910s

Webster & Waddington, theatre ticket agents, London
Webster & Waddington Ltd, theatre, opera and concert ticket agents, Regent Street, London, with posters advertising concerts and productions. Date: 1906

Fishing boats in Brixham Harbour, Devon. Date: 1956

Horse waiting by public phone box, Sale, Manchester
A horse apparently waiting to use a public phone box in Sale, Greater Manchester. Date: circa 1979

Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? WW1
Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? A German couple and their daughter go for an innocent country walk, but gradually metamorphose into a concrete platform, a camera and a telephone! Date: 1915

GPO Telephone Engineers and Apparatus, England. Date: 1910s

MEUCCI, Antonio (1808 - 1889). Italian inventor of the telephone. Meuccis telephone. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci

Signalling equipment on the Western Front, WW1
The various instruments used by signallers in transmitting messages on the Western Front during the First World War. In the left hand top corner are the aerial cables conveying telephone or Morse

Watchroom at Fire Brigade HQ, Southwark
Watchroom at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road, with men manning the switchboard and monitoring the fire alarm control board where calls for assistance were received

Cubs in the gift shop at Baden Powell House, London
Three cubs in the gift shop of Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London, chatting to two assistants. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

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

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1934
Bear Brand crepe luxury stockings. " Hallo... long distance? oh, lo darling.. sweet of you to ring me.. you ll be be back for christmas... marvellous... what do I want?

Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service using a telephone, WW2
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service using a telephone

London Fire Brigade street fire alarm and telephone point
In 1904 the Metropolitan Fire Brigade changed its name to the London Fire Brigade. Less than one year later it was possible for crews to call in to Southwark Headquarters from a remote point

York railway station with H. L. Oakley silhouette posters
York railway station in the north east of England, with H. L. Oakley silhouette recruitment posters on display outside, probably during the early stages of the First World War. circa 1914-1915

Telephone Box Interior
The interior of a telephone kiosk or telephone box, showing the pay phone itself and the telephone directories beside it. Date: 1979

Women standing by large car
Two women and a young girl (wrapped up well aginst the wet weather) stand next to their large soft top car at the side of a country lane

Fire Brigade telephone
An emergency telephone for contacting the fire brigade, housed in a glass case. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Man on Phone 1950S
A man uses the telephone

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), US inventor and telephone pioneer. Born in Edinburgh, Bell began his career in assisting his father teach elocution

Telephone Boxes / Malta
Two British red telephone boxes at Valletta, kitted out with internet telephones

Ader Telephone
Ader wall-mounted telephone with two receivers

Advertisement for J Hurd, Florist, Chaddesden and Derby
Advertisement for J Hurd, Florist, Wholesale and Retail, Chaddesden and Derby. Nurseries at the Old Hall Gardens, Chaddesden, and at the Market Hall, Derby. Plants delivered and floral designs

Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe opticians, Derby
Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe, The Opticians, The Spot, Derby, offering sight testing and the scientific fitting of glasses

Mahatma Gandhi cartoon
A cartoon on the subject of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, showing him making international calls on a telephone, with bags of money at his side

The coming of the Loud speaker
Photograph of a loud speaker being used at Stamford Bridge football stadium. The man seated at the table spoke into the telephone receiver

Bell / Tainter / Photophone
Bell and Tainters photophone

Decorative postcard envelope, Glastonbury, Somerset
Decorative postcard envelope, Abbey Souvenir Depot, Glastonbury, Somerset. Date: circa 1900s

Victorian Scrap - Army Field Phone. late 19th century

F Keen (Burton-on-Trent) Shoe Manufacturers stationery, Bank Square Factory, Burton-on-Trend, Staffordshire, with adverts for Tip Toes Footwear and High Road Shoes

Tabby kitten with telephone and directory
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with telephone and directory. 1950s

Kitten with telephone directory
Unusual Friends - kitten with telephone directory. 1950s

Susi - with telephone directory and glasses. 1950s

Susi - on the phone. 1950s

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