Telephone Collection (page 7)

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

Susi - with kitten and telephone. 1950s

Lion cub with telephone
Unusual Friends - lion cub with telephone. 1950s

Brewsters Millions by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley. The caption invites you to Come and See the Famous Yacht Scene.Photograph of Percy Hutchison as Monty Brewster telephoning his broker to try to

National telephone exchange 1 January 1912
The General Post Office of the British government assumed all control of the national telephone system. Date: January 1912

Susi - with cat and telephone. 1950s

Soldier in an office, British Army of the Rhine
Soldier in an office with charts and maps on the wall behind him, British Army of the Rhine, near Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946

Letterheaded paper, Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, managed by Louis Eppinger, with handwritten notes about Japanese money. Date: 1900s

Old style telephone. 1903

Telephone on a wall. 1889

The New York Telephone Company Building, NYC, USA
The Verizon Building previously known as the Barclay-Vesey Building and the New York Telephone Company Building, NYC, USA. Opened in 1927 on 140 West Street between Barclay and Vesey Street

The Right Way to Speak to Maids - TMC house telephones
Advertisement for TMC House Telephones, particularly useful when your house is so vast you need to dole out instructions to the servants from another wing. Date: 1923

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

Old style telephone box in a quiet country village road

Somebody on the wire - A Romantic Telephone conversation
New York, USA - Somebody on the wire - A couple share a romantic Telephone conversation - The Line is engaged ! Date: 1907

Poster, Man with telephone and aeroplanes
Poster, Man on the telephone, apparently booking to fly on an aeroplane, published in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 20th century

Poster, The Speaking Clock
Poster, The Correct Time by the Speaking Clock. 20th century

Poster, Come on the Telephone, designed by E McKnight Kauffer. 1934

Poster, The Way to the Complete Home, advertising the need for a telephone. (2 of 2) 20th century

Poster, Use the Transatlantic Telephone, Europe Welcomes You, designed by Eric C Owen. 1937

Poster, The Telephone in Business, showing a female telephone operator and a map of England. 20th century

Scene at Gatwick Airport, Sussex, January 1970, with passengers and staff at the General Enquiries desk. Date: 1970

Chinese telephone exchange, Chinatown, San Francisco, USA
Interior, Chinese telephone exchange, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

People at work, The London Gazette
People at work in the offices of The London Gazette, near Fleet Street, London. The publication has been described by some as the worlds most boring newspaper

Security expert with latest spy kit
Security expert demonstrating the latest spy kit, including a book and a telephone directory with equipment concealed inside them. Date: 1970s

Underwater house telephone equipment, Malta
Telephone equipment connected with an underwater, inflatable house, being used on a beach in Malta. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Find the Fault card No. 5 -- telephone kiosk. circa 1930s

Automatic central battery telephone. Model 27. Siemens. 1927. Milan. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci. Milan. Italy

Telephone service in Madrid. Central office. Colored engraving, 1886

Experiments on the phone from Dr. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), to transmit the human voice over long distances. Boston, 1877. United States. 19th-century colored engraving

Telephone central office. Switching room and telephonists. Milan. Italy. Engraving. Coloured

World War I. Telephone in a trench
FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918). Telephone set in a trench. (France, 1915)

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