W. Heath RobinsonCartoon, Heath Robinsons Broadcast Drawing. My Wireless Set showing an old radio. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evan"
Bonzo adds a fifth to the quartetBonzo, listening to music on the radio, adds a fifth to the quartet, and starts to howl. Date: 1923
SOS message from TitanicA wireless message received by the Russian steamer Birma from the Titanic about five minutes after Titanic struck the iceberg that sank her
John Logie Bairds experiment, showing how television transmSending pictures through the air. Bairds system of television transmits its wireless pictures. John Logie Baird transmitted a moving image by wireless, showing gradations of light and shade
The Evening Wireless - Komarjan Bridge, WW1The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. The Evening Wireless - Komarjan Bridge. By Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945). 1917-1918
Hat Wireless 1930SA man tunes into his hat radio!
Vacuuming a WirelessFrequent cleaning of a wireless set (radio) can easily be done with use of the spare parts of a Hoover vacuum cleaner
Largest Wireless ValveThe worlds largest wireless valve, being made in a factory in Germany
RMS Republic, SS Florida and wireless-telegraphy roomRMS Republic sank on 24rd January 1909, near Nantucket, Massachusetts, after collision with SS Florida had occurred the day before
Survivors of the Empress of Ireland. 1. Mr Edward Bamford, junior wireless operator on the Empress of Ireland. 2. The Rev J. Wallet, of the United Methodist Church, Westcliff-On-Sea. 3
Princess Elizabeth first broadcast, 1940Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) making her first radio broadcast on 11 October 1940 to British children evacuated abroad to the United States and Canada. Date: 1940
Traffic Accident GroupA Metropolitan Police Traffic Accident Group, consisting of two Triumph motorcycles and one Wolseley 6/110 motor car, fitted with radio transmitter and loudspeaker
Portrait of Marchese Guglielmo MarconiThis is a portrait of Italian inventor, Marconi, born 1874, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention
Portrait of Ethel Le NeveEthel Le Neve, Dr Crippens mistress. Dr Crippen, an American citizen, lived at 39 Hilldrop Cresent, Camden, London. He was accused of murdering his wife when she disappeared under suspicious
Communications Room on an Atlantic linerA communications room onboard an Atlantic liner, an example of the kind that would have been on board the Titanic. Built by the shipyard Harland and Wolff for White Star Lines
Heliograph used by British army in AfricaHeliograph used in the British army in Africa, probably during the Boer War (1899-1902). The heliograph is a wireless telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight (generally using Morse code)
SS Lucania - CunardSS Lucania. This Cunarder is the first ship to be equipped with Signor Marconis wireless system : for a while she holds the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing. Date: circa 1920s
Villagers Gathered Around the WirelessVillagers in Charlwood, Sussex, gathered around the wireless radio in a local pub. 1940
Princess Elizabeth broadcasting to the EmpirePrincess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) at a BBC microphone making her 21st birthday broadcast to the Empire during the Royal Tour of South Africa on 21st April 1947. Date: 1947
Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. DavisThe duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942
Advert for the recruitment of men for the RAF 1941Fly with the RAF. Volunteer now! Heres the chance you ve been waiting for - to fly with the R.A.F be a pilot (age 18 - 30), Air Observer (18 - 32) or wireless operator/air gunner (18 - 32)
Police radio operators
John Ambrose FlemingJOHN AMBROSE FLEMING English electrical engineer; contributed to development of telephony, electric lighting and wireless telegraphy
Communications / RadioThe Wireless Telegraphy room of an Atlantic liner
Wireless Whist playing cards scorecard, Art Deco design
Six-Sixty Safety Valves, wireless radio 1920s Date: 1920s
Klondyke Whist scorecard, black cat wearing wireless radio headphones
Wireless training, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s
WW2 - Jack Warner Comic StripAn illustrated wartime comic strip page for Jack Warner The Witty Wireless Wise Cracker. Date: 1942
WW2 - R. A. F. Wireless Operator WorkshopThis photograph shows some British WW2 Royal Air Force trainees working at a wireless operator mechanics workshop. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 - Wireless Operators Instruction ClassA photograph of an active British WW2 Royal Air Force wireless operators instruction class, aloft in the latest (of the time) type of training plane. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 - Wireless Operator Training MachineA photograph portraying a British WW2 Royal Air Force wireless operator sat inside the latest (of the time) training machine. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 - Portable Wireless OutstationA photograph which shows some British WW2 Royal Air Force personnel operating a portable wireless outstation. Date: circa 1940s
South Foreland Lighthouse, St Margaret's Bay, KentSouth Foreland Lighthouse and radio transmitter, St Margaret's Bay, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Jacob Milling postcardWhite Star Line, RMS Titanic. An exceptional handwritten postcard postmarked 11pm on 9 April 1912 sent by Second Class passenger Jacob Christian Milling (1863?1912)
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, List of First Class PassengersWhite Star Line, RMS Titanic. Rare First Class passenger list that survived the sinking in the pocket of George Brereton. He was a professional gambler
WW2 Wireless S. O. S. Call And Red Cross NurseA pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a Royal Navy captain sending an S.O.S. wireless call, while the right picture portrays a British Red Cross nurse
Post Office Wireless Stations and FisheriesA simply magnificent, large scale, poster map of Post Office Wireless Stations commissioned by the General Post Office and designed by Leslie MacDonald Gill, 1939
RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic for the month of April 1912, Sheet 133, Meteorological Office, London. The chart is in colour and displays wind, sea current, sea temperature
Memorial to Jack Phillips, Godalming, SurreyMemorial to Jack George Phillips, wireless operator on RMS Titanic, Godalming, Surrey Date: 1928
Ordering rooms by wireless, The Savoy Hotel, LondonRemote booking, ordering rooms by wireless, The Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1911
Telephoning Australia by Short-Wave Wireless 1924Diagram showing the possibility of extensive new development in long-distance communication using short-wave wireless telephone to Australia. Date: 1924
The wireless warfare: How the Admiralty's wireless installation that spook to any Britsih warships within 1600 miles of Whitehall
German battery destroyed by British artillery, WW1German battery destroyed by British artillery, based on aeroplane observation conveyed to ground forces by wireless, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874 -1936), Italian inventor who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention
Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937), Italian inventor, Marconi, born 1874, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention
Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1934), Italian inventor, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention
Monument raising above the other buildings, designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Date: 1897
