Signal Collection (page 2)

Picture (Needlework), England, 1825/75. Creator: Unknown
Picture (Needlework), England, 1825/75. Sailing ship with signal flags. Detail from a larger artwork

The War in Schleswig - Holstein Chasseurs and Night Fire - Signal Post, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig - Holstein Chasseurs and Night Fire - Signal Post, 1850. Soldiers keeping watch during the First Schleswig War. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

The "Titania" Schooner Yacht, built for Mr. Robert Stephenson, C.E. 1850. Creator: Unknown
The "Titania" Schooner Yacht, built for Mr. Robert Stephenson, C.E. 1850. In the water the Titania very much resembles the Bermudan schooners...she looks long, low, and rakish

Reception of Lord Gough at Calcutta, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Reception of Lord Gough at Calcutta, 1850. Loud Gough arrived at Calcutta [modern Kolkata, India] on the 29th of December

The "Viceroy", at Anchor in the Roads at Galway Bay, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The "Viceroy", at Anchor in the Roads at Galway Bay, [Ireland], 1850. Steamship carrying mail across the Atlantic....with the steamer O'Connell putting visitors on board; and Salt Hill

The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The First Shipment of Coals in the New Sunderland Docks, [Tyne & Wear], 1850. The entrance to the dock itself is 60 feet wide; the depth of water at the quays will be 20 feet

Laying the foundation-stone of the Albert Harbour, Greenock, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Albert Harbour, Greenock, [Scotland], 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Andrew Swan

The launch of the Ipswich Life-Boat, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The launch of the Ipswich Life-Boat, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Dixon Piper. It is calculated that from 30, 000 to 40, 000 persons attended...The life-boat

A Raised Alarm in the Redoubt of the Fortress, 19th century. Creator: Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin
A Raised Alarm in the Redoubt of the Fortress, 19th century. One of 21 watercolors (out of an original 27) from an album relating to the history of the Siberian Cossacks held by the Rare Books

The Volunteer lying inside the bar of Kowie River, Port Alfred, near Graham's Town, Cape... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer lying inside the bar of Kowie River, Port Alfred, near Graham's Town, Cape Colony, 1862. Engraving from a photograph of the steamer...having crossed the bar successfully on the 11th

Signal, 1915. Artist: Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier
Signal, 1915. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Atmospheric Railway at Dawlish, 1847, (1945). Creator: Unknown
The Atmospheric Railway at Dawlish, 1847, (1945). Railway line running along the sea front in the town of Dawlish on the south coast of Devon

The Duke of Cornwall and Yorks Colonial Tour... Departure of the Ophir from Portsmouth, 1901
The Duke of Cornwall and Yorks Colonial Tour, 1901: Departure of the Ophir from Portsmouth, March 16, 1901. Ships are decorated with flags as crowds turn out to wave off the royal yacht HMS Ophir as

A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving... Proviso yard, C & NW RR. Chicago, Ill
A train (or " cut" ) being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hump. A brakeman rides each train to signal the engineer in the locomotive at the rear; Proviso yard, C & NW RR

Hump master in a Chicago and North Western railroad yard operating a signal... Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern [i.e. North Western] railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track

Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee"... 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a " fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means " stop." Calumet City, Ill

Migrants tents... along the right of way of the Southern Pacific, Near Fresno, California, 1939
Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. Near Fresno, California. [Sign: Railroad Crossing ]

Trainman signalling from a "Jim Crow"coach, Saint Augustine, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Saint Augustine, Florida. Trainman signalling from a " Jim Crow" coach

From the overpass approaching Fresno, between Tulare and Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Between Tulare and Fresno. From the overpass approaching Fresno, California. [Bales of cotton outside the Producers Cotton Oil Co. makers of cottonseed cake and meal for cattle and sheep]

Looking east down the railroad track, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Looking east down the railroad track, near Calipatria, California. Single men, itinerants with " bindles" waiting for the freight

Signal flag with pole, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Signal flag on a wooden pole. Singal flag is red and white cut across the diagnol. The red section has three ties that attach the flag to the pole

The Signal Fire, 1885-1890. Creator: Ralph Blakelock
The Signal Fire, 1885-1890

The Firing Of The Beacon (1868-1870). Creator: Richard Redgrave
The Firing Of The Beacon (1868-1870)

Festival in the Harbor of Honfleur, 1858. Creator: Eugene Louis Boudin
Festival in the Harbor of Honfleur, 1858

Yacht Basin at Trouville-Deauville, probably 1895 / 1896. Creator: Eugene Louis Boudin
Yacht Basin at Trouville-Deauville, probably 1895/1896

Signalement Des Chouans et Autres Contrevolutionaires, ca. 1793. Creator: Unknown
Signalement Des Chouans et Autres Contrevolutionaires, ca. 1793

The Telephone; a telegraphic alarum, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Telephone; a telegraphic alarum, 1844. A type of foghorn: The object of the..." Telephone or Marine Alarum and Signal Trumpet", by Captain J. N. Taylor, R.N

Weston-super-Mare Regatta, from the sea - drawn by Condy, 1845. Creator: Smyth
Weston-super-Mare Regatta, from the sea - drawn by Condy, 1845. Boat races off the Somerset coast. In the centre covered in signal flags is Ganymede saluting

Junction of the Great Western Railway with the London Branch, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Junction of the Great Western Railway with the London Branch, 1844. Two signal-posts of great size, and conspicuous for their markings and colour, have been placed on the left of the up line

Tunnel signal - "All right", 1844. Creator: Unknown
Tunnel signal - " All right", 1844. Top-hatted railway worker signalling to a steam locomotive with a flag. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V

Her Majesty and Prince Albert disembarking Dundee, 1844. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
Her Majesty and Prince Albert disembarking Dundee, 1844. Queen Victorias yacht is welcomed as it arrives in Scotland:a salute of twenty-one guns was fired from Broughty Ferry, tar-barrels were lit

Arrival of the King of the French, at Portsmouth, on Tuesday last, October 1844. Louis Philippe is welcomed as he visits Britain. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The Gomer Steamer coming into Portsmouth Harbour, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Gomer Steamer coming into Portsmouth Harbour, 1844. Visit of the French king Louis Philippe to Britain: The French squadron came on slowly and majestically

Launch of "The Braganza"steamer at Cowes, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Launch of " The Braganza" steamer at Cowes, 1844. Relaunch of a ship after undergoing alterations at the Isle of Wight

Richmond after the Evacuation, 1865. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Richmond after the Evacuation, 1865. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Richmond, Virginia, after Evacuation, 1865. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Richmond, Virginia, after Evacuation, 1865. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

The Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable Fleet on August 5th, 1858, 1865-66

The Cliffs, Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the Point at Which the Shore-end of the Cable was Landed on July 22nd, 1865, 1865

Tudor Style Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing, 1844-77

International maritime signal flags, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
International maritime signal flags, 1898. Title page from " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Flashing the Signal to Charge by Searchlight, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Flashing the Signal to Charge by Searchlight, 1915. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume I. The First Phase", edited by J. A. Hammerton

The Franz Schubert steamship on the River Danube, Linz, Upper Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
The Franz Schubert steamship on the River Danube, Linz, Upper Austria, c1935. Paddle steamer decorated with signal flags. The Herzogin von Hohenburg, built in 1913

Electro-Mechanical Signal Cabin at Victoria, Southern Railway, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Electro-Mechanical Signal Cabin at Victoria, Southern Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Train Movement Diagram in Signal-Box, Metropolitan Railway, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Train Movement Diagram in Signal-Box, Metropolitan Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Electric Lamp Signals, with Shades for Day Use, at Baker Street Station, Metropolitan Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

Recording Daily Time Signal at Liverpool Street Station, London and North Eastern Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

On the Route of the Lapland Express, 1935-36. Creator: Unknown
On the Route of the Lapland Express, 1935-36. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 2". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935-36]

Leaving Dublin. Great Southern Railways train, hauled by a 4-4-0 passenger express, 1935
Leaving Dublin. A Great Southern Railways train, hauled by a 4-4-0 passenger express locomotive, is seen here after its departure from Kingsbridge terminus, 1935

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