Telecommunications Collection (page 7)

Garratt & Atkinson, Blockmakers - advert, 1916. Artist: Cyrus Cuneo
Garratt & Atkinson, Blockmakers - advert, 1916. From The British Printer Vol. XXIX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1916]

A French telephone post, 1915. The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Canakkale was a campaign of World War I that took place

A Scene from Weather Forecast, 1934, (1934). Artist: George Noble
A Scene from Weather Forecast, 1934, (1934). Weather Forecast, 1934, directed by Evelyn Spice, produced by Company General Post Office Film Unit, John Grierson and photography by George Noble

Titanic - Iceberg Telegram, 1912. A telegram transmited from RMS Titanic (M.G.Y.) to the S.S. Birma, April 15, 1912, reading, We have struck iceberg sinking fast come to our assistance. Position Lat

Nine Hours of Bombing. When Sheffields turn came it was mid-winter. 1940 (1942). A department store on Sheffield High Street, 12th December, 1940

Fifty Thousand Incidents were reported to London Control Centres during the Blitz, 1941 (1942). From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

At the telephone, London Fire Brigade, c1900 (1901). The London Fire Brigade is the statutory fire and rescue service for London. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act of 1865

In the Post Office Central Telephone Exchange, City of London, c1903 (1903)
Receiving calls in the Post Office Central Telephone Exchange, City of London, c1903 (1903). The Faraday Building was the General Post Offices first telephone exchange in London

In the Electrophone Salon, Gerrard Street, London, c1903 (1903). The Electrophone system operated in the United Kingdom between 1895 and 1926

Manila, P. I. Escolta, c1912
Manila, P.I. Escota, c1912. Escolta, Manila, Philippines. Escolta was one of the first streets created in Manila in 1594. [Manila Post Card Co. c1910]

Telegraph Office, Calcutta, c1900. Artist: Johnston & Hoffmann
Telegraph Office, Calcutta, c1900. The Central Telegraph Office established in 1876 by Lord Dalhousie (1812-1860), then Governor General of India sponsored the first telegraph services in India in

Transmitting a message, 1894. An operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph. From A Popular History of Science, by Robert Routledge, BSc (Lond.), F.C.S

The speaking clock, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Automatic telephone exchange, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Cuban Telephone Company, Havana, Cuba, c1910
Cuban Telephone Company, Havana, Associated with the International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, c1910. [Roberts & Co. Havana, Cuba]

Calle Castillo, Cienfuegos, Cuba, c1900

Map of the world showing sailing routes and telegraph cables, c1893. Artist: George Philip & Son Ltd
Map of the world showing sailing routes and telegraph cables, c1893. From Outlines of British Colonisation, by William Henry Parr Greswell

Bells telephone in operation, late 19th century. Artist: Gilbert
Bells telephone in operation, late 19th century. Scottish-born American inventor Bell (1847-1922) filed the patent for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 3pm on 14 February 1876

Telegraphs, 1871. Artist: Coide
Telegraphs, 1871. A caricature of John Pender (1815-1896), British pioneer of submarine telegraphy. In 1852, Pender became a director of the Atlantic Telegraph Company

Cyrus West Field, American businessman and financier, c1849 (1955). It was through Fields (1819-1892) suggestion and financial aid that the first Atlantic cable was laid

Clement Ader, French engineer and inventor, 1915. Ader (1841-1925) is best known for his work in aviation. In 1890 his aircraft Eole became the first self-propelled aircraft to take off and fly

Indicator and Communicator, 1866

Best Wishes for the New Year, greetings card, c1920s(?)

Asuncion, Paraguay, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXXVIII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Company of German scouts receiving telephone instructions, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Queen Victoria Street at its intersection with Cannon Street, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Frith
Queen Victoria Street at its intersection with Cannon Street, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press

Chinatown, San Francisco, USA, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor, 1926. Morse was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977), of the Morse code

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, c1920. Portrait of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), physicist and inventor of wireless transmission

The first wireless photographs from America o England were sent on September 25th. - Dempsey v. Tunn
The first wireless photographs sent from America to England, c1926-c1927 (1935). The World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney fight

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born American inventor, 19th century. Bell (1847-1922), who patented the telephone in 1876, as a young man. (Colorised black and white print)

The Great Eastern playing out the Atlantic telegraph cable, c1865, (c1880). A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York)

King Edward VIII at work, 1936. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his father

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, 1926. Portrait of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), physicist and inventor of wireless transmission

Fench sappers in gas masks re-laying telephone lines after a bombardment, 1918

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American inventor, (1934). Morse (1791-1872) was a painter of portraits and historic scenes. It is disputed whether Morse had invented the electrical telegraph in 1837 as

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 19th century American inventor, (1900). Morse (1791-1872) was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977)

The Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Parade, c1858. Celebrating the telegraph cable that crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

Call me on the telephone, I will return in five minutes, c1900. French postcard

Misunderstanding, caricatures of Guillaume II of Germany, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 7th January 1915

Soldiers with a telephone cable on the Pont St Michel, Paris, June 1940

Front cover of Le Nouvel Observateur, Febuary 1991. The cover shows Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein at the time of the First Gulf War and a feature reporting the role of women in the conflict

German field telephone station, Aisne, France, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Bavarian mobile field telephone unit, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

German field telephonist, Somme, France, World War I, 1916. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Napoleons troops defending a telegraph tower, c1815, (c1870). The incident took place shortly before Napoleons defeat at Waterloo by the allies under Wellington, 18 June 1815

Building a Chappe telegraph station, c1793, (c1870). Claude Chappes (1763-1805) optical telegraph station used a system of rope

Chappes aerial telegraph system, Algeria, mid-19th century, (c1870). Claude Chappes (1763-1805) optical telegraph station used a system of rope

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