Phone Collection (page 31)

19th century speaking tube. This device consists of two speaking cones connected by an empty pipe through which sound could travel to someone listening at the other end

19th Century telephone
Moscow Telephone Networks Museum. 1890 Bell Black telephone

SIM card. Mobile phone subscriber identity module (SIM) card in a holder prior to being inserted into a mobile phone

Office worker
MODEL RELEASED. Office worker. Man smiling while talking on the telephone and working on a computer

Microwave telecommunications tower Libya
Microwave telecommunications relay tower powered by an array of photovoltaic solar panels in Libya Sahara. These antennas receive, amplify and retransmit phone

Phone sign

Computer technology demonstration, Korea
A stand at Seoul Airport, South Korea, demonstrating computer, communications and Internet technology

Video telephony demonstration, Korea
A stand at Seoul Airport, South Korea, demonstrating video telephone technology. The screen shows a view of the woman apparently making the call

Man using mobile phone
A man using a mobile phone at Seoul Airport, South Korea, as a bus approaches the arrivals area

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Alexander Graham Bell in New York communicatiing for the first time with Chicago by telephone. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century photograph

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Old wall-mounted Western Electric telephone in the Soo Line depot, Rhinelander, Logging Museum, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Digital photograph

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Santa Claus speaking to a child on the telephone, " Hello Little One!" 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Thomas Nast

Mobile phone holder current contemporary static cell telephone stars

Row of phone boxes at the back of the Royal Courts of Justice, Carey St, London, England, United Kingdom

Public Phone Box, Ellishadder, near Staffin, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom

Red telephone box, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Britannia and Eve magazine, September 1939
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman engrossed in a telephone conversation, wearing a dark-blue puffed-shoulder dress

David Wright woman in black evening dress and white fur
Elegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a slinky black evening dress and a white fur stole. She is speaking on her red telephone, no doubt making arrangements to go out

Mevagissey coastguard
The uniformed coastguard at Mevagissey, Cornwall, England, sits in his office and takes a phone call, perhaps an emergency call

Nurse and matron at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a matron sitting at her desk while a nurse stands respectfully behind her

A computer technician with data tape
A computer technician stretches out a piece of data recording tape, from the ICT Atlas I computing system. A colleague speaks on the telephone in the background. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Two Men at Work
Two men working at a telephone switchboard desk in a factory. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

The Right Number by Pierrot
Illustration of an elegant flapper girl, dressed seemingly only in lingerie speaking on the telephone

Universal Exhibition, Paris
Members of the public testing out telephones and phonographs at the L Exposition Universelle in Paris

Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder
A photograph of Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder, able to automatically transmit and print messages through a phone line, while callers were still conversing

Phone Message
A secretary writes down a phone message

Man on Phone C1905
A man telephones his beloved and imagines her in the room with him, answering his call

Man at Desk on Phone
A man in a suit sits at his desk and talks on the telephone as he points to some photographs in the Ad Lib Catalogue

Hand Holds a Telephone
A hand with manicured finger nails hold up a white telephone handset

Lovers Linked by Phone
Arrivederci presto ! (See you soon !) Lovers linked by phone

Hand Held Model
I wish you were at this end of the phone !

Female Type / Phone
Five foot two, Eyes of blue, Has anybody seen my girl ? An attractive young woman of the 1920s on the telephone

British telephone box and post box, Valletta, Malta, Europe

A phone box at Brotherilkeld in Eskdale Lake District UK
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An emergency phone above Portheras cove near St Just, cornwall, UK
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A telephone Box near Carsaig on the Isle of Mull Scotland UK
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A climber on Red Screes in the Lake District using a mobile phone
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Woman in bikini calling from a public telephone at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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People in telephone kiosks on Galata Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Telephone, Barentsburg, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

British red telephone box and colourful traditional house, Stanley, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America

A boy using a monk decorated telephone box at Shaolin temple, birthplace of Kung Fu martial arts, Shaolin, Henan Province, China, Asia

Cover of Britannia and Eve, February 1936
Front cover illustration for Britannia & Eve magazine showing a fashionable young woman smoking while talking on the telephone. Issue dated 1st February 1936

Man Using Early Phone
A gentleman using an early instrument

Ericsson Table Phone - 1
A table instrument by the Ericsson Company, Sweden. Two generator magnets support the instrument and the induction coil is contained in the pedestal. Note the handle

Santa Phones
Santa Claus receives a phone call from a young admirer

Paris Phone Exchange
Paris Telephone Exchange : les demoiselles du telephone

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"Connecting the Past and Present: A Journey Through Phone History" Amidst a snowy London street, a Police Public Call Box stands tall, reminiscent of an era long gone. The Bakelite telephone - a timeless symbol of communication that revolutionized the way we connect. David Wright's iconic pin-up calendar girl graces the walls, capturing the allure conversations in 1950. Cobham Air Routes Poster reminds us how phones bridged distances and brought loved ones closer even before air travel became common. The Red Telephone Box, an unmistakable landmark in London's streetscape, preserving memories of countless conversations held within its cozy confines. Margaret Lockwood captivates audiences in Carol Reed's Night Train to Munich (1940), showcasing how phones played pivotal roles even on the silver screen. An illustrated brochure from W Barratt & Co Ltd takes us back to Northampton's telephonic past – where innovation met practicality. In Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8, a major fire serves as a stark reminder of emergency calls made through these trusty devices throughout history. The Shard skyscraper looms over London like a modern-day beacon – reminding us that despite technological advancements, phones remain essential for daily connections. A vigilant policeman stands beside a police call box – exemplifying how these boxes served as lifelines for law enforcement during times of need. As we reflect on Picture No.