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Notices Collection

From historic walls to wartime recruitment, they have shaped our world

Background imageNotices Collection: The Cavern Wall of Fame in Matthew Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England

The Cavern Wall of Fame in Matthew Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Background imageNotices Collection: WW1 - Recruitment Poster - York Railway Station

WW1 - Recruitment Poster - York Railway Station
WW1 - A series of Recruitment posters calling on Men of the North to join the Armed forces - York Railway Station, 1914. A large noticeboard with a message urging me to join up

Background imageNotices Collection: Town Crier in pony and trap, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Town Crier in pony and trap, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
James Smith, Town Crier of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, in pony and trap. Seen here passing the butchers shop owned by J Potter, where cuts of meat are on display

Background imageNotices Collection: Front page, The London Gazette

Front page, The London Gazette
Front page of a 17th century issue of The London Gazette, described by some as the worlds most boring newspaper. It contains official government notices and news items, and dates back to the 1660s

Background imageNotices Collection: Trompe L'Oeil: Papers Pinned to Wall, 1735/65. Creator: Martin Cerulli

Trompe L'Oeil: Papers Pinned to Wall, 1735/65. Creator: Martin Cerulli
Trompe L'Oeil: Papers Pinned to Wall, 1735/65

Background imageNotices Collection: Aphorismi Politici: Trompe l'Oeil with Posted Notices and Prints, 1735/1765. Creator: Martin Cerulli

Aphorismi Politici: Trompe l'Oeil with Posted Notices and Prints, 1735/1765. Creator: Martin Cerulli
Aphorismi Politici: Trompe l'Oeil with Posted Notices and Prints, 1735/1765

Background imageNotices Collection: Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Notices and Prints, 1735/1765. Creator: Martin Cerulli

Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Notices and Prints, 1735/1765. Creator: Martin Cerulli
Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Notices and Prints, 1735/1765

Background imageNotices Collection: Cantate: Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Prints, 1735/1765. Creator: Martin Cerulli

Cantate: Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Prints, 1735/1765. Creator: Martin Cerulli
Cantate: Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Prints, 1735/1765

Background imageNotices Collection: Reading wall notices, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Reading wall notices, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Reading wall notices, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

Background imageNotices Collection: Reading wall notices, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Reading wall notices, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Reading wall notices, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

Background imageNotices Collection: Mrs. Thomas Marshall, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs

Mrs. Thomas Marshall, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. Thomas Marshall, between 1910 and 1920
Mrs. Thomas Marshall, between 1910 and 1920. Woman knitting, with display of aprons and knitted items for sale, possibly a fundraising event. Sign written on US Senate notepaper

Background imageNotices Collection: Camp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers, FSA camp, California, 1938

Camp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers, FSA camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp bulletin board in Shafter camp for migratory workers, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp, California. This notice is a statement of self-determined policy drawn up by the camp committee of

Background imageNotices Collection: Campers bulletin board, Shafter camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Campers bulletin board, Shafter camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Campers bulletin board near entrance of Shafter camp for migrant workers. California

Background imageNotices Collection: Print Fanciers, 1892. Creator: Félix Vallotton

Print Fanciers, 1892. Creator: Félix Vallotton
Print Fanciers, 1892

Background imageNotices Collection: Campers bulletin board near entrance of Shafter camp for migrant workers, California, 1938

Campers bulletin board near entrance of Shafter camp for migrant workers, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Campers bulletin board near entrance of Shafter camp for migrant workers. California.['Rummage Sale - Friday Nov 4 afternoon - Saturday Nov 5 all day - Congregational Church near Post Office']

Background imageNotices Collection: Tourist Information Centre, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1991

Tourist Information Centre, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1991
Fowey couple, Bernard and Lynn Goold, are believed to be the first husband and wife team in the country to both gain their City and Guilds in Tourist Information Competency

Background imageNotices Collection: A street scene in London. Circa 1953

A street scene in London. Circa 1953

Background imageNotices Collection: Le Placeur, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier

Le Placeur, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Placeur, 1842. Series: Bohemiens de Paris; Periodical: Le Charivari, 25 January 1842

Background imageNotices Collection: Sign at Gleneagles

Sign at Gleneagles
A sign at Gleneagles golf course, explaining the procedure of sounding a siren in the event of a dangerous thunderstorm. Date: 1933

Background imageNotices Collection: Polling Station, Referendum Day, 5 June 1975

Polling Station, Referendum Day, 5 June 1975
Scene outside a Polling Station in the London Borough of Wandsworth, 5 June 1975. A Referendum was being held on the UK's membership of the EEC (now the EU), which it had joined in 1973

Background imageNotices Collection: HUNDING SUSPICIOUS

HUNDING SUSPICIOUS
Act One : Hunding notices the resemblance between his wife Siglind and the visitor, Sigmund (they are indeed brother and sister, and will be lovers)

Background imageNotices Collection: Hunding Suspicious Music Opera Wagner Die Valkure

Hunding Suspicious Music Opera Wagner Die Valkure
hunding, suspicious, music, opera, wagner, die, valkure, act, one, notices, resemblance, between, wife, siglind, visitor, sigmund, brother, sister, will, lovers, history, historical, 10102829

Background imageNotices Collection: Migratory workers, pea harvest, FSA migratory labor... Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939

Migratory workers, pea harvest, FSA migratory labor... Calipatria, Imperial County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Migratory workers, in camp for the pea harvest, scan the bulletin board at entrance. [Tent acting as an office]

Background imageNotices Collection: A List of the Principal Colours used in Painting, with Notices of their Chemical

A List of the Principal Colours used in Painting, with Notices of their Chemical and Artistical Properties
5199184 A List of the Principal Colours used in Painting, with Notices of their Chemical and Artistical Properties, by W Linton, Esquire (engraving) by English School

Background imageNotices Collection: The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - floral tributes

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - floral tributes
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - some of the floral tributes lain beneath the monument on Remembrance Day. Designed by Edwin Lutyens

Background imageNotices Collection: Studying War News at Nice: A Cosmpolitan Crowd on the French Riviera, 1914-19 (litho)

Studying War News at Nice: A Cosmpolitan Crowd on the French Riviera, 1914-19 (litho)
STC359614 Studying War News at Nice: A Cosmpolitan Crowd on the French Riviera, 1914-19 (litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Background imageNotices Collection: Third-Class Waiting-Room II, c. 1865 (oil on canvas)

Third-Class Waiting-Room II, c. 1865 (oil on canvas)
5894005 Third-Class Waiting-Room II, c.1865 (oil on canvas) by Unker, Carl-Hendrik d (1828-66); 79x107 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish, out of copyright

Background imageNotices Collection: Studying War News at Nice: A Cosmpolitan Crowd on the French Riviera, 1914-19 (litho)

Studying War News at Nice: A Cosmpolitan Crowd on the French Riviera, 1914-19 (litho)
STC359627 Studying War News at Nice: A Cosmpolitan Crowd on the French Riviera, 1914-19 (litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Background imageNotices Collection: Sailing notice and German warning, New York Herald, 1st May 1915 (litho)

Sailing notice and German warning, New York Herald, 1st May 1915 (litho)
700919 Sailing notice and German warning, New York Herald, 1st May 1915 (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageNotices Collection: Le retour du pere (colour litho)

Le retour du pere (colour litho)
3095700 Le retour du pere (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le retour du pere)

Background imageNotices Collection: People visiting the Monkey House at London Zoo

People visiting the Monkey House at London Zoo. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageNotices Collection: The Paalhuis and the Nieuwe Brug, Amsterdam, in the Winter, 1640-66 (oil on canvas)

The Paalhuis and the Nieuwe Brug, Amsterdam, in the Winter, 1640-66 (oil on canvas)
5043035 The Paalhuis and the Nieuwe Brug, Amsterdam, in the Winter, 1640-66 (oil on canvas) by Beerstraten, Jan Abrahamsz

Background imageNotices Collection: Christmas postage notice by command of the Postmaster General, 9 December 1890 (colour litho)

Christmas postage notice by command of the Postmaster General, 9 December 1890 (colour litho)
730617 Christmas postage notice by command of the Postmaster General, 9 December 1890 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageNotices Collection: An Interrupted Romance at the Louvre (engraving)

An Interrupted Romance at the Louvre (engraving)
1046626 An Interrupted Romance at the Louvre (engraving) by Poirson, V.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Interrupted Romance at the Louvre)

Background imageNotices Collection: Sir Christopher Wren displaying notices on the site of St Pauls Cathedral forbidding his workers

Sir Christopher Wren displaying notices on the site of St Pauls Cathedral forbidding his workers from swearing
5197913 Sir Christopher Wren displaying notices on the site of St Pauls Cathedral forbidding his workers from swearing (engraving) by English School

Background imageNotices Collection: Second Class Waiting-Room, c. 1865 (oil on canvas)

Second Class Waiting-Room, c. 1865 (oil on canvas)
5894003 Second Class Waiting-Room, c.1865 (oil on canvas) by Unker, Carl-Hendrik d (1828-66); 80x106 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish, out of copyright

Background imageNotices Collection: Punch cartoon: The Latest Thing in Advertising (engraving)

Punch cartoon: The Latest Thing in Advertising (engraving)
6034952 Punch cartoon: The Latest Thing in Advertising (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: The Latest Thing in Advertising)

Background imageNotices Collection: Parisians reading Notices of the New Taxes (engraving)

Parisians reading Notices of the New Taxes (engraving)
1613549 Parisians reading Notices of the New Taxes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parisians reading Notices of the New Taxes)

Background imageNotices Collection: Sailing notice and German warning, New York Herald, 1st May 1915 (litho)

Sailing notice and German warning, New York Herald, 1st May 1915 (litho)
700920 Sailing notice and German warning, New York Herald, 1st May 1915 (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageNotices Collection: Remember the Lusitania!, British propaganda notice to encourage enlistment

Remember the Lusitania!, British propaganda notice to encourage enlistment
700905 Remember the Lusitania!, British propaganda notice to encourage enlistment, 1915 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: On 7th May 1915)

Background imageNotices Collection: Notice to smokers and chewers, published by N. Currier, New York, c. 1840-50 (litho)

Notice to smokers and chewers, published by N. Currier, New York, c. 1840-50 (litho)
AQS336766 Notice to smokers and chewers, published by N. Currier, New York, c.1840-50 (litho) by Currier, Nathaniel (1813-88); 29x41 cm; American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Background imageNotices Collection: Portrait of Jacob Wilson (1799-1882) Last Birmingham Town Crier, 1868-69 (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Jacob Wilson (1799-1882) Last Birmingham Town Crier, 1868-69 (oil on canvas)
BIR107256 Portrait of Jacob Wilson (1799-1882) Last Birmingham Town Crier, 1868-69 (oil on canvas) by Roden, William Thomas (1817-92); Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; English, out of copyright

Background imageNotices Collection: Les Affiches - illustration from Histoire d un crime, 19th Century (b / w engraving)

Les Affiches - illustration from Histoire d un crime, 19th Century (b / w engraving)
909655 Les Affiches - illustration from Histoire d un crime, 19th Century (b/w engraving) by Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageNotices Collection: Trade card with an image of The Poster (chromolitho)

Trade card with an image of The Poster (chromolitho)
963850 Trade card with an image of The Poster (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card with an image of The Poster (l affiche)

Background imageNotices Collection: Southwark Cathedral 2nd June 1955 The verger of Southwark Cathedral seen here

Southwark Cathedral 2nd June 1955 The verger of Southwark Cathedral seen here posting up the service sheet for the month

Background imageNotices Collection: ELECTION NOTICES 1978

ELECTION NOTICES 1978
Notices explain to the voter the practices of the election Date: 1978

Background imageNotices Collection: STREET DOOR LEFT OPEN

STREET DOOR LEFT OPEN
Do you know as your street- door is open ? - a policeman on night duty notices servants carelessness Date: 1849

Background imageNotices Collection: Joint Stock Street, March 10, 1808. March 10, 1808. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

Joint Stock Street, March 10, 1808. March 10, 1808. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Joint Stock Street, March 10, 1808



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From historic walls to wartime recruitment, they have shaped our world. The Cavern Wall of Fame in Matthew Street, Liverpool proudly displays the names that echoed through music history. A WW1 Recruitment Poster at York Railway Station reminds us of the sacrifices made by brave souls. Front page news in The London Gazette captures pivotal moments that shaped nations and changed lives forever. In Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, a Town Crier in his pony and trap spreads important messages throughout the community. Meanwhile, a sign at Gleneagles beckons visitors to experience luxury and tranquility amidst nature's embrace. On Referendum Day in 1975, polling stations buzzed with anticipation as citizens exercised their democratic right. Amidst it all, whispers of suspicion arose - 'Hunding Suspicious' - an enigmatic phrase that piqued curiosity. The powerful notes of Wagner's Die Valkure opera filled the air as Hunding Suspicious Music captivated audiences with its mesmerizing melodies. At a Tourist Information Centre in Fowey, Cornwall during August 1991, notices guided travelers towards hidden gems and unforgettable experiences along breathtaking coastlines. Aboard the majestic RMS Queen Mary from Cunard White Star Line, guests eagerly perused programmes of events promising entertainment fit for royalty. Notices may seem small but hold immense power; they inform us, inspire us and connect us to our past while shaping our future.