Telecommunication Collection

Marconi radio apparatus
Marconi radio equipment on a ship. The equipment includes headphones and a Morse code key (lower centre). The equipment is labelled (left-right)

Lovell Telescope
The brainchild of Sir Bernard Lovell, the Lovell Radio Telescope was for many years the largest in the world and dominates the Cheshire countryside for miles around. Date: 1960s

Early fire brigade street alarm
Early fire brigade alarm system. Historical artwork of a fireman testing a 19th-century combined telephonic and telegraphic street fire alarm system

Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, aerial photograph. Goonhilly is the largest satellite Earth receiving station in the world with sixty communications dishes in total

The New Magic: Sending Pictures by Wireless and the Unescapable Telephone, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Arecibo message and decoded key C016 / 6817
Arecibo message and decoded key. Diagram showing the binary transmission (left) known as the Arecibo message, with the message decoded and labelled at centre and right

Wireless officer sending a message by Morse Code from on board a ship, 1916
Wireless officer sending a message by morse code from on board a ship, 1916. Wireless telegraphy at sea was made possible by the type of sending

Channel tunnel. Historical artwork of a tunnel beneath the English Channel through which Napoleons troops are moving to invade England

Konstantin Buteyko, Soviet doctor
Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko (1923-2003), Soviet medical doctor and researcher. In the 1950s, Buteyko, a Ukrainian, developed a theory on the effects of deep breathing (hyperventilation)

Guglielmo Marconi, radio inventor
Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Italian physicist and inventor of the radio. Marconi patented his radio system in Britain, established the Marconis Wireless Telegraph Company in London in 1897

Zizkov TV tower at sunrise, Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic

The switchboard at the Newcastle Telephone Exchange. 24th Januaray 1931

Telegraph printer, 1889 C013 / 8777
Telegraph printer. 19th-century artwork of a telegraph printer developed by Moore and Wright in the 1880s. The electric telegraph had been developed in the 1830s and 1840s

Great Eastern
September 1865: The laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board Brunels steamship the Great Eastern. Original Publication: Illustrated London News

Telegraph receiver. Historical artwork of a Breguet telegraph receiver. Messages arrived at the receiver in wires as a series of long and short electric pulses

Marconi radio apparatus
Marconi radio equipment. This is a Marconi type 31 crystal receiver for ships. Marconi patented his radio equipment in 1896, founding a company in 1897 to build the new equipment

Early telephone, historical artwork
Early telephone. Historical artwork of three men gathered around an early telephone. The man at right is talking into the speaking tube

Demonstration of the wireless telephone, June 1920. In the 1920s, broadcasting was still in its infancy, with radio transmitters and receivers owned only by amateur enthusiasts

Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable, 1865

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline Laying the Earthwire on July 21st, 1865, 1865

The Aerial Man
1843: The aerial man passing over the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Telephone bureau exchange, 1889
Telephone bureau exchange. 19th-century artwork of woman operating the exchange at a telephone bureau. They are using receivers to listen to incoming calls and using the wires

Wireless communication
MODEL RELEASED. Wireless communication. Boy using a bluetooth hands-free headset for his mobile phone

Alexander Graham Bell (right) experimenting with an x-beam tetrahedral kite, designer Mr
NWI4948745 Alexander Graham Bell (right) experimenting with an x-beam tetrahedral kite, designer Mr. Baldwin next to Dr Bell

Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s
NWI4954767 Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.; (add.info.: Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Early wall-mounted telephone, 1800s
NWI4954762 Early wall-mounted telephone, 1800s.; (add.info.: Early wall-mounted telephone, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

House's electric printing telegraph, 1850
3479965 House's electric printing telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: House's electric printing telegraph. An electrical telegraph is a telegraph that uses electrical signals)

The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
3585848 The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph; (add.info.: Illustration of the 'Cooke and Wheatstone Telegraph' an early electrical telegraph system created by William Fothergill Cooke)

Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s
NWI4954779 Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.; (add.info.: Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Charles Wheatstone, 19th century (engraving)
3585845 Charles Wheatstone, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) an English scientist and inventor during the Victorian Era

Cartoon depicting a young couple trying to use the telephone in the pursuit of love, 19th century
5308998 Cartoon depicting a young couple trying to use the telephone in the pursuit of love, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a young couple trying to use the telephone in the pursuit of)

Cartoon of Marconi with his wireless, 1903
NWI4947652 Cartoon of Marconi with his wireless, 1903.; (add.info.: Cartoon of Marconi with his wireless, 1903.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Female telephonists in Central Telephone Exchange
2604100 Female telephonists in Central Telephone Exchange; (add.info.: Central Telephone Exchange, rue de Lafayette, Paris, staffed by female telephonists)

Carrier pigeon released from the USS " Iowa" with a message for home port, 1897
NWI4759587 Carrier pigeon released from the USS " Iowa" with a message for home port, 1897.; (add.info.: Carrier pigeon released from the USS " Iowa" with a message for home port)

Communicating via speaking tube or hose, 1800s
NWI4759572 Communicating via speaking tube or hose, 1800s.; (add.info.: Communicating via speaking tube or hose, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Telegraph lesson - crippled soldiers, 06 Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Telegraph lesson - crippled soldiers, 06 Feb 1919. Two soldiers, amputee veterans of World War I, leaning to use a telegraph at a vocational school for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital

The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point..., 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point, near Queenstown [in Ireland], 1864

Aviators practicing telegraphy, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Aviators practicing telegraphy, 1917.

Wireless, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Wireless, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in telegraph training at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York during World War I.

University of Washington, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
University of Washington, 1917. A trooper from the University of Washington militia using a portable field-telephone in a suitcase.

German field telephone, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German field telephone, 1914. German soldier talking on telephone which is attached to a tree, next to a brick building, during World War I.

Telegraph messenger, Berlin, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Telegraph messenger, Berlin, between 1914 and c1915. A woman telegraph messenger on a bicycle in Berlin, Germany during World War I.

House of Mrs. Robert L. Dodge, 1933 Oct. Creator: Arnold Genthe
House of Mrs. Robert L. Dodge, 1933 Oct. 17. Address: Sefton Manor, Mill Neck, Long Island, New York. House designed in 1922 by Clinton and Russell for cosmetics executive Lillian Sefton Dodge

Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. View of...the scene of popular excitement on the occasion in the streets of St. Helier

Celebration of the Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable at New York - the Illumination... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Celebration of the Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable at New York - the Illumination of the City Hall, 1858. Firework display, with inscription: All Honour to Cyrus [?] Field'

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia: Catamaran for Under-running the Shore-end... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia: Catamaran for Under-running the Shore-end of the Cable, 1858. View of Valentia

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, from the North, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, from the North, 1858. View of Valentia, to which island considerable interest attaches in connection with the Atlantic Telegraph

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, the Landing-Place of the Atlantic Cable, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, the Landing-Place of the Atlantic Cable, 1858. View of Valentia, to which island considerable interest attaches in connection with the Atlantic

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"Revolutionizing Communication: From Marconi's Radio Apparatus to the Telegraph Receiver" Step back in time and explore the fascinating world of telecommunication, where innovation and technology have shaped human connection throughout history. Starting with Marconi's groundbreaking radio apparatus, which paved the way for wireless communication, we witness a remarkable transformation. The Lovell Telescope emerges as a symbol of scientific progress, enabling us to delve into the mysteries of space. In times of emergency, the early fire brigade street alarm acted as a lifeline for communities, alerting them to danger swiftly and efficiently. Meanwhile, Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station revolutionized global communication by connecting people across continents like never before. The Arecibo message and its decoded key C016 / 6817 represent humanity's attempt to reach out to extraterrestrial civilizations—a testament to our insatiable curiosity about what lies beyond our planet. Traveling through time brings us face-to-face with pivotal moments such as the switchboard at Newcastle Telephone Exchange on January 24th, 1931. Here, operators diligently connected calls that bridged distances and brought loved ones closer together. During wartime struggles in 1916, a wireless officer bravely sent messages via Morse Code from aboard a ship—an act that exemplified how telecommunication played an essential role in military operations. Fast forward to modern times—the Channel Tunnel stands tall as an engineering marvel that connects nations physically while fostering cultural exchange and economic growth. Meet "The Aerial Man, " who fearlessly climbed towering structures to ensure uninterrupted communication signals—his bravery kept society connected during challenging times. Witness the grandeur of Great Eastern—a colossal vessel instrumental in laying undersea cables that linked distant lands electronically—ushering in an era of instant long-distance communication unimaginable before its time. Finally, marvel at the Telegraph Printer from 1889 (C013 /8777), which transformed written words into electrical pulses, revolutionizing the speed and efficiency of information transmission.