Telegraph Pole Collection (page 5)

Cathedral and Main Street, Queenstown, Ireland, c late 19th century. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cathedral and Main Street, Queenstown, Ireland, c late 19th century. Queenstown was the name given by the British to Cobh before Ireland gained its independence

Isezakicho Dori, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century. Wooden postcard

Theatre Street, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

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)

The station, Yokohama, Japan

Old King Street looking south, Kingston, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
Old King Street looking south, Kingston, Jamaica, c1905. Photograph from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (published in England, c1905)

King Street looking north, Kingston, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
King Street looking north, Kingston, Jamaica, c1905. Photograph from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (published in England, c1905)

Harbour Street (east), Kingston, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
Harbour Street (east), Kingston, Jamaica, c1905. Photograph from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (published in England, c1905)

Car on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, c1930s-c1940s(?)

Front Street, Colon, Panama, 1907

Looking west along King Street, Toronto, Canada, c1900s. As seen from Tonge Street. Published by Valentine & Sons

Prince William Street, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, c1900s. Published by J. & A. MeMillan

Montreal Harbour, Montreal, Canada, c1900s. Published by Montreal Import Co

The Halifax and Queens Hotels, Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1911. Published by Valentine & Sons (Montreal and Toronto)

The Western Union Telegraph Companys buildings, Broadway and Dey Street, New York, 1892. Artist: Boudier
The Western Union Telegraph Companys buildings, Broadway and Dey Street, New York, 1892

New Street, Baghdad, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918. The new nation of Iraq came into being in 1921

Sparks Street, Ottawa, Canada, c1920s. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Canada 2nd series

Street scene, Korea, c1900

Father and child, Seoul, Korea, 1900

Street of Suburbs, c1900-1944. Artist: Max Jacob
Street of Suburbs, c1900-1944. Max Jacob, French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Born in Quimper, Brittany, France

Deliveries and collections taking place at Wells Fargo depot, New York, USA, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells (1805-1878) and William George Fargo (1818-1881)

Telegraph construction camp during the American Civil War, 1861-1865

An idea of the world as it would be in 1953, 1883. A young lady paying calls by personal airship among maze of telegraph and telephone wires. From Le Vingtieme Siecle (the 20th Century) by A Robida

Very High Farming, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Very High Farming, 1870. Science stands in a field holding a telegraph pole, complete with wires. The representative of the countrys farmers, scratches his head in wonder

The Wheel Inn, Tresillian, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Riverside Cottages are on the left of the photograph with the Mens Institute, built in 1893, on the right. Barrels are being delivered to the 14th century thatched inn by horse and cart

Falmouth and station, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Entrance to Falmouth from the station at Bar Road. Picture shows Doney & Son, monumental mason. Photographer: Arthur Philp

Ambulance crews, Truro railway station, Cornwall. Around Christmas 1917
A group of Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital ambulance men etc. and their vehicles. Photographed outside Truro railway station

Drilling at Graffham
Tractor with drilling attachment behind, operated by two men. 1 Apr 1951 George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No. Garland N35426

Stopham Bridge in snow, 1938
Photograph by George Garland Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N17732

Transcontinental railroad across the Great Plains
Transcontinental railroad track to a station on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Standard Oil Company headquarters, New York City, 1880s
Standard Oil Company building and the Welles Building on Broadway, New York, 1880s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph

Gravel Road Climbing A Hill With Wooden Electrical Poles And A Brown Cut Field On One Side And A Golden Grain Field On The Other With Blue Sky And Clouds; Alberta, Canada

Gravel Road Climbing A Hill With A Green Oat Field On One Side And A Golden Grain Field On The Other With Blue Sky And Clouds; Alberta, Canada

A Sheep Skull On Route 66 Near Seligman; Arizona, United States Of America

Sunset In Sant antioco; Carbonia Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy

A Rainbow Brightens A Sky; Astoria, Oregon, United States Of America

Summer On The Prairies; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Corn Field; Dunham, Quebec, Canada

High Street, Columbus. Ohio, c1897. Creator: Unknown
High Street, Columbus. Ohio, c1897. The Short North is a neighborhood in Columbus on the main High Street. Under French colonial rule from 1663 to 1763, European traders arrived in the 18th century

Weekend Trippers
circa 1930: Cars queuing to cross the border into Mexico at Tiajuana. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Building the new Albany Park train station. 1935

Chestnut trees on the roadside in Farningham, Kent. 1935

Car stuck in floods at Pulborough, December 1934 George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N10572

Storrington Coronation Celebrations, May 1937
Storrington Coronation Celebrations, showing various floats, and cars lining the road, May 1937. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N15111

Destruction of the Union Depot and Hotel at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the Great Railroad Strike
GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE, 1877. Destruction of the Union Depot and Hotel at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the Great Railroad Strike, 21-22 July 1877. Contemporary American wood engraving

VIENNA: WINTER SCENE, 1888. A winter scene along the Reinprechts Bridge, Vienna: oil on canvas, 1888, by Johann Varone

Mini twister (dust devil) forms above town, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, South America

Bignor Old Shop
Thatched, timber-framed and daub Tudor house, also used as shop George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N32127

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"Capturing the Telegraph Pole: A Glimpse into Time and Space" Wiltshire Landscape, 1937 (watercolour): Amidst the picturesque scenery, a solitary telegraph pole stands tall, connecting distant corners of this serene countryside. Postman cycling through snow in Bough Beech, Kent. 28th December 1962: Battling the elements, a determined postman passes by a stoic telegraph pole that braves the winter's icy grip. An Essex Village: Ongar High Street, 1943. Creator: E. Eason: In the heart of an idyllic village street during wartime England, an unassuming telegraph pole silently witnesses history unfold. Cattle Market, Truro, Cornwall. About 1910: Amongst bustling traders and mooing cattle at Truro's vibrant market square stands a steadfast telegraph pole - a silent observer of commerce and community life. Market Strand and Market Street, Falmouth, Cornwall. Around 1894: As horse-drawn carriages pass by on cobbled streets below its watchful gaze, an elegant Victorian-era telegraph pole connects Falmouth to the world beyond its shores. Perranporth railway bridge. Late 1800s: Spanning across time like a forgotten relic from another era is a weathered railway bridge adorned with sturdy telegraph poles - symbols of progress in days gone by. Electricity pole with transformers: Modern technology meets utility as towering electricity poles adorned with transformers hum with energy - silently powering our lives in today's fast-paced world. Telegraph poles following the transcontinental railroad: Alongside iron tracks that united nations and dreams alike stand resilient rows of telegraph poles - guardians of communication along vast stretches of land traversed by pioneers long ago. Truro railway station, Cornwall. Early 1900s.