Communication Collection

Poster, Night Mail, quoting part of the poem by W H Auden written for and narrated in the documentary film of the same name (1936). circa 1930s

Particle physics equations

Portrait of a young Chinese man eating rice China Shanghai. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Warning sign for wildlife. Tasmania Australia
Warning sign on the side of a highway. Sign shows a car crashing into a kangaroo. Warning recommends speed is reduced to 65 km/h after dark when wildlife is often on the road. Binalong Bay. Tasmania

Campo de Fiori square in Rome. We see a monument to Giordano Bruno in the middle of the square

Printing chemical, Bigile Italy. Date of Photograph:1950-1960 ca

Facade of the Belle Ile Hotel in Cadenabbia, Griante. Griante Cadenabbia. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Les philosophes. Serguei (Serge) Boulgakov (1871-1944) et Pavel (Paul) Florensky (1882-1943)
FIA5352282 Les philosophes. Serguei (Serge) Boulgakov (1871-1944) et Pavel (Paul) Florensky (1882-1943). (The Philosophers. Sergei Bulgakov and Pavel Florensky)

GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950). Pseudonym of Eric Blair. English novelist and essayist. Orwell broadcasting over the BBC in London, England, in 1943

JANE GOODALL (1934- ). British conservationist and zoologist. Photographed with the chimpanzee, David Greybeard, 1965

Flags used for Nelsons famous signal at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. The flags used by Lieutenant Pasco aboard HMS Victory to send the message England expects that every man will do his duty

Stonehenge ahead FL01500_02_003
STONEHENGE, Amesbury, Wiltshire. A car drives past an a box towards Stonehenge. Photograph 1930, from the Ministry of Works Blue Album

Carrier Pigeon
JD-15704 Carrier / Racing / Homing PIGEON - in studio John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Highland Cow with Calf - Calf seeking contact mother-cow, on meadow. Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1463 Highland Cow with Calf - Calf seeks contact from mother. Lower Saxony, Germany

Electricity pylons at daybreak, Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wandering Albatross - Courtship display - Albatross Island - South Georgia - Antarctica JPF30636
JPF-14281 Wandering Albatross - Courtship display Albatross Island - South Georgia - Antarctica Diomedea exulans Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Smithfield Market J940533
SMITHFIELD MARKET, City of London. Interior view of Grand Avenue with red K2 and K6 type telephone kiosks

Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead) - The Judgement
(Above) -Twelve Gods seated in Order, as judges before a table of offerings. (Below) - The Psychostasia of Weighing of the Conscience of Ani

Bakelite telephone. Dial telephone with bakelite casing

Donkey - Braying
WAT-8519 Donkey - braying Rhone, France M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Lions CRH 983 Lioness greets male Lion - Moremi
CRH-983 Lions - Lioness greets male Lion Moremi, Botswana Panthera leo Chris Harvey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Anatomy of human brain, inferior view

I love aruba sign in downtown Oranjestad, capital of Aruba, ABC Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Central America

Puffin Pair
JD-1534 Atlantic PUFFINS - pair Fratercula arctica John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red-crowned Crane - pair displaying, necks intertwined. In snow Hokkaido, Japan
WAT-8308 Red-crowned Crane - pair displaying, necks intertwined. In snow Hokkaido, Japan Grus japonensis M

Jodrell Bank, Lovell Telescope J880352
JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY, Cheshire. View of the Mark 1, Lovell Telescope, built 1952-57 by Bernard Lovell and Charles Husband

Marconi radio apparatus
Marconi radio equipment on a ship. The equipment includes headphones and a Morse code key (lower centre)

Giraffe Kissing young Giraffe
LA-672 GIRAFFE - Kissing young Giraffe Africa Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

African ELEPHANT - two calves with trunks together
FL-1784 African ELEPHANT - two calves with trunks together Africa Loxodonta africana Ferrero Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Illustration showing 26 sign language hand signals representing letters of the alphabet

Lincoln, New Mexico, United States. Old mailbox at the Lincoln post office

Pin-up calendar girl by David Wright, 1950
A woman with her red hair swept up in a bun, poses elegantly in some diaphanous lingerie as she speaks on a red telephone. Date: 1950

Mute Swans - Pair in courtship behaviour - Back-lit early morning mist rising from the water - Cleveland - UK Digital
ROY-517-M Mute Swans - Pair in courtship behaviour

Black & Yellow Labrador Dog - puppies by barn door
JD-18219-m Black & Yellow Labrador Dog - puppies by barn door John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cute - "I Love You" carved in wood
FRR-243 Cute - "I Love You" carved in wood Frederic Rolland Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Lion - male roaring, with cub biting rump
YAB-1254-C Lion - male roaring, with cub biting rump Yann Arthus-bertrand Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

The four wooden Marconi wireless towers at Poldhu, Mullion, Cornwall. Before 1912
A view of the four wooden 200ft Marconi towers at Poldhu, built by early 1902, showing the guide wires and signal station buildings. View from across the beach at Poldhu

Telephone box in 1926 BL28503
TELEPHONE BOX, Ladbroke Grove, Kensington, London. An example of a new-issue K2 telephone kiosk in Ladbroke Grove

Grizzly Bear WAT 4216 Standing Ursus arctos horribilis © M, Watson ARDEA LONDON
WAT-4216 GRIZZLY BEAR - standing and roaring USA Ursus arctos horribilis The Grizzly is a sub species of the North American Brown Bear Distribution: Alaska, Canada and United States. M

Southern hairy-nosed wombat
A southern hairy-nosed wombat wandering around a sandy area

British Army messager pigeon service
Taking birds out: to the trenches by despatch-riders to let the pigeons fly for training

Human brain anatomy, lateral view

WARDENCLYFFE TOWER, c1910. Wardenclyffe Tower, also known as Tesla Tower, a wireless telecommunications tower designed by Nikola Tesla in Shoreham, Long Island

Stupa and Mani stone along Everest Base Camp Trek
Tibetan Stupa and large Mani Stone inscribed with Buddhist Mantra, along the trail to Everest Base CammpSagarmatha National Park

Black-tailed Prairie Dogs TOM 602 Greeting one another - Montana
TOM-602 Black-tailed PRAIRIE DOGS - greeting one another Great Plains prairie. Montana, USA

Electricity pylons
National Grid pylons in dawn mist

The Railway Junction. A signal changing from stop to go. This is a classic British semaphore stop signal (lower quadrant type)

Air Traffic Control flight information strips

Wren Singing Cleveland, England. UK
ROY-45 Wren - Singing Cleveland, England. UK Troglodytes troglodytes Roy Glen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Sir David Attenborough with mountain gorillas on location for BBC series Life on Earth, Rwanda, Africa 1978

The four wooden Marconi wireless towers at Poldhu, Mullion, Cornwall. 10th June 1908
A view of the four wooden 200ft Marconi towers at Poldhu, built by early 1902, showing the guide wires and signal station buildings

Woman police officer attending an accident where a man appears to have fallen off a ladder. She is speaking into her hand-held radio. Date: circa 1970s

National Grid pylons in the mist
National Grid pylons stride across the valley and disappear into a sea of mist

FRENCH VETERINARY CLINIC. Lithograph advertising poster, 1894, for Paris veterinary clinic by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

The famous White Lady rock painting in Maack s
The famous White Lady rock painting in Maacks Shelter at The Brandberg

Bald Eagle - Being harassed by crow during winter snowstorm. Alaska. BE2635
TOM-699 Bald Eagle - Being harassed by crow during winter snowstorm Alaska

Lion - male with cub
YAB-192 LION - single male playing with cub Panthera leo Yann Arthus-bertrand Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Rough Collie Dog
LA-728 Rough Collie Dog Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way. contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: 020 8318 1401

A map from On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, 1855 (litho)
1195411 A map from On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, 1855 (litho) by Snow, John (1813-58) (after); 22, 5x14, 2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Snow)

Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn and and its moon Titan

Vintage World War II poster featuring a fedora and an Army helmet. It reads: The more you keep information under your hat - the safer heall be under his! Careless Talk Costs Lives

Superior view of human brain with colored lobes and labels

BBC Transmitter Control Desk, Holme Moss JLP01_05_01_087
Holme Moss BBC Transmitter, Holme Moss, Holme Valley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire. View showing a man working the control desk in the ancillary building for the BBC transmitter mast at Holme Moss

Royal Blue the Kings racing pigeon and first carrier of the war
" Royal Blue" the Kings racing pigeon and first carrier of the war carried a message from a force landed plane on hte Continent has been invested with the animals VC The Dickin Medal

View over the Berlin Wall in 1985, towards the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz in East Berlin, at night, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Polar Bear Road Sign - Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Spitsbergen) LA003889
COS-3965 Polar Bear Road Sign Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Spitsbergen) - Norway Bill Coster contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2
An AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) despatch rider and messenger on a motorbike at an LFS sub-station during the Second World War

Red Telephone Box in London, England

Internet computer code. Lines of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the language used by programmers to develop web sites

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN 1935. The Bride of Frankenstein film poster, 1935

PATRICK HENRY, 1775

Carrier Pigeon poster
Poster warning people of the dangers of shooting carrier pigeons who may be carrying life or death messages

Capercaillie male & Hen Displaying On Lek in old Caledonian pine forest. Scotland UK
CK-4239 Capercaillie - male & hen displaying on Lek in old Caledonian pine forest

Norfolk Terrier Dog Puppy, singing
JD-16474 DOG - Norfolk / Norwich Terrier puppy, yawning / singing John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Dover Castle Wartime Tunnels J950001
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. Hellfire Corner. The reconstructed Second World War telephone and telex exchange in the Secret Wartime Tunnels

Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire K991565
UPPER SLAUGHTER, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire. Detail of a wall mounted post box and wooden gate

Telephone Box
A rare example of a K4 telephone kiosk, designed 1927 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Frodsham, Cheshire. IoE 436820

Blue footed booby displaying {Sula nebouxii} Galapagos

Yost Light Running Typewriter No. 15
A Yost Light Running Typewriter No.15. Date: 1910

Sunset View of City Council Building and Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom Tower)
City of Johannesburg is considered Africas economic powerhouse, and contentiously as a modern and prosperous African city

Angel with halo and butterfly wings playing harp

Illustration, rolled paper scroll tied with gold ribbon

Signpost in Quin, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

WWI: CARRIER PIGEONS. British motorcyclists taking carrier pigeons to front line trenches during World War I. Photograph, c1916

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"Unleashing the Power of Communication: From Night Mail to Carrier Pigeons" In a world where communication is key, various mediums have played pivotal roles in connecting people and animals alike. Just like the iconic poster for "Night Mail, " which symbolizes the efficiency and speed of postal services, we have witnessed how effective they are bridge distances. Flags fluttering at Nelson's famous signal during the Battle of Trafalgar showcased how visual cues conveyed crucial messages amidst chaos. Similarly, a Highland Cow calf seeking contact with its mother on a meadow reminds us that even in nature, connection is vital. The age-old practice of using carrier pigeons as messengers demonstrates our desire to communicate across vast expanses. These remarkable birds exemplify loyalty and reliability in delivering important information. Observing lions in Moremi, Botswana greeting each other reaffirms that communication goes beyond words. Their gestures convey respect and establish social bonds within their pride. Even renowned figures like George Orwell utilized broadcasting as a means to share ideas and provoke thought-provoking discussions over the BBC airwaves during World War II. His voice became an instrument for change through effective communication. Stonehenge stands tall as an enigmatic monument reminding us of ancient civilizations' attempts to communicate with higher powers or understand celestial events—a testament to humanity's quest for knowledge. Smithfield Market bustling with activity illustrates how commerce thrives through efficient exchanges between buyers and sellers—communication fueling economic growth throughout history. Jane Goodall's work among chimpanzees showcases not only her dedication but also highlights the importance of non-verbal communication within animal communities—an essential aspect often overlooked by humans. Delving into human anatomy reveals intricate neural networks within our brains—the epicenter from which thoughts are formed, emotions expressed, and ideas shared—a reminder that effective internal dialogue enhances external connections.