Wire Collection

Birds on a Wire

French Military Poster, WW1
French military poster, colour photolithograph published by the British Library, 1981. Reproduces a French home front poster from World War One designed by Simay

Man in orange jump suit hanging around
Man in an orange jump suit hanging around. 1960s

Alexander Graham Bell with a telephone
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) with a telephone, and a country scene behind him with telegraph poles and wires. Probably from an advertisement of 1959 for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

Country scene with trees and fields
A country scene with trees and fields

Poster seeking donations for Prisoners of War

Poster design for Theatrophone, showing a fashionable woman in a yellow dress listening through earpieces. The Theatrophone began in Paris in 1890

Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, Western Front, WW1
Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, about to prepare entanglements on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Binding Machines in Operation
Binding machines in operation at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Automatic Feeders in the Binder supply sections to the endless chain of a wire-stitching machine

Watercolour scene with beach and observation post
A watercolour scene showing a beach with an observation post built on stilts. A woman in a swimming costume sits on a rock looking out to sea

Craftsmen making besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Craftsmen make besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

American soldiers with machine gun, Western Front, WW1
American soldiers with a machine gun behind barbed wire on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Devastation on Western Front, WW1
Devastation on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British tank in action, Western Front, France, WW1
A British tank in action on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Mr Balfour on visit to captured village, Western Front, WW1
Arthur James Balfour on a visit to a captured village on the Western Front during World War One. He served as British Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919. circa 1916

British soldiers digging a trench, WW1
British soldiers digging a trench on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Shell bursting on front line trench, Western Front, WW1
A shell bursting on a front line trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British trench with Lewis gun, Western Front, WW1
A British trench with a Lewis gun ready for action on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

German barbed wire, Western Front, France, WW1

British lookout soldier in trench, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier on lookout duties in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

German prisoners of war, Western Front, France, WW1
German prisoners of war kept behind barbed wire on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British wiring party on Western Front, WW1
A British wiring party moving over a shell-swept area on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Battlefield near La Boisselle, Western Front, WW1
A battlefield and trench near the village of La Boiselle on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. circa 1916

British shell bursting on German trenches, WW1
A British shell bursting on German trenches on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Factory with coiled wire
A factory with newly manufactured wire standing in coils on the floor

Sandbags and barbed wire, India. 1918

Man at the seaside
A man at the seaside, sitting on what is probably a pier. His coat and hat can be seen at his side. (The woman in the previous picture is probably the photographer.) (2 of 2)

Woman at the seaside
A woman at the seaside, sitting on what is probably a pier. A mans coat and hat can be seen at her side, no doubt belonging to the photographer (see next picture). (1 of 2)

Street scene in Corfu Town, Corfu, Greece
A street scene in Corfu Town on the Greek island of Corfu. Men and women sit on chairs on the pavement, men stand talking in the roadway, and traffic seems to be at a standstill. Date: 1984

Advertisement in Bermondsey
A large advertisement for the timber firm, Smith & Olley of Bridge Wharf, painted across the brickwork of a bridge in Bermondsey, south east London. Date: 1954

A Pond in a woodland setting
A pond at the edge of woodland near Chiselhampden, Oxford. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Caged Orangutan
A caged orangutan behind wire. Date: 1960s

Girl and Terrier
A girl squatting down beside a river, calling a wire-haired fox terrier towards her. Date: early 1930s

Art students in a sculpture class, Corsham Art School
Two art students in a sculpture class at Corsham Art School, Wiltshire. They are both constructing clay heads on tripods. Date: 1957

British countryside
A rural landscape in Britain with a wire fence

Samuel Morse, American inventor
Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American inventor, contributor to the invention of the single-wire telegraph system, and co-inventor of the Morse Code. circa 1860s

Scene in the Edmont Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Scene in the Edmont Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, with people eating in the restaurant. The white wire chairs are rather distinctive and stylish, but perhaps not very comfortable. Date: 1986

Label design for Doyen & Co champagne
Label design for Doyen & Co (Etablissements Nicolas) champagne of Reims, France. Showing eight popped corks with twisted wires, suggesting the remains of a lively drinking session. 20th century

Three-wheeler milkfloat
A Milkman on his morning round, fills up a crate from his vintage yet stylish three-wheeled float. This model is a Norwich Dairy milk electric, (DP Kathanode battery operated) delivery float

German World War One poster
World War One poster showing a German soldier with gas mask and steel helmet with the text reading Help us to triumph! Subscribe to the war loan. Illustration by Fritz Erler. Date: 1917

A technician works on a wiring system
An electrical technician works on a wiring system, possibly for an early computer or at an exchange. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: Late 1950s

Panning Alluvial Gold
A New Zealand gold miner in wading boots sifts through the alluvial gold he has panned. Date: 1930s

Fall / Wire Fox Terrier
BELSIZE MAVIS & STELLA OF SOLENT Two wire fox terriers owned by Smith. One stands with its head tilted and the other stands up on its hind legs. Date: 1939

Fall / Wire Fox Terrier / 54
CHAMPION TORRARD SUSAN Owned by Haisan. Head study. Date: 1954

Wire Fox Terrier
Head profile of a wire-haired fox terrier dog. Date: 1930s

Four cub scouts in Chingford, Essex
Four Cub Scouts cheer and look generally enthusiastic at Chingford in Essex, England. 1963

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