A few nice motorcycle images I found:
Meal break for teamsters and horses
Image by Powerhouse Museum Collection
Format: Glass plate negative.
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Repository: Tyrrell Photographic Collection, Powerhouse Museum www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=The_Tyrrell_Photographic
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Signallers inside headquarters of R.E.S.S. in France, during World War I
Image by National Library of Scotland
Two signals engineers hard at work on the companys phone system, in a room just like the inside of a telephone exchange. Judging by the numerous lines and large quantity of equipment in the room, this HQ certainly appears to house quite a complicated network of communications. It is likely that a system of field telephone lines, radio wireless sets and motorcycle despatch riders linked the front line with this company HQ.
The two soldiers in this photograph would have been members of The Royal Engineer Signals Service. The R.E.S.S. was formed in 1908, and provided communications during World War I. It was at this time that motorcycle wireless sets, field telephones and despatch riders, came into prominence on the Western Front. Near the end of the war there was agreement among the general staff that a separate Signal Corps regiment should be established, and the Royal Corps of Signals was established in July 1920.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. H.Q. Signals.']
Signallers working at the headquarters of R.E.S.S. in France, during World War I
Image by National Library of Scotland
Just like a team of operators working at a busy telephone switchboard, this image shows the network of communications at company HQ that was required to co-ordinate an armys activities. The object immediately in front of the signaller on the right looks like a mouthpiece, which suggests that they are using wireless sets or field telephones to communicate.
The Royal Engineer Signals Service was formed in 1908, and provided communications during World War I. It was at this time that motorcycle despatch riders, wireless sets and field telephones came into prominence on the Western Front.
Towards the end of the war there was agreement that a separate Signal Corps regiment should be established, and the Royal Corps of Signals was established in July 1920.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. H.Q. Signals.']
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