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Whistle Collection

Background imageWhistle Collection: Metropolitan Police whistle and chain

Metropolitan Police whistle and chain
A Metropolitan Police whistle and chain

Background imageWhistle Collection: Titanic whistle and Turkish Bath ticket

Titanic whistle and Turkish Bath ticket
1. The brass Thunderer whistle of HJ Pitman, 3rd Officer on the Titanic, with an inscribed label attached. 2. A Turkish Bath ticket

Background imageWhistle Collection: Swindon Works Hooter Operator 1936

Swindon Works Hooter Operator 1936
The hooter was a set of steam whistles that called employees into work, and signalled the end of the working day

Background imageWhistle Collection: 1960S Kitchen

1960S Kitchen
A classic kitchen, with a dresser, folding table, gas cooker with whistle kettle, trendy floor tiles and various types of kitchenalia

Background imageWhistle Collection: Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. Davis

Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. Davis
Noises played for films: wonders of the cinema organ. Thunder, shots and tom-toms controlled by an organist: a film-theatre organ that creates sound effects. Date: 1929

Background imageWhistle Collection: Police Equipment

Police Equipment
Selection of Metropolitan Police equipment including truncheons, helmets, notebooks and whistles

Background imageWhistle Collection: GUARD (1930S)

GUARD (1930S)
A guard of the North Eastern Railway waves his green flag and blows his whistle to tell the driver that the train may leave

Background imageWhistle Collection: Mrs Pat Dunn of Weymouth, training on Weymouths F. C

Mrs Pat Dunn of Weymouth, training on Weymouths F. C
Mrs Pat Dunn of Weymouth, training on Weymouths F.C.s ground to keep fit pending full referee status

Background imageWhistle Collection: Queen Mary Ocean Liner, whistles used for signalling

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, whistles used for signalling
Queen Marys three giant whistles two on the fore funnel and one on the midships funnel, were fitted

Background imageWhistle Collection: Policemen in station parade room, London

Policemen in station parade room, London
Four policemen stand ready in their uniforms, with notebooks, whistles and truncheons, in the station parade room at Ruislip, north west London, watched by their commanding officer

Background imageWhistle Collection: Constable in Trouble

Constable in Trouble
A constable, confronted by a mob of roughs in the East End of London, blows his whistle for reinforcements

Background imageWhistle Collection: Whistle and I ll Come

Whistle and I ll Come
Oh, whistle, and I ll come to you ! Parkinss dream of the thing on the sea-shore

Background imageWhistle Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, terrier and pig

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, terrier and pig
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a terrier and a domesticated pig named Peter running side by side across a farmyard in response to a whistle. Date: 1927

Background imageWhistle Collection: Gaidropsarus vulgaris, or Three-Bearded Rockling

Gaidropsarus vulgaris, or Three-Bearded Rockling, also known as Whistler and Whistle-Fish. Date: 1864

Background imageWhistle Collection: The Conscientious Exhilarator, by Bairnsfather

The Conscientious Exhilarator, by Bairnsfather
The Conscientious Exhilarator " Every encouragement should be given for singing and whistling" - (Extract from a Military Manual ) That painstaking fellow, Lieut

Background imageWhistle Collection: Brighton Station, train to London

Brighton Station, train to London
The Monday Morning Train to Town -- scene on the platform of Brighton Station, any week during the summer months, with men leaving for work in London while their wives and girlfriends stay behind

Background imageWhistle Collection: Red whistle with a closed zipper. 3D render illustration isolated on white background

Red whistle with a closed zipper. 3D render illustration isolated on white background

Background imageWhistle Collection: Er tanzt und pfeift nach ihrer Melodie

Er tanzt und pfeift nach ihrer Melodie, symbolischer Stich zur Beherrschung der Frau durch den Mann, 15

Background imageWhistle Collection: Idyllic family life, historical illlustration

Idyllic family life, historical illlustration, about 1886

Background imageWhistle Collection: Eine aerodynamische Pfeife oder ein Ruf

Eine aerodynamische Pfeife oder ein Ruf, 16. Jahrhundert

Background imageWhistle Collection: Charles Edward Brock

Charles Edward Brock
Christmas postcard by Brock depicting a couple being offered mistletoe by a passer-by, captioned by the poem: The wind is chill but let it whistle as it will ? by Sir Walter Scott Date: circa 1910

Background imageWhistle Collection: Facsimile of plate No. 23, military drums and whistles

Facsimile of plate No. 23, military drums and whistles, from the historical and music theoretical literature, Syntagma Musicum, musicological writings of Michael Praetorius or Schultheiss

Background imageWhistle Collection: Historic drawing from the 19th century

Historic drawing from the 19th century, musicians playing a lute and a harp, drummer palying a fife, 15th century

Background imageWhistle Collection: Santa Claus with pipe and doll

Santa Claus with pipe and doll, historical illustration

Background imageWhistle Collection: Book illustration, broken pipe

Book illustration, broken pipe, Max and Moritz, A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch, 1865

Background imageWhistle Collection: Young man with solar chair and sunshade on the beach

Young man with solar chair and sunshade on the beach, with whistle smoking, in the sea, holiday, rest, young man with solar chair and sunshade on the beach, with whistle smoking, in the sea, holiday

Background imageWhistle Collection: Older man with solar chair and sunshade by the sea

Older man with solar chair and sunshade by the sea, beach, with whistle smoking, holiday, rest, sea waves

Background imageWhistle Collection: Historic photograph, a man dreaming of himself as a baby

Historic photograph, a man dreaming of himself as a baby, ca. 1920

Background imageWhistle Collection: Writer and Traven's biographer Rolf Recknagel

Writer and Traven's biographer Rolf Recknagel, public figure, Leipzig, East Germany, GDR, around 1978

Background imageWhistle Collection: Writer and Traven's biographer Rolf Recknagel

Writer and Traven's biographer Rolf Recknagel, public figure, Leipzig, East Germany, GDR, around 1978

Background imageWhistle Collection: Young man smoking a pipe, East Germany

Young man smoking a pipe, East Germany, around 1984

Background imageWhistle Collection: Couple, man with a pipe, historic photograph

Couple, man with a pipe, historic photograph, around 1930

Background imageWhistle Collection: Historic photograph, girl taking a picture of a dog smoking a pipe

Historic photograph, girl taking a picture of a dog smoking a pipe

Background imageWhistle Collection: Historic drawing from the 19th century

Historic drawing from the 19th century, a drum with a fife, lutes, a Rybeber violin, a harp and a violin, musicians of the triumphal procession of the Emperor Maximilian I

Background imageWhistle Collection: Santa Claus with pipe and bag full of gifts at the window

Santa Claus with pipe and bag full of gifts at the window, historical illustration

Background imageWhistle Collection: Book illustration, Laempel the teacher's pipe exploding

Book illustration, Laempel the teacher's pipe exploding, Max and Moritz, A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch, 1865

Background imageWhistle Collection: Book illustration, Laempel the teacher smoking his pipe

Book illustration, Laempel the teacher smoking his pipe, Max and Moritz, A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch, 1865

Background imageWhistle Collection: Book illustration, Max and Moritz filling Laempel the teacher's pipe with gunpowder

Book illustration, Max and Moritz filling Laempel the teacher's pipe with gunpowder, Max and Moritz, A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch, 1865

Background imageWhistle Collection: Santa Claus with pipe and stick

Santa Claus with pipe and stick, bag on his back, historical illustration

Background imageWhistle Collection: Santa Claus with pipe and toys

Santa Claus with pipe and toys, historical illustration

Background imageWhistle Collection: Fashionable people in a garden playing the Whistle Game

Fashionable people in a garden playing the Whistle Game. A lady blows on a whistle tied to a gentleman's back. Le jeu du Sifflet. After a lithograph from the Bourbon Restoration

Background imageWhistle Collection: Party foil whistle or noise maker horn rolled isolated on the white

Party foil whistle or noise maker horn rolled isolated on the white

Background imageWhistle Collection: 3d renderer image. Doctors carrying patient. Medical concept. Isolated white background

3d renderer image. Doctors carrying patient. Medical concept. Isolated white background

Background imageWhistle Collection: Heeres-Hunde und Brieftauben

Heeres-Hunde und Brieftauben
Original-Bildunterschrift: beinahe militärisch: ein Pfiff des Brieftaubenmeisters und der Taubenschwarm läßt sich in Reih und Glied auf dem Dach der Anstalt nieder, Deutschland 1940er Jahre

Background imageWhistle Collection: Kinderfeuerwehr

Kinderfeuerwehr
Ein uniformierter Junge von der Kinderfeuerwehr bläst mit aller Kraft in die Trillerpfeife, Deutschland 1930er jahre

Background imageWhistle Collection: Kinderfeuerwehr

Kinderfeuerwehr
Ein uniformierter Junge von der Kinderfeuerwehr bläst mit aller Kraft in die Trillerpfeife, Deutschland 1930er jahre

Background imageWhistle Collection: Kinderfeuerwehr

Kinderfeuerwehr
Ein uniformierter Junge von der Kinderfeuerwehr bläst mit aller Kraft in die Trillerpfeife, Deutschland 1930er jahre

Background imageWhistle Collection: Kinderfeuerwehr

Kinderfeuerwehr
Ein uniformierter Junge von der Kinderfeuerwehr bläst mit aller Kraft in die Trillerpfeife, Deutschland 1930er jahre

Background imageWhistle Collection: Kinderfeuerwehr

Kinderfeuerwehr
Ein uniformierter Junge von der Kinderfeuerwehr bläst mit aller Kraft in die Trillerpfeife, Deutschland 1930er jahre

Background imageWhistle Collection: Kinderfeuerwehr

Kinderfeuerwehr
Ein uniformierter Junge von der Kinderfeuerwehr bläst mit aller Kraft in die Trillerpfeife, Deutschland 1930er jahre

Background imageWhistle Collection: Whistle (stoneware (changsha ware))

Whistle (stoneware (changsha ware))
484373 Whistle (stoneware (changsha ware)) by Chinese School, Tang Dynasty (618-907); 4.4x6.3 cm; Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, USA; Photo © Indianapolis Museum of Art ; Gift of Dr

Background imageWhistle Collection: Whistle (stoneware (changsha ware))

Whistle (stoneware (changsha ware))
484369 Whistle (stoneware (changsha ware)) by Chinese School, Tang Dynasty (618-907); 5.7x6.3 cm; Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, USA; Photo © Indianapolis Museum of Art ; Gift of Dr

Background imageWhistle Collection: Italien

Italien
Sardinien. Dudelsackpfeife. Sardinia, Bagpipe Whistle

Background imageWhistle Collection: Whistle (stoneware (changsha ware))

Whistle (stoneware (changsha ware))
484379 Whistle (stoneware (changsha ware)) by Chinese School, Tang Dynasty (618-907); 6.3x5.7 cm; Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, USA; Photo © Indianapolis Museum of Art ; Gift of Dr

Background imageWhistle Collection: PITO CON FORMA DE TORO-SIN VIDRIAR-ARTE POPULARs XX. Location: ALFARERIA. GRANADA. SPAIN

PITO CON FORMA DE TORO-SIN VIDRIAR-ARTE POPULARs XX. Location: ALFARERIA. GRANADA. SPAIN

Background imageWhistle Collection: John Singer Sargent Leaving Ship

John Singer Sargent Leaving Ship
(Original Caption) Noted Artist Landing in Boston. photo shows John Singer Sargent. Leaving the liner Winifredian upon its arrival here. He went to the home of a brother in Brooklyn

Background imageWhistle Collection: Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart

Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart
Actress Lauren Bacall and actor Humphrey Bogart after returning from Ohio where they were recently married

Background imageWhistle Collection: Man Holding Liquid Air Whistle

Man Holding Liquid Air Whistle
(Original Caption) Liquid air whistle. Undated photograph

Background imageWhistle Collection: Women In Shorts Draw An Admiring Whistle

Women In Shorts Draw An Admiring Whistle
(Original Caption) 5/23/52-Fort Worth, Texas: Beverly Ann Ellis (left) and Shirley Beech draw an admiring whistle from Travis C. Ihrasher as Fort Worth became shorts concious after Mrs. F.H

Background imageWhistle Collection: The Song the Kettle is Singing

The Song the Kettle is Singing (in a dear little place called home) - written and composed by Worton David and Lawrence Wright - sung with enormous success by Miss Florrie Forde and Miss Dora Lyric

Background imageWhistle Collection: Miss Rose Heilbron barrister of law 30th April 1946

Miss Rose Heilbron barrister of law 30th April 1946

Background imageWhistle Collection: 21 Year old Jennifer Bazeley of Thornton Heath after being appointed Britain

21 Year old Jennifer Bazeley of Thornton Heath after being appointed Britains first woman football referee, 1st February 1976

Background imageWhistle Collection: You can whistle for it. Bob Smith-Referee seen here in his day job as a Railway

You can whistle for it. Bob Smith-Referee seen here in his day job as a Railway Guard. October 1952 C5210

Background imageWhistle Collection: Coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant

Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
(Original Caption) Paul Bryant, football coach at Texas A & M is shown in this photograph

Background imageWhistle Collection: Coach Sammy Baugh

Coach Sammy Baugh, of the New York Titans in the American Football League, blows his whistle at the start of practice at the polo grounds

Background imageWhistle Collection: Woman Controls Street Traffic

Woman Controls Street Traffic
(Original Caption) New York:The Northbound light on 3rd Ave. at 38th St. was out of sync with the rest of the 3rd. Ave lights

Background imageWhistle Collection: Letter S: WISDOM is a rare good and wants to be conquered

Letter S: WISDOM is a rare good and wants to be conquered
DUV4206642 Letter S: WISDOM is a rare good and wants to be conquered, nefaste is his rival: it is called SOTTISE. Engraving in " ABC. Alphabet of good advice and mistakes to avoid". Ch



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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Whistle: A Timeless Symbol of Authority, Safety, and Team Spirit" From the shrill sound of a Metropolitan Police whistle and chain to the haunting echo of a Titanic whistle, these small but mighty instruments have played significant roles throughout history. Step back in time as we explore the diverse uses and fascinating stories behind the humble whistle. In the 1960s kitchen, amidst clinking pots and sizzling pans, a sharp blow on a whistle signaled mealtime for families across the nation. But beyond its culinary role, whistles held crucial positions in various industries. At Swindon Works in 1936, skilled hooter operators used their whistles to orchestrate precise timings for train departures – ensuring smooth journeys for passengers. For law enforcement officers worldwide, whistles were indispensable tools. The iconic Metropolitan Police whistle and chain became synonymous with authority as it pierced through bustling streets to maintain order. In station parade rooms across London, policemen stood tall while their commanding officer's piercing blast echoed off walls – an unmistakable call to duty. Yet not all whistles were associated with serious matters; they also brought joy and camaraderie. Picture a hockey team from Cornwall around 1900 proudly blowing their whistles before charging onto the ice rink – united by shared passion and determination. Beyond sports fields or police stations, even everyday individuals found solace in this simple instrument. Mrs Pat Dunn of Weymouth honed her skills at Weymouth FC using her trusty whistle – finding empowerment through training alongside male counterparts during an era when women's participation was limited. The grand Queen Mary Ocean Liner relied on its powerful set of whistles for signaling purposes during treacherous voyages across vast oceans. These haunting blasts cut through thick fog like beacons guiding sailors safely home. And let us not forget moments that brought laughter amid chaos.

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