1911 Mechanical Semaphore
I created this image as a collage of scans I personally made from cigarette cards in my personal collection. Four cigarette cards from the 1911 Will's Cigarettes "Signaling Series" showing the workings of the Mechanical Semaphore. This visual signalling device was used by the British Navy until 1943. Semaphore signaling with handheld flags ("flag semaphore") used the same arm poses as the mechanical arms of the mechanical semaphore, and continued use into the 21st century.
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I believe this image is in the public domain in the United States (and most other places) as an image first published before 1928. Any rights I may have inadvertently acquired by scanning it, I donate to the public domain under a CC0 license.
However, copyright and other intellectual property rights are copyright and vary worldwide and with time - rights determination is your responsibility.
1911 Mechanical Semaphore
I created this image as a collage of scans I personally made from cigarette cards in my personal collection. Four cigarette cards from the 1911 Will's Cigarettes "Signaling Series" showing the workings of the Mechanical Semaphore. This visual signalling device was used by the British Navy until 1943. Semaphore signaling with handheld flags ("flag semaphore") used the same arm poses as the mechanical arms of the mechanical semaphore, and continued use into the 21st century.
Higher resolution versions of this image (up to 6691x6200 pixels ) are freely downloadable here:
www.flickr.com/photos/signalmirror/53004621263/sizes/l/
I believe this image is in the public domain in the United States (and most other places) as an image first published before 1928. Any rights I may have inadvertently acquired by scanning it, I donate to the public domain under a CC0 license.
However, copyright and other intellectual property rights are copyright and vary worldwide and with time - rights determination is your responsibility.