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Classroom Collection

Background imageClassroom Collection: Hereford Industrial School Schoolroom

Hereford Industrial School Schoolroom
Boys sit at desks in a classroom at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Teddy bears in a classroom

Teddy bears in a classroom having a music lesson. They sing at their desks while their teacher plays the violin. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Schoolboys and teacher on a Christmas card

Schoolboys and teacher on a Christmas card
Misbehaving schoolboys surprised by their teacher on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Cheery Families - Master Switch the Schoolmasters Son

Cheery Families - Master Switch the Schoolmasters Son. 1890s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Cheery Families - Mr Switch the Schoolmaster

Cheery Families - Mr Switch the Schoolmaster. 1890s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Classroom, Stratford upon Avon Grammar School

Classroom, Stratford upon Avon Grammar School

Background imageClassroom Collection: Girls School, Edwardian period

Girls School, Edwardian period

Background imageClassroom Collection: Classroom, Warehousemen and Clerks Schools, Russell

Classroom, Warehousemen and Clerks Schools, Russell Hill, Purley

Background imageClassroom Collection: School classroom

School classroom Date: 19th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: Classroom in school Victorian period

Classroom in school Victorian period Date: 19th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: WW2 - R. A. F. Boys Entering Flying Classroom

WW2 - R. A. F. Boys Entering Flying Classroom
This photograph portrays a queue of British WW2 Royal Air Force pupils stepping into their flying classroom. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Thank you for Education

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Thank you for Education
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Thank You! Thank You! For the Gift of Education Date: circa mid-1970s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Schoolroom, Westerleigh School, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex

Schoolroom, Westerleigh School, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex Date: circa 1940

Background imageClassroom Collection: Street scene panorama for classroom

Street scene panorama for classroom Date: 1927

Background imageClassroom Collection: Woodwork classroom for boys who continued their education at Acland County Council School

Woodwork classroom for boys who continued their education at Acland County Council School, Kentish Town, London. Date: 1906

Background imageClassroom Collection: Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906

Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906
Conventional way of teaching where all the pupils are facing the front of the classroom while the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. Date: 1906

Background imageClassroom Collection: Kaiser Wilhelm II Visiting Children in a School 1907

Kaiser Wilhelm II Visiting Children in a School 1907
German Emperor taking high tea with children at Highcliffe School, during his stay at Highcliffe Castle. Drawing showing the Emperor who presented them a six feet cake, decorated with German flags

Background imageClassroom Collection: Russian schoolchildren

Russian schoolchildren in neckerchiefs sit at desks writing while their teacher stands amongst them reading from a book. They are possibly learning English as part of the British-Soviet Friendship

Background imageClassroom Collection: A study in an infant school, where the young children are learning their left and right hands

A study in an infant school, where the young children are learning their left and right hands. Date: 1898

Background imageClassroom Collection: Students at university in Italy. Italian scholars with their tutor. Date: 15th century

Students at university in Italy. Italian scholars with their tutor. Date: 15th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: Comic postcard, Little boys and teachers in classroom Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boys and teachers in classroom Date: 20th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: Comic postcard, Mother craft class for girls Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Mother craft class for girls Date: 20th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: Comic postcard, Little boys and teacher

Comic postcard, Little boys and teacher - the first man Date: 20th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: Comic postcard, Little boy and teacher

Comic postcard, Little boy and teacher - grammar lesson Date: 20th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: c. 1880 South East Asia - Chinese boys school Singapore

c. 1880 South East Asia - Chinese boys school Singapore
c.1880 South East Asia - Chinese boys school Singapore

Background imageClassroom Collection: Comic postcard, Little boy and teacher - a forged letter! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and teacher - a forged letter! Date: 20th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: Comic postcard, Two little girls and teacher

Comic postcard, Two little girls and teacher. Now what is it that elephants have that no other animal has? - Please Miss - Baby Elephants!! Date: 20th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: View of the city of Athens, Greece, 1842

View of the city of Athens, Greece, 1842
View of the city of Athens, Greece, with the Acropolis and Parthenon at left, ruins of columns, monuments and Propylaea in front. Vedute di Atene

Background imageClassroom Collection: Napier Road Boys School, Newham, East London

Napier Road Boys School, Newham, East London
Classroom photo, Napier Road Boys School, Newham, East London, taken on 7 May 1924. 1924

Background imageClassroom Collection: Steerforth and Mr Mell, David Copperfield

Steerforth and Mr Mell, David Copperfield
Steerforth and Mr Mell at Dotheboys Hall, in a scene from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. 19th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: National Childrens Home, Alverstoke, Hampshire

National Childrens Home, Alverstoke, Hampshire
Children and their teacher in a classroom at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke. The folding doors allowed one whole side of the room to be opened to the fresh air and sunshine

Background imageClassroom Collection: The Schoolroom, Hamilton House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

The Schoolroom, Hamilton House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
View of an empty Schoolroom at Hamilton House Secondary School for Girls, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: early 20th century

Background imageClassroom Collection: Cat and kittens in a schoolroom on a Christmas postcard

Cat and kittens in a schoolroom on a Christmas postcard
Cat teacher and three kitten pupils in a schoolroom on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Crisco Vegetable Shortening

Crisco Vegetable Shortening
1920s advertisement for Crisco Digestible Vegetable Shortening showing children in classroom. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal September 1923. Artist anon. Date: 1923

Background imageClassroom Collection: Cheltenham, Public School 1890s

Cheltenham, Public School 1890s
Cheltenham, public School in Gloucestershire, with boy seated on long wooden benches reading. Date: late 1890s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Handley Page Jetstream 100 G-AXUI

Handley Page Jetstream 100 G-AXUI at the Cranfiel College of Aeronautics, in use as a flying classroom - research tool. Date: circa 1990

Background imageClassroom Collection: Prize-Winning Class Date: 1950

Prize-Winning Class Date: 1950

Background imageClassroom Collection: Student nurses in a classroom

Student nurses in a classroom
Classroom with a doctor teaching anatomy to a group of student nurses accompanied by their ward sister, location unknown. The Metropolitan Asylums Board (London)

Background imageClassroom Collection: Nursing classroom

Nursing classroom
An empty classroom at the City & District Infirmary York probationer school founded in 1923. Table at centre with small microscope, and bed on left hand side with large doll. Date: circa 1923

Background imageClassroom Collection: Classroom scene: school boy cheats in exam, 1883

Classroom scene: school boy cheats in exam, 1883
Schoolboy cheating at the back of the classroom. Date: 1883

Background imageClassroom Collection: Southend - Never Never Land - Unruly Classroom

Southend - Never Never Land - Unruly Classroom
Southend - Never Never Land classroom model diorama depicting a classroom with unruly animal pupils. Date: circa 1935

Background imageClassroom Collection: Classroom at a Girls Reformatory

Classroom at a Girls Reformatory
Girls sit at desks in the classroom of an unidentified Reformatory. Date: circa 1900

Background imageClassroom Collection: Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB) School - Alberta, Congo

Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB) School - Alberta, Congo
Examination day at an Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB) School at Alberta, Democratic Republic of Congo. HCB (now Feronia) is a large-scale commercial farmland

Background imageClassroom Collection: Peasant boy at the Door of the School

Peasant boy at the Door of the School
Heart-rending painting entitled The Door of the School by Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Bielski, depicting a young peasant boy looking in at an education he will never have the luxury of obtaining

Background imageClassroom Collection: The Babes in the Wood, Theatre Royal, Bournemouth

The Babes in the Wood, Theatre Royal, Bournemouth. The Funniest Daintiest Pantomime in the South of England, from Boxing Day for two and a half weeks

Background imageClassroom Collection: Martin de Cervera. University classroom. Painted on the door

Martin de Cervera. University classroom. Painted on the door
Martin de Cervera. Spanish painter documented around 1595 and 1621. University classroom. Painted on the door of the manuscripts repository in 1614. Library of the University of Salamanca. Spain

Background imageClassroom Collection: East Street School Classroom, Farnham, Surrey

East Street School Classroom, Farnham, Surrey
East Street School Classroom, Farnham, near Aldershot, Surrey, England. Showing Class III with Teacher Date: 1900s

Background imageClassroom Collection: Blitz in London -- Ricardo Street School, WW2

Blitz in London -- Ricardo Street School, WW2
Blitz in London -- Ricardo Street School, East London, being used as a fire sub-station, received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb on 1 November 1940



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