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Background imageSlate Collection: 1900s Card Cards Greetings Wooden Frame String

1900s Card Cards Greetings Wooden Frame String
1900s, card, cards, greetings, wooden, frame, string, slate, handwriting, handwritten, greeting, legs, standing, tap, drawing, barrel, cat, cats, 12011147

Background imageSlate Collection: Boy with a slate on a cutout Christmas card

Boy with a slate on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlate Collection: Egyptian Art. Berlin Green Head (c. 350 BC). Altes Museum. B

Egyptian Art. Berlin Green Head (c. 350 BC). Altes Museum. B
Egyptian Art. Berlin Green Head (c. 350 BC). Slate. End of 30th Dynasty. Late Period. Altes Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background imageSlate Collection: Childs slate and toy gun on a Christmas card

Childs slate and toy gun on a Christmas card. early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Railway tunnel, Oakeley Slate Quarry, North Wales

Railway tunnel, Oakeley Slate Quarry, North Wales
Entrance to a railway tunnel, built in 1879, which goes right under the main workings of Oakeley Slate Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales

Background imageSlate Collection: Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, North Wales

Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, North Wales
View of the Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales, with the engine house at the centre

Background imageSlate Collection: Japanese Vice-Admiral Togo and Signal men

Japanese Vice-Admiral Togo and Signal men. Heihachiro, Marquis Togo (1838 - 1934) - Japanese naval commander whose defeat of the Russian fleet at Tsushima (in May 1905 - interestingly)

Background imageSlate Collection: Dr Slade the spirit medium

Dr Slade the spirit medium
The trial of Henry Slade, the medium who was said to communicate with spirits by a slate board. Top sketch shows Mr G. Leis, counsel for the Prosecution and bottom image shows Professor E

Background imageSlate Collection: Working Class Slums

Working Class Slums
Working class Victorian slum houses, with sash windows and slate roofs in poor repair, London. Date: 1930s

Background imageSlate Collection: Naughty Schoolboy 1886

Naughty Schoolboy 1886
Caught in the Act A schoolboy makes fun of teacher by drawing a caricature on his slate while encouraged by his friends, but he is caught

Background imageSlate Collection: Schoolgirl wondering what to write on her slate

Schoolgirl wondering what to write on her slate. 1891

Background imageSlate Collection: Cadburys Happy Families - Master Vogue

Cadburys Happy Families - Master Vogue
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Master Vogue the Artists Son. circa 1950

Background imageSlate Collection: The King Charles Tower on the City Wall, Chester

The King Charles Tower on the City Wall, Chester Date: 1909

Background imageSlate Collection: Monkey holding a slate on a cutout Christmas card

Monkey holding a slate on a cutout Christmas card
Monkey holding a slate on a cutout Christmas and New Year card (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlate Collection: Childs slate with pen and toy soldiers on a New Year card

Childs slate with pen and toy soldiers on a New Year card. Date: early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Slate with pen and comic greeting on a Christmas card

Slate with pen and comic greeting on a Christmas card -- May you never have to chalk it up! Date: early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Childs slate with pen and greeting on a Christmas card

Childs slate with pen and greeting on a Christmas card
Childs slate with pen, sponge and greeting on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Childs slate with pen and scribbles on a New Year card

Childs slate with pen and scribbles on a New Year card. Date: early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Childs slate with pen and scribbles on a Christmas card

Childs slate with pen and scribbles on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Thoughtful Victorian Schoolgirl with Slate

Thoughtful Victorian Schoolgirl with Slate. 1890

Background imageSlate Collection: Three boys in a street on a cutout New Year card

Three boys in a street on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlate Collection: Two boys on a cutout Christmas card

Two boys on a cutout Christmas card
Two boys with school slates on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlate Collection: Childs slate with pen and baubles on a Christmas card

Childs slate with pen and baubles on a Christmas card. early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Pigs sitting on a school bench on a Victorian scrap

Pigs sitting on a school bench on a Victorian scrap
Eight pigs sitting on a school bench on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlate Collection: Three girls on a Victorian Christmas scrap

Three girls on a Victorian Christmas scrap, one holding a school slate, one holding books and one with a music case. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlate Collection: Father Christmas on a Victorian scrap

Father Christmas on a Victorian scrap
Father Christmas with tree and presents on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlate Collection: Round Tower, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

Round Tower, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland. Built of mica slate and granite, it is about 30 metres high, and was built as part of a medieval monastery founded by St Kevin. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageSlate Collection: Education in China - Teacher and Pupil

Education in China - Teacher and Pupil
Education in China - a teacher helping a young girl with her Mathematics. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSlate Collection: The Hunters Palette. Egypt

The Hunters Palette. Egypt
The Hunters Palette. Slate. Depicts hunting scene. About 3100 BC. Late Predynastic Period. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Background imageSlate Collection: New Year card in the shape of a childs slate

New Year card in the shape of a childs slate. Date: early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: The Rose Inn, Fenchurch Street, London

The Rose Inn, Fenchurch Street, London, its front covered with cut slates. circa early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Boy does Maths Homework

Boy does Maths Homework
Boy wears a summer sailor suit of white sailor blouse with pale blue turn-over collar & cuffs, white & blue striped knickerbockers or short trousers & ankle strap shoes. Date: circa 1890

Background imageSlate Collection: Luminous Moss

Luminous Moss
SCHISTOSTOGA OSMUNDACEA - luminous moss - in a crevice of a slate formation Date: 1913

Background imageSlate Collection: Paranormal: William S. Marriott demonstrates spirit writing

Paranormal: William S. Marriott demonstrates spirit writing
The British magician William S. Marriott shows how slate-writing can be faked by inserting an umbrella-rib between the tied slates, with a tiny pencil attached. Date: 1910

Background imageSlate Collection: Group photo, Marylebone schoolchildren, London

Group photo, Marylebone schoolchildren, London
Group photo, Marylebone junior schoolchildren, Class V, London. circa 1920s

Background imageSlate Collection: Three little girls and a mouse on a New Year card

Three little girls and a mouse on a New Year card
Three little girls avoiding a mouse on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlate Collection: Clown writing on a slate on a Christmas card

Clown writing on a slate on a Christmas card
Clown writing on a childs slate on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Victorian Scrap, two girls with slates

Victorian Scrap, two girls with slates. circa 1880s

Background imageSlate Collection: Fossils of algae, plants, insects and protozoa

Fossils of algae, plants, insects and protozoa.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Background imageSlate Collection: Morel, saddle and helvella mushrooms

Morel, saddle and helvella mushrooms.. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke from his own British Edible Fungi, London, Kegan Paul, 1891

Background imageSlate Collection: Children playing schools

Children playing schools, with a teacher writing sums up on a blackboard. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageSlate Collection: Cast and crew on a film set

Cast and crew on a film set -- a man and woman sit at a table, while another man holds up a slate (Shot 11, Set 3). Date: 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: The First Lesson by Muriel Dawson

The First Lesson by Muriel Dawson -- a toddler in a pink dress writing on a slate. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSlate Collection: Nursery Rhymes -- boy with slate, mice with cheese

Nursery Rhymes -- boy with slate, mice with cheese
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a boy sits doing sums on a slate while other boys play football. Below -- mice eating bread, cheese and an apple. Date: early 20th century

Background imageSlate Collection: Edward Baron Penrhyn

Edward Baron Penrhyn
EDWARD GORDON DOUGLAS-PENNANT, first baron PENRHYN owner of slate quarries in Wales Date: 1800 - 1886

Background imageSlate Collection: Labourer aghast at the cost of his young sons education

Labourer aghast at the cost of his young sons education Youngster: " Father, Teacher says I ve gotten ter bring a penny wi me to school termorrer ter buy a slate pencil wi

Background imageSlate Collection: Young Ghanaian girl learning to draw

Young Ghanaian girl learning to draw
Young African girl learning to draw on a slate chalkboard in primary School - Ghana. Note that she has drawn a Union Flag on the flagpole next to the house/building. Date: circa late 1930s

Background imageSlate Collection: United Free Church, Baldovan, Angus, Scotland

United Free Church, Baldovan, Angus, Scotland Date: 1910



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