Slate Collection (page 4)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Victorian Scrap, two girls with slates. circa 1880s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Morning Lesson, by Norman Garstin (1847-1926). Date: 1889

Slate
Cambrian slate from North Wales. Slate is metamorphosed shale

Metal-clad airship (non-rigid). Slate Aircraft

Cavaliere d<Arpino
Cavaliere d< Arpino

Young scholar with a slate
From Nisters Holiday Annual 1891 Date: 1891

Slate quarries, Bethesda, Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Hungarian miners wife bringing home coal for the stove from slate pile. Coal camp, Chaplin, West Virginia. Date 1938 Sept

Police guard MP at 5, 000 slate club share out

Swithland Slate Quarry, Leicestershire
Sketch of Swithland Slate Quarry, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Slate rocks near Newtown, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of remarkable slate rocks at the entrance to Newtown, viewed from Woodhouse, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Police guard for Slate Club Money, Old Street, London
In what was then the largest Slate Club in England, 15, 000 in cash was distributed to the 13, 000 members of the New Tabernacle Church, Old Street, London

West Southwark Slate Club paying out, London
Scene showing people collecting their money on paying out day of the West Southwark Slate Club in London. A Slate Club was a society whose members contributed small sums weekly or monthly to a fund

Dunderpate in his dunces cap, sitting on a stool with a slate in his hand, wondering what to write. Date: 1938

French Underground slate quarrying at Laval Date: circa 1910s

Snowy Quarry
A winter scene of the snow- covered slate quarry at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales. Date: 1960s

Totnes Rooftops
Winter view of Totnes, Devon, England, seen from the castle walls. The houses (note the coal smoke coming from the chimneys) in this view line the towns main street. Date: 1950s

Panelled Dining Room
A wooden panelled dining room, with a highly polished table and chairs with a tasteful flower arrangement on it. Date: 1930s

Twelve sisters standing hand in hand
Twelve sisters, the Miss Pelicoes, standing hand in hand. first published 1879

Dunderpate and his schoolmaster. The teacher says hes never known such a lazy, stupid fellow, and believes he hasn t enough sense to go in when it rains. Date: 1938

Memorial to Ruskin - Coniston, Cumbria
Memorial to John Ruskin - St Andrews Churchyard, Coniston, Cumbria. The large carved cross was made from green slate from the local quarry at Tilberthwaite. It was carved by H.T

Penrhyn Slate Quarry - Wales

Three storey house, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A three storey house in the town of Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The side of the house has been covered in slate (no doubt quarried in North Wales), a form of waterproofing

Traction engine, Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A large traction engine with a smoking funnel transports a load of stone from the station, along Victoria Place, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Blondin tower, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of a Blondin tower at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. This is part of the high wire carriage system used to move the slate around

Blondin winder, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A Blondin winder at work, at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The Blondin is a high wire carriage system used to move the slate up or across

Moving slate waste, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A workman moving slate waste at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Foundry, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
General view of the foundry at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, with two men at work

Quarrymens shed, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A quarrymens shed at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, showing drystone construction and superb workmanship in walls and roofing

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