Airing Collection

Union Workhouse, Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland
Female lunatic inmates sit in an airing yard at the Cootehill Union Workhouse, County Cavan, Ireland

Airing Court at Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
Children and nurses enjoy playing with toys in an airing court at the Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London)

Victoria-Albert / Carriage
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert taking an airing in Hyde Park, London in a fine open carriage led by four blinkered greys

St Marylebone Workhouse Inmates
Aged male inmates of Londons St Marylebone workhouse sit in their airing yard, chatting, reading newspapers and smoking pipes. Date: circa 1905

GIRL & DOLL IN GARDEN GIRL & DOLL IN GARDEN
A girl takes her doll into the garden for an airing in her pram : the kitten follows... Date: circa 1880

OUT FOR AN AIRING
Out for an airing the nursemaid takes baby for an airing in the park - but her attention is distracted... Date: 1849

Mice as fume detectors on a submarine, WW1
White mice as fume detectors on board a submarine, WW1. An officer is giving the mice an airing on deck

Suffragette, Airing their Views!. Two young suffragettes in fashionable dress discuss Votes, Votes. Date: circa 1910

Morning camping scene
A morning camping scene, with bedding airing

Infirmary airing ground, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
The infirmary airing ground at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Laundry on an Italian Submarine; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing the crew of an Italian submarine airing their blankets and bedding on arrival at Malta in 1943. When Italy fell that year

Girl / Doll / Kitten / Garden
A girl takes her doll into the garden for an airing in her pram, while her kitten follows

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