Blackboard Collection (page 2)

Caricature of John Ruskin, English art critic
Caricature of John Ruskin (1819-1900), English art critic -- a comment on his criticism of Henry Irving, seen here in a drawing on a blackboard in the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice

Police officers in training session, London
Police officers, male and female, taking part in a training session under the instruction of a sergeant. Date: circa 1950s

Three boys in schoolroom on a Christmas card
Three boys in sailor suits in a schoolroom on a Christmas card -- one of them is drawing their teachers face on the blackboard. Date: circa 1890s

German Monastic School
A monastic school in medieval Germany. Date: circa 15th century

Philippines Cadets 1930S
Filippino cadets in their class in Manila. They received thorough training from U.S. officers in the defence of their homeland. Date: 1930s

William Ramsay / Vfair 08
SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY British chemist giving a lecture Date: 1852 - 1916

The New Boy by Arthur Law
Promotional postcard for The New Boy by Arthur Law. First produced Terrys Theatre, 21st February 1894. A string is attached to the front of the one-page flyer to make it look like a luggage label

Food and staff, Plume of Feathers, Cornwall
Staff with a fine display of food at the Plume of Feathers bar, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, WW1
Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, showing a variety of German boffins doing their work. Date: 1916

Modern children of Japan - school classroom scene
Modern children of Japan - the little girl has just chalked her name in Katakana - the simplest form of Japanese writing (which reads downwards). Date: 1932

Bobby the dog wearing a dunces cap
Bobby the dog belongs to a little girl called Elsie. Sometimes Elsie places Bobby in the corner of the room and puts a dunces cap on his head. Date: circa 1933

The Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey - Classroom
The Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey. A class of boys and girls sit at their desks while a teacher stands at the blackboard. Date: circa 1908

Army Camp Store, WW1
Scene inside a well-stocked Army Camp Store, with prices chalked up above the counter, and five men ready to serve customers. Date: 1914-1918

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

Silhouette of H. L. Oakley as a schoolboy
Silhouette of H.L. Oakley as a schoolboy, doing cutout portraits of his teachers and schoolfriends, for which he was awarded a bronze star by the Royal Drawing Society

Typical menu at a communal kitchen, WW1
A blackboard showing a typical menu at a communal kitchen in 1918. Communal and National Kitchens were established to help combat food shortages during the First World War by catering in bulk

Women being trained at an L. C. C. technical college, WW1
Women and men together studying the theory of machine tool using at the Shoreditch Technical Institute during the First World War

Firefighters in breathing apparatus, Oxford Street, London
LFB firefighters in breathing apparatus outside the main entrance to the Chinacraft store, 499 Oxford Street, London, on 28 July 1958. A fire had occurred in the basement area. Date: 1958

Firefighters at a fire in Goswell Road, London EC1
Firefighters at the premises of H Robin and Sons Ltd, 119-123 Goswell Road, London EC1, on 30 April 1958. Showing men chalking up details of progress during the fire

Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFS personnel training office workers in firefighting, 7 June 1941, with a diagram of a typical kilo magnesium electron incendiary bomb pinned to a blackboard. Date: 1941

WW2 poster, Elephants know no arithmetic. Its the little things that count. Attention to detail is vital to all good work. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Book cover, Learning to Spell, by Irene Martyn. Showing a girl at a desk in front of a blackboard. Date: circa 1940s

Woodworking Classroom, Bedfordshire Reformatory, Sharnbrook
An instructor stands in front of the blackboard in the woodwork classroom at the Bedfordshire County Reformatory, Sharnbrook. Planes, mallets and other tools lie on the benches. Date: Date unknown

Shall I Draw You? by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy draws a cat on a blackboard. Date: 1943

British gunner with instruction board, Western Front, WW1
A British gunner under camouflage alongside a big gun, copying instructions from a board, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Little girl reading newspaper by Muriel Dawson
A little girl reading a newspaper, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1930s

Couple on a two-seater cycle, Belgium
A couple on a four-wheeled two-seater cycle (also known as a velo double) outside the Taverne Emile in a town in Belgium. Date: 1936

School for Chauffeurs, 1904
The only class of instruction for chauffeurs at Battersea Polytechnic, a class suggested by Colonel Mark Mayhew and patronised by Sir George Newnes, who presented a 20 h.p. Darracq car

A food hygiene course
Two chefs prepare food infront of a predominantly female audience who take notes and listen keenly to the two experts. The blackboard behind the cooks has details of todays dishes which include beef

FOUNDLINGS IN A TANK
Young children in a tank, an outdoor pool, at a London Foundling Hospital. Date: early 1930s

Make-Up School
A teacher draws a diagram on a blackboard, illustrating the proper way to apply make-up to her class of female students. Date: early 1930s

The New Pupil - Painting by Emily Shanks (1857-1936) - British artist living in Moscow. Date: 1928

Blitz in London -- bombed sub-station, South London, WW2
Blitz in London -- a South London sub fire station was obliterated by enemy bombing. Showing firefighters in defiant mood, declaring themselves NOT BEATEN

NFS-Firewomen dispatch rider training
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War

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