Boards Collection (page 2)

Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line, WW1
The Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line. He foolishly endeavoured to obtain information from our sign boards!

BATTLE OF CAPE ST VINCENT Nelson boards and takes the Spanish vessel San Josef Date: 14 February 1797

ADVERT / SANDWICH MAN 19C
Sandwichman advertising Babes in the Wood at Drury Lane Theatre Date: late 19th century

CHICAGO STOCKYARD
Cattle awaiting slaughter in the Union Stock Yards, Chicago - note the boards for Armour and Swift Date: 1915

LAMBETH ELECTION
The Lambeth Election : The Nomination at Kennington Park. Date: 1865

Tucks Great Postcard Competitions - Sandwich Man and Vendor
London Life - Raphael Tuck and Sons " Great" Postcard Prize Competitions - Sandwich Man and News Vendor. Prize pot of 6

Salies-de-Bearn, France - Thermal Baths - Sports Pool. Date: circa 1920s

Oxford University robes: Doctor of Divinity (undress)
A Doctor of Divinity at Oxford University sporting a mortar board and long, black gown. Date: 1920s

Sandwich board men on a Christmas and New Year card
Sandwich board men in the snow on a Christmas and New Year card -- Birds of a feather flock together. Date: circa 1890s

Durban, South Africa - a Paradise for Bathers
Durban (Port Natal), South Africa, packed with holiday-makers, enjoying both the beach itself and an open-air swimming pool. 1928

Soho, London - Hanway Street W1, with the smaller Hanway Place to the left, off Oxford Street, near Tottenham Court Road tube station. 1974

Tennyson Street School for Disabled, London - Basket Weaving
The London School Boards Tennyson Street School for Physically Defective Children - children engaged in basket weaving, one sits in a wheelchair. Date: early 1900s

Clyde Street School, London - Sketching in Deptford Park
Children from the London School Boards Clyde Street School with their sketch books in Deptford Park. Date: early 1900s

Fleet Road School, Hampstead, London - Learning the Alphabet
Children at the London School Boards Fleet Road School, Hampstead learn the alphabet. Date: early 1900s

Fleet Road School, Hampstead, London - Kindergarten
The London School Boards Fleet Road School, Hampstead - the kindergarten. Date: early 1900s

Surfers on the beach at Biarritz, France
Two surfers on the beach at Biarritz, France, looking at the rough waves. Date: 1962

Singapore poster, 1936
Singapore, the gateway to Malaya and the distributing centre for the Orient. Address inquiries - The Chairman, Harbour Boards, Singapore. Poster design. Date: 1936

Bookbinding / Diderot
The interior of a French book binding establishment : preparing the leather, sewing the gatherings, making the boards, pressing the volumes. Date: circa 1760

Education Act 1870 / Punch
OBSTRUCTIVES Comment on the Education Act of 1870, which set up locally elected school boards to provide for adequate basic schooling in all areas Date: 1870

Surfing scenes, Hawaii, USA
Surfing scenes in Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Oxford University robes: Doctor of Civil Law or Medicine
A Doctor of Civil Law or Medicine at Oxford University sporting a mortarboard and long, red gown. Date: 1920s

Oxford University robes: Doctor of Music (undress with hood)
A Doctor of Music at Oxford University sporting a mortarboard and long, black gown with white and magenta hood. Date: 1920s

Three schoolboys apply themselves and become Oxford scholars
Three schoolboys apply themselves, becoming first class Oxford scholars. They then lend their acquired wisdom to become a Bishop, a Physician and a great warrior! Date: 1898

Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary, womens ward
An old womens ward in the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary on Charles Street (later Bakers Row, now Vallance Road), East London

Father Christmas with tree and presents, in a street at night, with people gathered round him. Date: circa 1970s

Municipal Swimming Baths, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Municipal Swimming Baths, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1930

Four men with trowels and cement on boards, USA
Four men with trowels and cement on boards, outside a log cabin, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Tax office in Toamasina, Madagascar
Tax office in Toamasina (Tamatave), Madagascar. Date: circa 1910

Soho, London - 1 Greek Street W1, sign for The House of St Barnabas-in-Soho, founded in 1846 as a homeless charity (described here as a temporary home for women)

Belgium - Boarding the Ferry to Dover at Ostende. Promotional postcard for the Belgium National Railway. Date: 1920

Truant School Licence Form
Licence to live outside the Walthamstow Truant Industrial School issued in the 1880s by the Tottenham, Hornsey and Edmonton School Boards. Date: 1880s

Chicago Worlds Fair - London School Board Exhibit - Material displayed on boards and in cases. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition. Date: 1893

Pantheon Theatre, London
The Pantheon Theatre, Oxford Street, London -- view of the auditorium from the back of the stage. 1812

Mexico - Seller of Wooden boards (which he is carrying on his back). He certainly looks a little bored, his face set with a plank expression... !! Date: circa 1910s

Linen Bleaching, Rub Boards - a view in the spinning mill of a man operating a machine to rub the linen after bleaching. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Old Castle Street School, London - Children Listen to Gramop
The London School Boards Old Castle Street School - children listening to a gramophone at an Evening Party. Date: early 1900s

Stanhope Street School, London - Oranges and Lemons
The London School Boards Stanhope Street School - girls at a Happy Evening play at Oranges and Lemons Date: early 1900s

Stanhope Street School, London - Playing Statues
The London School Boards Stanhope Street School - girls at a Happy Evening play at Statues Date: early 1900s

Tavistock Place School for Disabled, London - Playtime
The London School Boards Tavistock Place School for Physically Defective Children - playtime, in the Duke of Bedfords Garden. Date: early 1900s

Queens Road Evening Continuation School, London - Gymnastic
The London School Boards Queens Road Evening Continuation School - girls in a gymnasium surrounded by gymnastic apparatus. Date: early 1900s

Bulletin boards, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Men reading bulletin boards, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

Highbury Truant School, London - Tailoring Class
A tailoring class at the London School Boards Highbury Truant School. Some boys are using sewing machines. Date: early 1900s

Highbury Truant School, London - Mat Making
Boys at the London School Boards Highbury Truant School make mats on a loom. Date: early 1900s

School for Deaf Boys, Anerley, London - gardening
The London School Boards Anerley Residential School for Older Deaf Boys - boys at work in their own gardens. Date: early 1900s

School for Deaf Boys, Anerley, London - dinner time
The London School Boards Anerley Residential School for Older Deaf Boys - boys eating dinner in one of the Schools cottage homes. Date: early 1900s

Montem Street School, London - Quarter-staff Exercises
The London School Boards Montem Street School - girls perform quarter-staff exercises. Date: early 1900s

Montem Street Centre, London - Cookery Lesson
The London School Boards Montem Street Centre - girls mix ingredients in bowls at a cookery class. Date: early 1900s

Montem Street Centre, London - Class in Laundry Work
The London School Boards Montem Street Centre - girls learn how to iron at a class in laundry work. Date: early 1900s

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