Class Collection (page 88)

London Milkman / Petherick
London characters: the MILKMAN goes from door to door, with two churns suspended by a yoke from his shoulders, from which he fills your pot on your doorstep

French Classroom 1882
A nun with a class of children at a French infants school

Middle Class Terrace
A man and a boy in school uniform stand outside a middle-class terraced house

Paving a London Street
A passer-by holds her hand- kerchief to her delicate nose as she passes roadmenders laying wooden blocks with bitumen

Coventry Cheese Notice
M.A. Laxon & Sons, fine cheesemakers of Coventry, tell their customers about the first-class state of their Stiltons

Middle Class Bedroom
A harmonious bedroom designed by Waring and Gillow

Drawing Room 1916
An elegant colour scheme designed by Waring and Gillow, suitable for any upper class home

Upper Class Bedroom 1917
An upper class bedroom designed by Waring and Gillow

Fishing at Leith
People from the whole community help with the fishing boats in Leith, Scotland

Fishing Boat at Staithes
The days catch is unloaded from a fishing boat at Staithes, Yorkshire; fishermen bring baskets of fish up the harbour steps while spectators watch the proceedings

Lady in Drawing Room
A lady sits at home in her Blue Scheme drawing room

Female Type Caledon 19C
The Countess of Caledon, posing in the photographers studio

Female Type Viscountess
The elegant Viscountess Talbot, reading a letter

GORKY, LOWER DEPTHS
A scene from the 1902 production of Maxim Gorkys classic play of working class life, THE LOWER DEPTHS, performed by the Moscow Arts Theatre

Music at Home, Piano 19C
Two women and a girl making music at the piano

Smokey Fireplace / Cartoon
Sir Pompey Bedell: " This wretched chimney has got into a most objectionable way of smoking! I can t cure it" Bedell Junior: " Give it a couple of your cigars!"

Class Photograph / 1920
The children of Wilson House, the 2nd year group of Downhills Central School, Tottenham

Anatomy Lesson
Body lines: Hospital nurses studying the bones and muscles, using a model of the human form, at an anatomy class

Soc. Scene-Clean / Unclean
A rather moralistic illustration entitled: Cleanliness is next to Godliness

Laundry / Dolly Leg C19
A lady using a dolly leg

Monkeys at Art Class
Animals participate in a life class at an art school

School of Cookery / 1873
At the school of cookery at the International Exhibition in South Kensington, London, Mr Buckmaster lectures from a pulpit while his assistants prepare the food

Bucks Dancing Lesson
The buck gives a dancing lesson to a mixed class of animals and insects

Aristocrat and Beggars
The aristocratic peacock turns up his beak when importuned by beggarly rats

C19th Lancashire Family
A Lancashire Working-man, who now lives " rent free", in his " own home". An idealised working class scene showing a happy and contented family

Wkng Class St / Photo
A street, possibly Bethnal Green, and some of its dwellers who gather for a group photograph on the pavement

Pantomime Fairies
Working class children perform as pantomime fairies in a Victorian production

COLLIERs COTTAGE 1873
The interior of a colliers cottage

Social / Derby Private Box
A private box at the Derby - watching the races in comfort

Social / Savoy Derby 1914
After the races: Derby night at the Savoy Hotel, London - those who have won, celebrate with champagne; those who have lost, drown their grief in the same beverage

East End Back-To-Backs
Crowded back-to-back working class terraced housing in the East End of London, condemned for demolition

Music Class 1900
A music lesson at a German school. One teacher plays the piano while another conducts the schoolchildren, who play an assortment of instruments, including tambourines, etc

Fathers Homecoming
Father comes home from work, with his tools in a bag slung over his shoulder : his family are pleased to see him again

Seating / Lyceum & Strand
Plans showing the layout of seating available for booking at the Palace Theatre & London Pavilion. Prices range from Boxes, via Stalls, Circles & Amphitheatre to the Pits

Trollope / Allington
THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON Mr Lupex holds out his hand to Mr Cradell

Trollope / Framley Parson
FRAMLEY PARSONAGE Lady Lufton and the Duke of Omnium

Norfolk Step-Dancing
STEP-DANCING An example of one of the many forms of step-dancing found in England. Two men perform for their mates in a pub tap room

Jean Jaures, Speaking
JEAN JAURES depicted singing the revolutionary song La carmagnole, which contains the words Tous les bourgeois on les pendra ! (we shall hang every bourgeois)

Boy & Pigeons
A young man in a cloth cap and waistcoat, photographed with four friendly pigeons sitting on his head and shoulders at Hyde Park, central London

Girls Camping 1930S
Four girls preparing a meal around the camp fire at Boxhill, Surrey, England

Cunarder Cabin
A third-class two-berth room (they don t call it a cabin) on a Cunarder on the Atlantic run

Cunarder Dining Room
The third-class dining room of a Cunarder on the Atlantic run

Mistress & Maid 1919
Yet more sneering middle class humour at a maids expense. A haughty mistress pries into her maids life wanting to know her reasons for wanting an evening off. Typical!

First Glimpse of the Sea
An elderly couple from the country make a dim-witted observation regarding the amount of water at the seaside. Typical example of sneering middle class humour

Birmingham Railway 1837
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY: classes of train - each would have had its own engine. First: has a gentlemens barouche! Second: Royal Mail & passengers. Third: Goods & livestock

School Prize 1864
A small prizewinners certificate or bookplate awarded to Charles Cooper for his improvement in Common Things 3rd class in hope that it will spur him on

Flyer for Ladies School
Leaflet for a High Class Ladies School in Filey, Yorkshire with French & German governesses, limited pupil numbers, gym, tennis & special care taken of delicate girls

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