Desks Collection

Hereford Industrial School Schoolroom
Boys sit at desks in a classroom at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s

Teddy bears in a classroom having a music lesson. They sing at their desks while their teacher plays the violin. Date: circa 1900s

Victoria College, Alexandria - Chemistry Laboratory
Part of the Chemistry Laboratory at the Victoria College, Alexandria, Egypt

Schoolboys and teacher on a Christmas card
Misbehaving schoolboys surprised by their teacher on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Traders doing business at the Coal Exchange, London, 1890
Illustration showing a group of top-hatted traders doing business at the desks of the London Coal Exchange, 1890

British Museum, Reading Room 1900s
Interior of the reading room at the British Museum, London. Date: 1900s

The Strand Palace Hotel, The Strand, London - Writing Room
The Strand Palace Hotel, The Strand, London - The Writing Room. Date: circa 1910s

Schoolroom, Westerleigh School, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex Date: circa 1940

Advert, Smith Premier, Three Typewriters in One. Date: 1907

Staff at work, office of Daily Worker newspaper, London
Staff at work in the office of the Daily Worker newspaper, 75 Farringdon Road, London. Seated are Rose Smith, Sam Russell, Monty Meth and (by the window) Ben Francis

Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906
Conventional way of teaching where all the pupils are facing the front of the classroom while the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. Date: 1906

Russian schoolchildren in neckerchiefs sit at desks writing while their teacher stands amongst them reading from a book. They are possibly learning English as part of the British-Soviet Friendship

Drawing lesson, Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex
Drawing lesson at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935

Comic postcard, Little boy and teacher - a forged letter! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two little girls and teacher. Now what is it that elephants have that no other animal has? - Please Miss - Baby Elephants!! Date: 20th century

Napier Road Boys School, Newham, East London
Classroom photo, Napier Road Boys School, Newham, East London, taken on 7 May 1924. 1924

Typing pool, Ministry of Pensions, Westminster House
Typing pool at the Ministry of Pensions, Westminster House, London

Cat and kittens in a schoolroom on a Christmas postcard
Cat teacher and three kitten pupils in a schoolroom on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

French Library with students at work - Paris
French Library with students at work at long desks - Paris. Date: 1870s

Cheltenham, Public School 1890s
Cheltenham, public School in Gloucestershire, with boy seated on long wooden benches reading. Date: late 1890s

Schoolchildren ear their midday meal at their desks. Date: early 20th century

Reading Room of the British Museum, London 1857
Interior of the Reading Room at the British Museum, London. The rotunda, walls of books and reading desks are clearly visible. Date: 1857

General Post Office London 1890s
Women at work in the General Post Office tube room at St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London. The room had pneumatic tube connections to post office establishments. Date: circa 1890s

Passenger in the Heathrow Terminal with a Baby Child at ?
Passenger in the Heathrow Terminal with a Baby Child at the Enquiries Desk Date: 1950s

Daphne du Maurier and children at Menabilly, 1944
Author and playwright Daphne du Maurier(1907-1989) tutoring her daughters Tessa(right) and Flavia at their desks, whilst her son Christian plays on a rocking horse nearby. Date: 1944

Classroom Scene Nevill
Nevill County Secondary School A classroom of children sitting at their desks Date: 1960

Cupids at school with hearts and flowers on a Valentine card. Date: circa 1890s

Classroom at a Girls Reformatory
Girls sit at desks in the classroom of an unidentified Reformatory. Date: circa 1900

Church Furniture, Plate 166, showing candle holders, candlesticks, lecterns, boxes, vases and other items. Date: circa 1880s

Find the Fault card No. 21 -- office desk. circa 1930s

Woman police officer talking in a school classroom
Woman police officer (Helen Parnell) talking to a group of children in a school classroom. Date: circa 1980s

Borstal Inmates School Room
Inmates sit at desks in the school room of an unidentified Borstal. Date: circa 1926

Blitz in London -- Ricardo Street School, WW2
Blitz in London -- Ricardo Street School, East London, being used as a fire sub-station, received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb on 1 November 1940

Royal Exchange at Harrods, Knightsbridge. Erected for the convenience of Harrods visitors, the Royal Exchange fills many wants

Botany Room, Brondesbury and Kilburn High School
A classroom scene, showing girls at work in the Botany Room at Brondesbury and Kilburn High School in north west London. Botanical pictures decorate the wall at the back

Mr Whitestone, teacher, Ealing, West London
Mr Whitestone, teacher at Durston House School, Ealing, West London, seen here at his desk in a classroom. Date: circa 1900s

Upper Vth Form, Sidcot School, Winscombe, Somerset
Upper Vth Form with a class in progress, Sidcot School, Winscombe, North Somerset, an independent Quaker school. Date: circa 1920s

School room at St Vincents Orphanage, Torquay
Boys in sailor suits sit at desks in the school room at St Vincents Orphanage, Torquay Date: Date unknown

Beacon Truant Industrial School, Lichfield - Classroom
Beacon Truant Industrial School, Lichfield - boys sit at desks with teachers standing behind. Date: circa 1900

Ethelbert Road Primary School, Faversham - Class 5. Date: 1913

Greymount Hospital Outdoor School, Belfast - a view of a teacher in front of a lot of small children sitting, some at desks, outside a building. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Chelmsford Industrial School - Classroom
Uniformed boys sit at their desks in a classroom at Chelmsford Industrial School. Date: circa 1903

Scene at Gatwick Airport, Sussex, January 1970, with passengers and staff at the General Enquiries desk. Date: 1970

People at work, The London Gazette
People at work in the offices of The London Gazette, near Fleet Street, London. The publication has been described by some as the worlds most boring newspaper

War rooms under Whitehall, London
Subterranean war rooms under Whitehall, Central London, used by Winston Churchill during the Second World War. Date: circa 1960s

Air crash investigation, clerical staff at work
Air crash investigation, three clerical staff at work in an office. Date: 1960s

Princess Louise Home, Kingston on Thames - School Room
Classroom at the Princess Louise Home, Kingston, run by the National Society for the Protection of Young Girls. Rows of girls sit at desks. A teachers stands at the front. There is a piano

Two Bureaus
Two French bureaus - on the left, in marquetterie in the Louis XVI style; on the right, in boule in the Louis XIV style. Date: circa 1860

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