Desks Collection (page 2)

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

Two French Bureaus
Two French bureaus in the Louis XV style, one in wood and copper, the other in marquetterie. Date: circa 1860

Checking in Heathrow
Passengers checking in at the Air Canada and Pan American flight desks at London (Heathrow) airport. Date: 1960s

Schoolgirls and teacher on a Christmas card
Four schoolgirls and their teacher on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Choristers room, All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London
Choristers school room, All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London. Date: circa 1910

National Childrens Home, (NCH), Farnborough, Hampshire - Sc
Boys sit at desks in a classroom at the National Childrens Home branch at Farnborough, Hampshire. Date: Date unknown

Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney Causeway - Classroom
Boys sit at desks in a classrrom at the Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. Date: circa 1900

Primary class, Avenue de Villiers, Paris
A primary class at the Institution Jeanne d Arc, a girls school in the avenue de Villiers, Paris. Date: circa 1912

Church of England High School, Baker Street, London -- Preparatory Hall. circa 1905

Cats in a schoolroom on a greetings card, some studying, others making mischief. Date: circa 1890s

I remember that in 1870- Cartoon by H. M. Bateman
" I remember that in 1870-" Parading for writing-to-the-papers: A London Club in War-time. In a London club a crowd of elderly gentlemen are queing up to reach three desks where they are

Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham - Art Room
Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham. Boys sit at desks drawing. The walls are lined with their work. Date: circa 1910

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

Cartoon, French classroom scene, WW1
Cartoon, French classroom scene, with girls knitting socks for soldiers at the Front during the First World War. Date: 1915

Union Trust Company, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Interior of the Union Trust Company banking building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1924

Boys and teacher in schoolroom, China
Boys and teacher in a schoolroom, China. Date: circa 1890

Corpus Christi College Library, Oxford
The interior of Corpus Christi College library, Oxford. Contrary to the information printed on this postcard, the college was founded in 1517

Hawkshead Grammar School, Ambleside, Cumbria, England, attended by poet William Wordsworth, who carved his name on one of the 16th century desks! Date: built 1585

London Open Air School
A class of schoolgirls sitting outdoors at their desks at an open air school on the Euston Road, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Northern Tartar Manchu woman, in a Chinese scolars studio. Calligraphy is on the wall, and she is standing in front of a desk, there is a vase with a landscape painting on it

European Gentleman in Public Office attended by the Crannies, or Native Clerks. (Plate 3 of 20) Date: 1813

Schoolchildren in class, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Schoolchildren photographed during a lesson at a school in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Some of them are looking rather bored. circa 1946

Cartoon - Joke about Officer - WW1 era
Teacher: " No Pencil again? What would you think of a soldier who went into battle without his gun?" Bobby: " I d think he was an officer." circa 1915

Girls school
A girls school, Trelleborg, Sweden 1940. Date: 1940

Summer Homework
Two children do a spot of outdoor homework at their desks, beneath an avenue of shady trees. Date: early 1930s

Schoolgirls in Class
Schoolgirls try to hide behind their desks at COUGHTON COPE JUNIOR SCHOOL Date: 1973

German school in Brussels, Belgium, WW1
A German-run school in Brussels, Belgium, during the First World War. Showing boys at their desks with two teachers in uniform. Date: 1914-1918

Army Signal Service, Western Front, WW1
Men of the Army Signal Service at work on the Western Front during the First World War. Showing a section of the Third Army Signal Office, with Captain Bulman OBE in the background. Date: 1914-1918

Portslade Industrial School - classroom
Empty desks in classroom at Portslade Industrial School near Brighton in Sussex. Maps hang on the wall. The school opened in 1902 to house children placed there for reasons such as vagrancy, begging

Classroom scene with Cinderella picture
Classroom scene, showing children in a geography lesson. A picture of Cinderellas coach (a pumpkin pulled by mice) is on the wall at the back. 1923

Dutch Classroom Scene
A group of Dutch schoolgirls in traditional hats, dresses and clogs, sitting at their desks at a school in Arnemuiden, Middleburg, the Netherlands. Date: early 1930s

Primary School 1957
Pupils at Bramfield Primary School. Date: July 1957

Busy Class / Coughton Cope
A class of children working hard at their desks at Coughton Cope Junior School. Date: 1973

Classroom scene, Avenue de Villiers, Paris
A senior class at the Institution Jeanne d Arc, a girls school in the avenue de Villiers, Paris, France. Date: circa 1912

BRTEBA office
Secretarys Office B.R.T.E.B.A. Interior of the secretarys office of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association; two men are sated at desks, calendar for February 19

Children and teacher, elementary school
A large group of young children in a classroom at an elementary school. The seats are in raised banks. Their teacher is standing at the centre

Young children in a classroom
A class of young children in an elementary school. The desks are in banked rows. Their teacher stands at the left. A child on the front row has fallen asleep

Hogarth Boarding School - Chiswick, London
Pupils of Form 2a at Hogarth Boarding School for boys - Chiswick, London

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