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Ragged School Union dinner 1900Interior of Ragged School Union in Camberwell, South London. Children sit at long tables eating soup from a bowl. Date: 1900
Foundling Hospital grounds 1900Exterior of the Foundling Hospital in London, founded by Captain Thomas Coram, who picked up outcase from London. Childrens home established for the education and maintenance of exposed
Cookery classes 1890sThe National Training School of Cookery was established in 1873, it commenced its work at South Kensington, photograph showing women being taught how to cook. Date: circa 1890s
Homes for Little Boys at Farningham 1905Homeless and destitute children at Homes for Little Boys, Farningham, Swanley. Young boys given a training in a trade or schooling to provide them with the best opportunities for their adulthood
Shrewsbury Grammer School - library 1861Library was erected in 1595, but underwent considerable alterations in 1815. Square-headed windows at the ends were replaced by the pointed windows seen in the engraving. Date: 1861
Shrewsbury Grammer School - schoolroom 1861Interior showing the upper schoolroom, the length of the whole floor, with perpendicular window at one end and oak panelled to the walls. Date: 1861
Royal Grammar School at Shrewsbury 1861Exterior of the Royal Grammar School at Shrewsbury Date: 1861
WANDSWORTH COLLEGEThe Training College for Teachers, Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London. Originally the Royal Victoria Patriotic School for children whose fathers died in World War One. Date: 1950s
WESTMINSTER SCHOOLWestminster School, Deans Yard, Westminster, London. The school was founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1560, on the site of a former medieval monastic school. Date: 1960s
SEWING MACHINE LESSONAmanda learns to use an electric Singer sewing machine during a school lesson. Date: 1960s
POLYTECHNIQUE STUDENTSEcole Polytechnique, Paris: two men are on the roof, waving a white flag. Date: 27 July 1830
Military Education in Japanese Primary SchoolsMilitary education in a Japanese primary school. Date: 1907
GERMAN TEACHER / PUPILSA German schoolteacher and his pupils, having a lesson out of doors. Date: 1510
MERCHANT TAYLORS SCHOOLThe schoolroom at Merchant Taylors School. Date: 1816
SWEETS / 1ST DAY OF TERMA little girl brings in a large cone of sweets on the first day of term. Date: 1930
NATIVITY PLAY C1970SA school Nativity Play. Costumes have been created from nightshirts, tea towels, tinsel & foil. Date: circa 1970s
WEIGHING A PUPILThe Nit Nurse checks a young boy for head lice as the rest of the class look on with interest and possible apprehension! Date: 1958
WORKING MENS LECTURELecture to working men on ornamental ironwork at South Kensington Museum. Date: 1870
Cartoon, The Grand Old Name of GentlemanCartoon, THE GRAND OLD NAME OF GENTLEMAN -- Me and another gentleman ere as just been avin a bet on the breed of yodog. Date: 1888
AMERICAN CHILDREN SALUTESchoolchildren in an American Industrial School salute the flag, a daily ritual to remind them that whatever their racial origin, their first allegiance is to the USA Date: 1892
PUPILS HOME FROM SCHOOLHome from School on the commencement of the Holidays. A boy blows a horn to herald his and his siblings arrival home. They are greeted by an overjoyed mamma and brother. Date: 1835
Cartoon, Late from School-Room 1860A small girl reads out aloud to her governess. Date: 1860
OXFORD UNI UNION FAWCETTMillicent Garret Fawcett speaks at the Oxford Union; the first woman to do so Date: November 1908
OXFORD UNI COLLEGE 1735University College and its founders. Date: 1735
Winchester College and LibraryGeneral view of Winchester College and Library. Date: circa 1850s
AN EVENING LECTUREAn evening lecture in polite society Date: 1854
Classroom scene: school boy cheats in exam, 1883Schoolboy cheating at the back of the classroom. Date: 1883
PUPIL 19C SCHOOLBOYVictorian schoolboy wearing mortarboard Date: Late 19th Century
UNIVERSITY EXAMS 1882University examinations. Date: 1882
Italian Nun and Educator Saint Angela De MericiSaint Angela De Merici Italian nun and educator; canonised in 1807 Date: circa 1500s
English Yokel practising maths on slate 1858An English Yokel practising his maths on a slate. Date: 1858
Charlemagne, King and Emperor, with AlcuinCharlemagne (Carolus Magnus. Karolus Magnus, Charles the Great), King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Romans from 800
Queen Alexandra visiting Eton CollegeQueen Alexandra - wife of Edward VII - visits Eton College. Date: 9 March 1863
High School, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1910
Woodland School, High Wycombe, Bucks - Boys Class Photo Date: 1940s
A devastating fire at a British Public School for Boys, which appears to have gutted the elegant Victorian Main building and a number of ancilliary buildings
Paris - The Kitchens of the Lycee Montaigne, a famous French public secondary school. It is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, near the Jardin du Luxembourg, and was founded in the 1880s
Bank of Ireland and Trinity College, College Green, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s
University of Wyoming (model), Laramie, Wyoming, USAUniversity of Wyoming (model of the campus), Laramie, Wyoming, USA. Date: circa 1925
Dulwich College, South London. Date: circa 1904
Nontron, Dordogne - Blacksmith High School. Date: 1906
The Law and Literature College of Kyushu Imperial UniversityJapan, Fukuoka - The Law and Literature College of Kyushu Imperial University, the " highest institution of learning in the West of Japan". Date: circa 1910s
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - University of Cincinnati - Aerial view Date: 1929
Russell Rea - Promotional Political postcard (reverse)Promotional Political election postcard for Russell Rea (18461916) - an English ship-owner from Liverpool and Liberal Party politician
The Al-Azhar University - Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, EgyptThe Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The Mosque is directly associated with Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975
Boys of the Ipswich Ragged School Date: circa 1860
Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - West End Junior High School. Date: circa 1920
Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - The High School Date: circa 1920