Groups Collection (page 11)

Blind Mans Buff / Simmons
Children playing Blind Mans Buff at a party Date: 1885

Acad Francaise 1896
Visited by Russian royals. The Academy is the most celebrated of the five academies which makes up the Institut. Date: 7 October 1896

Zetland, Mason
The Earl of Zetland, the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the United Lodge of England, in his ceremonial garb and bedecked with medals Date: 1869

Initiation Rite
If we can believe Leo Taxil, some of the initiation rites of the Masons are little more than schoolboy pranks... Date: 1890s

Supper time at a high society dance. Date: 1872

Scouts on Bikes 1930
The Happiness of the Road: A batch of happy boy scouts on their return from a weekend camping near Windsor, Berkshire, England. Date: 18 May 1930

Band and parade at Mettray Colony, France
A band and parade of inmates at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s, the colony pioneered the cottage homes system where boys lived in small

Hammocks in dormitory, Mettray Colony, France
View of a dormitory at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France, with a few boys asleep in their hammocks

General view of Mettray Colony, France
General view of the church and houses at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s

Boys breaking stones in quarry, Mettray Colony, France
Boys at work breaking stones in a quarry at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s

Group picture of Pilots and their aeroplane

A group of cowboys on the back of a truck, America

Boys Perform Gymnastics at Mettray, France
Gymnastic exercises being performed by inmates of the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France

Tunisia - Tunis - Halfaouine
The Halfaouine district in Tunis, Tunisia. Groups of men and women sit out in the street chatting on wooden chairs

People in groups, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
People in separate groups in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Babies from many racial groups in Istanbul
The Taste of Milk - 50 babies in Istanbul at the Lazarist Mission, who are Turkish, Greek, Armenian, Syrian and Israeli!

Before the Ball 1926
Preparing herself for a masked ball, she checks her reflection in a hand mirror

Model of Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb
A small scale model of Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb. Central Square was laid out by Sir Edwin Lutyens, and includes St Judes Church, The Free Church and a Quaker Meeting House

The Sunday Question
Cartoon asking whether the working class should spend Sunday in the public house, or being educated in a museum or art gallery

Hangover after the Party
A kindly maid brings her misstress a l eau minerale to help her recover from the hangover she is bound to be suffering. By the look of the mess it was a hell of a party!

Pierrot Offers a Rose
A Pierrot offers a lady, also in fancy dress, a rose in return for a kiss

Victorian Children
A small group of Victorian children, four girls and a boy, indoors. One of the girls looks set to leave and parts from the others

Cassells Party Menu
Menu for the staff dinner of the publisher Cassells held on 15 March 1923

The Cocktail Party / Fouet
An illustration to accompany a poem on the delights of the cocktail party showing a variety of fashionable guests enjoying a drink and a gossip together

The Cult of the Cocktail
A lively bar scene showing a bartender mixing cocktail drinks for an elegant and fashionable crowd, including a number of women

Reinforcements of British infantry marching towards the fron
Reinforcements of British infantry marching in small, widespread groups towards the front lines, September 1916. The soldiers moved in such a way so as to reduce the potential damage inflicted by

Masons Support Commune
Paris Freemasons support the Commune, thereby damning themselves even further in the eyes of the Catholic Church

Female Apprentice
A female apprentice is inducted into one of the French lodges which admit the existence of women and accept them as Co-Masons

Dr Syntax / Freemasons Hal
Dr Syntax at Freemasons Hall

Green-headed Aliens
THE THREE PLANETEERS, by Edmond Hamilton. Two green-headed aliens, fly a spacecraft whilst under fire from groups of humans with ray-guns

Lady in Fine Fancy Dress
A lady dressed for a party or performance in medieval costume with flowing robes and a veil. She poses against the large wall of a grand garden beneath the ivy and holds a card

Buenos Aires Jockey Club
A view of the famous Jockey Club (known as The Millionaires Club ) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America

Kit Cat Club
A gathering of the Kit-Kat Club, a London political and literary society which was the centre of opposition during Queen Annes Tory ministry (1710-14)

Masonic Banners
During the Paris Commune, Masonic banners are raised by the Communards at Porte Maillot, as a gesture of defiance against the Church

Murder Mystery Party
An amusing game of Murder in the Dark. Our picture shows the Inquest, when each member of the party is asked to explain where they were when the murder occurred

OBSTACLES PARTY GAME
A blindfolded man has to negotiate obstacles with the promise of a kiss from the prettiest girl if he succeeds. But the obstacles are removed and tricked, he kisses a man!

Masquerade Couple 20C
A dancing couple dressed as Harlequin and Columbine at a masquerade

Crowd / Bourdin Funeral
Crowd versus police at the funeral of Martial Bourdin, anarchist, who died trying to blow up the Greenwich Observatory

A Group of Children
A group of children outside

Masons Song
Song On Masons and Masonry with amazing words : Their godlike Actions reach ye Skies, Heroes & Kings revere their Name and Poets sing their deathless Fame

Drunken Carnival Party
Guests at a carnival party looking rather the worse for wear in the small hours of the morning

Les Quinze-Vingts
The Section des Quinze-Vingts are some of the most vociferous of the Parisian revolutionary groups in demanding the end of the monarchy

Game / Winter / Snowballing
Schoolbooks are cast aside for a snowball fight in the street between two groups of schoolboys, three with a dog against four without one

1930S Mediaeval Frock
A young woman wears a 1930s dress with mediaeval overtones composed of lace and chiffon. The young man wears a very large buttonhole on his dinner jacket

John Bull in Ireland
John Bull faces a struggle against the myriad groups factions and social problems of early 19th century Ireland

Foresters Certificate
Membership certificate of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, ornamented with idyllic scenes and pictures of people being kind. Date: early 20th century

Gardens / Couples Meet 18C
Couples meet, individuals take a brisk walk and groups congregate in a formally designed English parkland setting complete with temples, a lake and avenues of trees

Masonic Baptism
Members of a French Lodge propose to baptise a Brothers child (a louveteau, or wolf cub) according to Masonic ritual : its mother is not at all keen on the idea

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