Institute Collection

Womens Institute activities during the First World War, making jam and wicker baskets to help with the war effort. 1915

Art Exhibition Glasgow
Poster for an exhibition at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts - a striking example of the characteristic style which makes this one of the most advanced schools of art

Imperial Institute, London
The Imperial Institute, London

The Courtauld Institute of Art, Home House, Portman Square, London, the magnificent Georgian house Samuel Courtauld acquired in 1926 to exhibit his collection Date: 18th century

Redcar High Street and Clock Tower, shops such as Dixons and Freeman, Hardy Willis and an advert for the Redcar Literary Institute and its various activities

Assassination of Sir Curzon Wyllie
The assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (1848-1909), an official of the British Indian government, at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London

Psychology Booklet Ad
Advert for a booklet issued by the British Institute of Practical Psychology called " I can and I will" guaranteed to eradicate your inferiority complex forever

Alexandre Yersin
ALEXANDRE EMILE JOHN YERSIN Swiss medical, associated with Roux, discovered plague virus, directed Pasteur Institute in Vietnam

The new R. A. F. Centrifuge 1955
Testing the effects of gravitational stresses experienced by pilots at high speeds: the new R.A.F. centrifuge at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough, Hampshire

The Wolverton Mechanics Institute soiree
The anniversary meeting of the Wolverton Mechanics Institute in the large engine room of Wolverton Station.1, 500 people attended the soiree

M. I. T. Calculator 1930S
The Differential Analyser calculating machine designed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Imperial Institute, London

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure of Dorak c.3000 BC - report of the finds from the excavations by James Mellaart, Assistant Director

Union Workhouse, Hambledon, Surrey
The Hambledon Union workhouse, a building originally erected in 1786 for the united parishes of Bramley, Chiddingfold, Dunfold and Hambledon

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II O-20994 (msn 43903, 52-0994, N86599) Registered as N86599 with Detroit Institute of Aeronautics, after disposal by the United states Air Force

Jetstream G-AXUI flight mechanics laboratory for the Cranfield Institute of Technology (later Cranfield College of Aeronautics)

Poland / Warsaw Institute
Warsaw: the Polytechnic Institute

The Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London Date: circa 1900

Large operating room, Dental School, Paris, France 1885
Large operating room at the Dental School, Odontotechnical Institute, Paris, France. Date: 1885

Meeting of archaeological institute, Winchester
Meeting of the British Archaeological Institute, St. John s, Winchester in 1845. Date: 1845

Royal Masonic Institute For Boys, Bushey, Hertfordshire
The Royal Masonic Institute For Boys opened in 1903 Bushey, Hertfordshire. The school educated the sons of Freemasons. Date: Date unknown

Chemistry Institute - Lille, France
Chemistry Institute - Rue Barthelemy Delespaul, Lille, France Date: 1907

Argentina - Buenos Aires - Faculty of Science and Medicine
Argentina - Buenos Aires - Institure of Science and Medicine. Photo (8/40) from a fold-out set

Schmidts Rng Experiment
HELMUT SCHMIDTs random number generator experiments : a subject at the Institute of Parapsychology, Durham, North Carolina, attempts to predict or affect the RNG display

Mosque at Woking / 1889
The 1st purpose-built mosque in Britain at the Oriental Institute, Maybury, Woking

Lab at Pratt Institute
The Department of Domestic Science (Chemistry) at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

Guildhall and Market Place, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Date: 1916

Curtiss Wright Technical Institute. Glendale Los Angeles. 1942 - Curtiss Wright Technical Institute. Date: 1942

Aero Industries Technical Institute Los Angeles California - Aero Industries Technical Institute. Date: 1942

CaL-Aero Technical Institute 1950 Advert - CaL-Aero Technical Institute. Date: 1950

Northrop Aeronautical Institute - Northrop Aeronautical Institute. Date: 1949

Northrop Aeronautical Institute - Northrop Aeronautical Institute. Date: 1949

Northrop Aeronautical Institute 1949 - Northrop Aeronautical Institute. Date: 1949

Northrop Aeronautical Institute - Northrop Aeronautical Institute. Date: 1948

Northrop Aeronautical Institute 1948 Advert - Northrop Aeronautical Institute. Date: 1948

Cal-Aero Technical Institute 1948 - Cal-Aero Technical Institute. Date: 1948

Cal-Aero Technical Institute - Cal-Aero Technical Institute. Date: 1947

Northrop Aeronautical Institute - Northrop Aeronautical Institute. Date: 1947

Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute. California. 1938 Advert - Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute. Date: 1938

Aero Industries Technical Institute, Los Angeles - Aero Industries Technical Institute. Date: 1938

The British Institute Of Engineering Technololgy. B.I.E.T - The British Institute Of Engineering Technololgy. Date: 1939

British Institute Of Engineering Technololgy. Correspondence - The British Institute Of Engineering Technololgy. Date: 1938

Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute - Traversier
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute. Founded in 1824, originally housed in Independence Hall

Spain, Andalusia, San Fernando
Spain, Andalusia, Cadiz province, San Fernando. General view of the Astronomical Institute and Observatory. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Late Neolithic Statuettes from Hacilar in north-western Anatolia, excavated during the 1960 season by James Mellaart, Assistant Director, The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. Date: 1961

DEAF & DUMB ALPHABET DEAF & DUMB ALPHABET
The deaf and dumb sign language alphabet, as defined by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, Britain. Date: 1960s

Taylor Institute, Oxford

Selly Oaks Institute Birmingham early 1900s

Barnsley Harvey Institute early 1900s

Holly Tree Inn, Hampton Institute, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Bath Abbey from Institute Gardens, Bath, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Poster, 15th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy, April to October 1926 Date: 1926

Maurice Webb FRIBA, architect
Caricature of Maurice Webb FRIBA, architect, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Leonard Rome Guthrie FRIBA, architect
Caricature of Leonard Rome Guthrie FRIBA, architect, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

George Drysdale FRIBA, architect
Caricature of George Drysdale FRIBA (Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects), architect, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

George Dawber FRIBA, architect
Caricature of George Dawber FRIBA (Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects), architect, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Edmund Wimperis FRIBA, architect
Caricature of Edmund Wimperis FRIBA (Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects), architect, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Andrew Prentice FRIBA, architect
Caricature of Andrew Prentice FRIBA (Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects), architect, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Alfred Yates, architect, President of RIBA
Caricature of Alfred Yates, architect, President of RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

RMS Titanic - five postcards. From top left: Titanic Memorial and Seamen's Institute, New York; two postcards of the ship; Belfast shipyard; seven verse in memoriam card, Wreck of the Titanic

W H Congreve, Secretary of Birkbeck Institute, London
W H Congreve, Secretary of Birkbeck Institute, later Birkbeck College, London. Studio portrait in jacket, waistcoat and tie, captioned Mr W H Congreve'

George Norris, Principal of Birkbeck Institute, London
George Norris, Principal of Birkbeck Institute, later Birkbeck College, London. Studio portrait in cap and gown, captioned Mr George M Norris'. From an article, The Birkbeck Institute'

Opening of Working Lads Institute, Whitechapel
The Princess of Wales receiving receiving purses after opening the new Working Lads Institute in Whitechapel, London

The Ace of Spades
A portrait oil painting of a young girl, sat confidently on a table, with the ace of spades playing card placed on her lap, symbolising death or bad fortune. Date: circa 1924

Denmark Hill, London - spire of St. Matthew's
Denmark Hill, London with the distinctive spire of St. Matthew's Church designed by Alexander Gough. The new church was consecrated in 1848 but the spire and tower were not completed until 1858

Cranfield A. 1 G-BCIT
Cranfield A.1 G-BCIT (msn 001), an aerobatic aircraft designed and built at the Cranfield Institute of Technology, seen at Cranfield in September 1979. Date: 1979

British Design Exhibition in Moscow, Soviet Union, arranged by the Council of Industrial Design and the Central Office of Information

Dassault Falcon 20D HZ-KA3 (msn 174), of the Kamal Adham-Brazilian Coffee Institute. Date: 1976

Poster, International Air Races, St Louis, USA, 1-2-3 October 1923. Date: 1923

The Astley Institute for potential jockeys run by R. Taylor

Advert for New Wayburns Institute of Dancing in Chicago, 1929 Date: 1929

Advert for Nat Wayburns Institute of Dancing, New York, 1930 Date: 1930

R. I. Historical costume ball by John Hassall
Scenes from the historical costume ball of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, with the various history-themed entertainments, devised by Master of Ceremonies, John Hassall

John Hassall painting The Morning of Agincourt
John Hassall (1868 - 1948), artist and illustrator known as The Poster King for his highly popular posters, pictured in his studio working on his watercolour painting

Page from The Sphere with a selection of pictures showing art students at work at three of Londons art schools - Heatherleys in Newman Street

Prince of Wales laying foundation stone of Indian Institute
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), as Grand Master of Freemasons, laying the foundation stone for the Indian Institute in Oxford. Date: 1883

Entrance to the Jardin de Paris, 1883. Fashionable women in bonnets, shawls, dresses with flounces and parasols. At the entrance to an evening entertainment in a Paris park

Italian fashions of the late 15th century. A noblewoman from a carpet now in Corpus Domini, Rome. A Roman soldier with pike from a fresco in the library of the Basilica of Siena

German court messenger and old man, 15th century
German male fashions of the late 15th century. Costume of a court messenger with brooch and lance, from painting of the life of St. Sigismund

Helmets and gorgets, Germany, late 15th century
Helmets, sallet helm and gorget neck armour, Germany, late 15th century

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - A. V. Hill
Polly and David Hill assisting their father Professor A.V. Hill at a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture: when the youngsters heart-beats were shown on a screen

A centrifuge at Farnborough 1955
A centrifuge at Farnborough. Page from The Sphere, 28th May 1955, reporting on Britains first centrifuge capable of testing human subjects in the interests of safety of aircrew and equipment

Skating on the ice in front of the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. At right, two men buy hot drinks from a vendor with a barrel and cups

Costume of a French member of an Institute, Napoleonic era

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