Instruction Collection (page 9)

London firefighters training at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction on the wheeled escape ladder and hook ladder. The wheeled escape ladder is wound out of its carriage

London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)

Womens AFS (WAFS) at Brigade HQ, WW2
Womens Auxiliary Fire Service (WAFS) members receiving hose instruction from London Fire Brigade staff in the Headquarters drill yard at Lambeth, SE1

The WPA. Federal Music Project of New York City announces free music instruction - register now. Poster for Federal Music Project announcing free instruction in music at the West Side Vocational High

Free instruction in painting & drawing Art Teaching Division of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. Poster announcing free art classes in painting and drawing

WPA. Federal Music Project offers instruction in piano, voice, violin, cello, theory... Lectures and concerts for children and adults at Christodora House

Hundreds are receiving free instruction Drawing, painting, weaving, lithography, sculpture, etching, metal craft, photography, costume illustration at Harlem Community Art Center

An illustration of how the game of Roulette is played

US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Instruction in pistol shooting. Date 1942 July

Sea cadet training, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
A senior cadet in the sea cadet unit based at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, instructs four junior cadets on the correct way to present arms with rifles. circa 1960

Sea Scouts receiving sailing instruction from Eric Evans, Master of RSS Discovery. circa 1950

Sea Scouts signal lamp training
Sea Scouts undergoing signal lamp training. circa 1944

Sea Scouts receiving training on RSS Discovery
Senior Sea Scouts receiving training in rope splicing on RSS Discovery. circa 1950s

Sea Scouts receiving instruction in a field. circa 1920s

Sea Scouts undergoing training, Poole
Sea Scouts undergoing training on board the Margaret Leigh Guard Ship, Poole. October 1933

Prince Alfred and Pope Leo IV
Prince Alfred (later King Alfred the Great) of Wessex, visits Rome to meet Pope Leo IV for instruction. Date: 853

Child Learns to Write
Instruction is the first good deed - a mother (or is she a muse ?) instructs a child in the use of the alphabet. Date: circa 1820

Japanese Army Women
Japanese women army recruits receiving instruction in the use of rifles. Date: 1930s

Training Tram Drivers
A tram driver receiving instruction in the handling of (dummy) controls at the Clapham Depot of the London County Council School for Tram Drivers. Date: 1930s

Ploughing Lesson
A farmer gives ploughing instruction to a new farm hand. Date: 1960s

British detachment landing at Reval (Tallinn), WW1
A British detachment landing at Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) just after the end of the First World War, to instruct the Estonians in the use of the Madsen gun. Date: December 1918

British Scout leader with Polish Scout leaders, circa 1930s. circa 1930s

Granpops Lodge of Instruction
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang-utan character, Granpop together with a monkey and a pig attending a Freemasons meeting at a makeshift Lodge! 1934

Cricket - Crystal Palace
Girls are taught how to play cricket at Crystal Palace. Date: 1950s

Police Shooting Range
Wearing protective ear pads to silence the blast of gunshots in the police underground range in North London, Inspector Robert Gould gives instruction. Date: 1960s

Instruction Train
Instruction Car. Interior. - Interior of a railroad instruction car of Brooklyn Rapid Transit; car is lined with equipment for instruction, four men are visible beyond

First Steps for the Future Pilot
An ingenious device for teaching beginners the rudiments of controlling an aeroplane in 1931. The little machine which flies in a strong draught of air ejected from the cylinder on the left

A set of six Metropolitan Police instruction books

Metropolitan Police Duty Hints instruction book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Duty Hints for Constables and Section Sergeants

Metropolitan Police Glossary of Words instruction book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Glossary of Words in Common Police Use

Metropolitan Police Drill Instruction book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Drill Instruction

Metropolitan Police Pocket Directory and Duty Hints
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Pocket Directory and Duty Hints, dated 1937

Metropolitan Police Specimen Reports book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Specimen Reports: A Guide for Police in Reporting Accidents, Collisions, Etc. How to Report a Case for Summons

Why Take a Holiday in England by William Caine
An illustration instructing the reader about holidaying abroad. It displays a number of buildings which rather blight the countryside with their enormous advertising signs

Accustoming learners to pedestrians / W H Robinson
Accustoming Learners To The Erratic movements of Pedestrians. Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary

Learning how to bring on an overtaking car / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

The New Safety Street for learners / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

There was an old man with a gong
This photograph is reminiscent of the Edward Lear nonsense poem. An old man with a long beard sits inside a small hut with a gong hanging from the door

First aid training WWII
Special training in advanced first aid during World War II. A women is receiving instruction from Mr. Acres, Department Instructor

A Trainee Signalman
A trainee signalman operates the junctions on a model railway as part of his training. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Turkish Bath scene
A Scene inside a Turkish bath. One gentleman reads the daily newspaper, while three serving boys stand at the rear awaiting instruction

Musket instruction, World War I
Muskeet instruction at the Wandsworth Home Defence Battalion during World War I on 30th November 1914

Womens Volunteer Reserve 1916
Womens Volunteer Reserve driving the Royal Mail during World War I. Here being given engine instruction in November 1916

Teaching the Animals
A hunchback - perhaps hes a jester ? - tries to teach the animals : they crowd round him eager for instruction

New Farming Methods
Receiving instruction in new farming methods, which includes the delivery of a new tractor

London Snowed Upon
Snow falls upon a London street : a bobby wears a distinctive winter cape, making sure that vehicles obey the instruction to Drive Slowly

Iran / India Mscript
Page from a book of Sunni devotional poetry, scribed in nasta liq script from northern India or eastern Persia. The miniature may show a teacher giving instruction

8-Horse Rolling Wagon
A team of eight horses pulls a heavy wagon with an undercarriage mounted on four rollers. The text below gives instruction for the operation and loading of the wagon

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