Learn Collection

A trombone lesson at the Conservatoire
Professor M. Delisse tutors a quartet of trombone players

Medieval History. Jewish community. Teacher and student. Miniature. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Horn Lesson in a Wine Cellar
A group of gentlemen and a small boy congregate in a wine cellar to practice playing the horn whilst enjoying a drink or two (non-alcoholic for the small boy of course)

Police Learn Ju-Jitsu
Ju-jitsu is taught to the French police

Fairies learn to dance before they learn to walk (Fairy Lore). 1920s

Lesson Time by Muriel Dawson
A sweet child in an embroidered smock dress studiously writes upon a slate

Air Scouts learning to glide
Two Scouts sit in a Slingsby T.21 while another Scout connects it to a cable prior to launch at the first Air Scout Gliding Course at Lasham. An Avro York G-ANTK can also be seen in the background

Esperanto Stamp
A stamp encouraging postmen to learn Esperanto - the International Helplanguage

Home safety is home defense Men: to learn proper fire control join the fire department auxiliary corps at the nearest fire house

Wessex / Bindon Abbey Mill
Wessex scenery: Bindon Abbey Mill, Dorset, where Angel Clare in Thomas Hardys novel Tess of the d Urbervilles proposes to learn milling

Youth Learns Fear / Grimm
A boy fearlessly encounters two giant black cats on his journey to discover the meaning of fear Date: circa 1905

Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, India
C. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk

Louis Wain cats - Why don t you learn your lessons? 1898

Turkey. Istanbul - Library of Raghib Pasha. Interior
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (Istanbul). Library of Raghib Pasha. Interior. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Child campaigning against nursery cuts, Lewes, Sussex
A child and several mothers campaigning against cuts in nursery education, Lewes, Sussex, 17 June 1980. Date: 1980

Girls at Uzbek middle school
Four girls stand smiling outside their middle school in Andizhan, Uzbekistan. Date: 1950s

Tashkent secondary school
Boys reading books in the library of their secondary school in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Date: 1950s

Teacher reading to children
A group of young children huddle around their teacher and listen intently as she reads from a book. Part of the exchange of culture that was the British-Soviet Friendship society. Date: 1960s

Children playing violins
A girl and a boy stand by a window in silhouette playing violins while another girl looks at some sheet music. An example of Soviet British exchange of musical culture in schools as part of

Russian schoolchildren in neckerchiefs sit at desks writing while their teacher stands amongst them reading from a book. They are possibly learning English as part of the British-Soviet Friendship

Prepare for the Holidays by William Heath Robinson
A man learning how to swim without water by correspondence from a college by letter. Date: 1919

SAUL & WITCH OF ENDOR
Saul, king of Israel, consults the Witch of Endor to learn his destiny : the spirit of the dead Samuel reminds him of his shortcomings and foretells defeat and death for him

Comic postcard, Man at a school of aviation Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Making a Stir
The war is just over and on the back of the card Mr Churchill says Advance Britannia! Long live the cause of Freedom! God save the King

Rosalind Russell and Helen Vinson Live Love Learn (1937)
Rosalind Russell (left) and Helen Vinson (right) Live Love Learn (1937) wearing Dolly Tree creations Date: 1937

Rosalind Russell in Live, Love and Learn (1937)
A patterned long, evening gown designed by Dolly Tree for Rosalind Russell in Live, Love and Learn (1937) - but not seen in the film, with shoulder straps and matching wrap

Advert, The Wright Pianoforte Tutor by Albert H Oswald -- A Word to parents from Horatio Nicholls, the Popular Composer. Date: 1930

Poster, You can help to build me a plane, WW2. You can learn quickly and you will be working to win. Ask at any employment exchange for advice and full details. A job is waiting for you. 1940s

Never too old to learn to cycle. 1892

Large Green Desk Date: 1880

Botanical Book Date: 1880

Teacher Rings Bbell Date: 1941

Boy Does Math Homework Date: 1947

Prize-Winning Class Date: 1950

The Public Library. Springfield. Date: 1920

Women Graduates Date: 1910

AUSTRALIAN WOOL SCHOOL
The Wool Room at a Technical College in Sydney Australia, where students learn how to shear sheep, etc. Date: early 1930s

EMANUEL ALMSHOUSE
The Emanuel Hospital (also known as Dacres), Westminster. This fine old building will be pulled down in 1892, youll be sorry to learn. Date: 1868

CLIMBING THE POLE / FAIR
Climbing the pole. This game originated from an idea by M. Franck, a doctor who decided that humans should re-learn such skills previously used to climb trees & forage for food

AFRICAN LITERACY
African children learn their ABC. Date: circa 1910

EVENTS / BALKANS / SERBIA / 08
Serbian women learn to shoot. Date: 1908

YOUTH LEARNS FEAR / GRIMM
THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS - the boy meets (and beats) the fierce old man Date: circa 1905

Old French Salt teaching a young lady to swim in the sea
An old Salt French Sailor is teaching a young Lady how to swim. He rather sardonically states that she must be good at drinking a her early attempts seem to be involving the ingestion of a certain

Boys build mountain at school, Seaford, East Sussex
Boys build a pyramid-shaped mountain at their school in Seaford, East Sussex, in order to learn how to rock climb. Date: circa 1960s

Mr Trevor Scott-Chard and Air Scouts
Six Air Scouts stand listening to Mr Trevor Scott-Chard talk about aviation, with a plane visible in the background. circa 1950s

Three frogs learning how to swim on a greetings postcard -- two of them are reading the instruction manual while another one teaches them. Date: circa 1890s

Fleet Road School, Hampstead, London - Learning the Alphabet
Children at the London School Boards Fleet Road School, Hampstead learn the alphabet. Date: early 1900s

Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Music Lesson
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). French painter. The Music Lesson (1717). Wallace Collection. London. England. United Kingdom. Date: 1717

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping