A trombone lesson at the ConservatoireProfessor M. Delisse tutors a quartet of trombone players
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Cathedral of Learning, Campus of the University of Pittsburgh, also showing (albeit rather small)
Yale University - New Haven Connecticut - The Wrexham Tower and Harkness Quadrangle
Montessori schoolA detailed illustration by S. Begg of a Montessori school in Courtfield Gardens, London, showing children at various activiities
Ichthyosaurus as a museum pieceCartoon of an Ichthyosaurus as a museum piece, in the Ballad of the Ichthyosaurus
Great Barr Colony, StaffordshireGreat Barr colony for mental defectives, opened circa 1918 by the Walsall and West Bromwich Joint Committee to house people with severe learning difficulties
Widener Library at Harvard University, USAWidener Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Date: 1915
Driver is a NoviceCAUTION : DRIVER IS A NOVICE A useful notice tied to the back of a learner drivers car as he makes a nervous hand signal
Medieval History. Jewish community. Teacher and student. Miniature. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany
The Rules of Life by H. M. BatemanA baby in a highchair is presented with a long list of rules for life by a queue of influential people including his nurse, his parents, teacher, police officer, judge and vicar. Date: 1930
The Brigantine " Steadfast" - a companion vessel to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Training Ship " Exmouth"
Piano teacher and pupil, 1915Teacher: What does ff mean? Child(learning military march): Fump! Fump! Date: 1915
Learning wordsA boy catching the alphabet and words in his net 1922
My Turn by Muriel DawsonA little red-haired girl studies the newspaper
Drake Plays BowlsDrake, learning that the Spanish Armada has been sighted approaching England, insists on finishing his game of bowls
Noah Webster, the schoolmaster of the Republic. Date c1886 April 18
Horn Lesson in a Wine CellarA 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)
An Early lesson of Marching
Four Rc Doctors 16CThe four doctors of the Catholic Church: Augustine, Gregory, Jerome and Ambrose, sitting at a table with their books
Caterham Asylum. Surrey - Disabled Childrens WardA disabled childrens ward at Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental conditions
Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Childrens Training CentreThe childrens training centre at Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental
Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Carpentry ClassA carpentry class for inmates of Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental
Drake Plays Bowls 1588Sir Francis Drake, learning that the Spanish Armada has been sighted near England, insists on finishing his game of bowls at Plymouth
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Native School. Date: circa 1910s
Young Native American Indian boy learning to shoot his bow and arrow - USA. Date: circa 1950s
Lesson Time by Muriel DawsonA sweet child in an embroidered smock dress studiously writes upon a slate
Lessons by Post by William Heath RobinsonThe new Heath Robinson Swimming Post, which is acquiring such popularity at our most fashionable resorts. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger
Newtown & Llanidloes Union Workhouse, Caersws, WalesA view of the Newtown and Llanidloes Union Workhouse at Caersws, Montgomeryshire (now Powys), Wales. The building, designed by Thomas Penson of Oswestry, opened in 1840
Naval Cadets HornpipeNaval cadets learning the Hornpipe onboard the HMS Arethusa, the cadet training ship
Learning to Lunge 1930SA group of children have a fencing lesson and watch the teacher carefully as she demontrates how to lunge!
Girls with their books in Balham, SW LondonFour girls with their books and drawings, sitting on a pavement in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Advert for the Puss Moth aeroplane 1930Advertisement for the Moth airplane, manufactured by the De Havillalnd Aircraft Company Ltd. The illustration shows a Puss Moth flying of the Epsom Derby, while the advert claims
GLC-LFB Junior firemen learning to driveThe Junior firemen scheme in London ran from 1964 until 1969. 16-17 year old boys were put under extended training until they could be enrolled as operational firefighters at 18
Air Scouts learning to glideTwo 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
Carpentry & plumbing, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys learning carpentry and plumbing on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868
Boy with Slate Kept InA little boy has to stay in to work out a sum on his slate
Advert for the Macintosh Swimming Ring, 1926 Date: 1926
Debutantes CurtsyingDebutantes learning to curtsy at the famous Josephine Bradley School, preparing to be presented at Buckingham Palace and other High Society events, at the start of the Season. Date: 1930s
Ladies of the Land - Society Workers on a model farm, WW1A model farm at West Malvern where girls of the higher social classes are trained in the practical work and theory of dairying, including cheese-making, poultry culture, goat-keeping, and so
Caterham Asylum, SurreyAerial view of the Asylum for Imbeciles opened in 1870 at Caterham in Surrey. The Asylum, with its twin at Leavesden, was established by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to provide care for Londons
Childrens book addingTeaching children simple counting in a Merry Days childrens book. Date: 1928
Giambattista Strozzi (1551 - 1634) Italian writer and patron of learning
Millinery ClassSchoolgirls at a London County Council School learning hat- making in a millinery class. Date: early 1930s
Womens Battalion DeathRecruits in the Womens Shock Battalion of Death pose for a propaganda picture while learning to use their guns
Boy Apprentices, 1 of 3Boys learning the wheelwrights trade at Dr Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney (London) 1 of 3 pictures
Learning Sign LanguageA class of young women learning sign language at a school for the deaf
Astronomical UmbrellaTeacher using an umbrella to demonstrate the position of the stars to a group of schoolboys
The Hon. Mrs Bowes-Lyon and her childrenMrs Bowes-Lyon, formerly Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, Lord Clintons younger daughter and wife of John Bowes-Lyon, Lord Strathmore younger son and brother to Queen Elizabeth
