Learning Collection (page 2)

The Hon. Mrs Bowes-Lyon and her children
Mrs 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

Cartoon, The Macmillion (Andrew Carnegie)
Cartoon, The Macmillion -- Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist

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

A desperate character. A woman detective pupil at the Baker Street school for lady sleuths, run by Mr Kersey, in disguise as a man puts the finishing touches to her character in order to further a

Training dogs in the trenches, WW1
Training war dogs. Dogs at the British War Dog School being acclimatised to trenches (part of the ground) before being sent to the Front where they were used in various roles such as messengers

Blind ex servicemen learning anatomy and massage after WW1 Date: circa 1916

Servicemen blinded during WW1 learning to make baskets and nets - 1920s Date: circa 1916

Servicemen blinded during WW1 learning anatomy and massage - 1920s Date: circa 1916

Blind ex-servicemen learning to make nets and baskets
Blind ex servicemen learning to make nets and baskets after WW1 Date: circa 1916

Lesson Hour at Bulak, Egypt Date: 1898

Learning to Walk
A child teaching her young sister to walk. Date: 1898

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Thank you for Education
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Thank You! Thank You! For the Gift of Education Date: circa mid-1970s

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

Ottoman Empire. Turkish books. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

RAF cadets learning tactics by the use of models, WW2
RAF cadets learning tactics by the use of models Date: circa 1941

RAF cadets learning about the aero engine, WW2
RAF cadets learning the mechanical marvels of the aero engine Date: circa 1941

RAF cadets learn navigation and meteorology, WW2
RAF cadets learning navigation and meteorology on a Spherioscope Date: circa 1941

RAF cadets learning to control a parachute, WW2
RAF cadets learning to control a parachute Date: circa 1941

RAF cadet learning on a link trainer, WW2
RAF cadet learning on a link trainer Date: circa 1941

Georgian cartoon, The First Scrape - woman smashing a violin over a young man's head, because he was making a terrible noise with it. Date: circa 1820s

Cinemategolf, the latest in golf tuition. A pupil at the Portman School of Golf has her strokes filmed while receiving a lesson. Date: 1933

Helen Hicks and Eleanor Holm
American golfer Helen Hicks Harb (1911-1974) giving a lesson to swimmer Eleanor Holm (1913-2004) on Long Island. Date: 1931

Army recruit learns to fire machine gun, WW2 preparations
Army recruit learning to fire a machine gun, WW2 preparations Date: 1939

Advert for the Atco Junior Miniature Motor Car
Here the Atco Junior Safetyfirst Trainer, a scaled-down miniature motor car for children, is being promoted as an educational resource for budding motorists. The car was made by Charles H. Pugh Ltd

Peter the Great at Deptford, SE London Date: 1698

Princes Albert Victor and George on HMS Bacchante
Princes Albert Victor and George crew on Royal Navy HMS Bacchante, learning rope splicing. Date: 1880

J. A. Gibbs National Children's Home (NCH), Penarth, Glamorg
Boys learning nautical skills at the J.A. Gibbs branch of the National Children's Home at Penarth

Woodwork classroom for boys who continued their education at Acland County Council School, Kentish Town, London. Date: 1906

Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906
Conventional way of teaching where all the pupils are facing the front of the classroom while the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. Date: 1906

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

Teaching Mothers to Care for their Infants 1907
In a parish in St. Pancras, Battersea, poor mothers being taught how to care for their infants. Date: 1907

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

Children at Manchester City Art Gallery learning 1925
Children at Manchester City Art Gallery being taught about art. They are looking at a painting of Edward, Prince of Wales by John St

Royal Philanthropic Society at Redhill, Surrey was set up to help homeless boys that were begging or would have entered into crime, a skill that they could apply into adulthood. Date: 1872

A study in an infant school, where the young children are learning their left and right hands. Date: 1898

Girls learning how to do laundry correctly, maybe to do domestic work when leaving the orphanage. Date: 1900

LUCY SACHEVERELL The beloved Lucasta of Lovelace's poems but who, on learning of his death in 1658, married another Date: FLOURISHED 1658

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

Comic postcard, Man and woman swimming in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man swearing in front of parrot Date: 20th century

Edinburgh University, bust of Demosthenes Date: 19th century

Comic postcard, Protection for rollerskating Date: early 20th century

Buddy Bradleys dance school
Principal Boys, including Patricia Burke and Jean Gillie, practising their dance moves for the pantomime season at Buddy Bradleys dance school. Date: 1940

John Hassall Correspondence Art School advertisement, 1917
Advertisement for the John Hassall Correspondence Art School showing a sketch of Hassall himself putting the finishing touches to his famous poster for The Only Way starring Sir Martin Harvey

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