Learning Collection (#3)

Trainee Hairdresser
A male hairdresser learning to cut hair on a very realistic mannequin. Date: early 1930s

Four Sea Scouts at Colchester, Essex
Four Sea Scouts under instruction and making notes at Colchester, Essex. circa 1950

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

Skewen Colliery workmen, Glamorgan, South Wales
Workmen and apprentices of the Skewen Colliery repair shop in Glamorgan, South Wales, in a group photograph

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

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - library book. circa 1910s

Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689). Patron of arts & learning, abdicated 1654 died in Italy

TS Arethusa - Steering instruction
Boys learning to steer aboard the training ship Arethusa, moored at Greenhithe, Kent Date: 1917

Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA, showing trainees with B25 bombers, learning the skills of aircraft assembly by night. Date: 1951

What to Knit for Baby - childrens knitting book
Charming illustration on the front cover of a knitting book published by Scotch Wool and Hosiery Stores. Date: c.1930

Training female dentists at the National Dental Hospital, WW1
Women at the National Dental Hospital and college in Great Portland Street being taught in the conservation room how to stop and fill decayed teeth

Women welders at work, WW1
Women welders at work on pieces of metal at a school opened at Notting Hill Gate by the Womens Service Branch of the London Society for Womens Suffrage during the First World War

Cub Scouts of Episkopi pack tying knots, Cyprus
Three Cub Scouts of the 57th Cyprus (Episkopi) pack learning to tie knots, under the instruction of their leader. Date: 20th century

LFB firefighters receiving knots and lines training in the HQ drill yard, 9 December 1958. Date: 1958

Ladies Wanted as drivers, WW1 advertisement
Advertisement from 1918 by the British School of Motoring emphasising the urgent requirement for lady drivers between the ages of 17 and 45. Date: 1918

Senate House, Madras Chennai University, India
Senate House, Madras Chennai University, Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Debutantes learning to curtsey, 1929
Debutantes of 1929 learning to curtsey under the guidance of Madame Vacani, in preparation for presentation at court. Date: 1929

Paris Sorbonne
The seat of learning in Paris, towards the close of the 18th century. Date: circa 1800

EDUCATION STATUE
Education, showing a mother or female teacher, teaching a small boy. Date: early 1930s

Baby Walker 1930S
A toddler learning to walk with the help of a baby walker, at a creche in Paris, France. Date: February 1933

LFB recruits taking part in hook ladder training at HQ -- having reached the top of the tower with a single hook ladder, the recruits learn the two-man hook ladder drill

Pembroke College, Oxford - Building and College Crest
Pembroke College, Oxford University - Building and College Crest / Coat of Arms Date: circa 1910s

Three schoolboys apply themselves and become Oxford scholars
Three schoolboys apply themselves, becoming first class Oxford scholars. They then lend their acquired wisdom to become a Bishop, a Physician and a great warrior! Date: 1898

Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt
Students at work in the courtyard ( heart ) of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The Mosque is directly associated with Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975

LFCDA-LFB Recruits undergoing basic training
Located at Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, the London Fire Brigade Training School is responsible for providing basic training to all its recruit firefighters

Cycling lessons - Mumbai, India
Cycling lessons for Indian Women in Mumbai, India. Date: circa 1910s

Sea Scout training on T.S. Neptune on Ravens Ait island, on the River Thames at Surbiton, Surrey. Showing a demonstration by Assistant Chief Examiner Geoffrey Preshner. 25 October 1958

Skiing Girl
A little girl with her hair in pigtails, learning how to ski. Date: 1960s

At School
Five little girls, sitting on a form; Five little girls, with lessons to learn... 1885

Scouts learning morse code
Nine Boy Scouts of the 1st Coulsdon Group sit around a table learning morse code, under the watchful eye of their Scout Leader. 1950

Air Scout in glider
An Air Scout sits smiling in the cockpit of a glider at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

A 17th century music school. A teacher sits at a table and points to a musical score while three boys sing; an older man looks on. A horn, lute and violin rest on the shelf. Date: 17th century

Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North Yorkshire
Inmates at Askham Grange female training prison in North Yorkshire take part in a cookery lesson. The instructor has written a recipe for scones on the blackboard. Date: circa 1945

Robert College, Istanbul
Founded in 1863 by two Americans, philanthropist Christopher Rhinelander Robert and Cyrus Hamlin, to offer an " American style" education under the Ottoman Empire

Maori Children
Learning to be good Maoris : The youngest children in the class are a little boxed up in their first lesson in old traditional Maori songs which tell the history of the race

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

Administration Building, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Date: circa 1909

Curtis High School, New Brighton, NY, Staten Island, USA
Curtis High School, New Brighton, New York State, Staten Island, USA. Date: 1906

Boston Massachusetts, USA - The Mechanics Building Date: circa 1910s

Playing school
Two children (and their dog) line up their toys to play schools. Date: c.1920

Maurice Farkoa - Musical comedy actor and singer
Maurice Farkoa (1864-1916) - Musical comedy actor and singer born in Izmir, Turkey. Date: 1904

Upper Vth Form, Sidcot School, Winscombe, Somerset
Upper Vth Form with a class in progress, Sidcot School, Winscombe, North Somerset, an independent Quaker school. Date: circa 1920s

Communist China - school-based factory
Students in school in Communist China, making notes and learning about machinery in a school-based mini-factory. circa 1970

Communist China - children in a classroom
Children in a classroom in Communist China, one of them standing up to speak. During the Cultural Revolution there was much emphasis on the raising of standards, and active learning was part of this

Kitten on a circular Christmas card, trying to learn the alphabet. circa 1900s

The Violin Lesson - A girl practises accompanied by Mother
The Violin Lesson - A girl in a short white party dress, black tights and a black bow in her hair practises some pieces, accompanied by her Mother playing an upright piano. Date: 1912

First Lesson in Dancing - mother and child in a garden. early 19th century

Cat and dog on a circular greetings card, puzzling over an alphabet book. Date: circa 1900s

Cat and dog on a circular Christmas card, puzzling over an alphabet book. Date: circa 1900s

Pigs sitting on a school bench on a Victorian scrap
Eight pigs sitting on a school bench on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Frogs having a swimming lesson on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

De Havilland School of Flying Advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for the De Havilland School of Flying, based at Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire. Date: 1931

Learning to scuba dive in a swimming pool. Date: early 1970s

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - brushing hair
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - teaching his son to brush his hair. circa 1910s

Girls school. Engraving, 19th century. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana. Colored

Plato (424 / 423 BC-348 / 447 BC). Was a classical greek philoso
Plato (424/423 BC-348/447 BC). Was a classical greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates. Founder of the Academy in Athens. Copy of portrait bust by Silanion. 4th century BC

Medieval History. Jewish community. Children. Miniature
Medieval History. Jewish community. On his first day of class Jewish children ate cookies for them to know that learning was sweet. They had to be able to read the Holy Scriptures themselves

George Ernest Studdy, giant tortoise and frog
George Ernest Studdy, illustration for an animal book. I know I ve always been slow, said Mrs Giant Tortoise, so today being my hundredth birthday I m going to learn to skip! Date: 1941

Daniel Coit Gilman
DANIEL COIT GILMAN American educator, associated with Yale and other seats of learning, president U of California, and of Johns Hopkins etc. Date: 1831 - 1908

Lady Paela Fitzgerald
Lady PAMELA FITZGERALD widow of the Irish patriot Lord Edward Fitzgerald, with her weeping children, after learning that he has died in Newgate prison. Date: 1776 - 1831

Elizabeth Carter, Writer
ELIZABETH CARTER, scholar, writer and translator, best known for her translation of Epictetus; friend of Dr Johnson who admired her learning. In later life. Date: 1717 - 1806

Lady Mary Armine
LADY MARY ARMINE wife of sir William A. remarkable for her learning, piety and benevolence, Date: ? - 1676

Window Cleaning Girls
A team of " Georginas", demonstrate the proper way to clean window panes from the inside of an office block while the male window cleaners are away in the army. Date: early 1940s

Frances, Duch. Somerset
Frances Thynne (1699 - 1754), duchess of Somerset, wife of Algernon, 7th duke, lady of the bedchamber to Queen Caroline, patron of learning Date: 1806

Maria Theresa Geoffrin
MARIA THERESA GEOFFRIN (nee Rodet) French philanthropist and patron of learning Date: 1699 - 1777

Scholarly Monks
The monastic establishments were virtually the only repositories of learning during the Middle Ages. Date: medieval

Flying kites
Young boy and girl in a field with an older sister learning to fly their kites. Artist: Enid Warne Browne Date: circa 1922

John Hassall Correspondence Art School in St. Albans
The very picturesque John Hassall Correspondence Art School, a successful venture by one of the leading illustrators and poster artists of the day

John Hassall Correspondence Art School - the Poster Course
A man up a ladder posts a poster; illustration accompanying a section in the John Hassall Correspondence Art School brochure explaining about its poster course

John Hassall Correspondence Art School brochure
Front cover of a brochure for The John Hassall Correspondence Art School. Hassall was a leading illustrator and poster artist who established an art school in Kensington in the 1900s

Wrens learning to salute, 1940
Probationary officers of the W.R.N.S. learn to salute, drilling in front of the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Date: 1940

Wrens probationary officers at a lecture, 1940
Probationary officers of the W.R.N.S. at a lecture at Greenwich Training College, 1940. Date: 1940

Girls singing or reciting in school, c. 1800
Girls singing or reciting in school or Sunday school, with a teacher, c.1800 Date: C.1800

Rural schoolroom, c. 1790s
Children on a bench in a rural schoolroom. Caps hung up on hooks. Date: C.1800s

French police training
Learning to distinguish facial characteristics of possible suspects at the Paris Prefecture Date: 1899

The New University - Cathays Park, Cardiff, South Wales Date: 1917

Advertisement for the Press Art School. run by art critic and writer, Percy Bradshaw

Receipt, Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey
Receipt from the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey, dated 6 June 1889, confirming one years subscription of one guinea from Mrs R Blake Byass, signed by James Downing, Secretary

Prince Projatipok of Siam at Murren
Prince Pojatipok, heir to the Siamese throne, learning to ice skate at society ski resort, Murren in the Swiss Alps

Madame Karina and Dancing School Pupils - Karina was a Russian Ballet dancer at the Royal Opera House, and founder of the school of dance at 123 ladbroke Grove under the patronage of Queen Alexandra

Five kittens on a greetings card, trying to learn a lesson. Date: circa 1890s

Three cats with globe on a greetings card
Three cats with books and globe on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Three Japanese archery students
Three Japanese students are holding bows and arrows, one is standing preparing to shoot. The rest of the students are seated behind. Date: 1932

Three trainee Japanese pilots
Three Japanese women are being trained as pilotos by a man. One is seated and the other two stand, they all dressed in pilot attire and are looking at the demonstration. Date: 1932

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