Learning Collection (page 9)

Child with Explorer Pack
A child explorer viewing a stuffed polar bear specimen on display in the Mammals Gallery within the life Galleries of the Natural History Museum, London

Children with Explorer Packs
Children viewing a stuffed specimen of a cheetah on display in the Mammals Gallery within the Life Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Little boy with fox, c. 1950
Parents and older siblings were actively discouraged from visiting the Childrens Centre, to ensure that the children were free to be themselves

General concepts of Horticulture Ornament
Plate 52 from Le Regne Vegetal. Atlas, Vol 14. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Interior of a school
Students sit in rows as they listen intently to their teacher, in this medieval school scene. 15th Century

Freemasonry Assembly to receive the Masters (18th c.). Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Historical Archive of Madrid

Learning to Mend Shoes
A class of London County Council schoolboys being taught how to repair shoes. Date: early 1930s

Barnardo Boys Printing
Barnardo boys learning the printers trade at Dr Barnardos Home at Stepney Causeway, London Date: circa 1914

Mother & Daughters / Tint
A mother with her two children - the elder shows the younger a picture in a book Date: circa 1860

LCC-LFB learner drivers on a London street
A picture taken outside the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, on 14 September 1935, showing a motorised fire engine with an L-plate on the front

AFS women undergoing catering instruction, WW2
London regular and AFS firefighters spent many hours, sometimes days, at incidents during the Blitz. Seen here are women of the AFS learning to prepare and cook meals for those on the Blitz front line

Auxiliary London firewomen under catering instruction
London regular and AFS firefighters spent many hours, sometimes days, at incidents during the Blitz, and they needed refreshments

Art class 1911
Elementary Art class at LCC School, Southampton Row, London, 1911 Date: 1911

Typewriting class 1895
Lavender Hill Boarding School, typewriting class, 1895 Date: 1895

Learning to write. Drawing shows a boy, seated at a low table, writing with a brush. Date 1878 Dec

Learning to walk

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

Library, Henry St. Settlement. New York City. Location: New York, New York (State). Date 1910 May

Sea Scouts charting a course. circa 1920

ATS - cooking for the Army, 1939
Female ATS workers inspecting a boiled roly poly pudding while learning how to cook for the troops in training. Date: 1939

School teacher and pupils in filmmaking project, Walton
Walton-on-the-Naze Secondary School teacher Mr Lou Broom encouraged his pupils to learn various skills during the making of several award winning films

European Gentleman in India learning Arabic
An European Gentleman with his Moonshee, or Native Professor of Languages. (plate 1 of 20) Date: 1813

Finishing School for debutantes moves from abroad, 1939
A finishing school for wartime debutantes relocated from Florence to a large country house in Hampshire. Here, girls who would in peacetime have been sent abroad to learn a foreign language

ATS - using a brick field oven in training, 1939
Female ATS workers in training, learning to cook using field equipment in the early weeks of World War Two. Date: 1939

Learning to dance. Reggie, a natural dancer, takes lessons to improve his style, only to regret his decision. " Floored!" Date: 1928- 1929

Brooklands Flying Club
Lady Chayter and Mr R. Richards, pupils at Brooklands Flying School studying for their flying certificates. Date: 1931

Weaving Lesson
Schoolgirls learning to weave on a hand loom. Date: late 1960s

Learning to Ski
Beginners on the ski slopes. Date: 1960s

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

Skiing Lesson
Learning to ski. 1960s

Drambuie Dry Ski Slope
Learning to ski on the dry ski slop at Drambuie, Aviemore, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Young Skiers
A line-up of children learning to ski. Date: 1930s

Knitting Spaghetti
No this silly man is not covered in spaghetti, he is learning to knit! Date: 1930s

8th Earl of Bridgewater
Francis Henry Egerton, 8th earl of BRIDGEWATER, lived in Paris 30 years without learning French, dined with his dogs, wore a new pair of shoes every day. Date: 1756 - 1829

Playing the Piano
A young woman plays an upright piano, reading sheet music. Date: 1969

Dry Ski Slope
Learning to ski on the dry ski slop at Drambuie, Aviemore, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Women Upholsterers
Young women carpentry students at the London County Council Trade School learning how to upholster a chair. Date: 1930s

Train Driving Lesson
Driver Instructor CYRIL BULL, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England (left), explains the cab layout of an electric locomotive to Preston train driver RICHARD THOMAS. Date: circa 1980

Carpentry Lesson 1930S
A class of boys learning carpentry. Date: early 1930s

Apprentice Blacksmiths
Boys, apprentices, learning how to be blacksmiths. Date: early 1930s

Learning to Drive by Mallet
Tck, Tck! First gear once again, Mrs Turner and this time see if you can t drive RIGHT round the bend. A nervous learner driver has difficulty mastering the most basic of motoring skills. Date: 1953

Russian children learning the alphabet
Three Russian boys learning the alphabet Date: circa 1910s

Sudan - PE at the Gordon College, Khartoum
Sudan - Physical Exercise for the students at Gordon College Khartoum. Date: circa 1910s

Tea tango craze: learning to Tango, 1913
Ladies learning the tango standing in a circle, while teacher Mme Vicarni instructs and drills them in steps and movements. Here, the correct position of the arm is demonstrated. Date: 1913

Poster, The Recruit Who Took To It Kindly. Showing an army recruit learning to use his bayonet and demolishing a row of stuffed sacks

National Childrens Home & Orphanage Lancashire Branch - Clo
The Lancashire branch of the home and orphanage run by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Here, boys in aprons and surrounded by the tools of the trade are learning the craft of clog-making

American Explorer program
Young men and women sit listening as one of them plays the guitar. In the newly revised Explorer program, a Learning for Life subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America

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