Matron Collection (page 2)

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Allwise the Matrons daughter. 1928

Police officers at work, Hammersmith, London
Male and female police officers at work in Hammersmith Police Station, West London. A sergeant sits at a desk making notes. The woman on the right is Matron Mrs Collins

Mount Hermon Home for Girls, Hastings, Sussex
Matron and girls at the Mount Hermon Home for Girls, Hastings, run by the Ladies Association for the Care of Friendless Girls. By the 1930s, the home had been taken over by the Childrens Aid Society

C13th German Costume
Women: tabard style super- tunic (surcote) worn over a gown, loose flowing hair, ornamental fillet (circlet), veil, barbette & fillet. Man: tunic, mantle & cape. Date: 13th century

Alison Skipworth (1863 1952), American character actress of stage and screen, seen here as Miss Crawley in Becky Sharp (1935)

Barnardos Home, Teighmore, Jersey
Matron and boys at Barnardos Home, Teighmore, Jersey. Date: circa 1905

The Probationer who Disagreed with the Matron, H. M. Bateman
A hospital matron goes puce and faints with shock at a rookie nurse who has dared to contradict her over the diagnosis of a patient. Date: 1934

A Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Originally built as a small ballroom in 1883

B Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in one of the galleries of the Powell-Cotton Museum (currently Gallery 2 (2014)

Barnardos - Dame Margarets Home - Washington, Durham
Two women, perhaps the Matron and her assistant, at the gates of Dame Margarets Home, Washington, Durham, one of the homes run by Barnardo s

Maurice the Brave, Elector of Saxony (1521-1553), in ermine-lined scarlet robes and hat.. Carrying a sword with the double eagle of Austria on its hilt. Handcolored illustration by E

VAD matron and nurses at a French hospital, WW1
A group of VAD nurses, attached to the St Johns Ambulance Assocation, pictured at a hospital in France where they had been since the outbreak of war. The nurses wear arm brassards with the St

Two photographs - WWI era
Two photographs. 1. A group of Officers in a doorway somewhere in France. 2. A matron and Royal Army Medical Corps. doctors in a ward somewhere in France. Photographs

Terrors of the Terrier, Territorial Army cartoon, WW1
The Short-Sighted Matron - (to Territorial on guard at a railway station): Now, don t stand there like a stuffed image, porter! Come and label this luggage

Duchess of Westminster & nursing staff, WW1
Constance Edwina (n饠 Cornwallis West), Duchess of Westminster (later Mrs James Fitzpatrick Lewes) (died 1970), First wife of 2nd Duke of Westminster

Meriden Union Workhouse, Warwickshire
The master, matron and a child stand at the entrance to the Meriden Union Workhouse on Maxstoke Lane, Meriden. Date: Date unknown

Huntingdon Union Workhouse
The master, matron, and a small child stand at the entrance to the Huntingdon Union workhouse, opened in 1837 at Walnut Common, Huntingdon. The building was designed by Sampson Kempthorne

China - a Chinese Matron and Servant. A Chinese-produced Greetings Card produced specifically for Mr and Mrs Mackenzie of 45 Darville Road, Stoke Newington, London Date: 1905

Virgin Vinegar - Cruel labelling of a stern Victorian lady
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a late middle-aged woman with a severe expression, placed somewhat pointedly on a pavement as a horse omnibuspasses

Blind spinning girl - Rangoon - Kemmendine School for the Blind I asked if the girls would let me take their pictures and the matron spread a mat under a tree

Staff at Launceston Union Workhouse, Cornwall
A group portrait of the staff of the Launceston Union workhouse in Cornwall with the master, third from right, and matron, second from right. Date: circa 1911

Barnardos Home for Little Incurables, Bradford, Yorkshire
The Matron, nurses and children at the Dr Barnardos Home for Little Incurables at Bradford, Yorkshire. One child is in a bath-chair, another sits on a tricycle. Date: 1908

Prison Chief Warder And Matron
Chief Warder at Pentonville and Matron at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862

Matron at Oundle workhouse
The Matron at Oundle workhouse, Northamptonshire. Date: 1896

Racial Types Germany
Women of Cologne of various classes: maidservant, matron & a middle class woman. All wear long white aprons & ruffs. Date: 1644

French Nurses 1930S
A matron and a nurse attending to bedridden patients in one of the wards of the Marie Curie Hospital, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Hospital Meals
The Senior Nurse gets the plates ready whilst the junior nurses begin to dish up a meal from metal tureens at Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, England. Date: 1960s

Front entrance, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
A woman in nurses uniform at the front entrance of the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Elderly women inmates over 90, Holborn Union Workhouse
A group of five elderly female inmates, all aged over 90, enjoy a cup of tea at what is thought to be the Holborn Union workhouse at Merton Lane, Mitcham, Surrey

Married Inmates Quarters, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham
Married inmates quarters at what is believed to be the Holborn Union workhouse at Merton Lane, Mitcham, Surrey. This type of accommodation was reserved for couples both of whom were over 60

Manual of Workhouse Cookery, cover
The cover of a well used copy of the Manual of Workhouse Cookery, marked Matrons Use in the top left corner. The book was published in 1901 alongside a major revision of workhouse diets

Nurse and matron at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a matron sitting at her desk while a nurse stands respectfully behind her

Nurse, doctor and patient at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse (probably matron) and a doctor attending to a patient

Matrons Block, Poplar Union Schools, Essex
Matrons Block of the Poplar Schools, established in 1906 between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex, to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Eye Test at School / 1958
Young school children having their eyes tested by the matron

Evacuees and Matron
Young children carrying their own suitcases and belongings down steps. They are leaving the kindly matron who has been their temporary carer, for evacuation to the countryside

Waiting to Evacuate
A matron who has temporarily looked after a group of young children watches over them as they sit on steps with their belongings packed, ready to be evacuated to the country

Matron & Evacuees
Young children carrying their own suitcases and belongings down steps. They are leaving the kindly matron who has been their temporary carer, for evacuation to the countryside

Lunchtime at Nursery
Small children being taught to eat correctly at a North London nursery school. During the fine weather, meals are taken outside

Womens Rights - United
Unity is strength ! - the young sporty girl, the wealthy matron, the young working girl and the mum of the people, join hands in the good cause of womens emancipation

Nightingale as Matron
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE as matron in a Harley Street clinic Date: 1820 - 1910

Fire Drill 1930S
All saved! The importance of learning a fire drill is fully realised by those in charge of Childrens Homes. Here waifs and strays practice using a sheet as a fire escape

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