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Free Industrial School, Gem Street, Birmingham
The Free Industrial School at Gem Street, Birmingham, was opened in 1850 to provide education, training and meals for poor children in the area. Date: Date unknown

Education Act 1870 / Punch
OBSTRUCTIVES Comment on the Education Act of 1870, which set up locally elected school boards to provide for adequate basic schooling in all areas Date: 1870

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Shoemaking
Shoemakers department at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Dining Hall
Dining hall at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Cell
A cell at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation. Date: circa 1847

Royal Infant Orphanage, Wanstead, London
An aerial view of the Royal Infant Orphanage at Wanstead in north-east London. The institution was founded as the Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum in 1841 by Congregational minister Andrew Reed to

His Christmas Goose by Bruce Bairnsfather
Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a soldier on sentry duty looking hungrily at a goose, with the caption, You wait till I comes off dooty

Homeless women in an East End doss house
This is the basement of a doss house for women in Duval Street, in the East End. A bed costs sixpence a night and lodgers provide their own meals

Blackpool Beach / 1979
The sand is crowded with families enjoying the summer. An oyster bar and ice cream van provide refreshment

Swimwear Circa 1960
Before the bikini: To flatter your figure this summer choose a swimsuit that has has the long-lasting elasticity which Lastex yarn provides... Date: circa 1950

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Membership Book Cover
Cover of a Girls Friendly Society Membership Book Cover. The Society was formed in 1875 to provide friendship and support for working-class girls. Date: 1921

Spain and Portugal - Alameda -Gibraltar - Narrow path through Shrubs and Trees. Part of Box 149 Boswell Collection - Portugal and Spain

Watkins Glen, New York State, USA
Walkways provide a view of the waterfalls at Watkins Glen, New York State. The falls lie at the head of Lake Seneca. Date: circa 1895

Rudimentary Kitchen C20
Two broken chairs provide the only comfort in this rudimentary kitchen : the stove would be a collectors item today... Date: early 20th century

Strike / Military Strength
Armoured cars on Londons streets provide protection for food convoys and evoke cheers from the watching crowds Date: 1926

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Uniforms
Staff and inmate uniforms at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - School room
Partitioned classroom seating at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight
A cell at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation. Date: circa 1847

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Chapel
Interior of chapel at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation

National / Communal Kitchens, WW1
A cartoon showing the public feeling towards the communal kitchens that were to be set up during WW1. Its aim was to provide meals to the lower classes for a very small price

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1944
Salute the soldiers. How can we show our gratitude to these men? The best, the most practical tribute we can offer them is to give them our complete support, by saving more

Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, London
The Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum was founded in 1841 by Congregational minister Andrew Reed to provide a home for orphans below the age of seven. Date: Date unknown

Fontainebleau Aerial
A bird s-eye view of the palace in the early 18th century : apart from the extensive gardens, the nearby forest provide magnificent facilities for hunting. Date: 1719

Shakespeare Fountain
The Shakespeare Fountain, Stratford, presented to the town by an American benefactor to provide honest water to the citizens and their animals. Date: 1564 - 1616

Evidence of the Earthquake in San Francisco - 1906
Buckled tram tracks in front of the Post Office provide evidence of the Earthquake in San Francisco, USA - 1906. Date: 1906

Hawker Hunter F6s of No92 Squadron (Sqn Ldr R.H.B. Dixon), based at Middleton St George, provide that years reserve aerobatic team of RAF Fighter Command

Salvation Army Elevator - Sorting Paper and String
A man at work sorting paper and string at one of the Elevator depots run by the Salvation Army to provide work for destitute men. Date: 1938

Blind Craftsman 1930S
A blind man making a tray at St. Dunstans school established in 1915 to provide essential training and rehabilitation for ex-Service men blinded during warfare &c. Date: early 1930s

DAEDALUS
Daedalus in flight, with sensibly large wings, and feathers on his body to provide additional lift; note too the practical handles

Satirical cartoon, An Aerial Excursion, showing a thin Englishman and a plump Frenchwoman in a balloon, while the crowd on the ground makes rude comments in speech bubbles. 1802

The various shapes of the human form that we provide for. Print shows nineteen different male body shapes illustrating the range of clothing the advertiser, Hammerslough, Saks & Co. can accommodate

The remodeled 1905 Wright machine, altered to allow the operator to assume a sitting position and to provide a seat for a passenger, on the launching track at Kill Devil Hills

Chicago University
While not in the Ivy League, Chicago University seeks bravely to provide its students with a suitably academic ambiance. Date: 1916

Bootle Day Industrial School
The Day Industrial School on Marsh Lane, Bootle, Lancashire. The school opened in 1895 to provide non-residential training facilities for youths sent there by the courts. Date: circa 1905

Visit of Lord Mayor to the West London Unions Womens Casua
The Lord Mayor of London in December 1857 on an unannounced visit to the womens casual ward of the West London Poor Law Union, used to provide overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants

West London Union Mens Casual Ward 1857
The mens casual ward of the West London Poor Law Union, used to provide overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants. The men slept on the bare floor in a twelve-stall stable

British Snails Training
Mrs. Connie Lythgoe holds a training session for some British snails. Their international races will help to provide shelter for the homeless. Date: 1960s

Petruchio & Katharina
Act IV, Scene I Petruchio finds fault with everything the servants provide Date: 1911

Cato Street / J Monument
JOHN MONUMENT A Cato Street conspirator. Once arrested, he agreed to provide evidence to convict the rest of the gang. Date: 1820

Duchess of Westminster at Church Army depot
Katherine Caroline Cavendish, Duchess of Westminster (1857-1941), second wife of the 1st Duke of Westminster, opening a Church Army Labour Relief Depot in Artillery Row, Central London

New Years Eve at St. Giles Workhouse
Sketches from New Years Eve at St. Giles Workhouse where it was customary to provide entertainment to the inmates and a few visitors on the first night of the New Year

The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in Live
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamens Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care

The Floating Swimming Bath, Charing Cross, London, 1875
Engraving showing the floating swimming bath in the River Thames at Charing Cross, London, 1875. The swimming bath drew its water from the Thames, then cleaned and heated it

The Soldiers Daughters Home, Hampstead, 1858
Aerial view of the Soldiers Daughters Home in Hampstead, North London, 1858. This was an institution set up to provide shelter and training for orphaned children of the British Army

Fantasy Aircraft 1907
In the early days of flight, the necessity for wings to provide lift is not fully appreciated

Lansdowne College, Bath, 1864
Engraving of Lansdowne College, Bath, which had been purchased in 1864 for about 3000 pounds to provide a School for Daughters of Officers in the British Army"

Watt Studies Newcomen s
When James Watt was given Newcomens engine to repair, he quickly saw its inefficiencies and set out to provide remedies. The result, patented in 1769, revolutionised steam engines

Exorcism of Carlos II
A priest performs an exorcism on the Habsburg king of Spain, Carlos II; his physical and mental sufferings caused him to think himself bewitched; he failed to provide an heir

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