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Supai Woman Drinking
In 1908 there were only 150 Supai people remaining, living in the Grand Canyon, Arizona : by the time you read this none may be left, unless they have had a population boom

Future Scientists
INTO THE SUBCONSCIOUS (Ray Avery Myer) Future scientists develop machines that read the subconscious mind and project its thoughts as images

Family / Hamilton / 1793
A family domestic scene in Britain. The children read and play musical instruments

Anti-Aristocracy Demos
Social democrats protest against the aristocracy. Their banners read " Not a penny for the Princes" and " Victims of capitalist profit- greed"

Sitting Room 1911
A quiet sitting room, the perfect place to read

Family Station Wait
A family wait at a train station. The children sit on their suitcases and read comics while they wait

Civilians Read War News
Civilians read news of the war

Mum Reads to Kids 1867
Victorian mother about to read to children

Reading War News Moscow
Muscovites, with the Germans on the outskirts of their city, read the latest news about the battle for Moscow

Theatre Ad Ambassadeurs
An elegant couple read a street advertisement for the Ambassadeurs theatre in Paris

Psychometry
Mr & Mrs James Coates conducting an experiment in PSYCHOMETRY : she is seeking to read the content of the envelope by extra-sensory means

Girl Wears Glasses
A small girl puts on her grandmothers spectacles and pretends to read a newspaper

Boy with Dogs & Cats
A little boy tries to read a book while his dogs and cats do their best to distract him

Imagine Reading them All
Imagine if one had to read them all!

Bentley / Dh Moth
Richard Read Bentley, Canadian aviator, and his De Havilland Moth

Scholar Reading Journal
A scholar wearing a fine cloak peers through his monocle to read a large format book

Nurse Reading to Patient
A nurse reads a book to her patient, who is very pleased to have her read to him

Poster; Illiteracy
he who Cannot Read is Like a Blind Man

London Asylum / Grant / 1838
Interior of an unnamed lunatic asylum in London: inmates draw on the walls, look up at the high windows or read distractedly

Composing a Letter 1940S
A woman sits with her pen in her mouth whilst thinking about what she should write in her letter

Grandmother Reads Aloud
An elderly lady lays aside her knitting to help her grandson to read from the family Bible

Woman Reads in Lace Hat
A romance of byegone times. A woman wearing a lace hat and white apron sits down to read a novel

Mother & Children Read
A mother sits on a bench in the garden while her children read their books

Girl Reads by Bookshelf
The Road to Fairyland A girl chooses a book from the bookshelf and sits down to read it

Children Read in Garden
A girl sits on a wicker chair in the garden and reads to her three sisters. The youngest one sits on her lap and their puppy crouches on the ground

Mama Plays, Family Enjoy
Mama plays the piano, with candles and an oil lamp to read the score by, while papa and the four children listen and enjoy

Emma, Lady Hamilton / Read
EMMA, LADY HAMILTON wife of Lord Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson

Granny Tells Story 1893
Four children gather round to hear Granny read them a story

Election Results Read
The election results are read in the papers outside the offices of Le Petit Journal: some men are happy, others less so; one man tears the newspaper in disgust

Emperors Reading Device
The Emperor Frederick in his study at Charlottenburg can read at ease with this clever book-holding device given to him as a present from the Queen

Two Women Read by Fire
A young woman reads aloud by the fire while an older woman listens attentively

Finishing School 1930S
A group of proper young ladies, possibly at a finishing school or university, compose themselves and read newspapers around a gas fire. One girl is smoking

Reading Palm Right
A gipsy reads a palm - the right hand What you want you will shortly obtain... Date: 1906

Holding up the Law
The Jewish manner of HOLDING UP the LAW in the Sight of the People, before it is read to them

Relaxed Read 1893
A young man, with his upper body propped up on cushions on a day bed, rests his feet up on a ledge in order to create the perfect reading posture

Victims of Terror
The names of imprisoned aristocrats are read out, summoning them to the guillotine

Ways of Reading
Ways of reading : young read assiduously, older they will be distracted; older still they will need spectacles or magnifiers; yet older, they will doze over their books

Population / Census 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English

Shoeshiners / Fortune / 1935
Gentlemen having their shoes polished, some read the paper

3 Children Reading 1893
A boy, two girls and their dog sit by the fireside with all their playthings

Ww1 / 1916 / German Trench
German soldiers read letters in their dug-out

Family / Bible Reading
A family read The Bible on Saturday night

To seat five persons Gentlemen struggle to read their newspapers in an overcrowded train

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