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Portrait photograph of Charles Dickens reading to his daughters. English writer and social critic
Reading by candlelightBeautiful illustration of a young boy and girl reading a book Date: 1926
A quiet corner on Sark. A woman in a brown skirt, pink hat and matching blouse reading a book on the stony beach of the Channel Island
Sheet music cover, Little Scouts, a march for piano by Ezra Read (1862-1922). Depicting four boy scouts and a dog in front of a tent. Date: early 20th century
Street parade with people in costumeA street parade with people in costume, including big heads
Uzbeks reading public decreeA group of Uzbek people wearing taqiyahs crowd around a public decree notice pinned to the wall of a building. Date: 1924
Reading a score in a music library. Date: 1940s
Obtaining Encyclopaedia Britannica booksEncyclopaedia Britannica, 16 larger double volumes instead 32 single volumes. General knowledge books with some colour illustrations. Small monthly payments. Date: 1925
Dorstone SundialAn ancient sundial on the village green at Dorstone, Herefordshire, England. They must have been tall people in the good old days to have read the time by this!
Cyclist in Plus FoursA cyclist wearing plus fours, stops to read the inscription on the sundial monument to daylight saving campaigner William Willet, Petts Wood, Chislehurst, Kent, England. Date: 1939
William Thom, PoetWILLIAM THOM Scottish weaver and poet, best-known for his poem The mitherless bairn which I haven t read because it is probably rather sad. Date: 1799 - 1848
Marguerite RobervalMARGUERITE ROBERVAL Unfortunate French girl abandoned on an island off Canada coast until rescued 1545 after two years : read full story in source below. Date: CIRCA 1542
James Rice, WriterJAMES RICE novelist whose novels are today little read, if at all... Date: 1843 - 1882
William Pett RidgeWILLIAM PETT RIDGE Writer, author of The second opportunity of Mr Staplehurst and A breaker of laws neither of which I have read and I don t suppose you have. Date: 1860 - 1930
JAMES READ churchman, missionary in Africa Date: CIRCA 1840
Joseph PoniatowskiJOSEPH ANTOINE PONIATOWSKI Marechal de France - but you ll need to read Berangers poem to learn whats going on in this picture. Date: 1763 - 1813
William Edward NorrisWILLIAM EDWARD NORRIS Prolific British novelist whose titles - such as Harry and Ursula - have not been read by me nor, I suspect, by you. Date: 1847 - 1925
Nicholas MichellNICHOLAS MICHELL Cornish writer whose poetical effusions include Ruins of many lands and The poetry of creation which neither you nor I have read, nor plan to. Date: 1807 - 1880
George MeredithThe English novelist and poet, George Meredith. Date: 1828 - 1909
Pestering the MasterTwo friendly dogs pester their master as he tries to read his newspaper in the back garden. Date: 1930s
Paul Hamilton HaynePAUL HAMILTON HAYNE American poet, nephew of the noted lawyer, who left us several volumes of poems, none of which you have read, have you ? Date: 1830 - 1886
Janet Hamilton, PoetJANET HAMILTON (nee Thomson) Scottish poet, who taught herself to read at age 5, to write at age 54 : she became blind in 1866 despite bearing ten children. Date: 1795 - 1873
The Grey Man, July 28 (1874). Read, Samuel 1815 - 1883. Date: 1874
Hokke Hall (Hokke-do) within the Todai complex, Nara, JapanThe Hokke Hall (Hokke-do) within the Todai temple complex - often called the Sangatsu Hall (Sangatsu-do) - where in ancient times the Lotus Sutra (Japanese)
Japan - Two Japanese girls in traditional costume reading a picture book. Date: circa 1905
Oriental beauty reclining on a divanOriental beauty (yet to open her wardrobe that morning) reclining on a divan. Date: 1914
Russian Mother helps teach her daughter to read by pointing to words on posters on a brick wall. Date: 1902
Child as a political moderate - RussiaModerate Russian postcard depicting a child in the dress of a Russian moderate, reading a newspaper. Date: circa 1907
Lieutenant-Commander A C Read USNLieutenant-Commander A.C. Read, USN, who commanded the Curtiss NC-4 flying boat which accomplished the first aerial crossing of the Atlantic ocean (by stages via the Azores)
Sweet little boy reading a childrens magazineLittle boy in knitted outfit and knee-high white socks, holds a childrens magazine as he smiles at the camera. c. 1930
Woman sitting at deskA woman wears her reading glasses as she reads a book at her desk. c. 1910
Valentines magazine coverA beautiful art deco magazine cover featuring a huge red heart surrounded by an intricate lace border. In the foreground a fashionable young lady reads a love letter from her sweetheart. 1927
Children playing with their Christmas presentsThree children sit together, playing with their Christmas gifts which include dolls, a Mother Goose book and a toy sailing boat. c. 1925
Spain. Carlists. Zumalacarregui teaching general Jauregui to read. Engraving
BONVIN, Fran篩s (1817-1887). The Letter of Recommendation. 1859. FRANCE. Besan篮. Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology
Woman with a headacheMagazine illustration of a woman with a splitting headache and unable to read, rests on a sofa Date: 1928
Reading lesson for bears, a Teddly and Cuddly story in Playhour
Literacy in JapanDuring World War Two, an old Japanese lady goes to school in order to learn to read her soldier sons letters. Date: 1941
Girls in Class / Iln 1911East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911
Sister, Brother, BookA girl and her brother read a book together Date: late 19th century
2 Read in GardenTwo girls stand in a garden, reading a book Date: 1911
A mother and son her son doesn t want her to read. Print shows a mother and her son with an open book; the boy is resting on top of the book, preventing his mother from reading it
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In March read the books you ve always meant to read. Poster for statewide Library Project showing a windblown woman and books by authors such as Scott, Dumas, Thackeray, Dickens, Austen, and others
The camp library is yours - Read to win the war. Poster showing a soldier reading. Date 1917
The Navy needs you! Don t read American history - make it!. Poster showing a sailor taking a man in a suit by the shoulder
Two young carrying-in boys in Alexandria (Va. ) Glass FactoryTwo young carrying-in boys in Alexandria (Va.) Glass Factory. Frank Clark (on left) 702 N. Patrick St. could neither read nor write, having been to school only a few weeks in his life
Read cloaked girl in winter sceneSeasonal birthday card for December birthdays. c.1912