Read Collection (page 8)

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 Factory
Two 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 scene
Seasonal birthday card for December birthdays. c.1912

Cuban Cigar Factory interior - Havana, Cuba. Interestingly, this postcard shows a lector (or reader) who was always employed to entertain cigar factory workers by reading books

Aeroplane Pilot
A pilot jots down something in a notepad for a gentleman in a suit to read, before take-off. Date: 1930s

Jumbo Jet Bedtime Story

Royal Brass Band
One of the Royal Guards holds up some sheet music for his colleagues in the brass band to read! Date: 1960s

Reading a Magazine
A woman sits down to read a magazine. Date: late 1960s

US Navy NC4 seaplane, transatlantic flight
Some of the crew of the US Navy NC4 seaplane after its transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal, and then on to Spain, and Plymouth, UK

Irish Scout leader at a conference
An Irish Scout leader stands by a window reading a programme at the Irish Scouters Conference. 1950s

Story time for Beaver Scouts
A group of Irish Beaver Scouts sit on the floor looking up at their leader who shows them pictures from The Story of the Beaver book. 1970s

Vols. I, II and III
Three ladies read by the sea on a bench, observed by two small dogs. Date: 1889

The First Lesson -- sisters with a book
The first lesson -- two little sisters study a book. 19th century

Reading Le Rire 1896
Two high-spirited women read Le Rire in the street. Date: 1896

Terriers Read the Times
Three terriers scan the personal columns of The Times. Date: circa 1890

Student Fees Demo
An pensioner takes time out from her shopping trip to read the banners of the a group of female students, who are protesting against a rise in student tuition fees. Date: 1960s

Dogs Reading Notice
Five dogs read a notice warning them not to trespass on the property - for if they do, they are liable to be shot. Date: 1912

Mother Hubbard / Writing
Mother Hubbard/Writing

Lady Reads Standing Up
A woman in a brown dress with a black feathery cloak stands with one hand on her hip while she reads her book. Other people also read standing up in the background. Date: 1929

Reading on Windy Day
A Spanish lady trying to read on a windy day. She holds on to her hat while her scarf and necklace blow behind her and Autumn leaves blow around her. Date: 1928

American Express Office
The American Express office in London is not just a travel agency, its a home-from-home for American travellers. In its reading room they can read American newspapers. Date: 1900

Pupils reading aloud in geography lesson
Pupils read aloud to the class during a geography lesson Date: 1962

Enchanted Hours by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in dungarees sits on a small, colourful stool engrossed in a good book

The Student by Muriel Dawson
A small child stands reading a book, with several more discarded at her feet

Once Upon a Time by Muriel Dawson
A sweet child with a pot belly and tousled blonde hair peers into a book with a red cover

The Bookworm by Muriel Dawson
A small child engrossed in a book, even though he looks possibly too young to be able to read

Russian immigrants in London Library
Russian immigrants in the Free Russian Library, Whitechapel

Lighting / Gas / The Pendu-light reading lamp
A lady sits at home alone, reading a book in the evening under the light of her Pendu-light gas lamp

Reading mirror / W H Robinson
A useful mechanical aid for reading the newspaper or magazine of the person in front of you on the bus or tube, without bothering them

Tombs of Sultans - Constantinople
Constantinople - The Tombs of Sultan Aziz and Sultan Mahmud. Two Imams sit before the sarcophagi (flanked by some impressive candles) reciting the Koran

A Mother reads a story to her children. Delightful watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Two technicians check a computer printout
Two bespectacled computer technicians, both wearing suits, view a readout from the terminal of an IBM computer system. A promotional photograph taken for the company

Young girl reading
A young girl sits quietly and reads a book

Grandfather reads to grandchildren
Grandfather reads a Rupert the Bear picture book to his grandchildren, both of whom have fallen asleep

Education, reading
A class of children sit quietly and read

Music, education
Four school children with recorders read and play from printed music

Women Reading Mags 1919
Two fashionable French women read fashionable French magazines

Ernest Read (1879 - 1965), Professor of Music at the Royal Academy, conducting

The Book Shop
Two girls (one hardly older than a toddler!) look through a variety of volumes in a Bookshop

Lear / Nonsense / Cromer
There was an Old Person of Cromer, who stood on one leg to read Homer; When he found he grew stiff, he jumped over the cliff, which concluded that Person of Cromer

First Lesson
A young girl practises reading with her mother

Kaiser Reading the Iln
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY. Pictured reading a copy of The Illustrated London News, " because he wishes to be the best read man in the world"

Wait Your Turn
Disgruntled members of a gentlemens club must take a ticket and wait their turn to read a copy of The Bystander during World War One - a humorous comment on the paper shortages affecting the press

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - On board hospital ship
The so-called bird cage walk. On board the hospital ship Victor Emmanuel. Two invalids read while recuperating during the Ashanti expedition

Lesson - Medieval France
PATIENCE A medieval lady teaches two young children to read the alphabet, whilst an older girl watches on holding a spool of wound thread

The Tsars Ukase
Polish villagers listen to the tsars ukase, read to them by their priest. He offers an amnesty to all who lay down their arms, but the rebels reject his kind offer

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