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Advanced Swimming Certificate, Reading SchoolsAdvanced Swimming Certificate, Reading and District Elementary Schools Swimming Association, for swimming 40 yards in 50 seconds. 1924
Cartoon, Fortune teller visit. 1923
Rudolph Valentino reading The TatlerRudolph Valentino and his wife, Natacha Rambova, reading The Tatler during their first visit to England.. Date: 1923
Reading in bed in the luxurious - The Blue TrainReading in bed in the luxurious surroundings of the International Car Companys carriages from Calais to Nice and Monte Carlo - The Blue Train. Date: 1922
Advert for Hershelle clothing 1940Advertisement for Hershelle womens clothing showing a woman in Yardleys of Bond Street seemingly so engrossed in the shops catalogue
Scene in a London coffee house, where the main requirements are " a clean pipe, a dish of coffee, and the Supplement". 18th century
Playtime in the nursery. Reading and playing with toys. From Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Rhymes, published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Louise Jacobs Date: 1912
Bedtime readingMother reading to her children before bedtime. Date: circa 1920
Bedtime reading (detail)Mother reading to her children before bedtime. Date: circa 1920
The Florida nightclub by HynesImpressions and personalities at the Florida Club in South Bruton Mews, renowned for its glass dance floor, which triggered a craze for them in other clubs in and around London
Cartoon, Thought-Reading, a comment on John Nevil Maskelynes doubts about the American stage mentalist, Washington Irving Bishop. 1885
Mr Micawber, David CopperfieldCharles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Mr Micawber, David Copperfield. 1912
Alfred the Great learning to read. 9th century
Dressing room at New York Theatre 1905Behind the scenes in the mens dressing room in New York Theatre. 1905
Little Women - Jo in the garret, feeling lonelyLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Jo in the garret, feeling lonely and reading her old notebooks, which remind her of her old friend the Professor. 1880
Little Women - Mrs March and Jo read a letterLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Mrs March and Jo read a letter, purporting to be a love letter to Meg from John Brooke, but actually a practical joke and forgery. 1880
Hill Hall Training Prison, EssexInmates in the reading room of Hill Hall Womens Training Prison, Theydon Mount, Essex. Date: circa 1950
Villiage choir at rehearsal 1871Church choir, singing from their hymn books. Date: 1871
Marks & Spencer, Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire - Bus stop. Date: 1980s
Shoppers in Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire. Date: late 1970s
The British Valhalla -- King Alfred reading to his mother, Queen Osburh or Osburga, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. 9th century
Jean Froissart reading to Gaston de Foix after supperJean Froissart reading from his Chronicles at the court of Gaston de Foix at Orthez, south-west France, after supper. 1388
Lady and her gentleman caller writing and reading in a garden terrace, 19th century. She says, Farewell, I count on you giving us a few days. She thinks, I will tremble if he doesn t come
Scene in a gynaeceum, womens quarters, Ancient Greece. One woman teaching her children, another playing with a baby, others embroidering, reading and spinning
Costume of the women of the island of Tino, Italy, 18th century. One woman reads a book while another lounges on a sofa with a cat and lute
Clio, Roman muse of history, reading a scroll. She wears a laurel wreath, sits on a chair above a Cassettino Cilindrico (cylindrical barrel)
British Dominions Book of Beginnings, Story without end
Reading in the libraryArt Deco style interior illustration showing head & shoulders of man smoking pipe and reading. Date: 1929
Lascars on British Ships: The Question of their Retention. " Human Salamanders" :The Lascar at Work and Play. Employed on board P&O Australian Line liners - working as Coal Stokers
The Sketch read at the Front, 1915British soldiers at the Front, near the firing line at Ypres, during the First World War, reading The Sketch. Their dug-out is decorated with Sketch pictures
Princess Beatrice with her children at WindsorPrincess Beatrice (Princess Henry of Battenberg) (1857-1944) with her children (Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke - Victoria Eugenie)
The Lesson, seated girl reading a book
Once Upon a Time by Muriel Dawson. 1942
Lady reading the newspaper in bed. circa 1900
Babys cot transfer, Gnome reading a book
A Good Turn - Get Well SoonA little girl reads a book with an invalid friend who is recuperating in bed. Date: c. 1930
Portland Borstal Silent HourSilent Hour at the Borstal in Portland, Dorset. Inmates were expected to use the time in reading, writing letters etc. Date: 1945
Cartoon, The Only Topic. 1870
Our New Electorate - Votes for Women. circa 1918
Ladies reading books in a library. early 19th century
Captain JRB Newman, Middlesex RegimentCaptain JRB Newman, Trinity College Cambridge, later a Major in the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. Date: circa 1908
Humphrey Gilbert in NewfoundlandSir Humphrey Gilbert reading out his commission at Newfoundland, where he took possession of the surrounding lands and fishing waters in the name of the British crown
Edwin Montagu and GandhiA page from The Graphic, depicting Edwin Montagu(1879 -1924) at the time of his resignation as Secretary of State for India, and the recently arrested Mahatma Gandhi(1869-1948)
Haldane at his desk in the War Office R B Haldane at his desk in the War Officeillustration of Haldane reading from a paper, sitting at his desk. Men in the background. Caption reads - R B Haldane at his desk in the War Office. Date: 1908
Longest place name in the world, North WalesLongest place name in the world, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, usually known as Llanfair-pwll or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, in North Wales. 1933
The Parish Council Bill debated in the House of LordsThe Parish Council Bill in the House of Lords - Archbishop of Canterbury speaking on the second reading
Christmas card, The Temptation of Good Saint Anthony NoelChristmas card by Robert Dudley, The Temptation of Good Saint Anthony Noel (surrounded by enticing Christmas food, including geese, a turkey and a pudding). (5 of 5) Date: circa 1890s
Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold with Dame BewleyPrincess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and her husband Prince Leopold of Belgium finding Dame Bewley at her cottage door reading her old Bible. circa 1816
