Reading Collection (page 19)

Young lady shortly fails to walk the tightrope
A young lady reads out a learned treatise upon tight-rope walking in a circus rather than actually performing on the high wire herself! Date: 1923

Fashionable lady sitting beside her bed reading a letter
A fashionable lady is sitting beside her bed reading a letter from a man. She seems rather displeased about the content. Date: 1923

Christmas present gift tag -- boy in chair with book and cat. Date: circa 1950s

Communist China - soldiers in wartime, taking time out for political study and discussion, while others look out for enemy action, probably during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Communist China - State Propaganda Booklet
Young woman member of a communication team, reading Maos Little Red Book with a poor female farmer during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China

Communist China - agricultural workers, probably educated people from a town or city, forced to do manual work during the Cultural Revolution

Advert for Portable hand-held electric lights 1902
A selection of Christmas portable electrical presents. 1902

People relaxing at Goodwood, West Sussex
Seated woman and soldier relaxing at Goodwood, West Sussex, England. circa 1970

Relaxing in the garden
Man with a dog and probably his son, relaxing and reading a book seated in a deckchair in a garden. circa 1900

Suffragette Arson
Scene of destruction at Saunderton Railway Station after a fire started by suffragettes on 9th March 1913. Apparently placards reading Votes for Women

Women WW1 Work Carpenters
A group of women working as carpenters making ammunition boxes or wooden storage cases. Most hold tools such as drills, planes and hammers

Reading the Scriptures
A family reading the scriptures. circa 1830

Rosalind, by R W Macbeth (from As You Like It). 1888

Paterfamilias Reading The Times. 1862

The British Lion reading The Times newspaper
The British Lion reading about War in The Times newspaper. mid-19th century

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Feedus the Grocers daughter. 1928

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Master Allwise the Matrons son. 1928

Japanese women - Koto player and woman reading
Japan - Woman in a kimono playing a traditional 13-stringed Koto whilst another kneels by her reading/writing table. Both wear decorated silk kimonos. Date: circa 1907

Dodie Smith
Dorothy Gladys (Dodie) Smith (1896 - 1990), English novelist and playwright, author of the plays Autumn Crocus and Dear Octopus and the books, I Capture the Castle and One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Stylish lady reading a paper
A fashionable young lady in her underwear reads a paper, standing in front of a mosaic wall-hanging. Note the fantastic headwear on show! Date: 1923

Native boy reading Cape Argus newspaper, South Africa
Native boy reading the Cape Argus newspaper (weekly edition), South Africa -- What is your opinion? Date: circa 1902

Advert for Carters reading stands 1913
Patent adjustable reclining chair, for rest and comfort. Date: 1913

The Student by H. M. Bateman
A particularly studious student, so engrossed in the book he is reading, accidentally strides off the edge of a cliff. Date: 1925

Girl with a book
Seated woman reading a book. (Book cover illustration) Date: circa 1908

Huntley & Palmers Girls leaving work - Reading, Berkshire Date: 1906

Waifs and Strays Society Caversham Home - Boys Packing for C
Boys at the Waifs and Strays Society Home at Caversham, near Reading - boys about to emigrate to Canada are packing their belongings. Date: 1911

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Recreation Room
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls in the recreation room are engaged in various activities including reading, writing, playing table tennis and other games. Date: circa 1930s

A musician takes a break to read Tit-Bits
A musician takes a break from his violin practise to read Tit-Bits - perhaps the bird in the cage is breathing a sigh of relief.... Date: 1904

Girl and dog in a basket on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fletts Happy Families - Master Mixed Pickle - A Strong Lad. circa 1930s

Bible read to David - Lady reading to David. Part of Box 79 Boswell Collection. Trap to Catch a Sunbeam. Date: circa 1900

Boy and girl reading on a chair-shaped greetings card
Boy and girl in their nightclothes, reading a book on a chair-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

German sailors on the SMS Thetis - Crossing the line
German sailors on the SMS Thetis (the fourth member of the ten-ship Gazelle class, built by the Imperial German Navy) - the crossing-the-line ceremony during the crossing of the equator

Poster, Italy. 1955

Two girls with book on a Victorian scrap
Two girls looking at a book on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Pigs sitting on a school bench on a Victorian scrap
Eight pigs sitting on a school bench on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Frogs sitting on a bench on a postcard, smoking, reading, or just thinking. Date: circa 1890s

Mr and Mrs Claud Allister reading The Tatler
Claud Allister and his wife (Barbara Fisher) pictured reading The Tatler magazine. Date: 1931

Bulletin boards, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Men reading bulletin boards, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

Woman in a library
In the Library. Art Nouveau style woman in outdoor garments reading a book. Date: 1902

London Life - A Pavement News Vendor, with a very wide variety of publications for sale. Date: circa 1910s

Underwater house, Plymouth
A female physicist multitasking (reading a magazine whilst knitting) in Sealab II, Britains first permanent underwater laboratory, 30 feet below the waves off the coast of Plymouth, Devon

Bulletins, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Man reading a bulletin of the latest news, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

The Blue Train to the Riviera - carriage interior
A quiet moment with a magazine in a single-berth sleeping compartment on the famous Blue Train down to the French Riviera. 1923

Bystander Riviera Number 1913
Masthead design for jacket front cover of The Bystander magazine in 1913 with its special Riviera supplement. The Bystander regularly brought out issues dedicated to news

Advert for Mappin & Webb wedding gifts 1935
Suggestions for wedding gifts for Mappin & Webb, Regant Street, London. 1935

Old man reading, Paris
Old man reading a large book (or has he fallen asleep?), Paris. Date: 1954

Gyp - prolific French writer
Sibylle Gabrielle Marie Antoinette de Riqueti (1850-1932) comtesse de Martel de Janville, aka Gyp prolific French writer Date: circa 1910s

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