Reading Collection (#35)

Rowton House Reading Room, Vauxhall
The reading room at the Rowton House on Bond Street (now Bondway) at Vauxhall, South London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built

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

Woman reading the bible. The Way to Happiness. Date: ca. 1847

The Carrier Dove. The Return. Two women holding a bird with a message Date: ca. 1847

Alluring letter reader by David Wright
An alluring looking woman with an exotic flower in her hair pictured reading a letter. Date: c.1944

Boy reading at the fireside
Silhouette illustration from Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame. Artist:Ernest Shepherd Date: 1930

The Sexton and Sand Table at Dennington Church, Suffolk. This fascinating tray can now be found in the north aisle of the church (now a village museum)

Portrait of 1930s woman reading
Portrait of a young woman, 1930s, reading a newspaper. Date: c.1934

Outdoor study for Princess Elizabeth and Margaret
The Princesses as schoolgirls. Outdoor study in 1941 supervised by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother). Date: 1941

Spring-Cleaning in the Library
A maid gets distracted by books and newspapers in a library. Date: 1923

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as a schoolboy
Page from the Illustrated London News Coronation Number featuring a number of pictures of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as a boy and young man

A man reads a book in a shop
A man reads a book in a bookshop, with many strange-looking busts in the background. 1925

Emancipated Woman - Husband doing chores
The Handy-man at home An Emancipated Woman reads happily by the fire whilst her sailor husband does his fair share of the household chores by scrubbling the floor. Date: 1915

Everybody works but Father - Unemployment
Father enjoys his paper and pipe in front of the fire, whilst Mother does the washing, Sister Ann also helps and the young narrator of this social comment carries a paint pot. Date: 1906

Luvisca blouse
A mother reads a bedtime story to her children, wearing a jumper blouse of Courtaulds Luvisca, reinforced with a basque and with a V shaped neckline. 1931

Hotel Metropole
The Hotel Metropole on Northumberland Avenue in London, England showing the Dining Salon, the Lounge and the Reading Room Date: c. 1900s

Silhouette of a man sunbathing
Proceeds methodically to tan his face -- silhouette of a middle-aged man sunbathing, while a girl sits reading at his feet

On the Sands
Summer day at the beach Circa 1880

Vicar remembering his youth - rowing on the river
Forty Years On A priest remembers the days of his youth, when he too partook in boating down on the river. Date: circa 1906

Child reading on a tall stool. Artist: Helen Grace Marsh Lambert. Silhouette of small child reading, seated on a tall stool Date: circa 1920

Nurse and Patient
Nurse and her little patient at Childrens hospital, Stockholm, 1940s. Date: 1940s

Reading Room of the Library of Congress, Washington DC
Reading Room of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. USA Date: circa 1910s

Silhouette portrait of the Cary family of Boston
The Cary family of Boston, Massachussetts, USA in silhouette, cut by the famous silhouette artist August Edouart, who toured the USA during the 1840s

Intellectual child cynic by Frank R Grey
An irritatingly intellectual little boy (called by the cartoonist, Repulsive Rupert) sits reading some hefty tomes at a table and says to his mother, who is darning socks

Dunderpate in various poses, working at school and at home. Date: 1938

Polish Girl Reading
A Polish girl reading. She looks much like a girl of any other country reading, but of course her book is written in Polish. Date: circa 1850

French couple seduction sequence
A French couple in a seduction sequence. He kneels at her feet, in a begging posture, while she stands with her back to him, reading his call-up papers. (2 of 4) Date: early 20th century

At School
Five little girls, sitting on a form; Five little girls, with lessons to learn... 1885

Fortune Teller with cards
French (Breton?) Fortune Teller with cards Date: circa 1910s

Dog, Pipe and Newspaper
An intellectual dog, smoking a pipe and reading a newspaper. Date: early 1930s

Bedtime Story 1930S
A loving mother reads a bedtime story to her child beside a table lamp. reflected in a dressing table mirror. Date: 1930s

GIPSY READING WAGGON
This gaily painted and elaborately carved gipsy wagon wagon is known as a Reading Wagon. Date: mid 19th century

Playing the Piano
A young woman plays an upright piano, reading sheet music. Date: 1969

Tacky Blackpool
The Monster from the Bowels of the Earth, one of the attractions on offer, along with palm reading, hamburgers, tattooing, on the Golden Mile, Blackpool, Lancashire, England Date: late 1960s

Beagle Newsreader
An intellectual beagle reading a newspaper. Date: early 1930s

Girls Reading War News
Schoolgirls reading the latest war news (World War Two) in their common room during their break in between lessons. Date: early 1940s

Reading Market
A Seikh man among the shoppers at Reading Market, Berkshire, England. Date: 1980

Fortune Teller & Cat
A sinister gipsy woman and her scary cat, reading someones fortune with playing cards... Date: 1970s

Dog Listening to Radio
A dog with its feet up, listening to a radio on some headphones while reading a newspaper. Date: early 1930s

Reading Station
Reading Railway Station, Berkshire, England, a key station for commuting into London, it opened in 1840. Date: 1980

Armchair Reader
A smart woman, sitting in an armchair, reading a book under the light of a standard lamp with a tilted lampshade. Date: 1940s

Jewish Types
Jewish men and a boy reading, Israel. Date: 1971

Fireside Reader
A young woman wearing a gingham dress, sitting by the fire, reading an illustrated book. Date: late 1950s

Old Folk and Bible
An old Swedish couple sit together while he reads from the Good Book. Date: 1901

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

A Man with Books
A man reads a book from a pile. Date: late 1960s

Reed Paper Group advertisement in ILN Coronation number
Advertisement for Reed Paper Group, supplier of specialist paper to the publishing industry, featuring an illustration of a worker checking a Coronation issue as it comes off the printing presses

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