Reading Collection (#36)

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

Silhouette portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray
Silhouette portrait believed to be William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863), English novelist, pictured full-length with a book in hand. c.1845

German school in Brussels, Belgium, WW1
A German-run school in Brussels, Belgium, during the First World War. Showing boys at their desks with two teachers in uniform. Date: 1914-1918

Girl in a garden, reading a book
A young girl sitting in a garden, reading a book under a tree. first published 1879

Young lady in day dress by Doucet
A fashionable young lady with a book in her hands, wearing a patterned beige dress with small satin buttons down the front, by Doucet. 1924

Cartoon, President Wilson reading Germans Reply
Cartoon entitled Standing By, showing the American President Woodrow Wilson at his desk in the White House, with Uncle Sam standing behind him with a worried face

The Winning Post and a Bottle of Port - " My word, what combinations!". The Winning Post was run by Roberts Sievier who mostly used the publication to attack those he disliked on the turf

Intellectual child cynic by David Wilson
Humorous cartoon showing a small, rather grown-up and intellectual boy lying on his bed reading while the radio is on and saying to his mother, There goes that Childrens Hour

Sun-Pat advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Sun-Pat peanuts depicting a comfortable domestic scene with a couple enjoying Sun-Pat peanuts as they sit in their living room in front of a blazing fire. Date: 1953

Cashmere sweater, 1953
A short-sleeved cashmere sweater by Ballantyne of Peebles with a raised intarsia design of white on white. Date: 1953

British soldiers in trench near Bairakli Juma, Salonica, WW1
Three British soldiers of the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers 85th Brigade manning a trench near Bairakli Juma, Salonica (Salonika, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: May 1917

Poster, Dutch mother on holiday with daughters
Poster depicting a Dutch mother on holiday with her two daughters (a public service advertisement). circa late 1930s

a Touring Booth - Patrolman helps lady with a map
a (Automobile Association) Touring Information Booth - An a Patrolman helps a lady with her route using a map. At the New Ground Crossroads junction on the road between Tring and Aylsbury (on the A41)

Mrs Loulie Hunter House, wife of American special envoy
Mrs Loulie Hunter House, wife of Colonel Edward Mandell House, American special envoy to the UK during the First World War. Seen here reading a letter in the drawing room of Chesterfield House

American Scouts listening to the radio
Five American Boy Scouts sit together listening to the radio, while one reads a magazine. An elderly lady sits in the corner of the room. 1942

Figures that speak for themselves by C. Farley
An attractive young woman, wrapped only in an embroidered, fringed shawl, her Spanish fedora cast on the floor, reads a newspaper, unaware (or is she)

Listening to the Banned by Kippa
Humorous illustration by Kippa featuring a group seated ready for after dinner evening entertainment, only to be shocked by a young woman reading aloud from a scandalous novel

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

Little girl on a Birthday Greetings postcard
A little girl on a Birthday Greetings postcard sits on a bench with a magazine at her side. circa 1910s

Queen Elizabeth II North America visit - Ottawa Parliament
Queen Elizabeth II, with the Duke of Edinburgh at her side, opens Canadian parliament in Ottawa. She is reading the speech from the throne, and is watched in the foreground by federal judges

Roderick Maclean, would-be assassin of Queen Victoria Date: 1882

Proclamation of martial law by General Allenby, Jerusalem
Proclamation of martial law, read in English to the inhabitants by General Sir Edmund Allenby, outside the Tower of David in Jerusalem during the First World War. Date: 11 December 1917

The Three R s
Following the introduction of the Elementary Education Act, commonly known as Forsters Education Act, in February 1870, Punch magazine depicts William Forster, the Liberal MP who drafted the Act

Family Reading by Rene Lelong
A well-to-do family sit and contemplate a particularly sad chapter from a book the father has been reading as they sit and stare into the fire at home. Date: 1913

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

Mary E Webb reading Uncle Toms Cabin
Mrs Mary E Webb (a coloured native of Philadelphia), reading Uncle Toms Cabin in the hall of Stafford House, London, home of the Duchess of Sutherland. Date: 1856

Reading room, Rowton House, Camden
A reading room at the Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: 1926

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

A Family of Bears in their zoo enclosure
A family of anthropomorphic bears in their zoo enclosure in this rather bizarre fantasy postcard sent from Bern, Switzerland, Father bear smokes his pipe and reads his newspaper

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

Syntax Reads Aloud 1815
Dr Syntax recites from his tour notes in a country inn: the reception by the other guests is varied. Date: 1815

Reading by Lamp
A young boy reads a book by lamplight Date: 1940s

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

Scholar with his Books
A scholar with his books and his pupils : note the wall clock and scientific instruments. Date: 1509

Scholar at his Desk
A scholar at his studies. Date: 16th century

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

Blonde Woman Reads Book
An elegant woman with a beauty spot and red lipstick reads a book. Date: 1929

Boy Reading Book
A boy reading an illustrated book outside. Date: 1950S

Middle Class Prize Wives
Woman, women, wife, housewife Mr Punchs Four Prize Middle Class Wives. The wife as cook, intellectual companion, clerk and tennis partner! Date: 1889

Book on a Rug

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