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Reads Collection (page 13)

Background imageReads Collection: New Almanacks for Sale

New Almanacks for Sale
A man selling New Almanacks. He is being followed by a small boy wearing yellow trousers who reads them as he walks alongside

Background imageReads Collection: Reading by a Fountain

Reading by a Fountain
A girl in a white dress with flowers in her hair reads in the garden beside an elaborate fountain

Background imageReads Collection: Woman Reads in Lace Hat

Woman Reads in Lace Hat
A romance of byegone times. A woman wearing a lace hat and white apron sits down to read a novel

Background imageReads Collection: Girl Reads by Bookshelf

Girl Reads by Bookshelf
The Road to Fairyland A girl chooses a book from the bookshelf and sits down to read it

Background imageReads Collection: Children Read in Garden

Children Read in Garden
A girl sits on a wicker chair in the garden and reads to her three sisters. The youngest one sits on her lap and their puppy crouches on the ground

Background imageReads Collection: Breakfast in Elec. Home

Breakfast in Elec. Home
Breakfast in the electric home is facilitated by a coffee percolator, hot plate, and radiator. Hubby reads paper, wife stirs her coffee, and pussy looks rather left out

Background imageReads Collection: Dane Viaduct, Staffs

Dane Viaduct, Staffs
A Grand Fete is held beneath the Dane Viaduct, Staffordshire to celebrate its completion. The banner on the left of the picture reads: To the Workmen of Great Britain

Background imageReads Collection: Papa Reads to Family

Papa Reads to Family
Father reads by candlelight to his wife and their six children in a well- to-do household

Background imageReads Collection: Lady Reads a Heavy Book

Lady Reads a Heavy Book
A lady with her feet up reads a heavy book

Background imageReads Collection: Letter by Candlelight

Letter by Candlelight
A woman reads a letter by candlelight

Background imageReads Collection: Advert / Sirop Delabarre

Advert / Sirop Delabarre
A medieval youth reads from a blackboard the virtues of Sirop Delebarre, even though it will not be invented for five hundred years or so

Background imageReads Collection: Mr. Yorick & the Letter

Mr. Yorick & the Letter
Mr. Yorick reads the letter from La Fleur

Background imageReads Collection: Uncle Tom / Reads Bible

Uncle Tom / Reads Bible
The silver fair browed moon rose in the purple sky & looked down on the black man, as he sat, with his arms folded, & his Bible on his knee

Background imageReads Collection: Ryton Overcoat 1907

Ryton Overcoat 1907
American gentleman in town boots (half-boots) & Ryton overcoat: 3/4 length, loose fitting with a back vent & velvet collar, reads a magazine

Background imageReads Collection: Child Reads by Stove

Child Reads by Stove
A child reads a book in front of the hot stove

Background imageReads Collection: Two Women Read by Fire

Two Women Read by Fire
A young woman reads aloud by the fire while an older woman listens attentively

Background imageReads Collection: Building a By-Pass

Building a By-Pass
The sign reads By-Pass work suspended, owing to National Economy requirements, presumably due to the British Depression. Curiously, these men are still at work

Background imageReads Collection: Girl Reading in Bed

Girl Reading in Bed
A young girl reads a picture book in bed

Background imageReads Collection: Caxton & Printing Office

Caxton & Printing Office
William Caxton reads a proof sheet from his printing press

Background imageReads Collection: Shocked Man 1930S

Shocked Man 1930S
A man with dark hair looks shocked or even incredulous, as he reads something on a card he has picked up from a table

Background imageReads Collection: The Simple Life

The Simple Life
THE SIMPLE LIFE - Dinner time in the barely furnished home of a formidable New Woman - she reads Votes for Women to her sandalled hubbie while snow blows into the room

Background imageReads Collection: Emma Reads the Letter

Emma Reads the Letter
Emma Haredale reads the letter given to her by Dolly Varden

Background imageReads Collection: She Reads on a Chaise

She Reads on a Chaise
She reads, stretched on a chaise-longue

Background imageReads Collection: She Reads as she Walks

She Reads as she Walks
She reads - and judging by the pen in her hand, she marks the bits she likes

Background imageReads Collection: French Village Crier

French Village Crier
The crier in a French village has summoned the villagers with his drum and now reads them the news of the day

Background imageReads Collection: Shakespeare and Family

Shakespeare and Family
A precocious and voracius reader, young William reads aloud to his family in their Stratford home

Background imageReads Collection: First Day at School 3

First Day at School 3
The teacher reads an improving story to the children

Background imageReads Collection: Kids Play Mum Reads

Kids Play Mum Reads
Mama sits reading her book while the children and dog play at a tea-party on the lawn

Background imageReads Collection: N Reads at St Helena

N Reads at St Helena
He reads a new shipment of books, freshly arrived at St Helena

Background imageReads Collection: Housemaid Instructions

Housemaid Instructions
The housemaid reads her instructions for the day

Background imageReads Collection: Child Mother Reads 1879

Child Mother Reads 1879
The children listen while Mama reads to them

Background imageReads Collection: Valentine and Bouquet

Valentine and Bouquet
The best Valentines are those which come accompanied by a bouquet of flowers

Background imageReads Collection: Mary with Jesus (Dyce)

Mary with Jesus (Dyce)
Mary reads a prayer book while Jesus watches

Background imageReads Collection: Curry&rice / Magistrate

Curry&rice / Magistrate
A joint (=assistant) magistrate reads the newspaper on the veranda

Background imageReads Collection: Fortune Telling

Fortune Telling
An old Swedish lady reads the leaves for a friend



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