Reads Collection (page 6)

Horseplay
This is some sort of ritual amongst the fire-fighters. Photo caption reads horseplay.. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters

Bedtime Story
Mother (the one in the rather tasteless dressing gown with a bouffant hairdo), reads a bedtime story to her enthralled son. Date: 1960s

Bismarck Reads, 1877
OTTO von BISMARCK German statesman, reading in 1877. Date: 1815 - 1898

Thomas Bailey Aldrich
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH American author and editor, wrote The story of a bad boy some novels and books of poems. Who now reads him ? Date: 1836 - 1907

Kitten Reads Book
A small tabby kitten intently reads a large textbook. Date: 1960s

Women Reads Book
A young girl wearing round glasses sits reading a book. She rests her chin on her hand. Date: 1940s

Woman Reading / 1960S
A young woman reads at home Date: 1972

Girl Reading Aloud
A young girl reads a page from an old chronicle to her father and young sister

Open Footplate by Day
Bearded driver and young stoker on the open footplate : the caption reads Safety is of the Lord but our driver prudently keeps his hand on the brake-handle. Date: 1860s

Social / French Village
The French equivalent of a town crier, the Tambour du Village, reads some news to a crowd of people Date: circa 1920

She Writes a Letter
She re-reads the letter she has just written Date: 1914

Woman Reads Novel in Bed
A girl propped up by pillows reading a book with an orange cover. Date: circa 1910

Writing a Will / C 1950
Writing a will. The original caption reads: " It is always wise to make your will... and in no way hurries ones departure to the other world". Date: circa 1950

Reading Newspaper 1951
A woman in a flower print dress reads the Star newspaper (headline Morrison: Arms Drive Comes First ) from the comfort of an armchair Date: April 1951

an Interesting Chapter
An interesting chapter A woman wearing a flouncy outfit smokes a cigarette while she reads. Date: circa 1900

William Ballantine, Cartoon
William Ballantine (1812-1887) Figaro cartoon, the caption reads " By this hand I ll have that gown". Date: circa 1850

Dr Johnson / Goldsmith
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer reads Oliver Goldsmiths The Vicar of Wakefield and admires it - much to the delight of Goldsmiths landlady Date: 1709 - 1784

Reading to a Gentleman
A young woman reads aloud to a gentleman Date: circa 1880

Keats / Rome / Grave
JOHN KEATS English poets grave in Rome: the inscription reads Here lies One Whose Name was Writ in Water Date: 1795 - 1821

Father Reads to Family
At 25 minutes past 1, a German father reads to his family, while a servant girl pauses with a tray Date: 18th century

Station Scene
A passenger reads his newspaper while waiting for his train : note the sign saying Wait here for Third Class Date: circa 1895

Reading to Alice / Leslie
Alice in Wonderland - a mother reads to her daughter Date: 1879

Reading a Palm
A gipsy fortune teller reads a young womans future in the palm of her hand Date: 18th century

House of Lords, 1854
HOUSE OF LORDS The Lord Chancellor reads a message from Queen Victoria on the impending Crimean War with Russia Date: 27 March 1854

Parliament / Opening / 1877
Victoria, with Albert seated alongside her, reads the Queens Speech to open a new session of Parliament. Date: 1 February 1844

Caxton Reads 1st Proofs
Caxton reads his first proof- sheet while a group of fellow printers look on anxiously Date: March 1474

Ww1 / Women at Work
Women pose outside their factory with soldiers. Banner reads Women Work While the Men Fight. Date: circa 1915

Victorian Girl Reading
Victorian girl with ringlets pauses to think while she reads. Date: circa 1840

Goldsmith & Johnson
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writer, rescued by Dr Johnson, when unable to pay the rent, who reads The Vicar of Wakefield and admires it Date: 1730 - 1774

Parliament / Opening / 1847
In Victorias absence, the Chief Commissioner reads the Queens speech to the members of the Commons and Lords. Date: 18 November 1847

Schoolchildren in a school display area. Date: 1970s

Portrait of a working class man reading The Graphic

Gentleman reading to his children, c. 1800
Gentleman reading to his children, while sitting on a bench in a leafy bower, c.1800 Date: C.1800

Gentleman reading in street, c. 1800
A gentleman walks down some steps from a house in a Georgian street, reading a book or journal, c.1800. Date: C.1800

Lady reading in a room, c. 1800
A lady reading in a nicely furnished room, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - bedtime story
The Headmaster of the Tennal Approved School (formerly Harborne School), Birmingham, reads the inmates a bedtime story over the loudspeaker system in the dormitories. Date: 1940s

Winston Churchill opening book fair, 1937
Winston Churchill opening the fifth National Book Fair at Dorland Hall, Regent Street, London, 1937. Date: 1937

An advertisement for the Asahigraph Pictoral Record
A Japanese advertisement for a magazine/periodical. A Japanese lady reads a copy of The Asahigraph Pictoral Record and on the top right hand side of the poster/advertisement is text stating its

Hinks oil lamp
A man reads beneath the light of a Hinks oil lamp

Horse & Carriage Pleasure Trippers, Ilfracombe, Devon, England. Sign on carriage reads: Wollacombe Sands to Shell Beach Date: 1909

Boy and goat with comic magazine, Balham, SW London
A boy and a goat with a comic magazine, Balham, SW London. The original caption reads: The kid reads them and the goat eats them! Date: circa 1961

WW1 - The German Ambassador to France delivers ultimatum
Baron Wilhelm von Schoen, German ambassador in Paris at the beginning of World War I assuring interim for Foreign Affairs M

Sicily Introduction
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of an illustrated Sicilian scene. Theres a mountain ahead and a farmer with his cow-drawn wagon walks through a landscape of trees and fields

Emmeline Pankhurst Grave Brompton Cemetary
The grave of Emmeline Pankhurst in Brompton Cemetery, London. The headstone, a celtic cross in red sandstone was designed by the sculptor Julian Phelps Allan (1892-1996)

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Christabel Pankhurst (reverse)
Paper lapel reads, Votes for Women Womens Social & Political Union, 4 Clements Inn, Strand W.C. Reverse of portrait badge. Date: circa 1908

Suffragette Ceramic Black Woman
A hand-painted suffragette ceramic figure of a black African woman, wearing a corset and short bloomers. In her right hand she holds a brown club, and in her left hand, a sign which reads

Suffragette Give Me a Vote Ceramic
A wild-eyed suffragette dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green, waves a flag which reads, I Want a Vote

Women Munitions Workers WW1. A trio of women munitions workers, one holding 2 shell cases. The rhyme reads, Fron Sunday morning to Saturday night, munitions are going strong

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