Schemes Collection

The Ladder of Fortune. Industry and Morality bring solid rewards. Idle schemes and speculations yield poverty and ruin. Date: 1875

Gowns That Express Poetic Ideas
Purple and blue wigs to complete the colour-schemes of dresses: gowns that express poetic ideas. Costumes from the house of Madame Lucile

How Housing Shortage is Being Met 1920
At the end of First World War One almost 80% of Britains rented homes from private landlords. David Lloyd George was concerned by the standards of the housing

National Childrens Home Birthday Society Letter
A letter to a member of the Birthday Society - one of the fund-raising schemes run by the National Childrens Home (NCH).. Date: 1923

Floral Border and Rose Pergola - Popular 1930s scheme
Floral Border and Rose Pergola - Popular 1930s garden scheme/layout/design. Date: 1939

Richard Lovell Edgeworth
RICHARD LOVELL EDGEWORTH English writer who interested himself in various schemes, one of which was an early form of telegraph. Date: 1744 - 1817

The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men, by Bairnsfather
The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men - Old Bill had thought of a splendid idea for the next battle, and, frankly, was rather hurt when a Staff Officer condemned it A cartoon by Captain Bruce

The compleat Angler (Derby Scheme)
Caricature of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith attempting to catch fish, representing men of age able to fight in WW1. The fish in the net represent married men who had already volunteered (attested)

Government Inspectors Visit to Canadian Emigrant
A Canadian Government Inspector visits a young emigrant from Britain to Canada, placed there by the Waifs and Strays Society

Former Kitchener Home Boy in Canada
A former inmate of the Kitchener Memorial Home For Boys, 122 Hillfield Avenue, Hornsey, after his emigration to Canada. The home, operated by the Waifs and Strays Society, could house 50 boys

Advertisement for Robbialac paint, from Jenson & Nicholson of Stratford, East London. It costs less than wallpaper, slightly more than distemper, but its durability makes it far cheaper than either

Recruitment poster, Train to Win, featuring a woman in nurses uniform. Apply to the Employment Exchange, government training schemes with paid allowances. Aimed specifically at women. 1940s

Dr Barnardos children migrating to Canada
A group of boys from one of Dr Barnardos homes onboard ship as they emigrate from Britain to Canada. Such emigration schemes aimed to give orphaned or abandoned children new lives in Canada

Design ideas for the bedroom, 1940
Illustration showing a Dunlopillo bed-rest, which supported the users arms and back. The design was available in various colour schemes and materials

Girl in the Job Centre
A young woman wearing a belted blouson jacket and smoking a cigarette, doesn t seem interested in looking at the jobs on offer in her local Job Centre

Satan Schemes
Satan schemes how he may best entrap the innocent couple into losing Gods favour

Mania / Caught in Web
Rash investors caught in the web spun by the railway projectors with their fabulous schemes

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