Schools Collection (page 15)

Amateur musicians at Missenden Abbey
Missenden Abbey, dating back to 1133, was founded in 1947 as a centre for adult education, offering Summer and Easter Schools, and weekend courses

Cremorne Banquet
The Licensed Victuallers Schools hold their anniversary dinner in Cremorne Gardens

St Michaels Schools, Pimlico, London

Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar on board H. M. S. Vic
In commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, the current Lord Nelson distributes prizes to the scholars of the Portsmouth Church High Schools, on 21 October 1886

The Latest Lot at Christies
A metaphorical scene showing John Bull and Britannia taking bids for men from the public schools of England, to sacrifice themselves for Britain during World War One

Naughty Pupil - Germany
A German teacher expresses his contempt for a lackluster pupil with the comment " That is a good-for-nothing!"

Cricketmatch / Eton / Harrow
An elegant crowd milling around during a cricket match between Eton and Harrow schools

Police in Schools
A Metropolitan Police officer helps a boy with his art lesson in school

German Girls School
German schoolgirls in their classroom - apparently with a male teacher

Cambridge Anatomy Theatr
The Theatre of Anatomy in the Medical Schools at Cambridge University

Ragged School
Scene in a ragged school, probably in London, where homeless boys are cared for and taught a useful trade

Harrow Old Schools, the oldest part of Harrow public boys school, was built in 1572, when the school was founded. Appropriately, it contains the History Dept.!

Learning Riding Skills
Cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr learn the finer points of riding

Schoolgirls / Board School
Four bored schoolgirls at a Board School

Victoria / Manchester 1851
VICTORIA VISITS SALFORD (MANCHESTER) The Queens arrival in Peel Park : Children of Manchester and Salford schools singing the national anthem

Huxley at London School Board meeting
A meeting of the London School Board in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, London -- Professor Huxley addresses his colleagues

Sewing class in a German Catholic girls school
A sewing class taking place in a German Catholic girls school

Thomas Guthrie / E&f Cdv
THOMAS GUTHRIE Scottish preacher and philanthropist, apostle of the ragged schools movement

Education / Housewifery
Board school girls are given a lesson in housewifery to prepare them from later life

Laying a Fire 1893
Laying & lighting a fire is one of the domestic skills taught to board school girls

Board School Bed 1893
Board school girls are taught to make a bed

Board School Washing 19C
Board school girls are given a lesson in the domestic art of washing

Board School Ironing 19C
Board school girls receive a domestic education that will prepare them for housewifery. Here they are given a lesson in ironing

Board School Girl 1893
A board school girl learns the domestic arts that will prepare her for housewifery. Here she is given a lesson in drying clothes

Board School Starch 1893
Girls at a board school are taught domestic arts such as mixing starch

Lunchtime at Nursery
Small children being taught to eat correctly at a North London nursery school. During the fine weather, meals are taken outside

Robert Raikes / Drummond
ROBERT RAIKES Promoter of Sunday Schools

Slade School of Art / 1881
A still life class at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London

German School / Luther 15C
The school at Mansfeld, which Martin Luther attended at the outset of his educational career

Smithfield Ragged School
The ragged school in Smithfield, with one room for several classes

Ragged School 1853
Children being taught at the Brook-Street ragged and industrial school

Horn Book / Teach Reading
A Horn-book - a hand-held device which was used to teach reading in schools

Swedish School 1555
The class listens intently to the teacher who is holding a cane

German Village School
Scene in a German village school

New Schools Pavilion
The People : " New Schools" section of the South Bank Exhibition - the " latest tools and environment for school boys and girls to get the best out of contemporary education"

Finishing School 1930S
A group of proper young ladies, possibly at a finishing school or university, compose themselves and read newspapers around a gas fire. One girl is smoking

Monkeys at Art Class
Animals participate in a life class at an art school

Attendance Certificate
Miriam Inglesant of West Hartlepool, county Durham, didn t miss a single days schooling 1904-1905, for which she was rewarded with this decorative certificate

Life Class / Slade / 1881
A life class at the Slade

Classroom in a North London primary school
A drawing class in a North London primary school -- boys on one side, girls on the other

Drug free school zone sign
Drug free and gun free zone sign outside a school in San Antonio, Texas

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