Smocks Collection

Childrens nursery, Chorlton Union Cottage Homes, Styal
View inside a childrens nursery at the cottage homes in Styal, Cheshire, with a large group of girls and boys posing for their photograph

Blything Union Childrens Home, Yoxford, Suffolk
Children and staff stand in front of the Blything Union childrens home at Yoxford, Suffolk. The home, opened in the early 1900s, accommodated pauper children away from the workhouse

Campo Voltantin, near Salve Bridge, Bilbao, Spain. circa 1905

Group photo of children, the girls wearing smocks
Group photo of children in a garden, the girls wearing smocks. circa 1900

Group of children wearing wild flowers, Somerset, England
Group of children wearing garlands of wild flowers round their faces, Somerset, England. Date: 1922

Pig with bottles on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Life in the agricultural districts 1872
Life in the agricultural districts, labourers home. Date: 1872

Woolwich Union Goldie Leigh Homes, Plumstead
A group of children and their house mother at the Woolwich Union Goldie Leigh cottage homes. The homes, at Bostall Heath, Plumstead (then in Kent, now in south east London)

Four pigs with festive food on a cutout Christmas card (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Children at a school, Normandy, France
Children in the grounds of a school or orphanage, Normandy, France. Date: circa 1899

Two Isle of Wight Farmers assess a tricky situation
Why the Natives are called Isle of Wight Calves. " Well, what shall us do Bill? Is pose there baint nothin else but to Cut his ed off." Date: 1907

Countrymen with horses in the City of London
Countrymen with horses in Love Lane, City of London. Date: 20th century

Countrymen in a London street
Countrymen in smocks, with a haycart and horses, in a London street. Date: 20th century

Protecting crews from burning oil by G. H. Davis
Protecting the crews of tankers from burning oil during the Second World War. The new one-piece fireproof smocks, with other fire-resisting devices. Date: 1941

Children dancing round a maypole at an English country fete. Date: early 20th century

Four young inmates, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
Four young inmates (two boys and two girls) at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The boys are in band uniform and hold a trumpet or cornet

Father with two daughters, Mid Wales
A father with his two young daughters, in the photographers studio. There is a painted backdrop with a curtain draped at the side, and they are standing on a large furry rug

Girls at Crickhowell School, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A group photo of the girls class at Crickhowell School, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. There are two teachers, one male, one female

Girls outside a (clothes-making?) workshop
A group of working-class girls stand outside a workshop, possibly connected to the clothing trade. A note on the back of the picture reads These are a few of our girls from the workshop

View of the harbour and pier at St Ives, Cornwall
A view of the harbour and Smeatons Pier at St Ives, Cornwall, with a range of boats. Two little girls in large-brimmed hats and smocks are doing some beachcombing

Sports Day, Medway Union Cottage Homes, Chatham, Kent
Staff and children at the Medway Union Cottage Homes annual sports day in 1907. The homes, opened in 1903 on Pattens Lane, Chatham, Kent

Classroom of girls
A classroom of girls in a girls school. They are all wearing white smocks

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