Social Collection (page 19)

Ball given at the Mansion House, Dublin, by the Lord Mayor, in honour of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)

Starcross Institution, Exeter, Devon
Boys gardening at what was variously known as the Western Counties Idiot Asylum and the Training School for Feeble-minded Children

Southam Orphanage, Warwickshire
The Roman Catholic orphanage for girls at Southam, Warwickshire, opened in 1880 by the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus. Date: Date unknown

H. M. Prison, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
A view of Peterhead Prison and the North Sea beyond. The prison opened in 1888 and was Scotlands only convict prison. Date: Date unknown

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner, Middlesex
Children engaged in a variety of craft and other activities in the kindergarten class of the Commercial Travellers Schools at Pinner. Date: Date unknown

Nottingham General Hospital
A view of Nottingham General Hospital. The distinctive circular ward block of its Jubilee wing, designed by Alfred Waterhouse and Son, was opened in 1899. Date: circa 1911

Moss Bank Industrial School, Millerston, Glasgow
A view of the Moss Bank Industrial School for boys at Millerston, Glasgow. Date: Date unknown

NCH Home, Bethnal Green, London
Children stand in the playground, with chapel behind, at the National Childrens Home, Bonner Road, Bethnal Green. Date: Date unknown

London Orphan Asylum Lobby Card
A card pleading the case of Elizabeth Rose Shepherd which was distributed to those eligible to vote at an election of entrants to the London Orphan Asylum, Clapton. Date: 1857

London Asylum for the Deaf, Margate Branch
Two children, identified as Evan Williams (with Indian clubs) and Rhoda Pippeck (with barbells), both inmates of the Margate branch of the London Asylum for the Support and Education of the Deaf

MABYS Dance Card, Highgate. London
Dace card from a fund-raising dance, at Gate House, Highgate organised by MABYS (Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants). Date: 1914

Scottish Dancers, Glasgow School for the Deaf
Scottish dancers from the Langside School for the Deaf, Glasgow. The girls are identified (left to right) as Mary Jamieson, Mary Allison and Mary Pratt. Date: circa 1905

Nazareth House, Lasswade
A view of the Nazareth House home at Lasswade, Midlothian, established in 1932 by the Sisters of Nazareth. Date: Date unknown

British Orphan Asylum, Slough
Children in front of the British Orphan Asylum, Slough - then in Buckinghamshire. The building, formerly a hotel, was taken over in the 1920s by the Licensed Victuallers School. Date: Date unknown

Order of Good Templars - Deaf Dancers
A card featuring the deaf finger alphabet and Scottish dancers from Glasgows Langside School for the Deaf. It was issued following a dispute between a Glasgow branch of the Independent Order of Good

Furnishing Trades Cottage Homes, Radlett
Childrens cottage homes opened in 1905 at Radlett, Hertfordshire, by the Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association. Date: 1905

Court Moor Home for Motherless Children, Crookham
The Court Moor (or Courtmoor) Home for Motherless Children, opened in1918 by the Church Army at Crookham, near Fleet, Hampshire. Date: Date unknown

Bradstock Lockett Hospital Home
Girls, one holding a crutch, and staff in a dormitory at the Hospital Home - sometimes referred to as the Home for Crippled Children - opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1902 at Southport

Scarlet Fever at Barnardos Home
A card published by the Barnardos Girls Village Home at Barkingside, Essex, extolling the success of its infection limitation during an outbreak of scarlet fever. Date: 1914

Comic postcard, Stone Age attractions Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Stone Age attractions Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Piccadilly Circus in the Stone Age Date: 20th century

Middle aged in a black leather full length overcoat - Street
circa 1910s

The Kurhaus - Wiesbaden, Germany
circa 1910s

Three Parisian fashion statements seen in the Paddock for La Grane Semaine at the Deauville Races, 1927 - Fanny Ward in a coat trimmed with fox

A beach scene at Deauville with Lady Louis Montbatten, 1926 Date: 1927

Prince Wiasemsky, Mrs Astaire, Princess Wiasemsky (Gordon Selfridges daughter) and Mr Glorney taking the air at Le Touquet, 1927, the most please social renezvous of British high society Date: 1927

British High society personalities at the Ascot Races, 1927 - Lord D Abernon, Lady Cranborne, Lady Lettice Lygon, Hon George Ward, the Duke of Portland, Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox, Captain Lucas

British high society at Deauville, 1927 with five shots of society people enjoying the beach and promenade Date: 1927

British High Society at Deauville, 1922 Date: 1922

Advert for the Queensboro Social and Dance Club, London, 1925. The venue features a cabaret with luncheon, the dansant, dinner and supper Date: 1925

A young lady sat in a neat garden in a canvas-backed chair
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A little girl pictured playing on the beach at Bognor Regis, 1920s. Date: 1920s

Two women on the beach at Bognor Regis. Date: 1920s

A jolly scene outside the Rosenburgh guest house in Margate, with all residents posed outside for an informal photograph. Date: c.1935

A family on the beach at the seaside, sitting in deckchairs against the sea wall. Above them, just behind the railings, are the backs of several people sitting along the sea front. Date: c.1935

Macedonian gipsies, who arrived in London and camped at Tower Hill before moving through Whitechapel, Leytonstone, Wanstead Flats, Walthamstow, Chingford and out into Essex. Date: 1904

Pity the Unemployed by John Hassall
A man pushing a cart with the sign, Pity the Unemployed disappears into a pub. John Hassall, author of the illustration includes the caption, " With apologies to the real unemployed."

Cocktails and Crinolines, 1929 Cocktails and Crinolines: That Victorian Revival. 1
Cocktails and Crinolines: That Victorian Revival. 1. We are told that womens costumes tend to become more and more Victorian. 2

The Westminster Unions industrial school for pauper children, opened in 1851 on St James Road, Wandsworth. From 1904, it was used as a workhouse by the Wandsworth Union

Saskatchewan River bridge - Group of men, log cabin
Group of men, log cabin, horses buggy and farm vehicle - possibly near Hudson Bay Junction, Saskatchewan, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Stovel Co. bowling team champions 1908-09 of the Saratoga (lanes) com bowling league. Date: circa 1910s

Saskatchewan River bridge - The Pas Manitoba with man on riverbank. Date: circa 1910s

Saskatchewan, Canada - four men with buggy and horses in undergrowth. Date: circa 1910s

Saskatchewan, Canada - Hudson Bay Junction (trail). Four men buggy and horses. Date: circa 1910s

Milestone, southeast Saskatchewan, Canada - from A. E. Jones store, new bank construction. Date: circa 1910s

Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada - A group of visiting Americans out to buy land - Sept. 28th 1909. Busy street scene including a fine bullock cart (right). Date: 1909

Marcelin, Saskatchewan, Canada - Hotel and Post Office, horses, parade. Date: circa 1910

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