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Background imageSocial Collection: Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Inmates at Work in Laundry

Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Inmates at Work in Laundry
Staff supervise inmates ironing washing in laundry of Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory. Date: 1908

Background imageSocial Collection: Annual Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lords

Annual Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lords
Scene during the annual Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lords Cricket Ground in NW London, 13 July 1934. Showing people strolling about during the lunch interval

Background imageSocial Collection: Shaftesbury Homes - Esher Place School

Shaftesbury Homes - Esher Place School
The Esher Place School for Girls at Esher, Surrey, run by the Shaftesbury Homes from 1930 to 1952. Date: circa 1930

Background imageSocial Collection: Shaftesbury School, Bisley - Bungalow Hospital

Shaftesbury School, Bisley - Bungalow Hospital
Bungalow Hospital at Shaftesbury Homes School for Boys, Bisley, Surrey. Date: 1930s

Background imageSocial Collection: Boys in field, Essex Boys Industrial School. Chelmsford

Boys in field, Essex Boys Industrial School. Chelmsford
A garden squad doing agricultural work at Essex Boys Industrial School, Chelmsford. A cart bears the name of the institution. (See also the image of card reverse in this collection.) Date: circa 1906

Background imageSocial Collection: Duke of York at Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester

Duke of York at Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester
The Duke of York pays a visit to the Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester - 24th November 1921. The homes provided accommodation for pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1921

Background imageSocial Collection: Snaresbrook Royal Merchant Seamens Orphanage Infirmary

Snaresbrook Royal Merchant Seamens Orphanage Infirmary
A view of the infirmary building at the Merchant Seamens Orphanage, Snaresbrook, North London. Date: circa 1910

Background imageSocial Collection: St Edwards Orphanage, Liverpool - Carpentry

St Edwards Orphanage, Liverpool - Carpentry
St Edwards Orphanage, Broad Green, Liverpool - manual instruction room. Boys at work benches with tools

Background imageSocial Collection: Pickering Garth Waifs and Strays Home, Hull

Pickering Garth Waifs and Strays Home, Hull
Children and staff outside the Pickering Garth Waifs and Strays Home, Hull

Background imageSocial Collection: Home for Motherless Children, Eric House, Mattock Lane, Eali

Home for Motherless Children, Eric House, Mattock Lane, Ealing

Background imageSocial Collection: Castle Milk, Lockerbie

Castle Milk, Lockerbie
Castle Milk, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. The house was one of several in the area used by Barnardos as an evacuation home during the Second World War

Background imageSocial Collection: ROBERT i YARZABAL, Bartomeu (1842-1902). Catalan

ROBERT i YARZABAL, Bartomeu (1842-1902). Catalan physician and politician. MESTRES I BORRELL, F鬩 x (1872-1933). Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Gallery of Famous Catalans

Background imageSocial Collection: LORENZETTI, Ambrogio (1285-1348). Effects of Good

LORENZETTI, Ambrogio (1285-1348). Effects of Good Government on the City Life. First half 14th c. Detail. Renaissance art. Trecento. Fresco. ITALY. TUSCANY. Siena. Public Palace

Background imageSocial Collection: No Gypsies on Epson Downs 1929

No Gypsies on Epson Downs 1929
Romany Folk whose presence was forbidden on Epom Downs even on Derby Day. A group of gipsy women and children peg-making Date: 1929

Background imageSocial Collection: Horse That Took The Wrong Turning- At Epsom, by H. M. B

Horse That Took The Wrong Turning- At Epsom, by H. M. B
Maverick horse galloping the opposite direction to the rest of the race. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Background imageSocial Collection: Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of Nursing Techniques

Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of Nursing Techniques
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing

Background imageSocial Collection: Profile portrait of a smiling Japanese Geisha girl

Profile portrait of a smiling Japanese Geisha girl. Date: circa 1906

Background imageSocial Collection: Flower Power 1967

Flower Power 1967
HIPPIES His and Hers Flower Power outfits at the great Love-In at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, England. Date: August 1967

Background imageSocial Collection: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Jajce

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Jajce
Family group taking tea - a charming scene from Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Background imageSocial Collection: Les Papillons - a Monte Carlo impression by Lewis Baumer

Les Papillons - a Monte Carlo impression by Lewis Baumer
A colourful Mediterranean scene of Monte Carlo during the 1920s showing fashionably and gaily dressed women carrying paper parasols promenading along by the sea

Background imageSocial Collection: Winter fashion, 1954

Winter fashion, 1954
Two women wearing warm, practical but stylish coats. On the left is a reversible coat of white wool and proofed black gaberdine by Ledux and on the right as snug

Background imageSocial Collection: Paris Slum Scene

Paris Slum Scene
A Paris slum : general aspect of the rue Delambre, with home industries, laundry and other occupations in progress

Background imageSocial Collection: Taking a boat trip on the River Thames at Windsor

Taking a boat trip on the River Thames at Windsor
The riverboat Hampton Court prepares to take a boatload of daytrippers for a journey up the River Thames at Windsor. The woman in the foreground is blowing up some balloons - perhaps someone has a

Background imageSocial Collection: Henley Regatta 1903

Henley Regatta 1903
By the river during the Henley Regatta. Date: 1903

Background imageSocial Collection: Boat trips, Bridlington to Flamborough, Whitsun 1938

Boat trips, Bridlington to Flamborough, Whitsun 1938
Boat trips from Bridlington to Flamborough, North Yorkshire, during the Whitsun period, 1938. 1938

Background imageSocial Collection: A splendid cabinet photograph of two well-dressed women standing proudly with their bicycles

A splendid cabinet photograph of two well-dressed women standing proudly with their bicycles. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSocial Collection: Edinburgh Industrial School, Liberton, Gardening

Edinburgh Industrial School, Liberton, Gardening
Inmates gardening at Dr Guthries Original Industrial School for Boys, Liberton, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1899

Background imageSocial Collection: Wheatsheaf Inn - National Childrens Home, Edgworth

Wheatsheaf Inn - National Childrens Home, Edgworth
Children stand outside the former Wheatsheaf Inn at Edgworth, Lancashire. In 1872, the building was converted to form the nucleus of a branch of the National Childrens Home. Date: early 1900s

Background imageSocial Collection: Waifs and Strays Society Home, Sunny Side, Frome, Somerset

Waifs and Strays Society Home, Sunny Side, Frome, Somerset
Boys and staff outside the Home for Boys, at Sunny Side (or Sunnyside), Frome, opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1887. Date: circa 1893

Background imageSocial Collection: Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield, Gloucesterhire

Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield, Gloucesterhire. From 1948, the premises served as St Josephs Approved School for Roman Catholic Girls

Background imageSocial Collection: Suffrage Pilgrimage NUWSS 1914

Suffrage Pilgrimage NUWSS 1914
The official programme of the Great Demonstration on Saturday 26th July 1913, when the Pilgrims entered Hyde Park in four processions. Date: 1913 July

Background imageSocial Collection: The man Who Begged to Differ from his Mother-in-Law Bateman

The man Who Begged to Differ from his Mother-in-Law Bateman
The man Who Begged to Differ from his Mother-in-Law by Bateman. A terrified, small man cowering in a chair after disagreeing with his imperious looking mother in law

Background imageSocial Collection: Birmingham Middlemore Homes Emigration Party

Birmingham Middlemore Homes Emigration Party
A party of boys from Birminghams Middlemore Homes begin their journey to a new life in Canada. Each carries a large bag stencilled with their name in which their clothes

Background imageSocial Collection: Waifs and Strays Society Leeds St Chads Price List

Waifs and Strays Society Leeds St Chads Price List
Price list for socks and stockings produced at the Waifs and Strays Societys St Chads Home, Leeds. Date: 1898

Background imageSocial Collection: St Marys Home, Rottingdean, Sussex

St Marys Home, Rottingdean, Sussex
St Marys Home, Rottingdean, a magdalen home founded in 1855 for fallen young women. Date: Date unknown

Background imageSocial Collection: Hereford Industrial School Superintendent

Hereford Industrial School Superintendent Edwin Horth Date: early 1900s

Background imageSocial Collection: Hereford Industrial School Washroom

Hereford Industrial School Washroom
Boys washing at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s

Background imageSocial Collection: Oakamoor Boys Home Garden, Coed Pella Road, Colwyn Bay

Oakamoor Boys Home Garden, Coed Pella Road, Colwyn Bay
Staff pose in the garden of the Oakamoor Boys Home, Coed Pella Road, Colwyn Bay, North Wales Date: early 1900s

Background imageSocial Collection: Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Boys at Camp

Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Boys at Camp
Boys and staff from Headingley Orphan Homes pose in front of a tent at their annual summer camp. Date: circa 1916

Background imageSocial Collection: Freemasons Hall, London

Freemasons Hall, London
FREEMASONS HALL, LONDON A banquet of the Royal Humane Society is in progress, and a procession of persons saved from drowning during the past year passes among the guests Date: 1841

Background imageSocial Collection: Fashionable riders in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London

Fashionable riders in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London
Fashionable riders in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, Central London. Date: 1889

Background imageSocial Collection: Native American Indian Picture Writing

Native American Indian Picture Writing (Medicine Mans Chant) of the Chippewa or Ojibbewa Indians. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSocial Collection: Photo of HRH Prince of Wales aboard HMS Repulse

Photo of HRH Prince of Wales aboard HMS Repulse
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 24th October 1925 of HRH Prince of Wales aboard HMS Repulse on the way home from a South American tour

Background imageSocial Collection: Advert for Finnigans, New Bond Street, London, W1

Advert for Finnigans, New Bond Street, London, W1
Black and white advert in the Sketch for Finnigans of New Bond Street, London, featuring their Private Cocktail Bar which was...fitted at Back with shelves and compartments for Glasses, Bottles, etc

Background imageSocial Collection: Princess Louise Home, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

Princess Louise Home, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
The Princess Louise Home at Kingston Hill was run by the National Society for the Protection of Young Girls. Date: circa 1905

Background imageSocial Collection: St Marks Home, Natland, Kendal

St Marks Home, Natland, Kendal
St Marks Waifs and Strays Home at Natland, near Kendal

Background imageSocial Collection: Blue and Yellow MACAWS / Blue and Gold macaws - X2 preening

Blue and Yellow MACAWS / Blue and Gold macaws - X2 preening (Ara ararauna). Taman Burning Bali Bird Park, Bali Island, Indonesia

Background imageSocial Collection: Henley-on-Thames Regatta

Henley-on-Thames Regatta
Hiring out river craft along Thameside during the royal regatta. early 1900s Date: early 1900s



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