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Gas Attack SchoolA school in Berlin, Germany, where pupils are taught how to protect themselves against asphixiating gas attacks and how to rescue and revive other people. Date: 1930s
Disabled Dance ClassDisabled children are taught to dance by teacher Miss Betsy Adlard, using the special methods invented by Miss Margaret Morris. It is difficult for them, but fun. Date: 1930s
George Buchanan / HardingGEORGE BUCHANAN Scottish humanist writer, satirised Franciscans, supported Calvinism, imprisoned by the Inquisition, taught Montaigne, James VI. Date: 1506 - 1582
Mary Baker Eddy / Cole1898MARY BAKER EDDY Founder of Christian Science in 1898, when she taught her last class Date: 1821 - 1910
Ralph Abercromby / HoppnerSIR RALPH ABERCROMBY British General who taught the Duke of Wellington the art of war Date: 1734 - 1801
Ralph Abercromby / DartonSIR RALPH ABERCROMBY British General who taught the Duke of Wellington the art of war Date: 1734 - 1801
Thomas Inglefield, limbless painterTHOMAS INGLEFIELD born without arms or legs in 1769, yet taught himself to draw with the stump of his arm. Date: 1804
Johann Valerius (2)JOHANN VALERIUS German born without arms, but who taught himself to do amazing things such as firing a musket with his feet Date: 1667 - 1705+
Goldsmith / PeckhamOLIVER GOLDSMITH School in Peckham where the Irish writer taught Date: 1730 - 1774
Sir Ralph AbercrombySIR RALPH ABERCROMBY British General, who taught the Duke of Wellington the art of war Date: 1734 - 1801
Johann ValeriusJOHANN VALERIUS German born without arms, but who taught himself to do amazing things such as firing a musket with his feet Date: 1667 - 1705+
Group of orphaned children during Revolution, RussiaA group of orphaned children who have lost their parents during the Revolutionary period in Russia, being taught to sew by their carers. Date: circa 1917
WW1 Naval Artillery TrainingWorld War 1 Naval Artillery Training, England. Captioned: Where the lads are taught to shoot. Date: 1910s
Little Toy MakerSwedish children are taught to make toys out of wood and straw. Here is a little girl with her first masterpiece ! Date: 1930s
Domenico PuligoDOMENICO PULIGO Italian artist from Firenze, noted for pictures of the Madonna and the Holy Family : a friend of Andrea del Sarto who taught him much. Date: 1475 - 1527
All-Weather GolfA woman golfer being taught how to hit the ball properly at Milbury Court all weather indoor golf club. Date: early 1930s
Agricultural StudentsYoung women students being taught how to harvest, Swanley Agricultural College, Kent, Engalnd. Date: early 1930s
Janet Hamilton, PoetJANET HAMILTON (nee Thomson) Scottish poet, who taught herself to read at age 5, to write at age 54 : she became blind in 1866 despite bearing ten children. Date: 1795 - 1873
China - Xianxian - French Jesuit Mission - Childrens ChoirChina - Xianxian - French Jesuit Mission - Young children having a lesson outside. Date: circa 1905
Learning to Mend ShoesA class of London County Council schoolboys being taught how to repair shoes. Date: early 1930s
Girls in Class / Iln 1911East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911
NFS firewomen in dispatch rider training, WW2London Region NFS firewomen undergoing dispatch rider training. Taught to do everything with a motorbike that could be done, these women would undertake all-terrain training
European Gentleman in India learning ArabicAn European Gentleman with his Moonshee, or Native Professor of Languages. (plate 1 of 20) Date: 1813
Supreme being TaughtPlacard for use in schools, intended to inculcate devotion to L Etre Supreme instead of the old Christian deity, proposed by Robespierre and approved by the Convention. Date: 7 May 1794
African ChildrenThese three young Africans have been taught to dress respectably and to salute their elders and betters... Date: early 20th century
Jumping SheepdogTwo schoolboys lock hands and a sheepdog is taught to jump inbetween them. Date: early 1930s
Maori WoodcarvingWesternised schoolboy descendents of Maori tribes are taught the woodcarving skills of their forefathers, at a school in New Zealand. Date: 1940s
Female boxer" The modern girl taught to prefer a bout with the gloves, to a scratch with her finger nails". 1. Her first lesson. 2. Fair professionals. 3. Training under instructions of a champion. 4
Jewish School in PolandA group of Jewish schoolboys being taught at a Jewish school in Poland. Date: early 1930s
Leapfrog Girls 1940STwo Australian girls playing leapfrog. Under an Australian National Health scheme, children from deprived areas were taught how to enjoy exercise and stay healthy. Date: 1940s
Forging of NotungAct one : taught by Mime, Siegfried forges Notung the magic sword
Merlin and VivianVivian enchants Merlin with the magic which he himself - besotted by her charms - has taught her
Cricket - Crystal PalaceGirls are taught how to play cricket at Crystal Palace. Date: 1950s
Authority in the young / W H RobinsonCultivating a sense of authority in the future Empire builders. A roll reversal at school as the pupil heads the lesson and the school masters are taught
The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in LivePrince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamens Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care
Clown learning to ride bare-back horses, c. 1888Engraving showing a clown being taught either to ride horses bare-backed or to fly at a circus, c.1888
Language StudentsLondon telephone girls being taught French and German in a classroom
Aspasia (Sculpture)ASPASIA Greek adventuress and consort of the Athenian statesman Pericles, said to have taught rhetoric and to have conversed with Socrates
WOMENs PRISON 1920SA corner of the French " Borstal" for girls at Fresne, where girls under age who have been convicted for small offences are kept and taught an ordinary school curriculum
Ape SignalmanThis signalman of Uitenhage, South Africa, lost both legs and an arm when run over by a train : he taught a baboon to operate the signals when he heard the train whistle
Navy CadetsA group of boys is taught about steam driven electric generators, which light and heat ships. They hope to become navy cadets one day
Red Guard Learn GunsRed Guard from the Putilov factory are issued with guns and taught what to do with them : they pose for the camera
Social / Azerbaijan 20CJewish children being taught in a synagogue in Azerbaijan
Ragged SchoolScene in a ragged school, probably in London, where homeless boys are cared for and taught a useful trade
Learning to Roll PastryTwo little girls (Princess Victoria and Princess Alice) are taught by their mother (Queen Victoria) how to roll pastry and make jam
Mettray / General ViewBirds eye view of the Agricultural Colony at Mettray, France, where street children are taught farming and occupational skills
French Taught to SaluteFrench infantrymen are taught when and how and who to salute
French TrumpeteersFrench cavalrymen are taught to use their trumpets