Taught Collection (page 3)

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 1920S
A 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 Signalman
This 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 Cadets
A 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 Guns
Red Guard from the Putilov factory are issued with guns and taught what to do with them : they pose for the camera

Social / Azerbaijan 20C
Jewish children being taught in a synagogue in Azerbaijan

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

Learning to Roll Pastry
Two little girls (Princess Victoria and Princess Alice) are taught by their mother (Queen Victoria) how to roll pastry and make jam

Mettray / General View
Birds eye view of the Agricultural Colony at Mettray, France, where street children are taught farming and occupational skills

French Taught to Salute
French infantrymen are taught when and how and who to salute

French Trumpeteers
French cavalrymen are taught to use their trumpets

Jersey Open Air School
Children being taught in the open air at a school in Jersey, Channel Islands

Grown Ladies Taught
Grown Ladies..taught to Dance: 2 girls smirk as a toothless yet fashionable old lady goes through her paces with the dancing master - (mirrored in a picture of a cat & monkey)

French Schoolkids
Children from Alsace are taught that La France est notre patrie (= France is our fatherland)

Wwi / Zeppelin Danger
BRITISH MEANS PLUCK London schoolchildren are taught about the dangers of zeppelins : If the zeppelins come, keep indoors, put lights out and keep quiet

Adult Evening Class
A Free evening class at Louth, Lincolnshire, England, taught by Mr Colam for working men

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

English in Transvaal
UNE BONNE LECON The English soldier is taught a good lesson by the natives of the Transvaal, when he tries to make off with bags of ill-gotten African gold

Wwi / Alsace / French Lesson
In a recaptured part of Alsace, lost to the Germans in 1870, French is taught to young local children

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

A Girls Education
A handsome girl is taught to dance, watched by her mother who knows how valuable this accomplishment is in making an advantageous marriage... the facial expressions are superb!

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

Strauss and Monkey
Strauss, a German savant, believes that by careful dieting, animals can be taught to think and speak, and fish can be taught to sing

Cinchona in Peru
European travellers in Peru are taught the medicinal effects of QUININE; French missionaries had learnt this in 1630, but the curative element was not identified

Learning the Balalaika
A group of Russian children being taught how to play the balalaika and mandolin, with piano accompaniment

Learn from Flying Fish 2
Now that birds have taught mankind to fly, flying fish encourage him to combine the submarine and the aeroplane. Date: 1911

Learn from Flying Fish 1
If birds taught mankind to fly, what can the inventor learn from flying fish ? Combining the submarine and the aeroplane must surely be the next development

Hereward Learns to Pray
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Torfrida taught the Saxon hero Hereward to kneel down and pray, dogs and baby beside them. Date: circa 1070

Performing Horse C. 1700
The Finest Taught Horse in the World. The horse bedecked in floral garlands assists in a card trick. No doubt he just responds to small signals from his master

Lessons of War
At school, children are taught the glories of victory on the battlefield !

Wife Taught to Shoot
A landowners wife is instructed how to defend herself should she be attacked by terrorists

Population / Census 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English

Women Working
Girls learning the art of salesmanship at the Westminster School of Retail Distribution, London

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