Term Collection

The Blue Stocking, by Reginald Higgins
A colour illustration showing a lady perched on library steps reading a book. The picture is entitled The Bluestocking, a term traditionally applied to academic women

Suffragettes Released from Prison. A group of suffragette prisoners leave Holloway Prison on 31st July 1908, smiling and waving

1957 nuclear test: Fall-out
Fallout: The sinister and prolonged after-effect of nuclear explosions: a drawing illustrating some characteristics of this haunting phenomenon.An illustration by special Illustrated London News

Degar tribal Central Highlands of Vietnam
Vintage 19th century photograph: Degar tribal group, or Montagnard, which is an umbrella term for the various indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Southsea, Clarence Pier tram term

Portrait of Mr McKinley
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 ?? September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States from 1897, until his assassination in 1901

Original Artwork - Good Luck at School card design
Original Artwork - design for a Good Luck at School greetings card with a boy and a girl in new school uniform and a cat wearing a matching school tie! Date: circa 1937

Postcard design - Wishing you Luck, as the new term begins
Postcard design - Heres Wishing you Luck, as the new term begins. A schoolboy walking off for the first day at school. Date: circa 1937

Kola Dancers. India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Kola tribal dancers, Munda-speaking peoples, NE India

Degar tribal group, Central Highlands of Vietnam
Vintage 19th century photograph: Degar tribal group, or Montagnard, which is an umbrella term for the various indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Hungarian dancing couple Renee and Alexander, 1930 - who followed a season in Cairo with a term at the Lido in Paris Date: 1930

Fountain of the Organ at Villa d Este, Tivoli, Rome, Italy
Fountain of the Organ at the Villa d Este, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy, dating back to 1568. The movement of the water causes music to play. Date: circa 1890s

Bleriot XI 8, undergoing repair after landing Aux Vaches (among the cows - the French term for landing away from an airfield) Date: circa 1910

Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Dog Watch
circa 1906

SWEETS / 1ST DAY OF TERM
A little girl brings in a large cone of sweets on the first day of term. Date: 1930

LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1792 - 1878), Presenting the new Reform Bill to the House of Commons during his second term as Prime Minister. Date: 1860

Edward Cave (1691-1754). was an English printer, editor and publisher. He coined the term magazine for a periodical, founding The Gentlemans Magazine in 1731

Attack on Whig mug-house
The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom

Good luck wish
Schoolgirl with satchel and hockey stick and the message: A Happy Term old girl to you: Success in games and lessons too. Artist: Iris Chick. Date: circa 1928

China Martyrs - Missionaries killed during Boxer Rebellion
The " China Martyrs of 1900" is a term used by some Protestant Christians to refer to American and European missionaries and converts who were killed during the Boxer Rebellion

French cartoon, anarchist newspapers
French political cartoon -- Fin du trimestre (End of term) -- a woman is upset to see what she thinks are anarchistic newspapers in her house. 19th century

Kaffir Kraal
A Kaffir kraal : the term Kaffir is used somewhat indiscriminately of South African natives, but these are probably Bantu-speaking people of Cape Province

Music cover, The Holiday Fantasia, composed by John Pridham. Showing three scenes: Breaking Up, Going Home, Welcome Home. circa 1870

Fourth Term, East India Companys Military Seminary
Photograph: Fourth Term, East India Companys Military Seminary, Addiscombe, June 1857. One of 53 photographs. Intended to train the Company

Photograph: Ranghar of the Indian Army, Eastern Punjab, 1943-44. Ranghar was a term applied by Hindus to any Rajput who had, or whose ancestors had, converted to Islam

Marcus Andrew Clarke
MARCUS ANDREW CLARKE - Australian writer (author of For the Term of his Natural Life - about convict life in Australia) Date: 1846 - 1881

Winston Churchill returning as Prime Minister
Winston Churchills first term of office as prime minister in peacetime: the leader of the conservative party with Mrs Churchill after hearing the declaration of the poll at Woodford

South Africa - Kaffir Caves
Black and white photograph of mouth of cave used as dwelling-place, South Africa.. This slide dates from the late 19th century. The racial term kaffir was commonly used at the time

Flying Terms Defined - Flier Education. A jolly cartoon dog demonstrates some flight terminology: Power Diving (attempt to grab a bone thwarted)

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Is My Journey Really Necessary?
" We have to gain the Victory that is our Task." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister Is My Journey Really Necessary

English Blue Jacket - Enlisted Sailor in British Navy
English Blue Jacket - the term for an enlisted sailor in the British Navy. Looking out to sea, just in case anyone was heading our way... Date: circa 1910s

Musical Terms Up to Date - Adagio - very Slow! A pretty young girl sits expectantly, whilst her elderly suitor takes a LONG TIME to make his move! Date: circa 1905

Billiards Illustrated - A Little Too Fine
A fisherman fly fishing in a Scottish Loch is thwarted in his attempts to land a sprightly salmon by his choice of fishing line, which appears to be far too thin

Tycoon on his yacht - Making for Port
Yachting Terms illustrated: Making for Port. A rich tycoon on the high seas reaching across the moving table for the decanter of port with a total lack of success! Date: 1908

Theophilus of Antioch
THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH Syrian prelate. Bishop of Antioch (by 170); one of the fathers of the church; first known writer to use the term " Trinity". Date: ? - 180

Paper sorting, Salvation Army Elevator
Men sorting paper at one of the Salvation Army Elevators. The Elevators provided the destitute with both short-term work and hostel-style accommodation

William O Brien (1852-1928)
Photograph of William O Brien, the Irish journalist and nationalist, seen during his term of office representing Cork in the British Parliament

Lord Palmerston (1784-1865)
Engraving of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, the English Statesman, published during his last term as Prime Minister, between 1859 and 1865

Tatar Chief / Mongolian
A Mongolian Chief from the Nadeshda Bay Region. The term Tatar was given to many Asiatic peoples in this period from Turkey to the Far East

Game / Dressing up 19C
A schoolgirl looks on with interest as a fellow-border unpacks her clothes at the start of a new term in boarding school

Aunt Sallys Christmas Boxes: John Crasss Discomfiture
A Victorian family around a dining table during the distribution of envelopes of money, or Christmas boxes to servants. The servant who has just received his is either embarrassed or unimpressed with

Mckinley Inauguration
WILLIAM MCKINLEY The inauguration of William McKinley to a second term as President of the USA at the Capitol Washington

Sinner in Purgatory
A sinner in purgatory expiates his wickedness but hopes for better things as one of his companions who has served her term is released by an angel

Little Girl / Cone / Sweets
A little girl brings in a large cone of sweets on the first day of term

Moscow Boys School
Beginning of the term at School no 170, Sverdlov district, Moscow. The teacher looks at the work of one of her boy pupils

Naphtha Fire Near Baku
Naphtha on fire near Baku : at this date, the term is used to define any naturally occurring hydrocarbons

French Mental Patients 2
Three of Voisins patients at the Salpetriere, classed by him as lypemaniaque (term not in any dictionary !) The lower pictures show Mme Ball... before & after treatment

Bridewell, London
Women prisoners, many with children, doss down in the Pass-Room at Bridewell, for the reception of short-term female offenders. It is located near Blackfriars

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