Truant Collection

Truant School, Hightown, Liverpool
Design for the Liverpool School Board Truant School at Hightown, Liverpool, by the architect Thomas Mellard Reade. Date: 1878

The Little Truant by Muriel Dawson
Back view of a little girl in a pink dress and hat, striding off through a field of flowers holding a basket

Portraits of Royal Dogs
Portraits of Queen Victorias Stag Hounds. Left to Right: Troilus, Truant, Dragsman, Truman, Rummemede & Traveller

Fyfield Truant Industrial School, Essex
Boys at the Fyfield Truant Industrial School, near Ongar, Essex, run by the West Ham School Board. Date: circa 1913

Sheffield Truant School
A view of the Truant school established in 1879 in a former workhouse at Hollow Meadows, Bradfield, near Sheffield

Truant School Licence Form
Licence to live outside the Walthamstow Truant Industrial School issued in the 1880s by the Tottenham, Hornsey and Edmonton School Boards. Date: 1880s

Beacon Truant Industrial School, Lichfield - Classroom
Beacon Truant Industrial School, Lichfield - boys sit at desks with teachers standing behind. Date: circa 1900

Beacon Truant Industrial School, Lichfield - a view of the building. Date: circa 1900

Highbury Truant School, London - Tailoring Class
A tailoring class at the London School Boards Highbury Truant School. Some boys are using sewing machines. Date: early 1900s

Highbury Truant School, London - Mat Making
Boys at the London School Boards Highbury Truant School make mats on a loom. Date: early 1900s

Highbury Truant School, London - Dumb-bell Drill
Boys at the London School Boards Highbury Truant School carry out a dumb-bell drill. Date: early 1900s

Highbury Truant & Industrial School, London - Dumbbells
Rows of boys carry out a dumbbell drill in a playground at Highbury Truant and Industrial School. Date: Date unknown

Treharris Truant School and Quakers Yard Viaduct, Glamorgan
A view of the Treharris Truant School and Quakers Yard Viaduct, Glamorgan. Date: circa 1905

Treharris Truant School
Truant School, Treharris, Glamorgan. Date: circa 1910

Three schoolboys run away from school in nautical disguise
Three errant schoolboys run away from school and disguise themselves as little sailors Date: 1898

11: 30 AM Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother an
11:30 AM Jennie Rizzandi, 9 year old girl, helping mother and father finish garments in a dilapidated tenement, 5 Extra Pl. NYC. They all work until 9 PM when busy, and make about $2 to $2.50 a week

Boys at Truant School, Highbury Grove
Boys in their uniform at the London County Councils Truant School at Highbury Grove in North London opened in 1891. Date: 1895

Truant School, Highbury Grove, London
The London County Councils Truant School at Highbury Grove in North London opened in 1891. Date: 1895

New arrivals at Truant School, Highbury Grove
New arrivals at the London County Councils Truant School at Highbury Grove in North London opened in 1891. Date: 1895

Crossing Hellgate River
A U.S. government exploring party crossing the Hellgate river - mules follow a path made through the ice (except for one truant !)

Ragged Truants Captured
An inspector of the London School Board accompanied by a constable captures a ragged group of schoolboys playing truant

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