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

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

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

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
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

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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