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Barnardos William Baker Technical School - WheelwrightsBoys making cartwheels in the wheelwrights workshop at Barnardos William Baker Technical School (also known as Goldings ), near Hertford. Date: early 1900s
Hereford Boys Industrial SchoolThe entrance of the Industrial School for Boys, Hereford. Date: circa 1910
Great Yarmouth Common Lodging House Bye LawsPart of the bye laws for the regulation of Common Lodging Houses, issued by the Great Yarmouth Local Board of Health. Date: 1868
Aux Enfants Assistes: L Abandon - Edouard GelhayEdouard Gelhays Aux Enfants Assistes: L Abandon - a mother deposits an unwanted child at a French state-run institution. Date: 1887
Fairbridge Farm School, Australia - Girls Tea PartyShakespeare House girls tea party at the Fairbridge Farm School at Pinjarra, near Perth, Western Australia. Date: 1930s
Fairbridge Farm School, Australia - Girls CottageA senior girls cottage at the Fairbridge Farm School at Pinjarra, near Perth, Western Australia. Date: 1920s
Fairbridge Farm School, Australia - ChurchChurch of the Holy Innocents at the Fairbridge Farm School at Pinjarra, near Perth, Western Australia. Date: 1920s
Fairbridge Farm School, Australia - Typical BoyA so-called typical boy at the Fairbridge Farm School at Pinjarra, near Perth, Western Australia. Date: 1930s
Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - FacadeThe facade of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s
County Industrial School, Ashford, KentSome of the building at the Kent County Industrial School, Ashford. Date: early 1900s
Bont Newydd Orphanage, CarnarvonChildren and matron at the Calvinistic Methodists Orphanage at Bont Newydd, near Carnarvon (Caernarfon). Date: early 1900s
Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Utility RoomGirls at laundry work in the utility room of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s
Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Older GirlsOlder girls at the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909
Barnardos Carter Home, ClaphamThe Carter Home for Destitute Boys opened by Barnardos in 1870 on the High Street, Clapham. Date: circa 1907
Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Aerial ViewAn aerial view of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s
Barnardos Boys with Rev WJ MayersMusical performers from Barnardos homes, accompanied by the Rev. W.J. Mayers. Date: circa 1910
A Cats Hotel in HammersmithPage from The Tatler reporting on a cat hotel at Gordon Cottage, Hammersmith. Main photographs shows the cats enjoying their daily brush
Polars bears at the London Hippodrome, January 1910Seventy polar bears, transported there to take part in the theatres Christmas water spectacular, The Arctic. Fifty of them plunged from icebergs into the water while the remaining bears roamed about
Infant Orphan Asylum, WansteadEntrance lodge at the Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, London. Date: Date unknown
Gwynne House, Barnardos Home, Woodford BridgeGwynne House was an old mansion in whose grounds Thomas Barnardo erected his Boys Garden City, Woodford Bridge, Essex. Date: circa 1922
London Orphan & Royal British Orphan School, WatfordBoys infirmary ward at the London Orphan School & Royal British Orphan School, Watford. Date: 1920s
The Holt, LedburyA view of The Holt, Ross Road, Ledbury. From 1950 to the 1970s, the property was used as a childrens home.by Herefordshire County Council. Date: Date unknown
Stourbridge Blue Coat SchoolA view of the Blue Coat School, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, also known as Old Swinford Hospital, . It was founded by Thomas Foley in 1667. Date: Date unknown
St Johns Industrial School, WalthamstowA view of the St Johns Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, Walthamstow, Essex. Date: Date unknown
St Anns Girls Home, AmblesideA view of the St Annes Home for Girls, Ambleside, Westmorland. The home was opened in 1907 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1911
Royal Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - HallInterior of the Old Hall at the Royal Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner Date: 1920s
Quarriers Homes - LaundryGirls at work in the laundry at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1920
Quarriers Homes - Joiners Homes - ShopBoys at work with carpentry tools in the joiners shop at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1920
Quarriers Glasgow City Orphan HomeThe Glasgow City Orphan Home opened by James Quarrier in 1875. Date: Date unknown
Quarriers Fairknowe Home, Brockville, CanadaThe Fairknowe Home at Brockville, Canada, used to receive child emigrants from Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1900
Quarriers Homes - Elise HospitalThe Elise Hospital at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1912
Quarriers Homes - Elise Hospital WardHospital Ward in the Elise Hospital at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1912
Quarriers Homes - Elise Hospital Operating TheatreOperating room in the Elise Hospital at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1912
Quarriers Homes - Consumption Sanatoria of ScotlandThe Consumption Sanatoria of Scotland linked to the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1900
Quarriers Homes - Colony of MercyThe Colony of Mercy - a facility for epilepsy sufferers at the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland site, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1900
National Childrens Home, PenarthBoys practise signalling at the Gibbs Memorial Home - a branch of the National Childrens Home (NCH) at Penarth, Glamorgan Date: Date unknown
National Childrens Home, HarpendenChildren in the open-air school at the sanatorium of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Date: Date unknown
National Childrens Home, Birmingham Boy ScoutsBoy Scouts practice bridge building at the Princess Alice Orphanage - a branch of the National Childrens Home (NCH), at Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham. Date: Date unknown
Nazareth House, Southend on SeaThe new wing of the Nazareth House at Southend on Sea, Essex. Date: Date unknown
Mullers Orphan Houses - Swimming BathInterior of the swimming bath opened in 1910 at Mullers New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol. Date: circa 1910
Mullers Orphan Houses - DormitoryInfant girls dormitory at Mullers New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol. Date: Date unknown
Hampstead Orphan Working School - SewingGirls engaged in a summer outdoor sewing class at the Hampstead Orphan Working School, London. Date: early 1900s
Hampstead Orphan Working School - WalkBoys from Hampstead Orphan Working School being taken for a walk. Date: early 1900s
Hampstead Orphan Working School - PlaygroundBoys playground at the Hampstead Orphan Working School, London. Date: early 1900s
Childrens Choir, St Anns Industrial School, Booterstown, DCountess of Aberdeen poses with the choir of St Anns Industrial School from Booterstown, near Dublin, Ireland. Date: Date unknown
RAOB Orphanage, SouthboroughThe orphanage at Southborough, Kent, opened in 1924 by the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. Date: Date unknown
Brixton Orphanage for Fatherless GirlsA view of the frontage of the Orphanage for Fatherless Girls, Barrington Road, Brixton. Date: Date unknown
Sheet Metal Workers, William Baker Technical School, HertforBoys at their work benches in the sheet metal workshop at the William Baker Technical School, Hertford, run by Barnardo s. Date: Date unknown