Images Dated 21st December 2010 (#730)

Housemaid does the laundry (Monday)
Monday: Ruth the housemaid does the laundry, unhappy because its raining and she won t be able to hang it out to dry

Twin puppies and escaped rabbit
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, come across an escaped rabbit from the hutch in the yard

George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
GEORGE NATHANIEL Marquess CURZON of KEDLESTON Statesman

Various wild cats: male and female Lion with cubs, Tiger, and Jaguar

Twin puppies explore
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, decide to venture outside and explore

Shot mill, Waterloo Bridge, London
Manufacture - The Shot Mill at Waterloo Bridge, London

Schoolboys studying in school library
Schoolboys studying in the school library

Four thirsty geese, words and music
Four thirsty geese on the wing Who wanted to drink at the well of the king... and five geese, and six geese, and seven geese and a gosling

Ice skating scene
An ice skating scene, with an athletic male skater in the foreground, a couple further back, and a non-skating man with his non-skating dog

Twin puppies burrow into rabbit hole
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, try to make the rabbit hole bigger so that they can get through it

Advertisements, illustrated books for children
Advertisements for various illustrated books for children, some for them to colour in themselves, and some designed to bring them up as good little Christians

Pupil reading with teacher
A boy pupil reading with his teacher, at her desk in front of the blackboard

Dupuy de Lome airship
Nacelle (basket or carriage) of Dupuy de Lomes dirigible

Arrival of Christmas train, Eastern Counties Railway
Passengers loading their luggage onto an Eastern Counties Railway train, preparing to depart for Christmas

King Alfreds galleys in battle with Vikings

Science lesson, Northfield House, Leicester
Teacher helps pupil with his test tube experiment at Northfield House Junior School, Leicester

Interior, Victoria Station, London
The new Victoria Station at Pimlico - an interior view of the terminus when it had just opened in Central London

Butchers at work, with shop scene
Butchers at work producing beef, lamb and pork, with items on display in a shop (top right)

Nuts in May, words and music
Here we go gathering nuts in May, On a cold and frosty morning.... Date: 1886

Seven types of carnivore: Weasel, Ermine, Ferret, Sable, Striped Skunk, Otter, and Marine Otter

Two dogs sit up and beg for food
Two hungry dogs sit up and beg for their food

Children at table with picture book
A brother and sister look at pictures in their book of nursery rhymes

Twin puppies quarrel over footstool
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, quarrel over who is going to have the footstool. The advice is, never be a twin if you can possibly help it

Italian couple
An Italian man and woman stop for a chat

How many miles to Barley Bridge? words and music
How many miles to Barley Bridge? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle light? Yes, and back again

Twin puppies lost in undergrowth
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, get lost in the undergrowth

Twin puppies chasing a rabbit
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, attempt to catch an escaped rabbit

Here come three dukes, words and music
Here come three Dukes a-riding, with a rancy tancy tee. And pray what is your will, Sirs? With a rancy tancy tee

Maid sees little girl asleep
The maid is pleased to see that Margery is already fast asleep

Pupils in secondary school playground, Wales
Pupils in a school playground, at a secondary school in Wales

Dyak couple, Borneo
A Dyak couple, Borneo

Here we come up the green grass, words and music
Here we come up the green grass, On a dusty, dusty day. Fair maid, pretty maid, Give your hand to me.... Naughty miss she won t come out

Housemaid ironing clothes (Wednesday)
Wednesday: The housemaid irons the clothes

Boy at hot springs drinking fountain, Bath
Boy drinking from a water fountain containing water from the Hot Springs of Bath

Twin puppies falling off footstool
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, end up on their backs on the floor in their quarrel over who is to have the footstool

Fruit and vegetable stall, Brynmawr, Wales
Woman buying fruit and vegetables from a market stall in Brynmawr, Wales

Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor
Charles Alfred Cripps, first Baron Parmoor lawyer and politician

George William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Cambridge
GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge

Costume February 1864
Lastest Paris fashion of 1864

Shakespeare illustrated title page
An illustrated title page, showing vignette scenes from the Comedies, with Shakespeare himself above and below in youth and old age

Queen Bertha, later a saint
BERTHA, BERTA, BERTE, BERTHE, BERTRADA or ALDEBERGE Queen of Ethelbert, King of Kent, daughter of Charibert I, Merovingian King of Paris

Blackfriars Station, City of London
Blackfriars Station in the City of London is the terminus for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, but some trains go through to Holborn Viaduct

Tom the Pipers Son and toy soldiers
Tom the Pipers Son shows Margery and Freddy some toy soldiers standing guard outside a palace

French trades book cover
Cover design for a French book about trades and their associated tools

Children on swings, Sheffield
Children on the swings in a Sheffield playground

Dame Marjorie book, Dedication
Dedication: Dame Marjorie is about to open up the cupboard and show the treasures inside to the children

Do you know the muffin man? words and music
Do you know the muffin man, Who lives in Drury Lane?

Twin puppies with hen
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, consider shooing a hen away so that they can see how many eggs she has laid

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