Images Dated 18th January 2012 (page 2)

Pierrot & pierette in yellow
Pierrot and pierrette dancing in fornt of a heavy curtain. Date: 1902

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

Northleach Prison, Gloucestershire
The Gloucestershire County gaol at Northleach. Unusually, its cells were arranged around the circumference of a polygon with the cell doors opening onto an unenclosed walkway

Firemen
" From a postcard illustration. " Escape Turn Out". " Date: 1903

Sailor dancing on the beach
Sailor and two ladies dancing a jig with gusto on the beach. Date: 1902

Advertisement using silhouettes
Newspaper advertisement. Underwood Devilled Ham Date: 1922

Pick-a-back
Children playing a traditional game, from a postcard series of games and pastimes. Date: 1904

The Childrens Home Hospital, London Branch, 23 Bonner Road
Children stand in front of the small hospital set up on Bonner Road, Bethnal Green, to serve the nearby Childrens Home and Orphanage

Orsett Workhouse
The Union workhouse at Orsett, Essex. The building, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, was erected in 1827. It later became Orsett Hospital. Date: Date unknown

Two pierrots and a pierrette on an exterior balcony. Date: 1902

Liberty print fabric
From a postcard published by Liberty & Co Date: 1938

Jack and Jill
" Traditional nursery rhyme promotional postcard for Wrights Coal Tar Soap. " Jack fell down and broke his crown" " Date: c.1914

Thrapston Union workhouse, Northamptonshire
The Thrapston Union workhouse in Northamptonshire designed by William J Donthorn. The establishment later adopted the name Cedar House. Date: circa 1920s

King John signs the Magna Carta
" From " Historical Events", a series of postcards. " Date: 1905

Cinderella and Prince Charming at their wedding. Date: c.1912

Out for a trip
Children enjoying a rideon the sea in a rowing boat, from a postcard series of games and pastimes. Date: 1904

Goosey Goosey Gander
Traditional nursery rhyme. Date: c.1914

Edwardian lady skating
" Jolly Edwardian lady in white hat, scarf and muff ice skating. " Maud is admired by all". " Date: c.1908

Liberty print fabric
From a postcard published by Liberty & Co Date: 1938

Johann Cristian Bauer
1802-1867. German type designer, punchcutter, and founder of the Bauer Type Foundry. Date: 1905

Bruno Rollitz
German engraver. Date: 1928

Shardlow Union Workhouse, Staffordshire
Part of Shardlow Union Workhouse or Shardlow Institution as it was sometimes referred to. The site later became Grove Hospital. Date: Date unknown

Liberty print dressing gowns for men
Image from Liberty catalogue Date: c.1930

Liverpool Cottage Homes - Infants
A group of infants at the Liverpool Vestrys Cottage Homes, Olive Mount, Wavertree. The homes were erected in 1898 to house pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1908

Spectacle chatelaines, from thes Maw & Sons catalogue Date: 1903

Liverpool Cottage Homes - Girls drill
Girls perform a playground drill with sticks at the Liverpool Vestrys Cottage Homes, Olive Mount, Wavertree. The homes were erected in 1898 to house pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1906

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Engraving of Wolfgang Mozart. Date: c.1850

Erdington Cottage Homes Girls Netball Team
Girls 1926-27 netball team at Erdington Homes, Birmingham. The homes were opened in 1899 by the Aston Union to house pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

James Greenwood
A portrait of James Greenwood who rose to prominence in 1866 after his colourful account of an incognito stay in the Lambeth workhouse tramps ward was published in the Pall Mall Gazette

Revolving Bow Tie
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Firemen
" From a postcard illustration. " The Smoke Helmet". " Date: 1903

Rowton House, Vauxhall
Entrance to the Rowton House on Bond Street (now Bondway) at Vauxhall, South London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built

Two children in the snow
Christmas scene with two children out in the snow. Date: c.1907

Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood
Blind inmates enjoying activities such as cycling, boating, and swings at Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood. The specially constructed cycles had their wheels side-by-side. Date: 1895

Joyce Green Hospital Sitting Room in Nurses Home
Sitting Room in the nurses home at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Z is the Zeal the housewife shews
Advertising for Puritan Soap. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

Ardwick Industrial School, Manchester - Boys at Camp
Boys from the Ardwick Industrial School, Manchester at Camp carrying the wooden floor for tent. Their assorted headgear includes caps and a cowboy hat. An old barn stands behind. Date: circa 1912

Romantic couple
Postcard illustration. Date: 1905

Barnardos Home for Little Incurables, Bradford, Yorkshire
The Matron, nurses and children at the Dr Barnardos Home for Little Incurables at Bradford, Yorkshire. One child is in a bath-chair, another sits on a tricycle. Date: 1908

Xmas. Children follow Santa
In a winter scene, children follow Santa with his sack of toys. Date: 1908

Bystander front cover - Prince of Wales as a polo player
Edward, Prince of Wales (1895 - 1972), later King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor, pictured on the front cover of The Bystander, in polo clothing

Humorous postcard - Workhouse Tramp gets the Order of the B
A humorous postcard showing a tramp in a workhouse being pushed towards a bath by a uniformed attendant. The Order of the Bath refers to a British order of chivalry whose name derives from

Jack and Jill
" Traditional nursery rhyme promotional postcard for Wrights Coal Tar Soap. " Jill had a job to mend his nob with vinegar and brown paper." Date: c.1914

C stands for Cleanliness
Advertising for Naptholite soap. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

Pierrots and pierrettes dancing
Two pierrots dancing on a stage with two pierrettes in black. Date: 1902

Bauer Type Foundry 1870 Date: 1870

Western Hospital, Fulham
Frontage of the Western Fever Hospital was opened in 1877 on Seagrave Road, Fulham. It was the fourth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board which in 1869 became responsible

Joyce Green Hospital - motor ambulance
A patient on a stretcher is being removed from a motor ambulance at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford

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