Child Collection (#31)

Canal Railings
16th August 1912: Children leaning over the railings beside the grand Union Canal at Maida Vale in London, a potential death trap. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Schoolboy Strike
12th September 1911: Mothers collecting children after school during the schoolboy strike in Londons East End. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Welsh Riot
25th August 1911: Shops boarded up after looting by Anti-Semitic mobs in Ebbw-Vale and Tredegar in which Jewish shops and property were wrecked. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Italian Food Shop
circa 1907: An Italian delicatessen in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ring-A-Ring Of Roses
24th July 1908: Children at play in Loughton, Essex on Fresh Air Fund Day. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Park Lunch
March 1912: A group of school children having a lunch time picnic and relaxing on deck chairs in Regents Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kite Flying
1908: Man launching a kite on Wimbledon Common, while a group of children look on. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Childrens Fete
15th July 1913: Tricycle decorated as a swan ridden by a boy in a sailor suit, at the Childrens Fete and Gala, Taggs Island. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Family Fun
circa 1905: Family flying a kite on Wimbledon Common. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Would-Be Motorists
September 1908: Boys with sticks pushing wheels down a street. One boy is barefooted. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Beach Exercises
29th March 1929: A group of children playing at aerobics in the sea at Bognor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

School Outing
23rd July 1912: Pupils are driven away from the station during the LNW school outing to Brickett Wood. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

School Outing
6th August 1908: School children on an outing to Shirley Hills are queuing to go into tea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Regents Park
18th August 1908: Children playing in the sand pits at Regents Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sand Pit
18th August 1908: Children playing in the sand pit at Regents Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

School Holiday
circa 1905: London school children fishing during the holidays; the envy of the crowd has caught a gudgeon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Up Turned Car
circa 1936: A group of school children examining an up-turned car lying on the pavement in Tufnell Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rough Seas
circa 1925: Children dodging the waves and spray during high seas in Massachusetts. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Beach Umbrellas
circa 1934: Two holiday-makers standing under umbrellas on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Huntsgirl
October 1907: A young girl prepares to join the fox hunt at Caldscote Hall. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Spectator Sport
1st April 1907: A group of hunters watch from the banks of the river during a meet of the Hawkston Otter Hounds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Old Havana
March 1927: A street in the old district of Havana, Cuba. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Improvised Shelter
30th April 1939: A child shelters from the rain under a womans coat during the ceremony at the Cavalry memorial at Stanhope Gate, Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Girl On A Donkey
1907: Miss Evelyn Wall riding a donkey. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Earthquake Damage
January 1909: The aftermath of an earthquake at Reggio, in the Catania province of Sicily. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Royal Show
1907: The grand entrance to the Royal Agricultural Show yard in Lincoln as people arrive with their horses and traps. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Damaged Building
July 1915: A group of women and children looking at a damaged building in Shoreditch in east London which was hit during a zeppelin raid during World War I

Tea In The Snow
February 1909: Eilort family having tea in the snow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Park Lunch
March 1912: A group of school children having a lunch time picnic and relaxing on deck chairs in Regents Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Breaking Seas
People watching the huge seas breaking over Portsmouth Harbour

Bamboo Jungle
Three young girls outside a plantation which provides 10, 000, 000 canes of bamboo, near Bodmin in Cornwall

For The Fallen
August 1916: A memorial to the war dead at St Judes, Hampstead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Pamela
1744, Pamela Tells A Nursery Tale, an illustration of Richardsons Pamela, by Joseph Highmore, on show at the Royal Academy Exhibition of British Art

Feeding Time
Two small children feeding birds

Park View
circa 1923: A group of young boys looking through the railings of Southfields Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Well Dressing
May 1923: The pagan rite of well dressing shown on one of the five wells in the village of Tissington, Derbyshire. The design is made of clay on a wooden frame and stuck with flowers and berries

Window Shoppers
Poor London slum children, with no shoes, look at items for sale in a shop. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Swimming Lesson
Two children, suspended in the water by rope and poles, are given a swimming lesson in the River Thames at Wallingford. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Turkey Farm
A group of workers at a Norfolk turkey farm. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Catholic Procession
Children carrying religious banners in a Catholic procession. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Belfast Children
Children playing in a Belfast street after the National Union of Dockers strike, organised by James Larkin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cooling Off
August 1919: London children bathing at the foot of Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square during a heatwave. (Photo by Roper/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dance! Bear! Dance
1909: Two young children in fancy dress, one as a bear, dance together at a garden party. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Road Danger
23rd December 1912: In a demonstration of the dangers of street traffic, a boy jumps off a bus and into the path of another travelling in the opposite direction

Writing Class
8th May 1908: A writing class at the Oral Deaf and Dumb Institute in Fitzroy Square, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

English Lessons
circa 1910: English lessons at a school for Italian children in Soho. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Irish Speed Trials
22nd May 1908: Local women watch the reliability trials conducted by the Irish Automobile Club at Rosleigh. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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