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School Building Collection

Background imageSchool Building Collection: The Periodic Table Digital Illustration

The Periodic Table Digital Illustration
In the late 19th century, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published his first attempt at grouping chemical elements according to their atomic weights

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Nosey Kids

Nosey Kids
10th August 1942: Nursery school children gather round a Chrysler car belonging to Mrs JG Winan, the wife of the US ambassador to Britain

Background imageSchool Building Collection: The Lawn At The University Of Virginia

The Lawn At The University Of Virginia
Engraving shows the main lawn and quadrangle of the campus of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, circa 1830s

Background imageSchool Building Collection: School Rugby

School Rugby
Students playing a game of rugby at Rugby Public School, England. Original Artwork: A painting by George Barnard. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Lace Makers

Lace Makers
1908: Pupils in their white pinafores and hats at Lois Weedens school in North Hampshire in an outdoor lace-making class. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Boy being held under a water pump

Boy being held under a water pump
A boy being held under a water pump by his enthusiastic fellows while the schoolmaster stands by. Whether he has ordered the punishment or is trying to stop it is debatable

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus often Anglicized as Galen and better known as Galen of Pergamon in medicine school

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Illustration of teacher giving books to elementary students sitting at desks in classroom

Illustration of teacher giving books to elementary students sitting at desks in classroom

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Scared Victorian schoolboy hiding on top of a bookcase

Scared Victorian schoolboy hiding on top of a bookcase
A scared-looking Victorian schoolboy hiding on the top of a bookcase. Perhaps heas been bullied, or failed to hand in his homework on time - or has been tempted into a misguided game of hide-and-seek

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Victorian schoolboy bullies

Victorian schoolboy bullies
Two English public school bullies tie one of their classmates to his chair while another uses a red hot poker to adecoratea the boyas box. Bullying is nothing new

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Ancient Rome - School of Medicine

Ancient Rome - School of Medicine
Illustration of Ancient Rome - School Medicine

Background imageSchool Building Collection: The College Of William & Mary

The College Of William & Mary
Engraving shows the Wren Building and quadrangle of the campus of the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1845

Background imageSchool Building Collection: School building with playgrounds and car park

School building with playgrounds and car park

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Iles De La Cite

Iles De La Cite
A view southwards across the River Seine in Paris, circa 1880. The Ile Saint-Louis is on the left and the Ile de la Cite on the right, with the cathedral of Notre Dame amidst its buildings

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Dickenss Dombey and Son - Breaking up party

Dickenss Dombey and Son - Breaking up party
Vintage engraving of a scene from Charles Dickens Dombey and Son. Your fathers regularly rich, ain t he ? inquired Mr Toots. Yes Sir, said Paul, Hes Dombey and Son

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Victorian public school teachers convivial evening

Victorian public school teachers convivial evening
Masters at an English public school partaking of wine punch during an eveningas conviviality. A small boy, probably a pupil, is opening yet another bottle and the room is thick with cigar smoke

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Victorian teachers chairing a colleague

Victorian teachers chairing a colleague
A group of Victorian English public school teachers chairing (carrying) one of their number - a older man, possibly the headmaster - on their shoulders

Background imageSchool Building Collection: University of New Orleans in the 19th century, published 1880

University of New Orleans in the 19th century, published 1880
University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Historical view of the 19th century. Wood engraving, published in 1880

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Ancient Rome - Galenus (Galien) - School Medicine

Ancient Rome - Galenus (Galien) - School Medicine
Illustration of a Ancient Rome - Galenus (Galien) - School Medicine

Background imageSchool Building Collection: School in Cameroon

School in Cameroon
Illustration of a school in Cameroon

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Digital illustration of town centre

Digital illustration of town centre

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Rural school champasak Lao asia

Rural school champasak Lao asia
rural school near champasak, Lao, Asia

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Open Day

Open Day
circa 1909: Speech Day at Harrow Public School in Greater London. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Riding School

Riding School
22nd August 1939: Young equestrians at the Fairholm Riding School at Fairwarp, Nutley, Sussex, gather round the stable door to obtain a few riding tips straight from the horses mouth

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Bauhaus

Bauhaus
Exterior of the Bauhaus school of applied at Dessau, designed by architect Walter Gropius in 1926. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Scotch Class

Scotch Class
circa 1920: A man reading a sign at a London Language School advertising classes in French, Russian, Italian and even Scotch! (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Diving school, Gruener See Lake, Styria, Austria, Europe

Diving school, Gruener See Lake, Styria, Austria, Europe

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Sign, school zone, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia, PublicGround

Sign, school zone, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia, PublicGround

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Abdullah-khan Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Abdullah-khan Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Mosaic, Abdullah-khan Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Mosaic, Abdullah-khan Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Background imageSchool Building Collection: School building

School building

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Boy (10-11) on way to school, (B&W)

Boy (10-11) on way to school, (B&W)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Two brothers (6-7, 10-11) on way to school, (B&W)

Two brothers (6-7, 10-11) on way to school, (B&W)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Female student holding book in back yard, portrait

Female student holding book in back yard, portrait

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Parents and daughter (6-7) talking with male teacher, indoors

Parents and daughter (6-7) talking with male teacher, indoors

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Female student walking outside school, portrait

Female student walking outside school, portrait

Background imageSchool Building Collection: School Gym Class

School Gym Class
A group of boys bending over during a school exercise class in Germany circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Schoolboy Strike

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)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: English Lessons

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

Background imageSchool Building Collection: School Children

School Children
May 1931: A group of Berlin school children. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Green tiled roof, Marrakesh, Morocco

Green tiled roof, Marrakesh, Morocco
Ali ben Youssef Medersa Koranic School

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Modern School

Modern School
4th May 1964: Girls on a glass-walled staircase look down on pupils in the playground at breaktime. (Photo by Richard Chowen/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: German Schoolgirls

German Schoolgirls
1959: Three young friends walking down a street in Baden-Baden, a spa town in the Black Forest, south-west Germany. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: School romance

School romance
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Two teenage couples holding hands, approaching school stairs, rear view. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Hiking Onwards

Hiking Onwards
18th June 1949: Boys hiking along a village lane, during an expedition which will be the climax of one months stay for boys at the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Antique illustration of people with book

Antique illustration of people with book

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Late Comers

Late Comers
A teacher looking at his watch as a group of tired children arrive late for Sunday school. Original Artwork: From The Life & Adventures of Michael Armstrong the Factory Boy by Francis Trollope

Background imageSchool Building Collection: Antique illustration of Imperial Museum for Art and Industry (Wien)

Antique illustration of Imperial Museum for Art and Industry (Wien)
Antique illustration of Imperial Austrian Museum and School for Art and Industry (Oesterreichisches Museum fAOEr Kunst und Industrie) in Wien (Austria)



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