Teaching Collection

Forth Bridge
March 1890: Pictures showing various aspects of building the Forth Bridge

Female Surgeons
American female doctors in an operating theatre being watched by students. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Musician George Harrison Receiving Sitar Lesson
Beatle George Harrison receiving instruction in playing the sitar from a Sikh teacher as the other members of the Beatles look on in quiet fascination

Sailors demonstrating flag semaphore system

Sermon On The Mount
Image from 1892 showing Jesus giving the sermon on the mount from the Biblical story

Instruction In Surgery In Ampitheater
(Original Caption) Boston, MA: Instruction in surgery. Scene in operating ampitheater of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Admintering ether to a patient. 1888

Grammar School in New York
(Original Caption) ca. 1890-New York, NY: Grammar school 55 in NYC first grade class. Note teacher in background. BPA2# 1967

Interior Of Deaf And Dumb Asylum
(Original Caption) 1859- New York, NY: The interior of the school-room in the New York Deaf and Dumb Asylum. A teacher teaches mathematics through the use of sign language

Fred Waring Leading Band To Play
Fred Waring leading his band to play

Babe Didrikson W/Katharine Hepburn
(Original Caption) Babe Didrikson, foremost woman golfer, has a tip or two for Katharine Hepburn (R)

Neumagen School Relief
Roman school. Relief from tomb of Neumagen. BPA2# 1277

Rudolph Serkin Teaches Son Peter Piano
(Original Caption) World-reknowned pianist and teacher, Rudolph Serkin, during a piano lesson with his son, Peter. Undated photograph

Lithograph of a Father Instructing His Children in Geography
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Father instructs his children in geography. Undated lithograph

Women knitting at beach
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

School For Freed Slaves During Civil War
(Original Caption) School for freed black slaves during Civil War period. Undated engraving

Painting of Galileo with Milton Looking Through a Telescope
Painting by Gatti of Galileo Galilei at a Florentine Court. Galileo lectures as a young man peers into a telescope and others watch in a darkened room

Cover Of Singer Sewing Machine Manual
(Original Caption) "The First Lesson on the Singer Sewing Machine, Easy to Use - Easy to learn - Easy to Buy"

A Clinical Lesson at the Salpetreire by Pierre Andre Brouillet
A depiction of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot giving a clinical lecture on the symptoms of hysteria at the Salpetriere

Instruction In Mathematics
(Original Caption) Instruction in reckoning. The play of arithmetica. The art of reckoning is taught by the use of chips. Engraving, 1543

Arthur Murray Teaching Anita Stewart to Waltz
Dance instructor Arthur Murray teaches screen star Anita Stewart how to do the Hesitation Waltz

Color Engraving of A New England Dame School
(Original Caption) A New England Dame School of the Colonial period. Color engraving, 1713

Frederick Frobel Teaching A Class
(Original Caption) Frederick Frobel (1782-1852), German educator teaching a class. Engraving

Crowded Segregated Classroom
4/27/1961-Farmville, VA-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: The Federal Government, in an unprecedented move, asked the courts yesterday to force Prince Edward County, Va

William Osler At Bedside Of Patient
(Original Caption) 1903-William Osler (1849-1919) at the bedside of a patient. Photograph, 1903

Teacher Showing Lesson to Students
Four schoolboys watch as their teacher points to a lesson on the blackboard. The boy on the right is sitting wearing a dunce cap

Women Receive Instruction Working On Car
(Original Caption) 1917-Course in automotive mechanics given to a group of women. Photograph, 1917

Mrs. Amos Pinchot At Sanger Trial
(Original Caption) 1/4/17-Brooklyn, New York: Mrs. Amos Pinchot and women at the Margaret Sanger Trial for her teachings on birth control, Court of Special Sessions

George Cohen Teaches Child Song
(Original Caption) 3/8/1917- George Cohan teaches a child "Young America", a song he wrote, while waiting for the next set, backstage

Old Jews Teaching Young At Wall
(Original Caption) 5/3/1917-SCENE IN HISTORIC JERUSALEM:Jerusalem, Israel: Photo shows the "wailing wall" in Jerusalem

Annie Oakley Teaching Women to Shoot
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley teaching women how to shoot

Policewomen Practice Jiu Jitsu
(Original Caption) 3/22/24-New York: Policewomen practice Jiu Jitsu. Photo shows Mrs. Hamilton, who is in charge of the class, giving instructions in how to handle the women annoyers

Buddhist Monks Teaching Law from Palm Leaf Manuscripts
(Original Caption) C. 1925-1930. Burma, India: Life in Burma Today. Poongyees, or Buddhist priests teaching the law from ancient palm leaf manuscripts in Burma. BPA 2 #4103

Clarence Darrow with William Jennings Bryan
(Original Caption) Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938), prominent American lawyer (L)

Clarence Darrow During the Scopes Trial
Attorney for the defence Clarence Darrow emphatically makes a point during the trial of John Scopes, the so-called "Monkey Trial", for teaching evolution

Baby Peggy Montgomery dancing with a women, circa 1925

Court Held Outside Due To Excessive Heat
(Original Caption) 07/22/1925-Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938), prominent American lawyer (L)

Judge In Evolution Teaching Trial
(Original Caption) 7/11/25-Ohio: Judge John F. Raulston, of Winchester. He is the judge of the trial of John T. Scopes, youthful professor indicted for teaching evolution in the Dayton High School

Boy Teaching Friend to Swim
(Original Caption) Filed 8/6/1925-Image in series of calendar subjects, captioned only "The Swimming Lesson." BPA 2 #4889

Justine Johnstone Plays Golf Indoors
(Original Caption) 12/17/25-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- Eighteen holes are not necessary to learn the ancient Scottish game of golf, Justine Johnstone

Andrew Carnegie II Learning to Play Golf
Andrew Carnegie II and George Crocket learning how to play golf from local golf pro Wilfred Reid in St. Augustine, Florida

Women of the Volunteer Fire Department
Photo shows Mrs. May Cissell, chief of the women's fire department of Silver Springs, Maryland with Mrs. Richard James

Dance Instructors Learn Aeroplane Glide
(Original Caption) 9/8/1927-Boston, MA- Boston dancing teachers are learning the latest dance step, called the aeroplane glide, a form of the one-step

Maj. Friedman Explains Ciphering Machine
Uncle Sam's latest and most intricate ciphering machine being explained by Major William F. Friedman, chief of signal intelligence, War Department, to Miss Louise Newkirk

Albert Einstein Writing Mathematic Formulas on Blackboard
Albert Einstein demonstrates mathematical formulas on a blackboard in front of California scientists

Rogers Hornsby Instructs Boys How To Bunt
(Original Caption) 1932-Hot Springs, AR: Ray Doans Baseball Camp

Players Register For Baseball Camp
(Original Caption) 1932-Hot Springs, AR: Ray Doans Baseball School. Left to right- Ray Doan, head of the school, Rego Tassinori, Plymouth, MA, Al Pepper, Washington, D.C. and Joe Furtado, Plymouth, MA

Kid Ebberfield Instructs Player
(Original Caption) 1932-Hot Springs, AR: Ray Doans Baseball Shcool. Here Kid Ebberfield shows Carl Fermer, Sturgis, MI, the proper way for an infielder to throw a ball

Babe Ruth Instructing Wife in Batting
(Original Caption) 3/1/1932-St. Petersburg, FL- With such a competent instructor as her famous hubby, Mrs. Babe Ruth should be able to master the art of successful batting very quickly

Instructor Teaching Caddying to Group
(Original Caption) 4/29/1932-White Plains, NY- Last year over 5, 000 men of White Plains received employment acting as caddies on the numerous golf courses in the section

Columbia Boys Learning to Knit
Mrs. Dorothy Eckert shows three Columbia University boys how to knit

Native Americans Playing Cards
(Original Caption) 1/16/1935-Miami, FL- There is no limit to what "bridge" has done to this country

Girls in Fencing Position
(Original Caption) 3/17/1935-Alameda, CA- Helene Meyer, Olympic fencing champion (formerly of Germany)

Floretta Mccutcheon Teaching Bowling
(Original Caption) 1/20/1936- New York

Japanese Bombing Squadron 1938
(Original Caption) 6/1/1938- Pilots of a Japanese bombing sqaudron are shown grouped about their Superior, who is using a map to instruct 16 fliers in the loations to be bombed in a projected raid

Women Receiving Make-Up Instructions
Women receive instruction in the application of makeup

Former Boxing Champ Barney Ross as Referee
Retired welterweight and lightweight champion Barney Ross referees Lorenzo Nelson and Erwin Bielowski in the Golden Gloves Tournament

Chinese People Looking Paper
(Original Caption) 1/31/1941-Shanghai, China:Intellectuals in the ranks of the Chinese Reds teach reading and writing to the fighting men

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. in Airplane Receiving Training From Instructor
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. begins training as a Naval pilot at Sqantum Naval Air Station. Lieutenant J. S. Dodge gives the newly enrolled Kennedy a few pointers. | Location: Squantum, Massachusetts, USA

Class for New Fathers
(Original Caption) Most babies like to be bathed. When they cry it isn't because of fear or dislike of the water but because they are not being held quite right

Students Looking at Puzzle on Blackboard
(Original Caption) 7/13/1942- Well it is consoling to know that we're not the only dumb ones in the bunch

Fmelville Teaches Code Tomixedrace Class
(Original Caption) 4/19/1943-New York, New York- The first class was started today in Japanese radio code by Frank Melville Jr. at his aeronautical radio school in New York, NY

Instructor Leads Women Thru Dance;Excerc
(Original Caption) 6/4/1943-After working hours, Paul Shahin, Chicago dance instructor

People Inspecting a Silver Vault
(Original Caption) 7/1945-West Point, NY-: Looking down one of the corridors of the new government silver depository on the West Point Army Reservation, here, we see Sigmund Solomon

Dog Carrying Military Message
(Original Caption) 3/4/45-Iwo Jima: Right in there pitching alongside the leathernecks who stormed the beaches of Iwo Jima on February 19, were the dogs of war

J. Dempsey Gives Commander Punching Tips
(Original Caption) 6/5/1945-Seattle, WA- RM 2/c Wayne Abercrombie (l), Coast Guardsman of Wenatchee, WA, second place Golden Gloves winner in 1933, gets a few pointers on punching from Comdr

Man Showing Others How To Eat Lobster
(Original Caption) 1/22/1947-Washington, DC: The gentleman with the half-nelson on the lobster here is Governor Horace A

Golf Professionals Teaching Disabled Children
Young residents of the Shriners Hospital for disabled children get some golfing pointers from three pros who will play in the upcoming U.S. Open, which will be held at the St. Louis Country Club

Irish Hopefuls -- Three Score and Ten
Coach Frank Leahy of Notre Dame is the center of this circle formed by about 70 candidates for places on the "Irish" football team for the 1947 line-up

Principal Teaches French at the Blackboard
Professor G.J. Courville teaches French language to students at Grand Island School, where French is the predominant language of Grand Isle, Louisiana

The Champ Teaches His Wife to Putt
Joe Louis, who successfully defended his world heavyweight boxing championship title against Jersey Joe Walcott this week, is shown at the Engineer's Club in Roslyn, Long Island

Doctor Lise Meitner Standing at Chalkboard
(Original Caption) 1949- Dr

Ben Stevenson Teaching Li Cunxin
(Original Caption) Artistic Director Ben Stevenson is internationally known as "one of ballet's greatest teachers." (Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times)

Linus Pauling at Blackboard
Two time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling stands at the blackboard in his chemistry laboratory

Dr. Linus Pauling at the Chalk Board
Dr. Linus Pauling, received a Nobel Prize for his work combining the concept of molecular structures with quantum mechanics

Alvin Ailey Instructing Visually Impaired People
(Original Caption

A High School Science Class
Teachers and students in a high school science class

Elementary School Teacher Showing Class Shapes
Elementary schoolchildren sit at their desk, while others stand around their teacher, during a lesson on shapes

1936 Social Security Information Poster
(Original Caption) Posters such as this was displayed in Post Offices and other buildings throughout the country

FBI Academy Course on Fingerprinting
(Original Caption) F. B. I. Police Academy: fingerprint study, one of the main courses. Photograph

Mrs. T.A. Edison & Children
(Original Caption) Mrs. Thomas Alva Edison and children. Undated photograph

Title Page Of Pamphlet Written In German
(Original Caption) Title page for an extremely rare and early Western Colonization pamphlet from Arau, Switzerland, explaining the procedure for buying land in the United States of America

Gene Laverne Dancing with Carole Lombard
(Original Caption) 11/9/1933-New York, NY- Gene La Verne, master of the dance

Lithograph of Alexander Graham Bell Teaching Deaf Student
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (1847-1922) TEACHING A DEAF CHILD TO SPEAK. IN 1872 HE OPENED A SCHOOL OF VOCAL PHYSIOLOGY AND MECHANICS IN BOSTON.UNDATED LITHOGRAPH

Print After A Clinical Lesson at the Salpetreire by Pierre Andre Brouillet
Illustration of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot giving a clinical lecture on the symptoms of hysteria at the Salpetriere. | Version of: A Clinical Lesson at the Salpetreire by Pierre Andre Brouillet

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