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Background imageInstructor Collection: The swimming bath, Royal Navy training establishment, Shotley, Suffolk, 1936

The swimming bath, Royal Navy training establishment, Shotley, Suffolk, 1936. Known within the service as HMS Ganges, Shotley was Britains largest Royal Naval training establishment from 1905 until

Background imageInstructor Collection: Studying aeroplane [i.e. airplane] rudder, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Studying aeroplane [i.e. airplane] rudder, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Studying aeroplane [i.e. airplane] rudder, 1917 or 1918. The instructor is here shown explaining the principles of lateral

Background imageInstructor Collection: H.G. Smith, Lt. H.H. Simons, Capt. R.L. Taylor & Sgt. B.S. Robertson, 1917

H.G. Smith, Lt. H.H. Simons, Capt. R.L. Taylor & Sgt. B.S. Robertson, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. H.G. Smith, Lt
H.G. Smith, Lt. H.H. Simons, Capt. R.L. Taylor & Sgt. B.S. Robertson, 1917. Instructor H.G. Smith, First Lieutenant Henry H. Simons, Captain R.L. Taylor and First Lieutenant. Benjamin S

Background imageInstructor Collection: Cherepanovskaya nine-year school with a pedagogue, 1927. Creator: Unknown

Cherepanovskaya nine-year school with a pedagogue, 1927. Creator: Unknown
Cherepanovskaya nine-year school with a pedagogue, 1927. From a collection of 153 photographs and documents drawn from the personal archives of people who lived in the town of Berdsk in the late 19th

Background imageInstructor Collection: At the pioneer camp, 1928. Creator: Unknown

At the pioneer camp, 1928. Creator: Unknown
At the pioneer camp, 1928. From a collection of 153 photographs and documents drawn from the personal archives of people who lived in the town of Berdsk in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Background imageInstructor Collection: Westchester Country Club, 1932. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Westchester Country Club, 1932. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Westchester Country Club, 1932

Background imageInstructor Collection: Westchester Country Club, 1932. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Westchester Country Club, 1932. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Westchester Country Club, 1932

Background imageInstructor Collection: Marine Corps Rifle Range, F.D. Roosevelt And F.K. Lane, Firing, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Marine Corps Rifle Range, F.D. Roosevelt And F.K. Lane, Firing, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Marine Corps Rifle Range, Franklin D. Roosevelt And F.K. Lane, Firing, 1917. Franklin D Roosevelt and Franklin Knight Lane shooting rifles

Background imageInstructor Collection: Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. [US aviation pineer, engineer and inventor Atwood was chief flight instructor for William Starling Burgess whose Burgess Company built a variety of

Background imageInstructor Collection: Aviator Harry Atwood, in Plane with Leo Stevens, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Aviator Harry Atwood, in Plane with Leo Stevens, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Aviator Harry Atwood, in Plane with Leo Stevens, 1911. [US aviation pineer, engineer and inventor Atwood was chief flight instructor for William Starling Burgess whose Burgess Company built a variety

Background imageInstructor Collection: Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. [US aviation pineer, engineer and inventor Atwood was chief flight instructor for William Starling Burgess whose Burgess Company built a variety of

Background imageInstructor Collection: A sewing-class at Snow Hill, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

A sewing-class at Snow Hill, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
A sewing-class at Snow Hill, 1904

Background imageInstructor Collection: The repair shop, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

The repair shop, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
The repair shop, 1904

Background imageInstructor Collection: Lieut. B. O. Davis. Military Instructor and Commandant. Wiberforce, Ohio, 1915. Creator: Unknown

Lieut. B. O. Davis. Military Instructor and Commandant. Wiberforce, Ohio, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Lieut. B. O. Davis. Military Instructor and Commandant. Wiberforce, Ohio, 1915

Background imageInstructor Collection: Military Training, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Military Training, 1917 or 1918

Military Training, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Military Training, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Military Training, 1917 or 1918

Background imageInstructor Collection: Signaling, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Signaling, between 1910 and 1917

Signaling, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Signaling, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Signaling, between 1910 and 1917. USA. Man in military uniform teaching women (scout leaders?) semaphore

Background imageInstructor Collection: L'abbé Sicard (1742-1822) instruisant les sourds-muets, after 1812. Creator: Unknown

L'abbé Sicard (1742-1822) instruisant les sourds-muets, after 1812. Creator: Unknown
L'abbe Sicard (1742-1822) instruisant les sourds-muets, After 1812

Background imageInstructor Collection: The Improvement of Morals, 1786. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

The Improvement of Morals, 1786. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
The Improvement of Morals, 1786

Background imageInstructor Collection: Dancing class, c1950. Creator: Shirley Markham

Dancing class, c1950. Creator: Shirley Markham
Dancing class, c1950. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Background imageInstructor Collection: The Music Lesson, 18th century. Artist: Jules-Alexis Muenier

The Music Lesson, 18th century. Artist: Jules-Alexis Muenier
The Music Lesson, 18th century. From The Worlds Greatest Paintings, edited by T. Leman Hare. [Odhams Press Ltd, London, 1934]

Background imageInstructor Collection: Boxing training at Horden Colliery gym, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1964. Artist

Boxing training at Horden Colliery gym, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1964. Artist
Boxing training at Horden Colliery gym, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1964. Some youths get some training in the noble art at the training gym provided by the National Coal Board at Horden Colliery

Background imageInstructor Collection: Geoffrey Dobson, 1935

Geoffrey Dobson, 1935. Geoffrey Dobson (1826-1893), waterman and swimming instructor at Eton College. From The Eton Book of the River - With Some Account of the Thames and the Evolution Boat-Racing

Background imageInstructor Collection: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: the awkward squad, cadets just entering, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: the awkward squad, cadets just entering, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: the awkward squad, cadets just entering, (1902?). Instructor and cadets at attention, with rifles

Background imageInstructor Collection: Students at Washington High School at class, training... to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif

Students at Washington High School at class, training... to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif
Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif. Ralph Angar, instructor

Background imageInstructor Collection: Students in the home economics class, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

Students in the home economics class, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. Students in the home economics class

Background imageInstructor Collection: Professor Robert Emmet Odlum, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

Professor Robert Emmet Odlum, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Professor Robert Emmet Odlum, 1865-1880. Odlum, Prof. between 1865 and 1880. [Swimming instructor: first person to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, killed doing so]

Background imageInstructor Collection: Photograph of Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett, gymnasium coach of Harvard University, 1859-1871

Photograph of Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett, gymnasium coach of Harvard University, 1859-1871
This photographic print depicts Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett, the first African American gymnasium coach at Harvard University. Hewlett is seated and is surrounded by a variety of exercise equipment

Background imageInstructor Collection: Chinoiserie with Figures in a Landscape, 18th century. Creator: Gabriel Huquier

Chinoiserie with Figures in a Landscape, 18th century. Creator: Gabriel Huquier
Chinoiserie with Figures in a Landscape, 18th century

Background imageInstructor Collection: Minerva Instructs the Dauphin, 1640. Creator: Claude Mellan

Minerva Instructs the Dauphin, 1640. Creator: Claude Mellan
Minerva Instructs the Dauphin, 1640

Background imageInstructor Collection: RAF personnel receiving aero-engine instruction, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown

RAF personnel receiving aero-engine instruction, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
RAF personnel receiving aero-engine instruction, 1941. Airmen at training school during the Second World War: Knowledge of the working and construction of the engine

Background imageInstructor Collection: RAF pilot learning to fly during the Second World War, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown

RAF pilot learning to fly during the Second World War, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
RAF pilot learning to fly during the Second World War, 1941. Flying lesson in a de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane at the Elementary Flying Training School

Background imageInstructor Collection: RAF personnel learning to identify aircraft during the Second World War, 1941. Creator

RAF personnel learning to identify aircraft during the Second World War, 1941. Creator
RAF personnel learning to identify aircraft during the Second World War, 1941. Instructor and pupils at an Initial Training Wing using models

Background imageInstructor Collection: Control desk at an RAF flight training school, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown

Control desk at an RAF flight training school, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
Control desk at an RAF flight training school, 1941. The Link trainer can record and interpret his pupils control movements as they learn to fly on a flight simulator during the Second World War

Background imageInstructor Collection: The Team of Aberdeen Gymnasts, Winners of the N. P. R. S. Challenge Shield, 1902. Creator: Unknown

The Team of Aberdeen Gymnasts, Winners of the N. P. R. S. Challenge Shield, 1902. Creator: Unknown
The Team of Aberdeen Gymnasts, Winners of the N.P.R.S. Challenge Shield, with their Instructor, Captain, and Club Pianist, 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol

Background imageInstructor Collection: Study for dancing class, c1950. Creator: Shirley Markham

Study for dancing class, c1950. Creator: Shirley Markham
Study for dancing class, c1950. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Background imageInstructor Collection: Learning to Swim using a Cord, pub. 1885 (engraving), 1885. Creator: French School (19th Century)

Learning to Swim using a Cord, pub. 1885 (engraving), 1885. Creator: French School (19th Century)
Learning to Swim using a Cord, pub. 1885 (engraving), 1885. Natation a l aide d une corde

Background imageInstructor Collection: Boys making bread at Upton House Truant School, Hackney, London, 1908

Boys making bread at Upton House Truant School, Hackney, London, 1908. Scene in the bakery; one boy gets a loaf of bread out of the oven

Background imageInstructor Collection: Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. A group of child acrobats performs a balancing act in front of a house

Background imageInstructor Collection: Learner-driver under instruction in a mock-up of tram car cab, London, 1932

Learner-driver under instruction in a mock-up of tram car cab, London, 1932
Learner-driver under instruction in a mock-up of tram car cab, Wandsworth, London, 1932. An instructor at the Clapham Motor School stands on the bumper of a model of a tram while a driver works

Background imageInstructor Collection: Interior view of the riding house, Hyde Park, London, c1811. Artist: John Claude Nattes

Interior view of the riding house, Hyde Park, London, c1811. Artist: John Claude Nattes
Interior view of the riding house, Hyde Park, London, c1811

Background imageInstructor Collection: Training cavalrymen and artillerymen how to ride, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist

Training cavalrymen and artillerymen how to ride, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist
Training cavalrymen and artillerymen how to ride, World War I, c1914-c1918. Full-sized dummy horses were made and employed to teach the rudiments of riding

Background imageInstructor Collection: Students training at the Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Students training at the Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. A group of mechanical engineering students receiving training

Background imageInstructor Collection: Training apprentices, Globe & Simpson auto electrical workshop, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Training apprentices, Globe & Simpson auto electrical workshop, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1961. Two young apprentices are shown how to strip down a starter motor

Background imageInstructor Collection: P. T. 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton

P. T. 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
P.T. 1941. Airmen take part in physical exercise. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Background imageInstructor Collection: An instructor explaining engine details to a pupils at Sealand Aerodrome, Flintshire, c1936 (c1937)

An instructor explaining engine details to a pupils at Sealand Aerodrome, Flintshire, c1936 (c1937)
An instructor explaining engine details to a group of pupils at the Service Flying Training School at Sealand Aerodrome, Flintshire, Wales, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

Background imageInstructor Collection: A lecture on instrument flying at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire, c1936 (c1937)

A lecture on instrument flying at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire, c1936 (c1937)
A lecture on instrument flying in progress at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire, c1936 (c1937). The diagrams on the board represent turn indicators. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

Background imageInstructor Collection: Ground Instruction in map reading, c1935 (c1937)

Ground Instruction in map reading, c1935 (c1937). The instructor explains to his pupils how to fold a map for reading in the air

Background imageInstructor Collection: Archers, c1799. Artist: Wright & Ziegler

Archers, c1799. Artist: Wright & Ziegler
Archers, c1799. After Adam Buck (1759?1833). From The Connoisseur Volume XCII, edited by F. Gordon Roe. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1933]



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