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Schoolgirl Collection (#8)

"From Mental Calculation to Modern Adventures: A Glimpse into the Life of a Schoolgirl" Step back in time to 1895

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: In the classroom, 1886. Creator: Martin des Amoignes, Paul Louis (1858-1925)

In the classroom, 1886. Creator: Martin des Amoignes, Paul Louis (1858-1925)
In the classroom, 1886. Private Collection

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: A Breton girls school, 1882. Creator: Trayer, Jules (1824-1909)

A Breton girls school, 1882. Creator: Trayer, Jules (1824-1909)
A Breton girls school, 1882. Private Collection

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: A teacher with two schoolboys, after 1650. Creator: Pietro della Vecchia (1603-1678)

A teacher with two schoolboys, after 1650. Creator: Pietro della Vecchia (1603-1678)
A teacher with two schoolboys, after 1650. Private Collection

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: An unruly class, 1876. Creator: Heyn, August (1837-1920)

An unruly class, 1876. Creator: Heyn, August (1837-1920)
An unruly class, 1876. Private Collection

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: At the creche I, 1890. Creator: Anker, Albert (1831-1910)

At the creche I, 1890. Creator: Anker, Albert (1831-1910)
At the creche I, 1890. Found in the collection of Kunst Museum Winterthur

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: The Morning Bell (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), December 13, 1873. Creator: Unknown

The Morning Bell (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), December 13, 1873. Creator: Unknown
The Morning Bell (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), December 13, 1873

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: China, General, Chinese New Year Dragon dancers and young girl

China, General, Chinese New Year Dragon dancers and young girl

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BULGARIA Pirin Mountain Chalin Valog Two girls dressed in Bulgarian national costume. Travel Tourism Holiday Vacation Adventure Explore Recreation Leisure Sightseeing Tourist Attraction Tour Chalin

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BULGARIA Pirin Mountain Chalin Valog Girls dressed in Bulgarian national costume holding bread salt and leaves. near Bansko Travel Tourism Holiday Vacation Explore Recreation Leisure Sightseeing

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BULGARIA Veliko Tarnovo Two girls in national costume. Travel Tourism Holiday Vacation Adventure Explore Recreation Leisure Sightseeing Tourist Attraction Tour Veliko Tarnovo Turnovo Bulgaria

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: EyeUbiquitous_20109217

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Ireland, Derry, The Peoples Gallery series of murals in the Bogside, Mural known as " The Death of Innocence", in memory of Annette McGavigan

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Thailand, Bangkok, Primary School girl in uniform at sausage stall outside BTS Skytrain station

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England, East Sussex, Brighton, Four young schoolgirls sitting on the grass in the school playing fields having their home packed lunch meals from their lunchboxes

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England, East Sussex, Brighton, Young girl collecting her hot meal from dinner lady at counter in school canteen

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England, East Sussex, Brighton, Young girls having their packed lunches on the grass of the school playing fields

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England, East Sussex, Brighton, Young girl collecting her hot meal from dinner lady at counter in school canteen

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Good luck wish

Good luck wish
Schoolgirl with satchel and hockey stick and the message: A Happy Term old girl to you: Success in games and lessons too. Artist: Iris Chick. Date: circa 1928

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Studio portrait of a young woman

Studio portrait of a young woman (possibly a student or older schoolgirl?) seated in an elegant wooden chair at a small occasional table. circa 1910s

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Laotian schoolgirl, Elementary School, Vieng Vang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Laotian schoolgirl, Elementary School, Vieng Vang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: A Sunday school. Creator: Fabius, Jan (1820-1889)

A Sunday school. Creator: Fabius, Jan (1820-1889)
A Sunday school. Private Collection

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: An uprising on the island of Formosa, 1930. Creator: Unknown

An uprising on the island of Formosa, 1930. Creator: Unknown
An uprising on the island of Formosa, 1930. Un Soulevement dans l Ile de Formose. Revolting natives attack a Japanese school and kill twenty young girls

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: The School, c. 1650. Creator: Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)

The School, c. 1650. Creator: Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)
The School, c. 1650. Found in the Collection of Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: School lessons. From Speculum Vitae Humanae by Rodericus Zamorensis, 1479. Creator: Anonymous

School lessons. From Speculum Vitae Humanae by Rodericus Zamorensis, 1479. Creator: Anonymous
School lessons. From Speculum Vitae Humanae by Rodericus Zamorensis, 1479. Private Collection

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: A Little Schoolgirl, 1907. Artist: Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier

A Little Schoolgirl, 1907. Artist: Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier
A Little Schoolgirl, 1907. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: The classroom, 1872. Artist: Heuvel, Theodore Bernard de (1817-1906)

The classroom, 1872. Artist: Heuvel, Theodore Bernard de (1817-1906)
The classroom, 1872. From a private collection

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Women on board a boat, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Women on board a boat, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Women on board a boat, c1935. Young women in uniform, possibly from a convent school

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: The new pupil, 1854

The new pupil, 1854. Private Collection

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Girls returning from play, Thomas Street Girls School, Limehouse, Stepney, London, 1908

Girls returning from play, Thomas Street Girls School, Limehouse, Stepney, London, 1908. Girls walking in an orderly column four abreast through the hall on their return from play

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Laundry work, Tennyson Street School, Battersea, London, 1907

Laundry work, Tennyson Street School, Battersea, London, 1907. One girl folds clothes on a table while another puts them through a mangle. Behind them a blackboard reads; Folding and mangling

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Housewifery, Surrey Lane School, Battersea, London, 1908

Housewifery, Surrey Lane School, Battersea, London, 1908. A group of girls are busy cleaning the outside of a house used as the domestic economy school

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Hockey game, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908

Hockey game, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. Girls about to begin a game of hockey in the school playground. The playground is surrounded by buildings

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Girls skipping, Rushmore Road Girls School, Hackney, 1908

Girls skipping, Rushmore Road Girls School, Hackney, 1908. Rows of girls holding skipping ropes in the school playground

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Playing netball, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908

Playing netball, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. Girls play a game of netball on a rooftop playground

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Girls Hebrew reading lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908

Girls Hebrew reading lesson, Jews Free School, Stepney, London, 1908. A teacher istructs a class of girls, who sit at their desks with their books open

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Violinists, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908

Violinists, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908
Violin class, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. A group of schoolgirl violinists pose with their instruments in the school hall

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Children in the playground, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906

Children in the playground, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. Some of the children are sitting on the ground drawing from nature while others are digging sand in a box

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Music lesson, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906

Music lesson, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906
Childrens band, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. A class of infant schoolchildren sit in a circle on the floor while their teacher plays the piano

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Housewifery Centre, Dulwich Hamlet School, Dulwich Village, London, 1907

Housewifery Centre, Dulwich Hamlet School, Dulwich Village, London, 1907
Housewifery lesson, Housewifery Centre, Dulwich Hamlet School, Dulwich Village, London, 1907. A girl is setting the fireplace under the supervision of a woman, presumably a teacher

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Spring cleaning; housewifery lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1908

Spring cleaning; housewifery lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1908. Two girls are hard at work cleaning pictures

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Housewifery lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1908

Housewifery lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1908. Two girls learn how to spring clean and specifically mend wallpaper

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Geography lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1905

Geography lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1905. A teacher uses a globe to instruct an attentive class of young children

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: School orchestra, Cromer Street School / Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906

School orchestra, Cromer Street School / Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906
School orchestra, Cromer Street School/ Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906. A combination of teachers and pupils pose with wind instruments and a piano in the school hall

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Girls holding Indian clubs, Cromer Street School / Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906

Girls holding Indian clubs, Cromer Street School / Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906
Girls holding Indian clubs, Cromer Street School/ Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906. A group of girls stand in the school hall, all of them holding an Indian club in each hand

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Exercise class, Buckingham Street Girls School, Islington, London, 1906

Exercise class, Buckingham Street Girls School, Islington, London, 1906. Girls taking part in a physical training drill in the playground stretching with their arms reaching upwards and to the left

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Open air exercise class, Ben Jonson School, Stepney, London, 1911

Open air exercise class, Ben Jonson School, Stepney, London, 1911. A class of girls perform physical drill in the playground. A classroom is set up under a shelter in the corner of the playground

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Class 3, Clyde Street School, Deptford, London, 1887

Class 3, Clyde Street School, Deptford, London, 1887. The boys and girls of Class 3 are posed outside their school. A girl in the front row holds a sign which says Jubilee Year

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Housewifery, Barnsbury Park School, Islington, London, 1908

Housewifery, Barnsbury Park School, Islington, London, 1908. Two girls are cleaning babies feeding bottles

Background imageSchoolgirl Collection: Classroom scene, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908

Classroom scene, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908
Nature class, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Pupils sit at their desks studying examples of root vegetables in a nature class




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"From Mental Calculation to Modern Adventures: A Glimpse into the Life of a Schoolgirl" Step back in time to 1895, where a young schoolgirl engages in mental calculations at her primary school. With determination and focus, she hones her mathematical skills under the watchful eye of artist Bogdanov-Belsky. Fast forward to 1939, we find ourselves in Lincoln Bench School witnessing a group of girls engrossed in their reading lesson. These eager learners embody the spirit of education and thirst for knowledge that defines schoolgirls throughout history. Traveling across continents, we arrive at an Ugandan school in Africa. Here, young girls embrace education as a means to empower themselves and shape their futures amidst vibrant cultural surroundings. In Castleford, West Yorkshire, it's 1962 and girls take center stage on the hockey field at Airedale School. Their determination and teamwork exemplify the resilience often found within schoolgirls who strive for excellence both academically and athletically. Beyond academics lies artistic talent - Marianne Faithfull stands as proof. This singer-songwriter-actress showcases how they can excel not only within traditional educational settings but also through creative pursuits that captivate audiences worldwide. Winslow Homer's iconic painting "Homer: Country School" captures the essence of rural schooling with its rustic charm. It reminds us that even in simpler times, young minds were nurtured by dedicated teachers striving to provide quality education. Moving towards modernity, an advertisement along High Street Bromley highlights how fashion has always played a role in shaping a schoolgirl's identity - from uniforms to accessories; style is intertwined with their journey through academia. Technology takes center stage as we witness a futuristic scene featuring a schoolgirl interacting with her performing robot companion. This glimpse into the future showcases how innovation continues to transform educational experiences for generations to come. Literature offers escapism and inspiration alike, as seen in the Schoolgirls Adventure Book featuring Miss Modern the pilot.