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Schoolgirls Collection

"Schoolgirls: Embracing London Life and Fashion Trends in the 1960s" Step back in time to the swinging sixties

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: London Life cover - On the Level - 1960s fashions

London Life cover - On the Level - 1960s fashions
Front cover of London Life magazine showing three cast members from a new musical, On The Level (about a GCE scandal) which opened in London on 19 April 1966

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Marianne Faithfull, singer, songwriter and actress

Marianne Faithfull, singer, songwriter and actress
Marianne Faithfull (b.1946), English singer, songwriter and actress. Seen here as a teenager at the Prospect Theatre, Reading, where she went to school. circa 1962

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Classroom of a Soviet school, Moscow, 1946 (b / w photo)

Classroom of a Soviet school, Moscow, 1946 (b / w photo)
7200757 Classroom of a Soviet school, Moscow, 1946 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Classroom in School no 70, Sverdlov District, Moscow, USSR)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Schoolgirls from behind posing for a photo in Osaka, Japan

Schoolgirls from behind posing for a photo in Osaka, Japan

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: continuation of problems, French homework (redaction), 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: continuation of problems, French homework (redaction), 1882 (handwritten)
8713173 Student notebook: continuation of problems, French homework (redaction), 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: 'Respect' dictation and problems, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: "Respect" dictation and problems, 1882 (handwritten)
8713172 Student notebook: "Respect" dictation and problems, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: geography homework and conjugation homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: geography homework and conjugation homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713171 Student notebook: geography homework and conjugation homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: conjugation homework (continued), dictation, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: conjugation homework (continued), dictation, 1882 (handwritten)
8713169 Student notebook: conjugation homework (continued), dictation, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Style exercise on 'Tell me who you are dating and I will tell you who you are', 1888 (handwritten)

Style exercise on "Tell me who you are dating and I will tell you who you are", 1888 (handwritten)
8713119 Style exercise on "Tell me who you are dating and I will tell you who you are", 1888 (handwritten); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: School notebook cover, 1918 (print)

School notebook cover, 1918 (print)
8713135 School notebook cover, 1918 (print); 22,5 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mathilde Dutranoy's notebook, written from May to July 1918)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Notre-Dame de la Garde, copy of a text, 1874-75 (manuscript)

Notre-Dame de la Garde, copy of a text, 1874-75 (manuscript)
8713131 Notre-Dame de la Garde, copy of a text, 1874-75 (manuscript); 29,5 x 19,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonie Jarry Desloges notebook)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: 'A holy life prepares for a peaceful death', 1874-75 (manuscript)

"A holy life prepares for a peaceful death", 1874-75 (manuscript)
8713129 "A holy life prepares for a peaceful death", 1874-75 (manuscript); 29,5 x 19,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonie Jarry Desloges notebook)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Cover of a school notebook, 1874-75 (handwritten)

Cover of a school notebook, 1874-75 (handwritten)
8713125 Cover of a school notebook, 1874-75 (handwritten); 29,5 x 19,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonie Jarry Desloges notebook)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Moral thought, drawing, 1927 (handwritten)

Moral thought, drawing, 1927 (handwritten)
8713114 Moral thought, drawing, 1927 (handwritten); 22,5 x 17,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Homework book by Antoinette Biron, aged 11 ½, in the second middle class)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)

Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)
8712993 Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in relation to the teaching of reading by F)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: problems, history homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems, history homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713175 Student notebook: problems, history homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: continuation of the writing, dictation 'From work', 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: continuation of the writing, dictation "From work", 1882 (handwritten)
8713174 Student notebook: continuation of the writing, dictation "From work", 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: problems (continued) and French homework, writing, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems (continued) and French homework, writing, 1882 (handwritten)
8713166 Student notebook: problems (continued) and French homework, writing, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: grammar homework, dictation 'The blue tit' (continued), 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: grammar homework, dictation "The blue tit" (continued), 1882 (handwritten)
8713160 Student notebook: grammar homework, dictation "The blue tit" (continued), 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: dictation 'The blue tit', 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: dictation "The blue tit", 1882 (handwritten)
8713158 Student notebook: dictation "The blue tit", 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: problems (continued) and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems (continued) and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713157 Student notebook: problems (continued) and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: geography homework and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: geography homework and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713152 Student notebook: geography homework and grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: Dictation 'The Blue Tit', 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: Dictation "The Blue Tit", 1882 (handwritten)
8713147 Student notebook: Dictation "The Blue Tit", 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: 'Do not suffer any uncleanliness on yourself, on your clothes, or in your home', 1918 (handwritten)

"Do not suffer any uncleanliness on yourself, on your clothes, or in your home", 1918 (handwritten)
8713143 "Do not suffer any uncleanliness on yourself, on your clothes, or in your home", 1918 (handwritten); 22,5 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mathilde Dutranoy's notebook)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: 'If you love life, respect it everywhere in the animal and in the plant', 1918 (handwritten)

"If you love life, respect it everywhere in the animal and in the plant", 1918 (handwritten)
8713137 "If you love life, respect it everywhere in the animal and in the plant", 1918 (handwritten); 22,5 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mathilde Dutranoy's notebook)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: 'Humility is the mother and guardian of all virtues', 1874-75 (manuscript)

"Humility is the mother and guardian of all virtues", 1874-75 (manuscript)
8713133 "Humility is the mother and guardian of all virtues", 1874-75 (manuscript); 29,5 x 19,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonie Jarry Desloges notebook)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: 'The benevolent man hears the groans of the poor', 1874-75 (manuscript)

"The benevolent man hears the groans of the poor", 1874-75 (manuscript)
8713130 "The benevolent man hears the groans of the poor", 1874-75 (manuscript); 29,5 x 19,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonie Jarry Desloges notebook)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Civic education: the voters, the electoral list. Moral: The Franchise, 1902 (handwritten)

Civic education: the voters, the electoral list. Moral: The Franchise, 1902 (handwritten)
8713122 Civic education: the voters, the electoral list. Moral: The Franchise, 1902 (handwritten); 22,5 x 17,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierre Vallee student's homework book)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Religious instruction and French composition 'The dead cat', 1927 (manuscript)

Religious instruction and French composition "The dead cat", 1927 (manuscript)
8713116 Religious instruction and French composition "The dead cat", 1927 (manuscript); 22,5 x 17,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Homework book by Antoinette Biron, aged 11 ½)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Cover of a school notebook, 1927 (handwritten)

Cover of a school notebook, 1927 (handwritten)
8713113 Cover of a school notebook, 1927 (handwritten); 22,5 x 17,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Homework book by Antoinette Biron, aged 11 ½, in the second middle class)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Illicitly Smoking, 1912

Illicitly Smoking, 1912
1574625 Illicitly Smoking, 1912; (add.info.: Small schoolboy, feeling ill after trying to smoke a cigar, saved by an amiable policeman who finishes the task for him)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: How young Toto depicts himself a horse wraps (in brooms)! 1900 (print)

How young Toto depicts himself a horse wraps (in brooms)! 1900 (print)
PCT4267913 How young Toto depicts himself a horse wraps (in brooms)! 1900 (print); (add.info.: How young Toto depicts himself a horse wraps (in brooms)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Punishment of the bad student, c.1880 (print)

Punishment of the bad student, c.1880 (print)
7293379 Punishment of the bad student, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Education. The class. Punishment of the student by the teacher, he hit his fingers with a wooden stick)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: problems, geography homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems, geography homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713178 Student notebook: problems, geography homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: dictation 'The month of May', 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: dictation "The month of May", 1882 (handwritten)
8713177 Student notebook: dictation "The month of May", 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: history homework (continued), grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: history homework (continued), grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713176 Student notebook: history homework (continued), grammar homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: problems (continued), conjugation homework, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems (continued), conjugation homework, 1882 (handwritten)
8713168 Student notebook: problems (continued), conjugation homework, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: problems and homework in French history, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems and homework in French history, 1882 (handwritten)
8713163 Student notebook: problems and homework in French history, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: 'L'aieule' dictation, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: "L'aieule" dictation, 1882 (handwritten)
8713162 Student notebook: "L'aieule" dictation, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: continuation of the dictation and problems, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: continuation of the dictation and problems, 1882 (handwritten)
8713151 Student notebook: continuation of the dictation and problems, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook: problems, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook: problems, 1882 (handwritten)
8713148 Student notebook: problems, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: 'The happiest man is the one whose conscience is calm', 1874-75 (manuscript)

"The happiest man is the one whose conscience is calm", 1874-75 (manuscript)
8713126 "The happiest man is the one whose conscience is calm", 1874-75 (manuscript); 29,5 x 19,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonie Jarry Desloges notebook)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Dictation 'How soldiers were punished in the past' and history homework

Dictation "How soldiers were punished in the past" and history homework: Summary of the reign of Louis XI
8713120 Dictation "How soldiers were punished in the past" and history homework: Summary of the reign of Louis XI

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Writing, geography map (the French colonies), 1927 (manuscript)

Writing, geography map (the French colonies), 1927 (manuscript)
8713115 Writing, geography map (the French colonies), 1927 (manuscript); 22,5 x 17,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Homework book by Antoinette Biron, aged 11 ½, in the second middle class)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)

Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)
8712995 Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in relation to the teaching of reading by F)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: School in France, c.1900 (illustration)

School in France, c.1900 (illustration)
8698464 School in France, c.1900 (illustration) by Raffin, Ferdinand (1870?-1948); (add.info.: Education. Republican school. Imagery by Raffin, France, ca 1900.); © Archives Charmet.

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: Student notebook written in pen. Cover, 1882 (handwritten)

Student notebook written in pen. Cover, 1882 (handwritten)
8713144 Student notebook written in pen. Cover, 1882 (handwritten); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journal notebook by Alida Bouhet, 1st division)

Background imageSchoolgirls Collection: 'Work is the great benefactor of mankind', 1918 (manuscript)

"Work is the great benefactor of mankind", 1918 (manuscript)
8713138 "Work is the great benefactor of mankind", 1918 (manuscript); 22,5 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mathilde Dutranoy's notebook, written from May to July 1918)



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"Schoolgirls: Embracing London Life and Fashion Trends in the 1960s" Step back in time to the swinging sixties, where schoolgirls took center stage on the iconic cover of London Life magazine. With their On the Level attitudes and impeccable style, these young trendsetters epitomized the vibrant fashions of the era. Amongst them stood Marianne Faithfull, a talented singer, songwriter, and actress who captivated audiences with her soulful voice and rebellious spirit. Her presence showcased how schoolgirls could break free from societal norms and pursue their passions fearlessly. Meanwhile, Miss Modern soared through imaginary skies as she graced the pages Adventure Book. This pilot extraordinaire inspired countless girls to dream big and shatter glass ceilings in traditionally male-dominated fields. The captivating cover design Adventure Book transported readers into a world filled with excitement and wonder. From Chinese schoolgirls being playfully wheeled around on wheelbarrows to Uzbek middle school girls embracing education's power – this book celebrated diversity while fostering curiosity about different cultures. Even across borders, British public schoolgirls proudly sported their PE gymslips – a symbol of strength and determination. These eleven spirited individuals embodied resilience as they tackled physical challenges head-on. Traveling further back in time to 1903 Denmark, Danish schoolgirls exuded elegance in their traditional uniforms. Their poised demeanor hinted at an unwavering dedication to education that transcended generations. In contrast, three carefree girls found solace amidst nature's beauty within a garden while donning their crisp uniforms. Their laughter echoed through blooming flowers as they embraced lifelong friendships nurtured within classroom walls. Beyond fashion statements or adventuresome tales lay stories of perseverance like that depicted by Jack Straw – a Labour MP turned government minister who once walked alongside his sister doing homework together in 1912 England. This image reminds us that education is a powerful tool that can shape destinies and bridge societal gaps.