Sunday School Collection

Sunday-School Jubilee Commemoration in the Piece Hall, Halifax - from a photograph by Haigh, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Sunday-School Jubilee Commemoration in the Piece Hall, Halifax - from a photograph by Haigh, 1856. Concert attended by...a total of 24, 787 teachers and scholars

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sunday school for migrant children in a potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

The Stockport Sunday-School, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Stockport Sunday-School, [Cheshire], 1850. Monthly lectures are delivered on Sunday evenings, and an annual sermon preached is for the benefit of the Institution by some eminent minister

Girls Sunday school class sings between preaching, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Girls Sunday school class sings between preaching

At Minna Street the army forms a semi-circle... Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939
Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. At Minna Street the army forms a semi-circle and sings to attract a crowd

Punch cartoon: A Shrewd Asnwer - Victorian Sunday school scene (engraving)
6034773 Punch cartoon: A Shrewd Asnwer - Victorian Sunday school scene (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

Christ Blessing Little Children
LLM460015 Christ Blessing Little Children by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ Blessing Little Children)

Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise
LLM460006 Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise)

The Flood
LLM460010 The Flood by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Flood. Preceptive Illustrations of the Bible published by Thomas Varty (c 1880)

The Journey to Emmaus
LLM460009 The Journey to Emmaus by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Journey to Emmaus)

Raikes gathering Waifs for his Sunday School (litho)
3620473 Raikes gathering Waifs for his Sunday School (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Raikes gathering Waifs for his Sunday School)

The Centenary Festival of Sunday Schools, Great Gathering of Sunday School Children at Lambeth Palace (engraving)
3637813 The Centenary Festival of Sunday Schools, Great Gathering of Sunday School Children at Lambeth Palace (engraving) by English School

National, Industrial and Sunday Schools of St John the Evangelist (engraving)
586958 National, Industrial and Sunday Schools of St John the Evangelist (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: National)

The Tribute Money
LLM460013 The Tribute Money by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tribute Money. Preceptive Illustrations of the Bible published by Thomas Varty (c 1880)

Raikes gathering Waifs for his Sunday School (litho)
2793867 Raikes gathering Waifs for his Sunday School (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Raikes gathering Waifs for his Sunday School)

The Centernary Festival of Sunday Schools (engraving)
606804 The Centernary Festival of Sunday Schools (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Son of the Widow of Nain raised to Life
LLM460014 The Son of the Widow of Nain raised to Life by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Son of the Widow of Nain raised to Life)

Jesus returning with his parents to Nazareth
LLM460011 Jesus returning with his parents to Nazareth by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jesus returning with his parents to Nazareth)

Jacobs Reconciliation with his Brother Esau
LLM460008 Jacobs Reconciliation with his Brother Esau by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jacobs Reconciliation with his Brother Esau)

Will you come to my Sunday School? (engraving)
959629 Will you come to my Sunday School? (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Will you come to my Sunday School)

National, Industrial, and Sunday Schools of St John the Evangelist, West View in John Street
1098781 National, Industrial, and Sunday Schools of St John the Evangelist, West View in John Street, Fitzroy-Square (engraving) by English School

Girls First Sunday School, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (b / w photo)
3095281 Girls First Sunday School, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girls First Sunday School, Gloucester)

A Sunday-School in Islington, Nineteenth Century, An Infant-School not far from it (engraving)
5213491 A Sunday-School in Islington, Nineteenth Century, An Infant-School not far from it (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sunday-School in Islington)

The Sunday School (engraving)
5232960 The Sunday School (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sunday School. Illustration for The Sunday At Home, 1857)

Punch cartoon: A Natural Interpretation - Sunday school scene (engraving)
6034832 Punch cartoon: A Natural Interpretation - Sunday school scene (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

The Centenary Festival of Sunday Schools, Great Gathering of Sunday School Children at Lambeth Palace (engraving)
1107048 The Centenary Festival of Sunday Schools, Great Gathering of Sunday School Children at Lambeth Palace (engraving) by English School

Mr John Woodward, the last surviving member of Robert Raikess first Sunday School (engraving)
3658190 Mr John Woodward, the last surviving member of Robert Raikess first Sunday School (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr John Woodward)

Is Jack ready for Sunday School? (colour photo)
3102599 Is Jack ready for Sunday School? (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Is Jack ready for Sunday School)

Women and children in a room with flowers at the National Fruit & Flower Guild
MNY380930 Women and children in a room with flowers at the National Fruit & Flower Guild, 247 Spring Street, New York, 1906 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

New Protestant Hall and Sunday-School Institute at Waterford (engraving)
728779 New Protestant Hall and Sunday-School Institute at Waterford (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The propriety of the Sunday School versus the impropriety of Cremorne (engraving)
736192 The propriety of the Sunday School versus the impropriety of Cremorne (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Prodigal Son
LLM460007 The Prodigal Son by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Prodigal Son. Preceptive Illustrations of the Bible published by Thomas Varty (c 1880)

Christ and the Woman of Samaria at Jacobs Well
LLM460012 Christ and the Woman of Samaria at Jacobs Well by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ and the Woman of Samaria at Jacobs Well)

A Sunday School class
5308520 A Sunday School class. by Du Maurier, George (1834-96); (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Sunday School class in session)

A strange landscape for the youngsters on their way to sunday school. they pass through the ancient graveyard of St Peters Church in Great Bridge, West Midlands (formerly Staffordshire)

Eleven-year-old Joanne Bamforth (front) as the ugly duckling, surrounded by other youngsters from Outlane Methodist church Sunday school

Riding along on the crest of a wave are (back from left) Paul Jones, Andrew Bonser and Michelle Whitaker and (front) Julia Froom, James Wilson and Dean Ramsden

New Mill Sunday school children display the blankets they have knitted for Ethiopia. They first knitted squares and were helped by church members who either knitted or gave wool

Children carrying a banner in the Whit Walk at Manchester, Greater Manchester. June 1960 M4383-011

Boy Scots marching in the Whit Walks in Manchester, Greater Manchester. 6th June 1960 M4383-008

Participants of the Manchester Whit Walksgather outside the town hall, Greater Manchester. 6th June 1960 M4383-013

Whit Walks Manchester: Patrick Rooney aged 4 tries his hand at a "big blow"
Whit Walks Manchester: Patrick Rooney aged 4 tries his hand at a " big blow" whilst waiting for his Sunday School to move off. Watching is bandsman Dennis Barlow

Queens of fund-raising... nearly £1, 000 was raised for the National Children
Queens of fund-raising... nearly £ 1, 000 was raised for the National Childrens Home during a festival at Huddersfield King Street Mission

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

Group Holding Hands In A Circle

Sunday school wing from the south, 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXVI. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1922]

Robert Raikes, founder of the Sunday School movement, 1780 (1880)
Robert Raikes (1735-1811), English philanthropist and founder of the Sunday School movement. A printer from Gloucester, he opened his first Sunday School in 1780. Wood engraving, 1880

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Sunday school has a rich history, spanning centuries and continents. From biblical tales like Joseph being cast into the pit by his brethren to Christ blessing little children, these stories have been passed down through generations. In 1939, in San Francisco's Girls Sunday school class, young voices filled the air as they sang between preaching sessions. Meanwhile, at Minna Street, the Salvation Army formed a semi-circle, spreading hope and compassion to those in need. Even during Victorian times, Sunday schools played a vital role in society. As depicted in a Punch cartoon titled "A Shrewd Answer, " children gathered for their weekly lessons with enthusiasm and curiosity. The scenes of Adam and Eve being driven out of Paradise or Noah's Ark braving the flood were brought to life through storytelling and imagination. One cannot forget the significant figures who shaped Sunday schools' foundations. Raikes gathering waifs for his Sunday School is captured in litho form—a testament to his dedication towards providing education and guidance to underprivileged children. The Centenary Festival of Sunday Schools showcases the great gathering of eager students at Lambeth Palace—an event that celebrated knowledge and unity among young minds. Education was not limited to religious teachings alone; it extended beyond church walls too. National Industrial and Sunday Schools of St John the Evangelist stands as an engraving depicting an institution dedicated to nurturing both academic skills and moral values. Through all these historical moments depicted on canvases or immortalized through engravings, one thing remains constant—the essence of learning within Sunday schools transcends time itself. Just like Jesus teaching about paying tribute money or embarking on the journey to Emmaus with His disciples—these stories continue inspiring individuals today. Sunday school serves as a reminder that education can be found anywhere if we are open-hearted enough to seek it out—whether it be within religious institutions or community organizations such as the Salvation Army in San Francisco back in 1939.