Scouting Collection (#7)

A small naval dirigible, introduced by the British Navy for scouting for submarines. Date: 1914 - 1918 war

Albert, Duke of York and Lord Baden-Powell, Wembley Jamboree
Albert, Duke of York and Lord Baden-Powell at a great Scout Jamboree held at Wembley Stadium. Date: 1924

R H Smith, Vereeniging Scout Troop, South Africa
R H Smith, Scoutmaster, Vereeniging Scout Troop, South Africa

R Okell, Berea Scout Troop, Durban, South Africa
R Okell, Scoutmaster, Berea Scout Troop, Durban, South Africa

Baby Scouts -- Santa Claus
Baby Scouts -- And sometimes with his eagle eye he spots dear Santa Claus among the chimney pots. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- telegraph wire
Baby Scouts -- While Tiny, aged just ten months and a half, brings scouting messages by telegraph. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- climbing a wall
Baby Scouts -- Scouts Frank, and Jack, and Jim are rather small, and yet theyll show you how to climb a wall. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- boys and girls
Baby Scouts -- When sturdy baby boys begin to scout, dont think that baby girls will be left out. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- crying baby
Baby Scouts -- Why, what are all these sobs and tears about -- they said he was too young to be a scout! Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- parachuting with hats
Baby Scouts -- But girl scouts view the aeroplanes with dread; they much prefer to use their hats instead. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- flying a plane
Baby Scouts -- Of course The Kids Patrol knows how to fly -- in aeroplanes they nip about the sky. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- sleeping
Baby Scouts -- When day is done and stars begin to peep, the baby scouts prepare themselves for sleep. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- out at sea
Baby Scouts -- And when he gets a little tired of that, he cruises round the ocean in his hat. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- scarecrow
Baby Scouts -- And yet a scarecrows such a curious sight, it makes some baby scouts fall down with fright. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- signaller
Baby Scouts -- A girl scout signaller you notice here, she warns the camp when enemies are near. Date: 1900

Country scene with trees and rocks
A country scene with trees and rocks, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. Date: circa 1840s

Riverside view of Twickenham, Middlesex, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. Date: circa 1840s

Woodland School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - Girl Guide troupe camping trip. Date: 1940s

An International Moot in Scotland, 1944. Creator: Unknown
An International Moot in Scotland, 1944. Rover Scouts from Egypt, Rhodesia, England, Scotland, Armenia, Irak, Norway and Australia

Scouts Practising Pioneering, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Scouts Practising Pioneering, 1944. Boy scouts taking part in outdoor activities. The Scouting movement was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1908. From " Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds

A Sea Scout, 1944. Creator: Unknown
A Sea Scout, 1944. The Scouting movement was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1908. A reference to Sea Scouts appears as early as July 1909. From " Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds

Group of men in uniform in front of a tipi, Buckinghamshire, 1913. Creator: Unknown
Group of men in uniform in front of a tipi, Buckinghamshire, 1913. Group portrait of scout leaders with chainmail epaulettes

Duchess of York talking to Crippled Cubs - Edinburgh
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) talking to Crippled Cubs - Edinburgh during a great display by 17, 000 children drawn from the Boys Brigade, Girl Guides

Bobs Eyes, British Scouts, 1900. Scene from the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) fought in what is now South Africa, between Great Britain

Lord Baden Powell and Prince of Wales at World Jamboree
Lord Robert Baden Powell and Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) at the Third World Scout Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Upton, Merseyside

Boy scouts dressed as natives at camp, British Honduras
Boy scouts dressed as natives at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Butchering an animal at Bacalar, British Honduras
Boy scouts watching the butchering of an animal at Bacalar, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, 24 May 1951. Date: 1951

Boy scouts washing cutlery at camp, British Honduras
Boy scouts washing cutlery at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. One pan contains hot soapy water, the other contains clear hot water. Date: 1951

View of Loyola Camp with clouds, British Honduras
View of Loyola Camp with grey clouds, on a rainy day, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1950s

British and German boy scouts at camp, Denmark
British and German boy scouts at camp in Copenhagen, Denmark, making a kitchen rack for pots and pans. They were taking part in an international Jamborette arranged by the Danish Boy Scout Movement

Magazine cover, boy scouts in camp, Denmark
Magazine cover of The Scouter, April 1958, showing boy scouts sitting round a campfire in Denmark. Date: 1958

Queen Elizabeth II visiting scouts in Manitoba, Canada
Queen Elizabeth II visiting scouts during a Jamboree at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, on 10 July 1970. Date: 1970

Two Austrian boy scouts. Date: circa 1950s

Denis Knight, Rover Sea Scout, Grenada, West Indies
Portrait of Denis Knight, Rover Sea Scout in Grenada, West Indies. 1949

Henrietta Grace Smyth (Baden Powell)
Self-portrait by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Four Sea Scouts at Colchester, Essex
Four Sea Scouts under instruction and making notes at Colchester, Essex. circa 1950

Mr Trevor Scott-Chard and Air Scouts
Six Air Scouts stand listening to Mr Trevor Scott-Chard talk about aviation, with a plane visible in the background. circa 1950s

Scouts playing tug of war
Pulling Together. Native Scout visitors and boys of the 1st Khormaksar Troop in a tug of war at Sheik Othman, Aden. 1950s

Henrietta Grace Smyth by an unknown artist circa 1840s

Bukta scout clothing and equipment advert
Advertisement for Bukta, publisher of the Scoutannica catalogue featuring all conceivable clothing and equipment needed to be a fully fledged boy scout including tents

Boys Club, mud bath, 1935
Two boys from a Boys Club, on the beach doing what boys do best; getting covered head to toe in mud

Boys Club, swimming and relaxing by river, 1928
A group of boys from a Boys Club sit by a rivers edge and dry off in the sun after their swim

Boys Club informal group photo 1934
Eighteen shirtless boys pose happily in the sun for an informal group photograph on what looks like the back of a cart

Scouting Comes of Age by Kenneth Brookes
Lord Baden Powell, together with Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) attend a scouting jamboree

Cheyenne Indian Indians Native Americans Scout
Cheyenne Scouts Patrolling the Big Timber of the North Canadian, Oklahoma. After a work by American artist Frederic Sackrider Remington, 1861 - 1909

Peregrine Falcon On Perch

Prairie Falcon On Rock Ledge

Baden Powell and his wife

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