Camel Collection

HMS Furious (47) with a Sopwith F1 Camel on the flightdeck

Map / Afghanistan C1860S
Map of Afghanistan and Beluchistan (note camel routes are measured in days, not miles)

Izmir, Turkey - Camel brand figs
Camel brand Figs from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. An advertising card featuring two laden camels from a camel train led by a driver riding a mule Date: circa 1901

Sopwith Camel
Royal Flying Corps Rfc Sopwith Camel Cockpit with Vickers 7.7 Mm Machine-Gun and Instruments Date: 1910s

Sopwith Camel 2F-1
Major Graham Donald Wearing Shorts Standing with 66 Sqn Royal Airforce RAF Sopwith Camel 2F-1 Navalised Version Fitted with a Synchronised Vickers 0.303-Inch Machine-Gun Parked at Lemnos

The Sahara Desert, North west Africa - two camels stride across the sand, accompanied by their Bedouin owner. Date: circa 1915

Sopwith Camel biplane in forced landing, France, WW1
A British Sopwith Camel biplane after a forced landing in a field near Noyelles-sur-Escaut, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 8 October 1918

General Gordon Statue, Chatham
Memorial to General Gordon at Chatham - Royal Engineers Barracks

Street scene in Tbilisi (Tiflis), Georgia
A street scene with oxen and camels in Tbilisi (Tiflis), Georgia. Date: circa 1880

Carrying Tea by Camel
Carrying tea by camel in Asia

Sopwith F1 Camel biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British Sopwith F1 Camel fighter biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1918

Sopwith Camel biplanes on an airfield, WW1
A long line of Sopwith Camel biplanes of No. 148 Aero Squadron USAS (United States Air Service) on an airfield during the First World War, with pilots and ground crew. Date: 8 August 1918

King Alis tent at Benowm, Kingdom of Ludamar
View of a moorish camp: King Alis tent at Benowm, Kingdom of Ludamar. Ali sat on a black leather cushion clipping the hairs on his upper lip while a female servant held a mirror

Bactrian Camel. Ukraine
Bactrian Camel (Camelus Bactrianus) at the Genoese Fortress. Sudak. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine

Chandni Chowk market, Delhi, India
View of Chandni Chowk (meaning moonlit square or market), is one of the oldest and busiest markets in Delhi, India. Date: circa 1890s

Camel Market Number 2 - Seaport of Aden, Yemen Date: circa 1910s

Oman / Mattrah
The market place in the old caravan town of Mattrah, Oman, Middle East. During the date harvest the mountains resound with the bleating of thousands of camels. Date: 1930s

Promotional card for the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd - Turkish Company with head office at Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey and branches in London, Paris, Constantinople (Istanbul), New York, Cairo

Sopwith F1 Camel biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British Sopwith F1 Camel fighter biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Nativity Scene
A tranquil Nativity scene showing the three kings arriving to present their gifts of gold, Frankincense and myrrh to the newborn baby Jesus

A hand-painted sign showing the time it would take to reach Timbuktu in Mali (52 days) if one were to set off across the Sahara Desert on a camel

Old Japanese Matchbox label with a camel made by Tokushima-Seisuisho in Japan Date: c. 1910s

William George Barker, RFC pilot and air ace
William George Billy Barker (1894-1930), Canadian member of No. 9 Squadron, RFC, seen here wearing a fur coat, standing by his Sopwith Camel. His confirmed victories totalled 50

British Camel Corps in the Sudan, 1916
A British Camel Corps in the Sudan during the First World War. A similar Camel Corps to that shown helped to defeat the troops of the Sultan of Darfur (Ali Dinar)

Face of a very handsome camel
The close-up face of a very handsome camel. Date: circa 1910s

CRESQUES, Jafuda (1350-1410); CRESQUES, Abraham ( -1381). Catalan Atlas. 1375. Fifth Leaf. Map of Delli. Detail. Camel caravan in the Silk Road to Catai crossing the mountains of Tian Shan

Port Sudan - Sudan - native dock worker - camel Date: 1951

Bedouins and camels in the desert, Egypt
A group of bedouins and their camels in the desert, Egypt. Date: early 20th century

PLM Poster, Touring Club de France, advertising rail travel to Algeria and Tunisia. Showing a man riding a camel in the desert. 20th century

Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, Beersheba, WW1
The Imperial Camel Corps Brigade outside Beersheba (Bir As-Saba) during the First World War. Date: November 1917

Caravan to Peshawar
Camel caravan to Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, close to the border between (what is now) Pakistan and Afghanistan

Poster advertising East Indian Railway to Delhi
Poster advertising the East Indian Railway to Delhi

Visiting Paris Zoo
JARDIN D ACCLIMATATION Some children choose to ride the ostrich cart, some the elephant, some the camel

Novelty Camel Early C18
A bactrian or two-humped camel not a dromedary as billed on this flyer. This camel was displayed with her young betwixt the Queens Head & Crooked Billet, Fleet bridge

Poster, The New Road to the East. 20th century

Camel corps at Delhi Durbar, 1912
An impressive incidient at the Delhi Durbar, 1912: His Highness the Nawab of Bahawalpur, the boy prince of India, leading his camel corps past the King-Emperor, who is returning his salute. Date: 1912

Sopwith 2F1 Camel -seven aboard HMS Furious in build

Camels leaving Cairo for the Front, WW1
A trainload of camels in Egypt belonging to the Imperial Camel Corps leaving Cairo for the Front. The picture was taken at a railway siding in Cairo

Sopwith 2F1 Camel N6635 at Brooklands
Sopwith 2F1 Camel, N6635, at Brooklands

Entry into Aqaba, Battle of Aqaba, Jordan, WW1
Scene at the entry into Aqaba, during the Battle of Aqaba, Jordan, during the Arab Revolt, First World War. Date: 6 July 1917

Tourists on camels - Egypt
Four male Tourists on a Thomas Cook tour, all about to take a trip by camel, with the help of a guide. circa 1910

Travel to India
Poster published by the British India Press, Bombay, advertising travel to India

Mongolian Traders in China with camels
Mongolian Traders in China with their delightful camels and tent. A stop at the city gates at the end of a long trading journey

Izmir, Turkey - Camel Train passes Mosque
A camel train passes a Mosque, following the Great Fire. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir

Camel driver at Petra, Jordan
A beautiful postcard depicting a camel driver with his camel train sheltering at Petra, Jordan

Camel / Travel / Bridge 1924
A woman reads her guide book on the back of a camel. She crosses a Chinese bridge, watched by an eskimo, a gondolier and a Tahitian singer

Client: Ledux - Outdoors Camel Overcoat - June 22, 1953. Date: 1953

Map of Palestine, circa 1800. From Gaza and Ashkelon in the south to Tyre and Sidon (Lebanon) in the north. La Palestina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes

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