Hides Collection

Girl Reading in Tree
A little girl hides, high up in a linden tree, reading her book

WW1 - German anti-British propaganda postcard - Caught and Trapped - a duplicitous British Army Officer is captured by the forces of the Central Powers trying to smuggle a machine gun to his men

Boscobel Woods 1651
After his defeat at Worcester, Charles II hides in the woods at Boscobel - the actual tree is halfway down on the right of the picture. You can t see Charles because hes hiding

Georgia - Tbilisi - A Tanner and Fur Hatter
Fur Hatter and tanner at Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia

Curtain Fire
A coy red-haired temptress hides her modesty behind a curtain

Charles Stuart in Hiding
CHARLES STUART THE YOUNG PRETENDER Bonnie Prince Charlie hides out in the Scottish Highlands after defeat at Culloden. Date: 1720 - 1788

The Tan Yard, Leather Factory Date: 1874

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Game hunting trophies, India, c. 1880 s
Game hunting trophies, India, c.1880 s

Bonnie Prince Charlie in hiding in the moors of Scotland
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788) - the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain in hiding in a cave in Scotland

Charles Is son Charles hides in an oak at Boscobel
King Charles Is son Charles is hiding up an oak to hide from Cromwells soldiers after the Battle of Worcester. The oak at Boscobel House was called " The Royal Oak ". 1651

WAITER HIDES WINES 1894
A waiter puts aside a couple of bottles for the personal refreshment of the staff... Date: 1894

Native Americans bringing hides to a traders hut Date: 1876

Multi-part story in the Native American Pictograph Tradition, printed on shaped cards to resemble the hides on which the original stories were painted

Royal Family members at the British Industries Fair - 1932
Royal Family members examine African furs at the British Industries Fair at Olympia, London - February 23rd, 1932. From left: Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI 1895-1952), Prince George

Philippine Tarsier hides and rests during daytime on his perching site (Tarsius syrichta). Philippines. February. in a typical habitat of undergrowth in a dense secondary tropical rainforest near

Four Zulu Warriors in traditional costume carrying clubs and shields. Date: circa 1908

Sami People - Norway - with antlers and dogs Date: 1930

Warriors from Somalia
A superb photographic postcard of two warriors from Somalia

Italy warned by Menelik of dealing with the Ottoman Sultan
The Italians in Libya - Italo-Turkish War. Menelik I, the Emperor of Ethiopia (who had defeated Italy in 1889) warns Italy

Philippine Tarsier hides and rests on his perching site (Tarsius syrichta). Philippines. February. in a typical habitat of undergrowth in a dense secondary tropical rainforest near PTFI

Two Inuit Girls - Nugsuak, Qsuitsup, Greenland
Two Eskimo (Inuit) girls at Nugsuak, Qsuitsup, North West Greenland. Date: circa 1910s

Uganda - The Royal Family - children
The happy Family of the Omukama of Toro, Uganda, wearing beads and leopard/cheetah skins

Eskimo Ladies from Alaska
Four Eskimo Ladies from Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. The woman on the left is wearing (interestingly) a very western pair of lace-up shoes as opposed to her fellows in traditional fur boots!

Luther at the Wartburg
Disguised as Junker Georg, bearded and without a tonsure, he hides from the Church and starts to translate the Bible into German

Kitten in Bucket
A small kitten hides in a bucket gazing up at the photographer

A family of Patagonian Indians outside their home Date: circa 1901

Cabin by the Tyin Lake, Jotunheimen National Park, Norway
Hunting party sitting outside a ccabin decorated with reindeer antlers - by the Tyin Lake, Jotunheimen national park, Bitihorn, Besseggen, Norway. Date: circa 1920s

South China - Drying hides - Hides laid out on open ground. Part of Box 24 Boswell Collection Southern China and Its people. Date: circa 1900

Mania / Rail Projector
A railway projector - depicted as a circus acrobat - hides from the anger of the investors whose money he holds in his bags... Date: 1866

Charles II at Boscobel
The flight of Charles - he hides in the oak tree at Boscobel. Date: 1651

Ger (Yurt) of the Buryats people - near Ulan-Ude, Siberia
Ger (Yurt) of the Buryats people (ethnic Mongols) - near Ulan-Ude, Eastern Siberia, Russia Date: circa 1908

European / Praying Mantis - hides in long grasses (Mantis religiosa). near river Ural - Orenburg region - July

Green Cicada, which is active around dusk, in daytime hides in vegetation in undergrowth of rainforest (Dundubia vaginata). Tioman Island, 30 km east off peninsula Malaysia in South China Sea; June

A Wallaces Flying Frog hides in a leaf in undergrowth of primary rainforest (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus (Boule). river Danum valley conservation area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; night in June

File-eared Tree Frog - hides among giant leaves of a ginger plant in primary rainforest (Polypedates otilophus (Boulenger). Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; night in June

Dark-eared Tree Frog is hides among giant leaves of a ginger plant in primary rainforest of Danum Valley Conservation Area (Polypedates macrotis (Boulenger)). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; night in June

Suffragette Caught Bathing. A suffragette is caught bathing at Swansea and hides behind rocks. Gallant gentleman offers his hat so she may cover her modesty. Date: circa 1910

The Fleet in Japan - Attack Under Cover - A British Naval Officer enjoying the delights of Japan behind a paper umbrella. Date: 1906

Djibouti, East Africa - Sellers of Animal Hides
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - Sellers of Animal Hides. Date: circa 1910s

Inuit - Family by their Summer Residence Date: circa 1910s

Anywhere to escape from the wife
Wife (to Lion Tamer who has been out late) - " You Coward!" Date: 1892

Livingstone, Zambia - Native Craftsmen, Shapiros Curio Store. Date: circa 1906

Two Argentinian Gauchos resting in the field of an Estancia, surrounded by hides, hung out to dry on an old covered wagon

Christmas scene out in the snow
Father Christmas hides behind a beautifully decorated Christmas tree, which is laden with presents for the two little children who have obviously been very good this year. Date: c. 1910

Harrison & Newhall... Philadelphia, Rio coffee, sugar, hides
Harrison & Newhall...Philadelphia, Rio coffee, sugar, hides, & c. Philadelphia. Harrison & Newhall...Philadelphia, Rio coffee, sugar, hides, & c. Philadelphia

British Columbia Indian Shaman in full fur attire, standing with totemic wooden carved objects outside his canvas abode. Date: circa 1910s

Autumn Model
A coy model hides hehind the autumn leaves. Date: 1960s

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