Adventure Collection (page 18)

Boys club members in transportation, circa 1930
At least 33 happy exited young members of a boys club are transported, unceremoniously in the back of a truck for a week of camping and adventure in the countryside

Boys club members say Goodbye and board bus, 1931
A group of happy exited young members of a boys club say their farewells to their families before boarding a bus, taking them for a week of camping and adventure in the countryside

Boys club members in transportation 1928
At least 27 happy exited young members of a boys club are transported, unceremoniously in the back of a truck for a week of camping and adventure in the countryside

Two children play on a fence - Devon
Two young children climb up, and lean over, a fence leading into a large field, Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1920s

Mine-laying Cruiser, the H. M. S. Adventure
Mine-laying Cruiser of the Royal Navy Fleet, the H.M.S. Adventure, built at Devonport Dockyard, Completed in 1905 and sold for scrap in 1920

Rider Haggard / 1890 Photo
SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD writer of She and other adventure stories

Secret Library Doorway
A young Edwardian boy discovers a secret doorway in the library, concealed behind the false panel of a bookcase

SS Umbria, 1893
Engraving of the Cunard steamship Umbria. During a crossing from Queenstown to New York in December 1892, the Umbrias propellor shaft broke and she was disabled

John Buchan Photo
JOHN BUCHAN statesman and writer, author of The 39 steps and other adventure stories

A Christmas Adventure in the Land of Dreams
A festive Christmas scene featuring a group of children in their night clothes being invited to dance around a Christmas tree

Twin puppies explore
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, decide to venture outside and explore

Jonah Regurgitated
After three days in the belly of the whale, the prophet Jonah is thrown up on the shore, none the worse for his interesting adventure

Western / Hopalong
HOPALONG AVENGES THE SHERIFF (Clarence E Mulford) Popular hero Hopalong Cassidy in another adventure

Rescuing U-Boat Victim
A child is rescued aboard a passenger ship torpedoed by a U-boat - an episode from an adventure yarn published in 1917 based on authentic naval operations

Arthur and Parsifal
Arthur sends Parsifal off in quest of adventure (abenteuer)

Holmes / Solitary Cyclist
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST " I slowed down my machine."

Holmes / Copper Beeches
THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES " I am so delighted that you have come." Holmes and Violet shake hands

Holmes / Blue Carbuncle
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE The roughs had fled at the appearance of Peterson

Rocking Horse Seaside
Little Margaret rides her rocking horse all the way to the seaside

Sir Henry Rider Haggard
SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD writer of She and other adventure stories

Alice Stretches
ALICE SHRINKS AND STRETCHES Alice stretches... Date: First published: 1865

Holmes / Veiled Woman / C19
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND " Very early one morning, a young woman, dressed in black, came to see us..."

Sherlock Holmes / Angry
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND Holmes lashes out at the band trained by the sinister Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Date: First published: 1892

Sherlock Holmes. C20Th
THE ADVENTURE OF THE RED CIRCLE Holmes at the window holding a candle

Cook Lands in Tasmania
He lands at Adventure Bay, Van Diemens Land (Tasmania)

Cent Mille Lieues
CENT MILLE LIEUES DANS LES AIRS (comte Henry de la Vaulx) : a French flying machine attacks a troop of hostile African natives on camels

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