Back Pack Collection

Dog and owner reunited in the trenches, France
Private Brown of the North Staffordshires, in the trenches in France, is found by his pet terrier dog which has made its way, alone, from his home in Hammersmith, West London

British Army recruitment poster
Recruitment poster for the British Army. A smiling man in uniform asks: Have you a relation or friend serving?

A Shetland Peat Carrier
A Woman of the Shetland Islands carring turves of peat in a wicker back pack basket. She does her knitting whilst she walks (possible some distance). Date: circa 1910s

French Fireman 1850
French firemen - (sapeurs-pomiers) Date: 1850

A man and woman of Mexico. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Chinese country boy with rake and laden backpack. Date: circa 1910s

Chinese Farming / Country Girl with wicker back-pack. Date: circa 1906

Military dresses of the Hungarian infantry. 19th c. 1838. Soldier, standard bearer sergeant and second lieutenant. Watercolour

Costume of a Woman Of Lake Como, Italy
The costume of a Woman from near Lake Como, Northern Italy. She carries an immense bundle of hay on her back and is taking a short (and seemingly well-deserved/required) rest from her labours

Italy - Lake Maggiore, Stresa, Someraro
Italy - Lake Maggiore. Horse wagon on the road between Stresa and Someraro. Date: circa 1910s

Comic wartime scenes on the Western Front, showing a happy soldier going on leave, an unhappy soldier returning, and an officer of the 8th Yorks returning from the German trenches having stolen a

Woman of the Italian Lakes with straw backpack
A woman of the Northern Italian lakes region carrying a large wicker backpack containing what apears to be hay. This traditional mode of transporting such goods is often depicted in the postcards

Rural scene on the banks of Lake Maggiore. An Italian woman of the region pauses to chat to a man working metal outside his stone house

Victoria, British Columbia - Songhees Squaw
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - Songhees Indian Squaw. The Songhees or Songish, also known as the Lekwungen or Lekungen

Jar Salesman
A wandering itinerant Mexican jar seller, his wares on a frame across his back (however, is he earning pots of money?). Date: circa 1905

Woman from Lombardy carrying hay in a large backpack - taking (a well-deserved) rest against a low wall. Date: circa 1910s

Gandria - Lake Lugano - Alleyway
Backstreet in Gandria on the shore of Lake Lugano, Switzerland. A woman walks up a steep cobbled passageway with a wicker basket on her back, past a large wood store

French and British soldiers in wartime
Two French soldiers join hands with a British soldier, " united against the barbarians". Date: early 20th century

Switzerland - Two women carrying logs - Contadine
Switzerland - Two Swiss rural farm women, standing on a high road in the morning light, carrying logs in huge wicker backpack baskets. Date: circa 1910s

Frenchwoman with returning soldier

VIIIme Exposition Suisse D Agriculture (2 / 3)
Promotional postcard for the VIIIme Exposition Suisse D Agriculture (8th Swiss Agricultural Exhibition) at Lausanne, Switzerland (2/3) Date: 1910

Elderly couple on a country walk
An elderly couple going for a country walk down a sloping track

Apple Salesman with a gigantic pannier - Turkey
Apple seller standing alongside his large pannier, filled to the brim with fruit. The weight of this woven backpack must have been immense

Seller of Quince, Constantinople, Turkey

Pottery Merchants
A pottery merchant and customer stand between wares piled high in a large wicker backpack and engage in tense negotiation

Cooking Utensil Salesman
Itinerant cooking utensil salesman, with a wicker backpack and hand basket, containing brushes and wooden platters

Hill Coolie Girl - India
A Hill Coolie Girl from a Northern Indian Hill Tribe

Elderly Japanese flower seller
A delightful postcard photograph of a slightly elderly Japanese flower seller

Andreas Reischek - Austrian
Andreas Reischek (1845 - 1903), an Austrian taxidermist, naturalist, ornithologist and collector notable for his extensive natural history collecting expeditions throughout New Zealand as well as

Charles Robinson Bookplate
Fontispiece printed bookplate - design by Charles Robinson

Serbian Worker
A Serbian Worker with backpack and sticks, standing on the cobbled apavement of a provincial town

Mexico - Itinerant pot seller
Mexico - Itinerant decorated pot seller taking a rest on the side of a road in the Mexcian countryside

Street Trade / Lettuce
A young man sells lettuce and other green salad ingredients on the street. He is using a distinctive large-framed backpack wicker basket

Infantry of Line 1835
Infantry of the line

Grenadier with Dog
French Grenadier with rescued bandaged dog in his backpack

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