Backpack Collection (page 2)

Cartoon, Methodical training, WW1
Cartoon, Methodical training. A French soldier on the Western Front has been given a dog as a mascot. He is gradually training him by giving him less meat each day

Cartoon, Troop transport, WW1
Cartoon, Troop transport. An ex-valet, now a soldier, is surprised to find that his former employer, a baron, is his driver. Date: 1916

WWI Poster, Go and Help
Dont Stand Looking at this, Go and Help! Parliamentary Recruiting poster, one of the few showing men going into action. Date: 1915

Two hikers, Horner Water, Luccombe, Exmoor
Two young hikers resting by a tree and checking their map at Horner Water, West Luccombe, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: circa 1960s

Two young hikers on Exmoor, West Country. Date: circa 1960s

Japanese leader with rucksack at cub conference
Japanese leader with his rucksack at a cub conference. Date: 1938

Japanese leader with camera at cub conference
Japanese leader with a camera at a cub conference. Date: 1938

Two French scouts on a mountain path
Two French scouts walking along a mountain path

French scouts boarding a train, Paris, France
French scouts with their backpacks, boarding a train at the Gare St Lazare, Paris, France. Date: 1947

English sea scout returning home from World Jamboree
English sea scout returning home from the World Jamboree, wearing a French sea scouts beret. He is Trevor Thomas of Staines, Middlesex, arriving back at Victoria, London

Boy scouts on skiing activity in Finland
Boy scouts on a skiing activity in Finland

Scouts in camp, Australia
A group of scouts in camp under an overhanging rock, New South Wales, Australia

Comic wartime scene, Western Front, WW1
Comic wartime scene on the Western Front, showing a happy soldier going on leave (left), and an unhappy soldier returning (right). Date: December 1915

Scottish soldier, World War I by Robert Baden Powell
Sketch by Sir Robert Baden-Powell of a cheery Scottish soldier during World War I, with the rousing, optimistic caption, We are down-hearted, I don t think. Date: 1916

Book cover design, La Vanghetta del Fante
Book cover design by Duilio Cambellotti, La Vanghetta del Fante by Giuseppe Zucca, showing an Italian light infantryman carrying a spade (the title also means Jack of Spades). Date: circa 1920

Portrait of a German soldier, WW1
Portrait of a German soldier during the First World War. He is sitting with his backpack and helmet between his feet, and his rifle resting against his arm. Date: April 1918

Man out walking with backpack
A man out walking with a backpack and various other items

Ticinese Woman - Canton of Ticino, Switzerland
Elderly Ticinese Woman from the Republic and Canton of Ticino - the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Injured colonial French Soldier (WW1) cared for by nurse
WW1 - An injured colonial French Soldier (Senegalese?) cared for by a pretty nurse. Date: circa 1917

Clothing of the Women of Kamchatka - Far Eastern Russia. The plate shows ordinary day wear and ceremonial costume. Date: circa 1800

Japan - Japanese woman with baskets in hand and on her back (containing a large bunch of pink flowers). Date: circa 1910

Bohemian Street Fruit Seller, Istanbul, Turkey
A Bohemian Gypsy vendor of soft fruits. She sells her wares in little wicker baskets. These small baskets are attached to the larger basket on her back

Rock climbing - Abseiling - Switzerland Date: 1920s

A Korean Basket Seller - Seoul, South Korea. He is carrying well over 40 baskets! One would imagine they are empty... Date: circa 1910s

A Man of Ticino re-fills his water bottle - Switzerland. Canton Ticino or just Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland

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