East Collection (page 164)

Irish Scouts at a wayside cross
Irish Scouts, on a hike with rucksacks, stopped at a wayside cross in Glencree, County Wicklow, Ireland. 1960s

Air Scouts taking off in glider
A Slingsby T.21 Glider taking off with Air Scouts at the controls at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Scout glider in flight
Slingsby T.21 Glider flying with Air Scouts at the controls at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Alexandru Marghiloman signing Peace Treaty, Romania
Alexandru Marghiloman (1854-1925), Romanian Prime Minister, signing a Peace Treaty (known as the Treaty of Bucharest) with Germany and Austria in the Cotroceni Palace, near Bucharest

Poplar - doorstep cleaning

Air Scout in glider
An Air Scout sits smiling in the cockpit of a glider at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Proclamation of martial law by General Allenby, Jerusalem
Proclamation of martial law, read in English to the inhabitants by General Sir Edmund Allenby, outside the Tower of David in Jerusalem during the First World War. Date: 11 December 1917

Detraining a Howitzer by moonlight, Palestine, WW1
Men of a siege battery at a railhead, detraining a Howitzer by moonlight in Palestine during the First World War. From a drawing by James McBey, war artist. Date: 1914-1918

The English Consulate in Shanghai, China. Shanghai was officially opened to foreigners as a commercial treaty port on November 17th, 1843. The British consulate to Shanghai was built in July 1849

Herbert Kitchener and others in Western Palestine
Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener, 1850-1916) and others inside their tent whilst on a mapping survey of Western Palestine (Israel, West Bank and Gaza today) for the Palestine Exploration Fund

Polish Scouts exercising
Long lines of Polish Boy Scouts doing physical exercises in the Middle East. 1940s

Malay Seller of Satay Beef with his portable shop - Singapore Date: circa 1910s

General Sir J F Laycock, British Army officer, WW1
Brigadier General Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock (1867-1952), British Army officer. During the First World War he served in the Middle East, including a command of the Royal Artillery

Heavy artillery in action in the desert, WW1
Heavy artillery in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

General Racho Petrov, Bulgarian army officer and politician
General Racho Petrov Stoyanov (1861-1942), Bulgarian army officer and politician. Seen here at his desk while serving as Governor of Macedonia

Arab troops at Kasr-i-Shirin, Middle East, during WW1
Arab troops at Kasr-i-Shirin (Qasr-e-Shirin, Ghasr-e-Shirin) in the Middle East (now Iran) during the First World War. They include Kerim Khan, Aziz Khan and Ali Agha. Date: circa 1916-1918

Gun parts of ANR on Rufiji River, East Africa, WW1
Gun parts of the 1st Service Battery ANR on the Rufiji (Rufigi) River in German East Africa (now Tanzania) during the First World War. The photograph was taken during the wet season

Howitzer in action in the desert, WW1
A 6 inch (30 cwt) Howitzer in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German army officer, WW1
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870-1964), general in the Imperial German Army and commander of the German East Africa Campaign during the First World War. circa 1914-1918

Java - Indonesia - Traditional Dance Moves - Petrok and Dewie Srikandi Date: circa 1910s

British 60 pounder gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 60 pounder gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. 1918

1930s basement dwelling, Stepney
A view down through the rooms only window into a basement dwelling in Stepney in the East End of London. Dinner is on the table and a bird cage is hung above. Date: circa 1936

Scout operating winch for gliders
A Senior Scout at the controls of a winch used for launching gliders at the Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

King Peter I of Serbia in retreat following invasion, WW1
King Peter I of Serbia (1844-1921, reigned 1903-1921), seen here (seated, left) in retreat after the invasion of his country by the joint forces of Germany

Ghilzai man in summer dress, Afghanistan
A Khawtee Ghiljie in his Summer Dress. A 19th century Afghan man seated on the ground. The Ghilzais inhabited southern Afghanistan east of the Duranis. 1815

Major von Wienskow inspecting Turkish regiment, Nazareth
Major von Wienskow (or Wienskowski) of the Prussian Army inspecting a Turkish regiment in Nazareth during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Ahmed Jemal Pasha with Ali Fuad Erden before Suez attack
Ahmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha (left), Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army, with his Chief of Staff, Ali Fuad Erden, just before an attack at Suez during the First World War. circa 1915

Title page, Account of the Kingdom of Caubul
Title page, An account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies in Persia Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee Monarchy

Picture No. 10514136
The East Window of Franz Josef Church New Zealand Date: 1935-1936

East End Couple having fun
A couple from the East End of London " having a real good time!". The gentleman and the lady have swapped hats! Date: circa 1900

Captain Bridges of 1st Connaught Rangers, El Funduk, WW1
Captain John James Bridges of the 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers at El Funduk (Al Funduq), Palestine, during the First World War. The battalion captured six enemy guns and 150 wagons

General Frankenberg of Germany and his departing troops
General Werner von Frankenberg und Proschlitz (1868-1933), Prussian army officer who served in the Middle East during the First World War. Seen here with his departing troops. Date: circa 1917

Scouts learn about science
One American Boy Scouts demonstrates some equipment in a Scout-built project to show another group of Scouts the principles of static electricity

General Falkenhayn and staff member, Palestine Front
German General Erich von Falkenhayn (1861-1922) (centre) with a member of his staff, conversing with a Turkish officer on the Palestine Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

American Scouts on a coach
American Scouts lean out of the windows of a coach waving, at the 1973 National Jamboree in Farragut State Park, Idaho or Moraine State Park, Pennsylvania. 1973

Kenya, Africa - The Treasury, Nairobi Date: circa 1910s

Molesey Lock at end of boating season
Scene at Molesey Lock, near Hampton Court, Surrey, at the end of the boating season. 1892

Petticoat Lane Market, London - Looking toward Aldgate. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Ecclesbourne, Hastings, East Sussex Date: circa 1910s

British Empire Exhibition - Wembley (3 of 5)
The East Africa Pavailion at the British Empire Exhibition - Wembley, London Date: 1924

Early US Televsion Shop Advertisement - Park Incorporated - First with the finest in television service and test equipment. Meeting arrangements to be made with Tony or Campy! Date: 1950s

Kaiser Wilhelm II in Constantinople (1 / 2)
The German Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Constantinople, Turkey in 1917, during World War One. He is paying his respects by leaving flowers at a grave of Wilhelm Leopold Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz

Bonang Players - Bali
The Bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan (percussion orchestra). It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called kettles or pots)

Praya East Hong Kong and Jardines Sugar Factories Date: 1908

Djibouti, East Africa - L Hotel des Arcades Date: circa 1910s

East Java - Indonesia - Selecta, Batu Date: 1939

Washing in East Indies
Washing day in Java, Dutch East Indies. Date: 1930s

North Woolwich Docks
Eventide at George V Dock Dock, North Woolwich, east London, before the World War Two Blitz and the Docklands development. Date: 1930s

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