Guides Collection

Stockport Viaduct circa 1850. Coloured lithograph issued by Bradshaw and Blacklock, the original publishers of Bradshaws railway guides Date: circa 1850

Brown Owl and her Brownie pack
People You See. Brown Owl and her Brownie pack. From Teddy Bear (26 September 1964)

Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides pictured in a garden in the spring raking the grass and planting seeds

Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II, Girl Guide
Princess Elizabeth, (the future Queen Elizabeth II) (1926-2022), in her Girl Guide uniform, c. 1942. Date: circa 1942

Queens Own Corps of Guides
A British Officer (Captain) of the Queens Own Corps of Guides. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

In the service of the King - Scouts and Guides
In the service of the King - A saluting Scout and a Girl Guide, pulling back the Union Flag in patriotic pose. Date: circa 1910

The Tempest, Ariel
Act I, Scene II Ariel guides the ship to safety Date: 1909

Hunting Trophies - A Good Bag - British East Africa (Modern Kenya). Date: circa 1910s

Athletic Sports at Grasmere - The Guides Race
The Guides Race at Grasmere showing the plucky runners rounding the flag on Silver Howe - a particularly precarious part of the course. The winner was R. Lancaster who won the race four times in all

Scouts, cubs and guides at Simla, India
Scouts of the 1st Simla (The King s) Troop, Wolf Cubs of the 3rd Simla Pack (BP), and Simla Girl Guides, India

Guides and Scouts at Baden Powell House, London
Girl Guides and Boy Scouts relaxing at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Princess Mary as a Girl Guide Commissioner
Princess Mary, only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, later Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, as a Guide Commissioner presenting a Union Jack flag to a Girl Guide Corps. Date: 1922

Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides sit in a picturesque garden knitting socks and comforters after their exertions gardening

Scouts and Guides in Baden Powell House, London
Aerial view of Scouts and Guides looking at items on display in Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. Date: circa 1960s

Picking Apples by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides and a brownie lend a hand by picking apples in a picturesque orchard

19th century vintage photograph: Bichari, Bishari desert guides - used to guide camel caravans or trains from Korosko to Khartoum

Colour photograph of a girl guide in uniform. Date: c. 1930
Colour photograph of a girl guide in uniform. Date: c.1930

Mary, Princess Royal as Chief Girl Guide
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), daughter of George V in her uniform as Chief Girl Guide. She took an active role in promoting the Girl Guide movement, the VADs

Swiss mountain guides working in the Rockies, Canada, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Swiss mountain guides working in Canada Date: early 1900s

Traversing the Jungle
Illustration of a lady on horseback in the jungle accompanied a man and two native guides. Artist: Anon. Date: 1926

WW2 Scouts And Guides
This illustration portrays a British WW2 boy scout and girl guide, these young people helped Britain in the war effort performing roles including hospital assistance, making ration bags

Princess Elizabeth, Girl Guide
Princess Elizabeth (born 1926), later to be Queen Elizabeth II. As Princess Royal, she was president of the Girl Guide organisation, and is here seen wearing its uniform. Date: 1939

Robert Baden-Powell (1857 - 1941), British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement

Entrance to the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt, c. 1880 s
Entrance to the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt, c.1880 s

Members of the Guide International Service, rehearsing mass food preparation and serving in the open air. The Guide International Service provided volunteers to work in relief camps in Europe during

Lady Clinton (1863-1953), county commissioner for Devon in the burgeoning Girl Guide movement, pictured in uniform. Date: 1920

Girl guides collecting holly
Two girl guides walking through woods, one pulling cart loaded with holly, one carrying holly branches. Artist: DM Elliot Date: circa 1910

Cairo Characters, ministers to the travellers comfort
Sketches of the types a traveller to Cairo might meet during his stay. Top left, a page boy, top right, a porter, centre, the dragomans (guides)

The Brownie
People You See: The Brownie. From Teddy Bear (4 April 1964). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1964

Prince of Wales and Sir Robert Baden-Powell 1922
Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, till abdication same year 1936 and know as Duke of Windsor (1894 - 1972), photographed with Sir Robert Baden-Powell (1857 - 1941)

Three horses, controlled by a ploughboy, pull the plough which the ploughman guides; a second team can be seen at the far side of the field Date: 1846

Tugboat Piloting Ship Date: 1954

Queen Alexandras Imperial Military Nursing Service sisters
Large group of Queen Alexandras Imperial Military Nursing Service sisters at the Sphinx, Giza, Egypt ? plus camels, guides etc. Date: 1940-45

BURIAL CHAMBER NEAR SPHINX
Entrance to a sepulchral burial chamber near the Sphinx. Date: 1801

C17 COACHMAN
A coachman guides his two- horse team along a country road, Date: 17th century

1st Cheetham Hill Girl Guides Camp, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Date: 1922

Woodland School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - Girl Guide troupe camping trip. Date: 1940s

The Standard of England - Girl Guides Association. Date: circa 1940s

Ossalois Men, one riding on a donkey - Pyrenees, France
Ossalois Men, one riding on a donkey - from the far south Pyrenees region of France - they are on route into town. Both are Mountain guides and are wearing the traditional costume for this role

Princess Elizabeth at a Girl Guide camp
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), photographed whilst attending a girl guides camp somewhere in Britain during the war. 1946

The Girl Guides Association - Imperial Headquarters - 17-19 Buckingham Palace Road, London. Date: 1931

Angel with a spear by Domenico Guides. Sant Angelo Bridge. R
Italy. Rome. Angel with a spear by Domenico Guides. Sant Angelo Bridge

Three books, The Somme, Lille, Amiens
Three books, The Somme, Lille and Amiens, published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

French and German girl guides at camp, France
French and German girl guides at a three-week friendship camp in an area of mountains and trees near Crocq, La Creuse, Limousin, Central France

Chief Scout in Nassau, Bahamas
Chief Scout (Lord Baden Powell) walking in the grounds of Government House on his way to a rally of Bahamas and Miami Girl Guides at Nassau, Bahamas. Date: circa 1930

Monte to Funchal Wicker Toboggan - Madeira, Portugal
Wicker Toboggan transportation from the mountainous village of Monte, Island of Madeira, Portugal down to the Capital, Funchal

Waltzing Couple
Her charming dress swirls as her handsome partner - Major Fotheringham, just back from the Boer War, surely - skilfully guides her through the waltz

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