Guiding Collection

Womens Land Army Poster
Poster recruiting women to the National Service Womens Land Army during World War One, depicting a land girl guiding a plough across a field

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

Girl Guides: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret send courier
Princess Elizabeth, patrol leader in the Buckingham Palace Company, sends a message by courier pigeon to Lady Baden Powell at Guide Headquarters

Littlehampton Pier
At Littlehampton Pier (which is complete with windmill and lighthouse), a steam tugboat brings a large sailing ship safely into port. Date: circa 1910s

Guiding Xmas Angel
Angels make themselves useful at Christmas time : this one is directing Santa to a house in the Swedish forest where there are well-behaved children awaiting presents

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

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

A Bedouin shepherd on a donkey leads his flock, Syria
A Bedouin shepherd on a donkey leads his flock of sheep in a long line across the empty wastes of the Syrian desert in Syria Date: 2005

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

WW2 A. R. P. Wardens
An illustration which shows a pair of British Air Raid Protection wardens at their post, they were responsible for helping civilians during an air raid

Harvest Time
An oil painting of a strong white workhorse, pulling an empty hay cart, ready for the harvest, with a farmer guiding him along. Date: circa 1920

Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso
Isaac Stern (1920-2001), Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso. Seen here with a young pupil. Date: circa 1980s

Waxwork Effigies in Westminster Abbey, 1872
A verger of Westminster Abbey guiding visitors to the waxwork funeral effigies of the Ragged Regiment or Play of Dead Folks, 1872

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

SPIRIT MISSIONARY
Beulah, a spirit missionary, who devotes herself to guiding errant mortals into the true path of spirituality Date: 1887

WW2 - Home Front - Girl Guide Rangers and Guiders doing forestry work in the West Country - pictured here cutting down bracken and foliage to promote the straight growth of young saplings. Date: 1941

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

German holding up the other Central Powers
Russian caricature from WWI era showing Germany struggling to support the failing efforts of their allies, the other Central Powers, The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria (?). Date: circa 1917

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

People at a comic sports event in a field
People taking part in a comic sports event in a field, which involves each man being blindfolded and apparently guided by a woman with a piece of string. Date: circa 1910s

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

The Road to Bethlehem - Mary and Joseph
This picture shows Mary and Joseph on the way to Bethlehem for the census and birth of Jesus. Mary is shown with a halo and riding the donkey with Joseph leading them

An angel guides Tobit
An Angel guides Tobit - Tobit 5. circa 1690

Istanbul, Turkey, Ahirkapi Balikcisi (Ahir Kapou) lighthouse
Istanbul, Turkey - Ahirkapi Balikcisi (Ahir Kapou) lighthouse at the entrance to the Bosphorus (on the European side) - Seraglio Point. Date: circa 1907

Big heavy machine in Oman
Oman. Big heavy machine lifting. Man standing next to machine guiding driver. Date: 1976

Two Egyptian Arab Women, the lady on the right is blind. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge 1912
Advertisement for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge - A Royal Usher gestures his guests to enter (the Palace?). Date: 1912

Greetings card in the shape of a lighthouse -- The Guiding Light. Date: circa 1890s

The Seven Stones Lightship

Woman police officer guiding little girl across the road and holding up her hand to an oncoming car, on the corner of Vincent Square, London SW1. Date: circa 1930s

Girl Guides on parade, Eccles
Girl Guides on parade with flags, Eccles. Date: 1970s

St. Christopher Signpost
SAINT CHRISTOPHER The patron saint of travellers, carrying the Christ child on his shoulders. A unique sign post in Treyford, West Sussex, England Date: 3RD CENTURY

Camp Fire Girls on parade, Hudson, Massachusetts, USA
Camp Fire Girls on parade with banners in Hudson, Massachusetts, USA. They belong to a scouting type organisation for girls which was founded in the early 20th century

Outdoor gathering of scouts and guides, Mauritius
An outdoor gathering of scouts and guides, Mauritius. Date: circa 1960s

Archery demonstration at combined camp, British Guyana
An archery demonstration given by ADC Gerald Young at a combined camp for scouts and guides, British Guyana, South America, March 1966. Date: 1966

Group photo of Scout and Guide leaders, Gibraltar

French Girl Guides on parade, St Georges Day, Paris, in the presence of their Chief, Lady Baden Powell, as well as national chief General Lafont, General Koenig (Military Governor of Paris)

Scouts and Guides of Fiji, South Pacific. Date: circa 1970s

Scouting and Guiding leaders of Fiji, South Pacific, in a group photo. Date: 1978

Women and girls in refectory, Baden Powell House, London
Women and girls in the refectory of Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

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

Sperry bomb sight in action by G. H. Davis
Precision bombing: the Sperry bomb sight in action during a raid, Second World War. The flight of bombs is controlled by a mechanism guided by a skilled bombardier. Date: 1944

Naval display at Earls Court by G. H. Davis
The naval display at the Earls Court Exhibition -- the general engagement of the vessels and the forts. A cross-sectional drawing (centre top)

Landing aircraft in fog by G. H. Davis
The dot and dash radio beam system of landing aircraft in fog: a method which prevented many accidents during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Peter R Sweeney
PETER BARR SWEENEY American politician of dubious repute, considered the guiding intelligence of the Tweed ring in New York city in the 1860s. Date: 1825 - 1911

Jaffa, Israel - The Pilot guiding shipping through the rocks. Date: 1911

WWII - Packing Department - Girl Guide Imperial HQ
WWII - Packing Department - Girl Guide Imperial Headquarters, London. Date: 1943

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