Outdoors Collection

The Scout, Every Boys Weekly front cover
Front cover of The Scout magazine, the " only weekly official organ of the boy scouts" featuring two enthusiastic and earnest looking boy scouts reading a map while out on a hike

Springs Promise, by Marjorie Miller

Wonderland, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA
Aerial view of Wonderland, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1909

Three young Victorian women baring their bottoms, circa 1894. circa 1894

Army Chaplain in Great War Deeds, WW1
An Army Chaplain holding a night service on the battlefield, with a packing case as an altar and a tin mug as a chalice. Reproduction of a painting by A C Michael in Great War Deeds

George Whitefield preaching at Moorfields Fair, 1742
George Whitefield(1714-1770), nonconformist preacher, depicted preaching under difficult circumstances at Moorfields Fair on Whit Monday, 1742. 1742

WW2 poster, How to tackle a fire bomb, indoors and outdoors, with explanatory illustrations, by the Ministry of Home Security. Date: early 1940s

Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park
Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club

Advertisement for Cadburys Golden Key -- male and female models (Barry Trengove and Geraldine Hill) posing. 1959

VW Camper Van
A woman demonstrates how convenient it is to have ones breakfast in the Great Outdoors, with the marvellous VW Camper Caravan. Date: 1963

Women outdoors 1881
Two women in walking dresses at the seaside. 1881

Ice skating in Winter
J Rankine ands Duff-Taylor, with a lady each, waltzing on Craiglockhart Lower pond, Edinburgh, 1907 1907

Battledore & shuttlecock by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two little girls play battledore and shuttlecock, or badminton on a fine summers day

The Butterfly by Muriel Dawson
A little girl, knee deep in a field of wild flowers, picks some to make a charming bunch on which a Red Admiral butterfly lingers

Woman spinning - India
Woman spinning on a traditional hand-made wheel, India

Two cats sit on a rooftop gazing at the full moon
A black and white cat sit on a rooftop gazing at the full moon; I don t know what they say to each other but I have often heard them talking. Date: circa 1912

Woman police officer in self-defence exercise
Woman police officer (Moya Wood-Heath) taking part in a self-defence demonstration exercise at an outdoor event, watched by spectators. Date: circa early 1970s

OUDS: The Tempest at Worcester College, 1949
A midsummer diversion in an Oxford garden: the Oxford University Drama Societys production of Shakespeares The Tempest in the grounds of Worcester College, 1949

John Singer Sargent painting outdoors
American portrait artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) painting outdoors, perhaps at Fladbury or Calcot - circa1888-89. Date: circa 1888

One Kind of Picnic - Another by H. M. Bateman 2 of 2
A group attempt a countryside picnic but are beset with problems ranging from angry wasps to an irate landowner. The picture is in direct contrast to a companion picture to this

Woman police officer Annie Matthews, Hyde Park, London
Woman police officer Annie Matthews (nickname Big Ben), on duty at the childrens lido in Hyde Park, London. Before joining the Met Police, Annie worked as a housemaid at Glamis Castle in Scotland

Weavers Castle, Eriskay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, c. 1880 s
19th century vintage photograph: Weavers Castle, Eriskay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, c.1880 s

Canada c. 1920 vegetables Bonsecours Market Montreal
Canada c.1920 - fruit and vegetable dealers at Bonsecours Market Montreal Bonsecours Market, at 350 rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, is a two-story domed public market

castle Bay Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: Castle Bay Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, from the NE, fishing boats in the harbour, image c.1880 s

Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, with a camera in the foreground

Shoe shine Lisbon, Portugal
A young shoe shine man reads a newspaper while waiting for his next customer in a Lisbon street Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

The Penmare Boozy-Doos, Hayle Carnival, Cornwall
The Penmare Boozy-Doos at the Hayle Carnival, Cornwall -- men in drag, in drum majorette costumes. Date: circa 1980s

Healthy Exercise by Cecil W. Quinnell
A young woman out for a winter walk wrapped snugly in a striking red outfit set off by white fur collar and muff. Date: 1908

Fashion illustration by David Wright, 1930s
Fashion illustration by David Wright, better known for his pin-up girls during World War II, featuring two elegant women wearing chic outfits for the outdoors. Date: c.1935

The Humorist Easter Number 1938
The Humorist Easter Number front cover illustrated by William Heath Robinson featuring two exhausted cyclists sleeping off a picnic lunch, unaware that somebody is riding away on their tandem bicycle

Champagne Michel Gonet, Epernay, Champagne, France
Villa Signolle, Champagne Michel Gonet, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France. The Avenue de Champagne is a 1km long street lined with mansions owned by champagne

Girl finds sleeping chick in her dolls house Date: 1925

Lake and Palace with a boat Udaipur, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Lake and Palace with a boat in the foreground, Udaipur, India. Image by Colin Murray for Bourne and Shepherd, c.1870

1st British-Australian Scout Troop (Madame Melbas Own), group photo taken in Dulwich, South London, May 1913. Date: 1913

Elderly woman with large number of dogs
An elderly woman with a large number of dogs of various different breeds, some of them riding in a cart which she is pushing. Date: circa 1920s

Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes
Four Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes

Medieval frolics: wine, women and song
An alfresco medieval social gathering, with mixed bathing and music making. Date: c.1430

Antiques market, Bromyard, Herefordshire
People at an antiques market in Bromyard, Herefordshire. Date: 1969

Gordon Highlanders making kilts in the open air
A group of soldiers from the Gordon Highlanders, some smoking pipes, sit outdoors making kilts. One of them is using a sewing machine

Carol Singing / Dressed Up
God save you Merrie Gentil Men

Loch Eynort, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, c. 1880 s
19th century vintage photograph: Loch Eynort, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, c.1880 s

Ben More and Helgas from Bornish, South Uist, Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: Ben More and Helgas from Bornish, South Uist, Scotland, image c.1880 s

Chartres Cathedral, France, the spires
19th century vintage photograph: Chartres Cathedral, France, the spires

Hildas Tower, Rome, Italy
19th century vintage photograph: Hildas Tower, Rome, Italy

Street scene in Rye, East Sussex
19th century vintage photograph: street scene in Rye, East Sussex

Funeral of King George V 1936, Sandringham, Norfolk
Funeral of King George V 1936, procession leeaving Sandringham, Norfolk, where he died

Rickshaw on coast road, Negishi Yokohama - Mississippi Bay
Rickshaw on the coast road, Negishi Yokohama - Mississippi Bay. Vintage 19th century photograph

Woman being pulled in rickshaw, jinrikisha, Japan
Young woman being pulled in a rickshaw, jinrikisha, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

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