Pack Collection

Fox hunting - riders and their dogs
Fox hunters in traditional red jackets ride out on a hunt, accompanied by their hounds. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Captain Robert Falcon Scott - Frys Cocoa Advert
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), the English naval commander and explorer. A Captain in the Royal Navy, Scott led a number of expeditions to the Antarctic

Selection of tarot cards from traditional Marseille pack
A selection of tarot cards from the traditional Marseille pack. (1 of 2)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Memorial Stadium, University of Minnesota. Date: 1939

Selection of tarot cards from traditional Marseille pack
A selection of tarot cards from the traditional Marseille pack. (2 of 2)

Greyhounds on a Bridge
A large pack of greyhounds, photographed on a bridge in Wembley Park, England, while out being exercised

Arlington, Virginia, USA - Fort Myer Chapel Date: 1939

Lake Placid, N. Y. USA - Main Street
Lake Placid, N.Y. USA - Main Street Date: 1940

No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars to the Navy pack carefully, include your name and address : send to Naval Observatory Washington D.C

Lake Placid, N. Y. USA - View across Mirror Lake - Winter
Lake Placid, N.Y. USA - View across Mirror Lake toward Lake Placid Club - Winter Date: 1940

Donner memorial Bridge, Donner Lake, California, USA Date: circa 1930s

The Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by ice, Barro
Engraving showing the Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by pack ice in Barrows Straits, September 1849. These two ships were used by Sir James Clark Rosss Expedition of 1848-1849 to search

German Playing Card Pack
An assortment of playing cards: kings, queens and knaves

Silhouettes of hunting field scenes in the neighbourhood of York. From the top: full cry, hunting with the York and Ainsty (North)

Nimrod in the Ice
Shackletons ship Nimrod held up in the pack ice. Date: circa 1907

Huntsmen and foxhounds in a field. Date: 1960s

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Withrow High School Buildings Date: 1929

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Forty Fine Ladies, with text by Patrick R Chalmers. The Huntsmans Story -- huntsmen, horses and hounds on a country road and crossing a field. Date: 1933

Alice in Wonderland by Kay Nixon. The whole pack cards rose up and came flying down upon her Date: circa 1925

Gypsy & Crystal Ball
A Gypsy fortune teller gazes deeply into a crystal ball. Other tools of divination are nearby, the drained teacup for reading the tea leaves, and a pack of cards for the tarot

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Fountain Square Date: 1929

Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - Harbor High School Date: circa 1920

Cover design, Dombey and Son
Cover design, Part XI of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, August 1847, with illustrations by Hablot K Browne. 1847

Soldier about to go ashore during the invasion of Italy, Jul
Lantern slide showing a soldier about to go ashore during the invasion of Italy, July 1943; a pamphlet, the ?Soldiers? Guide to Sicily?, can be seen in the soldier?s pack

Miniature card, Nestles Happy Families, offering a full size pack to anyone who can collect a full miniature set. Each penny bar of chocolate contains one. 1935

The Wolf by Edward Donovan
The Wolf, in Edward Donovans The Natural History of British Quadrupeds Volume 1. Held in the Library and Archives

A Shetland Peat Carrier
A Woman of the Shetland Islands carring turves of peat in a wicker back pack basket. She does her knitting whilst she walks (possible some distance). Date: circa 1910s

Hayes winning the Marathon Race. Olympic Games, London 1908
Photograph of John Hayes, American athlete, in the final leg of the marathon race at the London Olympic Games in 1908. Dorando Pietri of Italy collapsed after entering the stadium ahead of the pack

Futuristic underwater croquet. The players are all wearing diving helmets with oxygen packs on their backs

Reno, Nevada, USA - University of Nevada - The Quad. Date: circa 1930s

Illustration, foxhounds howling in chorus
Illustration, a pack of foxhounds howling in chorus, eager to go out hunting. Date: 1912

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century

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

Packing Parachutes at US Air Fields, San Antonio, Texas, USA Date: circa 1942

Cub Scouts cleaning fire engine

Huntsman takes a stirrup cup
A lady offers a huntsman of the South Devon Foxhunt - mounted on a fine white horse - a traditional stirrup cup drink from a tray. Date: circa 1980

A game keeper giving directions to a couple fox hunting, 19th century. Facey Romford and Lucy Somersville on the trail of a fast bag fox. Fresh as a four year old

Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - Jacknife Bridge, Ashtabula Harbour Date: circa 1920

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Basilica of St Mary Date: 1939

Reno, Nevada, USA - Reno National Bank - 2nd and Virginia Streets Date: circa 1930s

Three hunt members, horses and foxhounds, Somerset
Three hunt members, horses and foxhounds in a field at Lea Hill, near Porlock, Somerset. Date: circa 1960s

South Devon Foxhounds, Cockington, near Torquay
South Devon Foxhounds with huntsmen and horses at Cockington, near Torquay, Devon, getting ready to set off. Date: circa 1960s

New York City - Playing card - Madison Square Garden - Queen of Clubs. Date: 1900

Messina - Italy - A Donkey carrying turnips
The quayside at Messina - Italy - A Donkey carrying turnips in side pannier bags Date: circa 1910s

Cheshire Fox Meet
Well-to-do fox hunters standing beside their cars with a pack of Royal Rock Beagles at a Meet at Storeton, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

Laden Donkey owned by a Bakhtiari Tribesman, Iran - this lantern slide has the caption - A Bakhtiari Tribesmans Pantechnicon !

Players Navy Cut Snap Game - The Sailor - holding a large pack of Players Navy Cut Cigarettes " Medium" Date: 1930

Royal Horse Artillery Hounds, Shooters Hill, London
Captain Reed-Scot of the Royal Horse Artillery (Woolwich) leading out his draghounds at Shooters Hill, London. The pack consisted of 18 couples of hounds, kept in adjoining kennels to some foxes

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