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Background imagePowell Collection: Cubs in the gift shop at Baden Powell House, London

Cubs in the gift shop at Baden Powell House, London
Three cubs in the gift shop of Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London, chatting to two assistants. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Background imagePowell Collection: Interior at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London

Interior at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London
Watercolour painting of an interior at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. From left to right are Carry, Count (the dog) and Josephine

Background imagePowell Collection: Kitchen interior, St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales

Kitchen interior, St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales
Sketch of the kitchen interior at St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1842

Background imagePowell Collection: RSS Discovery handed over to Sea Scouts

RSS Discovery handed over to Sea Scouts
RSS Discovery handed over to HRH Duke of Kent, Commodore of Sea Scouts, by Mr Ormsby Gore, with Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell in attendance. 9 October 1937

Background imagePowell Collection: Sea Scouts and Baden Powell, HMS Implacable, Portsmouth

Sea Scouts and Baden Powell, HMS Implacable, Portsmouth
Sea Scouts being addressed by the Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell, on board HMS Implacable in Portsmouth. He is seated, accompanied by his daughter. 7 August 1934

Background imagePowell Collection: Entrance to St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales

Entrance to St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1842

Background imagePowell Collection: Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Chief Scout

Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Chief Scout
Sir Robert Baden-Powell KCB, KCVO, LLD. FRGS, Chief Scout, on the day he opened the South London Scout Exhibition. 13 December 1911

Background imagePowell Collection: Baden-Powell with Cub Scouts

Baden-Powell with Cub Scouts
The Chief Scout (Lord Baden-Powell) preparing to take the Cubs Grand Howl. 1930s

Background imagePowell Collection: Arab Scout giving keffiyeh to Baden-Powell

Arab Scout giving keffiyeh to Baden-Powell
An Arab Scout presenting the Chief Scout (Lord Baden-Powell) with an Arab keffiyeh. 1930s

Background imagePowell Collection: Baden-Powell inspecting troop

Baden-Powell inspecting troop
The Chief Scout (Lord Baden-Powell) inspecting a Scout Troop in Aden, Yemen. 1930s

Background imagePowell Collection: Lady Olave Baden-Powell Chief Guide of the World

Lady Olave Baden-Powell Chief Guide of the World
Lady Olave Baden-Powell, Chief Guide of the World. Date: 1969

Background imagePowell Collection: Henrietta Grace Smyth (Powell) - self portrait

Henrietta Grace Smyth (Powell) - self portrait Date: circa 1840s

Background imagePowell Collection: Ewhurst Place, East Sussex

Ewhurst Place, East Sussex
Peter aged 4, Heather aged 2, Betty asleep in her cot upstairs, aged one month. Ewhurst Place, East Sussex. May 1917

Background imagePowell Collection: Kinsale, Ireland

Kinsale, Ireland. 1886

Background imagePowell Collection: Roch Castle, Pembrokeshire

Roch Castle, Pembrokeshire. circa 1912

Background imagePowell Collection: Malta

Malta
Group picinicing up a mountain in Malta. circa 1890s

Background imagePowell Collection: Herstmonceux, East Sussex

Herstmonceux, East Sussex
View through two archways into a courtyard at Herstmonceux, Sussex. 1910

Background imagePowell Collection: Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai
View of Mount Sinai. November 1938

Background imagePowell Collection: Aden

Aden
View of Aden. 17 November 1938

Background imagePowell Collection: Baden Powell and Charles Burgess Fry

Baden Powell and Charles Burgess Fry
General Baden Powell and Charles Burgess Fry sitting in the back of an open car. At this time Fry (who is best remembered as a cricketer)

Background imagePowell Collection: Are YOU in this?

Are YOU in this? A poster designed by Robert Baden-Powell during the First World War showing British citizens joining in the war effort

Background imagePowell Collection: Celebrations in Trafalgar Square after the Relief of Mafekin

Celebrations in Trafalgar Square after the Relief of Mafekin
Illustration showing the crowd, filling every inch of Trafalgar Square, celebrating the news of the Relief of Mafeking, during the Boer War, 1900

Background imagePowell Collection: William Ernest Powell Giles (1835-1897)

William Ernest Powell Giles (1835-1897)
William Ernest Powell Giles, Australian explorer

Background imagePowell Collection: The Dandy Doctor by Edward Marris, music Dudley Powell

The Dandy Doctor by Edward Marris, music Dudley Powell
The Dandy Doctor by Edward Marris with music by Dudley Powell. First produced at the Avenue Theatre in Sunderland, 26th March 1900. The caption reads Take her, my boy, shes yours

Background imagePowell Collection: Music cover, Baden Powell, a March by Ezra Read

Music cover, Baden Powell, a March by Ezra Read, dedicated to the heroic defender of Mafeking (Boer War). 1900

Background imagePowell Collection: Robert Baden Powell, English soldier

Robert Baden Powell, English soldier
Robert Baden Powell (1857-1941), English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts, seen here in scout uniform. circa 1900

Background imagePowell Collection: San Francisco, California, USA - Powell and Market Streets

San Francisco, California, USA - Powell and Market Streets
San Francisco, California, USA - The junction of Powell and Market Streets, showing the finely decorated Bank of Italy Building (left). Date: circa 1922

Background imagePowell Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Goddess of Fire

Fantastic Adventures - Goddess of Fire
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1941, featuring the story Goddess of Fire by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Young pretty woman with torch

Background imagePowell Collection: Red Cross Motor badge

Red Cross Motor badge
During the First World War this label was attached to one of the two motor ambulances owned by Major PHG Powell-Cotton of Quex Park, Birchington

Background imagePowell Collection: Quex Ambulance Q. 2 used as a selling booth

Quex Ambulance Q. 2 used as a selling booth
Quex Ambulance Q.2 being used as a selling booth during War Weapons Week in Birchington. Major Powell-Cotton (in Homberg hat) is speaking to one of the women at the table

Background imagePowell Collection: Three Belgian hospital patients in the garden

Three Belgian hospital patients in the garden
Three Belgian hospital patients sitting on a grass bank in the garden at Quex Park. The man on the left is holding something - a letter or photograph perhaps and the other two are looking at it

Background imagePowell Collection: Spectators at Birchington Sports Day

Spectators at Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients watching the Three-legged Race for hospital staff at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Background imagePowell Collection: Selling War Certificates, Birchington

Selling War Certificates, Birchington
Hannah Powell-Cotton, in her uniform as Commandant of Birchington Voluntary Aid Detachment, sitting at a table selling War Certificates during War Weapons Week

Background imagePowell Collection: Cock Fighting at Birchington Sports Day

Cock Fighting at Birchington Sports Day
Two VAD Hospital patients taking part in an event called Cock Fighting at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Background imagePowell Collection: Sack Bumping Race, Birchington Sports Day

Sack Bumping Race, Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients taking part in the Sack Bumping Race at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Background imagePowell Collection: VAD patients at the Birchington Sports Day

VAD patients at the Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients at the Sports Day held at Woodford House School field in Birchington during War Weapons Week. The Quex Park VAD Hospital

Background imagePowell Collection: Patients and nurses in front of Quex House

Patients and nurses in front of Quex House
A group of patients, with five VAD nurses, in front of Quex House in about 1915. On the left can be seen the Winter Garden, a large conservatory joined to the drawing room of Quex House

Background imagePowell Collection: Two patients and two nurses in the Hospital Mess, Quex Park

Two patients and two nurses in the Hospital Mess, Quex Park.The patient on the right is wearing the hospital uniform of hospital blues - blue serge jacket and trousers

Background imagePowell Collection: Nine hospital patients in Winter Garden, Quex Park

Nine hospital patients in Winter Garden, Quex Park
Nine hospital patients sitting in the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House

Background imagePowell Collection: Patients and nurses in garden at Quex Park

Patients and nurses in garden at Quex Park
A group of patients and nuses gathered in the garden at Quex Park, beside the buildings of the Powell-Cotton Museum. The men include Australian and Scottish soldiers

Background imagePowell Collection: Five patients on the Winter Garden steps Quex Park VAD Hospi

Five patients on the Winter Garden steps Quex Park VAD Hospi
Five patients are standing on the steps of the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House

Background imagePowell Collection: Loading an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station

Loading an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station
Loading a stretcher into an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station in March 1916. Several men, including service personnel and a civilian are assisting lifting a stretcher holding a patient into the top

Background imagePowell Collection: Kent VAD ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station

Kent VAD ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station
A Kent VAD ambulance is parked by some buildings at Ramsgate Town Station in March 1916. Two sailors are carrying a stretcher. A man and a VAD nurse are leaning over the stretcher

Background imagePowell Collection: Ambulances arriving at Quex Park VAD Hospital

Ambulances arriving at Quex Park VAD Hospital
Major Powell-Cotton is supervising the removal of a stretcher from an ambulance at the front of Quex House. The stretcher is being carried by two VAD Hospital patients wearing the patients uniform of

Background imagePowell Collection: Stretcher bearers waiting for ambulance train arrival

Stretcher bearers waiting for ambulance train arrival
A group of civilians are standing by parked ambulance vehicles inside a station building at Ramsgate Town Station. On the ground nearby are several stretchers

Background imagePowell Collection: Birchington Girl Guide Troop at Quex Park June 1920

Birchington Girl Guide Troop at Quex Park June 1920
The Birchington Girl Guide Troop photographed in the garden of Quex Park on 11 June 1920. The Troop had attended the presentation of certificates to members of the Birchington VAD Kent/178 to mark

Background imagePowell Collection: VAD Ambulances at Quex Park

VAD Ambulances at Quex Park
The two Quex Park VAD Ambulances are parked outside the front of Quex House. A stretcher is being unloaded from Q1, while Q2 alongside is closed up

Background imagePowell Collection: Presentation of Certificates to Kent / 178 Birchington VAD

Presentation of Certificates to Kent / 178 Birchington VAD
Lord Harris (4th Baron Harris, 1851-1932) speaking at Quex Park on the occasion of the presentation of certificates to members of the Birchington VAD Kent/178 on 11 June 1920



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