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Stationery, Charles Ware & Sons, Sails, Tents and Blinds, High Street, Hull, Yorkshire. 1939
Lord Baden-Powells House in the WoodsCampsite of Lord Baden-Powell, described as My house in the Woods. Arrows with descriptions point to areas described as rooms. Arrow labelled bathroom points to nearby lake. circa 1910s
Advertisement for Patersons Camp Coffee, which is claimed to be the best
Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - Beardmore GlacierPhotograph taken by Captain Scott during the ill-fated polar expedition to the South Pole in 1910 - 1912, showing tents pitched on the way up the Beardmore Glacier
Captain Oates DiesThe young Captain Oates leaves Captain Scotts tent in a blizzard on the return trip from the South Pole and is never seen again
Two Duff Highlanders at Braemar Games, ScotlandTwo kilted Duff Highlanders from the Mar Estate discussing the Braemar Highland Games where King George V and Queen Mary were in attendance
The Last Resting Place of Captain ScottThe inner tent in which Captain Scott and his two companions were discovered taken by a member of the relief party which found the tent on November 12th 1912
Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Sohrab facing the tent of the Persian army leaders. 16th c. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly
Ulyssess Grant / BradyULYSSESs GRANT American Civil War General at Headquarters during the Virginia Campaign
Omsk - Western Siberia - Kazakh children in front of their yurt tent Date: circa 1903
Brownsea Island Experimental Scout CampRobert Baden Powell outside his tent during the 1907 Brownsea Island Experimental Camp. Date: 1907
Scott at Amundsens TentScotts team arrive at the South Pole to find that Amundsens crew have beaten them to it; frozen and demoralised, they perished weeks later
Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1Knitted Comforts for Men on Land and Sea - front cover of a booklet published by J & J Baldwin s, yarn manufacturers of Halifax
Boys Band, Training Ship IndefatigableThe Boys Band of the Training Ship Indefatigable pose for their photograph in a field, near a tent -- probably at a local fete where they were performing
London Boxing 1870Two fighters slug it out in the gloomy interior of a tent, watched by a small crowd of Londoners who have probably bet on the outcome
King Alis tent at Benowm, Kingdom of LudamarView of a moorish camp: King Alis tent at Benowm, Kingdom of Ludamar. Ali sat on a black leather cushion clipping the hairs on his upper lip while a female servant held a mirror
Iran, Teheran - Nayrouz (The New Year Festival) - an event which was Coptic and originated in Egypt. Ignorant of the Egyptian language for the most part
Sangers Circus cyclist, Haverfordwest, South WalesA lady cyclist (probably a man in drag), one of the performers with Sangers Circus during a visit to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Members of the Search Party who found Captain ScottFrom left: Sub-lieutenant Gran, Petty-Officer Williamson and Mr E.W. Nelson (biologist), members of the relief party who discovered the bodies of Captain Scott
Gypsy & Crystal BallA 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
The Lady Traveller: Olive MacLeod in Africa 1911Olive MacLeod depicted outside her bivouac in " the heart of Africa". MacLeod was the younger daughter of the Permanent Under-Secretary for Scotland Sir Reginald MacLeod
The celebration of the Mawlid al-nabi at Cairo, Egypt - the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which is celebrated in Rabi al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar
Bobby Jones, golfer, in action at Lytham St Annes, watched by a large group of spectators. Date: circa 1920s
British camp with medical dispensary, Western Front, WW1A British camp with an open air medical dispensary on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
The Scout magazine front cover, Special Summer Camping NumbeFront cover of The Scout magazine, " the only weekly official organ of the Boy Scouts" featuring a happy boy scout flying a kite while all his fellow scouts carry out the manly tasks of
Lapland Familes, teepees and huskiesLyngseidet, Norway. Families of Lapps with their tents
Colonial Hunting Party in camp. Date: circa 1900s
World War One - Perham Down Army Camp, HampshireWorld War One Soldier in Tent, Thought to be Perham Down Army Camp, Andover, Hampshire, England. Postmarked Windmill Hill, Andover Date: 1910s
Raleigh Three-Wheeler car Camping on DartmoorRaleigh 3-wheeler car, the Raleigh Safety Seven (introduced in 1933) taken on a camping jaunt onto Dartmoor. Raleigh shut down their Motor Department in 1935 Date: circa 1934
Inside a tent on Mitcham Common, the home to two men, their wives, and fourteen children of various ages. Mr. George Smith, social reformer of Coalville, Leicester
Some Difficult Camping Grounds by Heath RobinsonA variety of impractical and in some cases, downright ridiculous locations to pitch a tent, including on stilts in a lake, across a stream, in a field of angry bulls and on a steep rocky pinnacle
Gypsy life inside a tentSketches of Gypsy life: inside a tent on Mitcham Common
Native American Sioux village near Fort Laramie, USAA Native American Sioux village near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, USA -- men, women and children go about their daily chores
Natives of the island of Formosa (Taiwan), depicted as headhunters and cannibals, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique
Captain H H Berners, Irish GuardsCaptain Hamilton Hugh Berners, Irish Guards, seen here on horseback at the Officer Training Corps, Mytchett, Surrey. Date: circa 1913
Soldiers of a West Indian Regiment, Western Front, WW1A group of soldiers from the British West Indies Regiment, ready for action on the Western Front in France during the Somme offensive, World War One. Date: 1916
Northumberland SceneryThe rugged Cheviot Hills, capped with storm clouds, College Burn, Northumberland, England. Date: 1930s
Coronation Delhi Durbar - Bahawalpur Camp Entrance. Temporary (!) Camp for His Highness The Nawab of the Gods Granted Kingdom of Bahawalpur
Sami People, Norway - outside their tent Date: circa 1910s
Alexander the Great on the eve of GaugamelaAlexander the Great at the fire altar on the eve of the battle of Gaugamela. The scene, described by Plutarch followed a portentous eclipse of the moon
Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Boys at CampBoys and staff from Headingley Orphan Homes pose in front of a tent at their annual summer camp. Date: circa 1916
Cunningham Holiday Camp - Isle of ManThe Cunningham Holiday Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man. In September 1914 the Camp, cleared of its usual campers and staff, was requisitioned as an internment camp for enemy aliens - split into three
A tent at Heathrow Airport in May 1946. Date: 1946
Jubilee in St Jamess Park, LondonJubilee event to celebrate peace, held in St Jamess Park, London, showing the Chinese Bridge, Pagoda and refreshment tents with the flags of various nations
Camp Site 1930SA popular British camp site, full of tents. Note the luxury caravan and attached tent in the foreground! Date: 1930s
I could do with a new photograph of you girlieBonzo outside his tent with a photograph of his girl covered in kisses. Date: circa 1940
Perfuming probable prizewinners: dog show perfume, 1911A patient Pomeranian stands on a folding chair while being squirted with perfume at the Ealing and District Canine Society dog show. Date: 1911
King George V at the battle frontKing George V at an unspecified First World War battle front, meeting a nursing matron