Tent Collection (page 17)

King George Vs Camp, India
The camp prepared for King George V on his visit to Delhi, India, for the 1911 Durbar. The large marquee in the distance burnt down soon after this photo was taken. 1911

4th Cavalry Brigade at Hamilton Camp, Salisbury Plain
View of the 4th Cavalry Brigade training camp (Hamilton Camp) on Salisbury Plain, taken in the early morning at reveille from the aeroplane of Mr Barrington Kennith

Cools-Lartigues visiting scout training course, Dominica
Sir Alfred Cools-Lartigue and Lady Lartigue, local dignitaries, visiting a preliminary scout training course in Dominica, West Indies. 1950s

Polar tableau, RSS Discovery Exhibition
A polar tableau at an RSS Discovery Exhibition, showing a tent, a husky dog, skis, a flag and snow, as used on the the film set at Ealing Studios. 1948

Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, 1927
A panoramic view of a large number of guests strolling in the grounds of Buckingham Palace at a Garden Party given by King George V and Queen Mary in 1927. Date: 1927

General view of Braemar Highland Games, Scotland
A general view of the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, showing Braemar village. The games were attended by King George V and Queen Mary

Blanket tossing at Tadworth Camp, Surrey
A new recruit is given a blanket tossing at Tadworth Army Camp, Surrey, England. circa 1911

Commander Weaver on RN inspection
Royal Naval inspection at Newtownards, with Commander Weaver questioning a young Sea Scout named Edward Dunn. circa 1960s

Scouts on parade, Grenada, West Indies
Scouts on parade at a training camp in Grenada, West Indies. 1949

Cavalry Camp
The cavalry camp at Ljungbyhed, Scania, 1894. Date: 1894

Advertisement for Agricultural Shows via LNER
Silhouette advertisement for Agricultural Shows via LNER (London & North Eastern Railway), showing a man holding a rearing horse by its harness, with a marquee in the background. 1929

Far From the Madding Crowd
Sequential cartoon showing a couple of intrepid campers determined to get away from it all, and hiking up hill, down dale and through a a river

Gypsies, Romania
Gypsy family and their tent - Romania Date: 1909

Silkeborg, Denmark - Youth Hostel (consisting of a row of thatched tent-like strictures). Perhaps the forerunner of modern eco-living?! Date: 1935

Army field kitchen at Aldershot, Hampshire
An army field kitchen with two soldiers at Aldershot, Hampshire. Camouflage netting can be seen above them, and there is an open tent behind. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1970s

Two Crow Tribe girls with their ponies standing before their tipi (also tepee or teepee). Date: 1911

Russia, Siberia - A Kyrygyz tent (yurt) Date: 1905

Japanese Children in a Tokyo Park, Japan Date: 1908

Kyrgyzstan - Extended family group eating a meal Date: circa 1903

Camping Supper
Young men preparing supper from their tent, pitched on the banks of the River Danube, Hungary. Date: 1930s

Quartermasters tent with shell hole in foreground, WW1
A Quartermasters tent on a transport field during the First World War, showing a hole in the foreground made by a shell which fell within twenty yards but did no damage. Date: 1916

Austrian troops in the Dolomites, WW1
Austrian troops in the Dolomites on the Austrian-Italian front during the First World War. Date: 1915

Turkish troops in Persia, WW1
Turkish troops in Persia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Wounded British troops, Salonika, WW1
Wounded British troops in a field hospital marquee at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Family of five on holiday
A family of five on holiday. Mother and father sit on deckchairs in their best clothes, with their three children sitting in front on them on the sand. Date: circa 1920s

TENT BOY
A little boy peeping out of a tent! Date: 1960s

British Columbia Indian Shaman in full fur attire, standing with totemic wooden carved objects outside his canvas abode. Date: circa 1910s

Bedouin scene with tent - Kuwait Date: circa 1910s

Camping & Canoeing
Two young men in swimsuits stand outside their tent on riverbank and watch a canoe paddling by. Date: 1930s

Camping Equipment
Camping equipment, comprising of a bed and tent in one, with head support, a comfortable canvas chair, a wash bowl on a stand and a rucksack and water flask - luxury! Date: 1935

Funfair Marquee
Curious boys, trying to peep into a circus or funfair tent! Date: 1930s

Putting up a Marquee
Workmen erecting a fairground marquee. Date: early 1930s

Allied soldiers on Salonika Front, WW1
Allied soldiers relaxing at the side of a tent on the Salonika Front (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Crowd at a Horse Racing Meeting, standing close to the Secretary of the Courses Pavilion. circa 1885

Two illustrations, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing (1) Polly riding on the back of her cousin Hickory Hunt, as they pretend to make for a desert island in a storm

Watchtowers of the North West Frontier - Camp Landikotal
Watchtowers of the North West Frontier - Bockhouse Guarding the heights of Camp Landikotal - North West Frontier Province. Date: circa 1910s

Birmingham Botanic garden, 1851
Birmingham and the Great Exhibition-a fete champetre at the Botanic Garden in 1851. Royal commissioners and other officers of the Great Exhibition visited Birmingham to see its " manufacturing

Jemal Pasha and Fuad Bey, Southern Palestine, WW1
Ahmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha, Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army, seen here with his chief of staff Fuad Bey at a battle position in Southern Palestine during the First World War

Encampment of troops, Serbia, WW1
An encampment of troops in Serbia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British field hospital marquee, Salonika, WW1
Greek workmen spreading mud on a British field hospital marquee to camouflage it from enemy aircraft at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

American troops in a tent, Boisleux-au-Mont, France, WW1
American troops in a tent at Boisleux-au-Mont, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 2 September 1917

Guinea Day at the Festival Gardens, Festival of Britain
A cartoon depicting Guinea Day at the Festival Gardens, Festival of Britain, with upper class people in their best clothes, taking part in some unlikely (for them) fairground activities

Gipsies on Putney Common, London. Date: 1870

Seychelles Scouts Court of Honour
Sitting of the Court of Honour to deal with an offence committed by a Scout. September 1932

Seychelles Scouts Camping
Seychelles Scouts camping. circa 1920s-30s

Lord Kitchener reviewing Indian troops, WW1
Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) reviewing Indian troops during the First World War. 800, 000 Indian troops fought in the war: nearly 48, 000 were killed or missing and 65, 000 wounded

Crowded beach at New Brighton, Merseyside
A crowded beach at New Brighton, Wallasey, Merseyside, with the Tower Ballroom and a childrens fairground ride in the background. circa 1940s

Herbert Kitchener and others in Western Palestine
Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener, 1850-1916) and others inside their tent whilst on a mapping survey of Western Palestine (Israel, West Bank and Gaza today) for the Palestine Exploration Fund

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