Trek Collection

Children pony trekking, Horner, Somerset
Children pony trekking at Horner, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: circa 1980s

Boers on the Great Trek, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Slavery in Virginia and South Carolina
Enslaved people drying tobacco leaves in Virginia 76, slaves working on rice fields in South Carolina 77, and view of the natural bridge in Rockbridge, Virginia 78

Baboon military mascot, 1901
A monkey on the march: the pet of the Leicester Yeomanry on his usual seat during the trek with the 16th brigade. Date: 1901

The greatest trek in history, Partition 1947
The greatest trek in history - to find freedom from fear: some of the 4, 000, 000 refugees in the Punjab. Double page from the Illustrated London News

Large family group led through a valley in the Pyrenees
A large family group led through a valley in the Pyrenees with a donkey and some sturdy walking sticks. Date: circa 1910

Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa
Part of the Voortrekker Monument in Gauteng Province, Pretoria, South Africa, showing Voortrekker ox wagons in the wall surrounding the Monument -- in total there are 64 of these wagons

Great Trek / S. Africa
To escape British rule, Boer families emigrate northwards en masse to the Transvaal and beyond, fighting the Zulus (shown here) and others on their way

Don Q by Hesketh Prichard (17 November 1876 14 June 1922). First produced at the Palace Theatre in Ramsgate on 14th March 1921 and then at the Apollo Theatre on 24th March 1921

Abyssinian expedition - Return of Army from Magdala
Mountain train as the British Army march back from Magdala, part of the Abyssinian expedition under General Napier. Soldiers lead pack mules laden with gun carriages

Mimi and Tou-tou: a Thames to Tanganyika romance. The overland journey made from the Cape to Central Africa, and the victorious battles fought on Lake Tanganyika by the British naval expedition with

Milford Track, New Zealand -- Glade House
Milford Track (Piopiotahi), South Island, New Zealand -- Glade House. Date: circa 1930s

Milford Track, New Zealand -- McKinnon Pass
Milford Track (Piopiotahi), South Island, New Zealand -- McKinnon Pass. Date: circa 1930s

Boers Trekking
A group of Boers on trek, photographed beside their wagon. Date: 1907

Great railway strike, trekking to business 1919
When the railway strike first happened Londoners used other means of transportation, buses and trams to find their way to town, needless to say they could not cope with the amount of commuters

Three boys with a pony, Exmoor. circa 1980s

Two boys with white pony, Horner, Somerset
Two boys with a white pony at Horner, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: circa 1980s

Dutch scouts on a cycling trek, Netherlands, checking their map

Scouting trek in Ghana, West Africa
Scouting trek after heavy rains in Ghana, West Africa, with the recently appointed Commissioners Jack Stapleton and George Djabanor Date: 1948

French boy scouts on a bridge over a river
Three French boy scouts on a bridge over a river, checking their map for directions

Tent and trek carts, No. 1 Scout Troop, Bombay, India
Tent and trek carts belonging to No.1 Scout Troop, Bombay, India. The trek carts were used during ambulance drill

Scouts of No. 1 Troop, Bombay, India
Scouts of No.1 Troop, Bombay, India, with a covered trek cart

Pony trekking, Exmoor, Devon
A young girl pony trekking on Exmoor, Devon

PONY CLUB
A Pony Club of mostly girls and the odd boy, on a days trek in South Wales. Date: 1950s

Scouts pull a Trek Cart
Scouts pulling a Trek Cart in the rain by Fred Roe. Date: 1924

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

Shiny Mini Dress
A black model in a shiny Space Age mini dress - very Star Trek ! Date: 1967

Caravan of Sikh refugees - India 1947
A caravan of Sikh refugees crossing India to escape attack and repression from Muslim populations during the time of Partition

Morgans Quebec Trek
General Morgans expedition to Quebec

Voortrekkers En Route
THE GREAT TREK The Voortrekkers - Boer farmers seeking to escape British rule - emigrate northwards to the Transvaal

The Great Boer Trek
THE GREAT TREK To escape British rule, Boer families emigrate northwards en masse to the Transvaal and beyond, fighting the Zulus and others on their way

E J Eyre Completes Trek
EDWARD JOHN EYRE, English explorer in Australia & his aborignine friend WYLIE being greeted by the English captain (Rossiter) of a French whaling ship in June 1841

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