Wood Collection (#72)

Red-Ridinghood and the wolf. Date 1867

Snow-shoeing. Date c1886 Dec. 13

The three Tom boys. Published by L Prang. The three Tom boys. Published by L Prang

Dodge & Co. Manufacturers of lumber. Dodge & Co. Manufacturers of lumber

Balloon with open frame wood or metal basket and attached propellers. Date between 1820 and 1840

Lieutenant General Pennefather, & Captain Wing, Captain Layard, Captain Ellison, Colonel Wilbraham, Colonel Percy Herbert, Major Thackwell & Dr. Wood, officers of his staff

Name Card (in wood) with Swallow - Lena
Name Card (in wood) with Swallow - " Lena" Date: circa 1907

Sakhalin Island, Russia - Convicts at working moving timber
Russian Convicts on Sakhalin Island work to move timber on a basic railroad. A katorga (penal colony) was established by Russia on Sakhalin in 1857. Date: circa 1910s

Buryats - Siberia, Russia
A group of The Buryats (or Buriyads) - the largest indigenous group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia

Name Card (in wood) with Swallow - Tanya
Name Card (in wood) with Swallow - " Tanya" Date: circa 1907

The sacred wood, Blidah, Algeria. Date ca. 1899

Ecuador - Iglesia San Francisco at Guayaquil Date: circa 1920

The Dead Sea, near Jerusalem
View of the Dead Sea, near Jerusalem. Date: early 20th century

Scout patrol during Wood Badge course, Dominica
A Scout Patrol during a Wood Badge Course in Dominica, West Indies. 1977

Newfoundland, Canada - Lumbermans Camp
Newfoundland, Canada - A Lumbermans Camp (Radical Tree Surgeons...!). Date: circa 1910s

Captain Scotts cabin, RSS Discovery
Captain Scotts cabin on RSS Discovery, showing a bunk bed and drawers underneath. The ships first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition

The Pageant of the Child, Wandsworth, London
Scene from The Pageant of the Child, a set of beautifully staged tableaux produced by the Waifs and Strays Society at Wandsworth Town Hall, London

Rural scene near Swithland, Leicestershire
A rural scene near Swithland, Leicestershire, showing men chopping wood by a stream, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Hall at St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales
Ink sketch of the Hall at St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1842

Ecuador - Quito - Lumber Seller Date: circa 1909

Sea Scouts constructing models
Three Sea Scouts constructing models. circa 1930

North Court, Munstead Wood - Home of Gertrude Jekyll
The North Court, Munstead Wood, Godalming, Surrey. The home of Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) - influential British garden designer, artist and writer. Date: circa 1910

Sea Scouts building a kayak
A group of Sea Scouts building a kayak. circa 1960s

Montage depicting various Australian sports with animals, including horses, kangaroos and emu. circa 1883

Two children tend to a fire. The girl kneels down and pokes at the fire with a stick while the boy brings fire wood. the caption reads she poked away with a stick. Date: early 20th century

Item from The Scout newspaper, reporting from Grenada in the West Indies on the 1st Grenada Troop, who have helped the Fire Brigade put out a fire at a local lumber yard. November 1926

Carpentry Workshop at St Pancras Schools, Leavesden, Hertfor
Boys saw and plane wood in the carpentry workshop at the St Pancras Schools at Leavesden In Hertfordshire. The schools were opened in by the St Pancras Board of Guardians to house pauper children

Little girl with miniature tea set
A pretty little blonde girl sitting at a carved wooden table with a miniature tea set. Date: early 20th century

Drawing Room in A W T Greens House
Colour sketch entitled Drawing room in A.W.T. Greens house, showing a woman with three children, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Garden Door, Munstead Wood - Home of Gertrude Jekyll
The Garden Door, Munstead Wood, Godalming, Surrey. The home of Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) - influential British garden designer, artist and writer. Date: circa 1910

Various advertisements
Advertisements for the Glasgow & South Western Railway, The Argus newspaper, The Australasian journal, The Sketcher monthly publication

Utopian Project
Utopian project at Sesame House in Acacia Road, St. Johns Wood, London. Children going home. Date: 1907

Two Metropolitan police officers with dogs in a wood
Two Metropolitan police officers with their dogs, one an Alsatian, near a lake in a wood. Either a training exercise or part of an investigation. Date: circa 1960s

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (6 / 7)
Commercial sailing craft moored up in the harbour at on the banks of Lake Garda (Italian - Lago Garda or Benaco) at Riva. The barge in the foreground still contains its cargo of cut timber

Train at Portage, Peninsula Lake, Muskoka (1 / 2)
Train at Portage, Peninsula Lake, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (1/2) Date: circa 1910s

Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, Canada
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Large Cedar tree trunks have been floated down the inlet and gather in the harbour. Date: circa 1910

Cedar Trees - Vancouver Island, Canada Date: circa 1910

Wooden Chapel - Solovetsky Monastery
Russia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky Monastery - old wooden chapel. 2010

Romania - Transporting timber
Transporting wood/timber down from the slopes of the mountains via a long artificial ramp and trough assemblage - Romania Date: 1912

Inlaid Marble panel - Siena, Italy
An inlaid marble decorated panel inside the Duomo (Cathedral) in Siena, Italy, depicting the martyrdom of Absalom (Avshalom), the third son of David, King of Israel

Charles Wood and Son - Florists of Manchester Square, Paddington, London. The postcard details the company as Floral Artists to HRH The Princess Christian

Train at Portage, Peninsula Lake, Muskoka (2 / 2)
Train at Portage, Peninsula Lake, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Finland - Transporting timber Date: circa 1909

Peruvian river transport - Balsa Raft
A rich European man on a hunting trip, being guided through the rapids by a team of local Peruvian attendants. He is seated on a Balsa Wood Raft, which looks highly unsuitable for the river

Romania - Restaurant Padurei Baneasa (Baneasa Forest) - the forest is north of Bucharest, Romania. Date: 1934

Father christmas about to go down the chimney
Another result of zeppelin raids! searchlight nuisance 1916

Timber at Hull Docks
Loading timber onto a lighter at Victoria Dock, Hull, Humberside, England. Date: 1960s

Clogmakers France 18th C
Five men at work in a workshop in 18th century France, making clogs out of wood. Date: Circa 1760

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