Wood Collection (#74)

Stane Street
A glimpse of Stane Street, a famous Roman Road, seen here at Tyrells Wood, near Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Date: 1950s

Birch Wood Snow Scene
Snow patterns in a birch wood. Date: 1930s

Friendly Horses

HALL I TH WOOD
Hall i th Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, England. Once the home of Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the Spinning Mule (1779), which revolutionised the cotton industry. Date: 15th century

Autumn Mist
Autumn mist in a pine wood in Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

She made them some broth
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children... She made them some broth -- an illustration to the nursery rhyme, showing the old woman in her kitchen

Training in an American army camp, France, WW1
A training exercise in an American army camp in France during the First World War. Date: early 1918

Cutting a tree near Amiens, France, WW1
Two men cutting a tree at sawmills near Amiens and Albert, northern France, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Portuguese soldiers advancing through a wood, WW1
Portuguese soldiers advancing through a wood on the Western Front, First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Italian Caproni Ca. 4 bomber planes, WW1
Four Italian Caproni Ca.4 heavy bomber planes, used during the First World War and later. It was a three-engine twin-boom triplane constructed in wood and covered with fabric

Sudan - A Dinka Hut Date: circa 1910s

Italian infantry in wood near Rheims, France, WW1
Italian infantry in France during the First World War. Showing transportation trucks and men on a road in a wood near Rheims, north eastern France. Date: June 1918

American troops with German prisoners, Belleau Wood, WW1
American troops with German prisoners near Belleau Wood, northern France, First World War. Date: circa 1918

Captured German engineer park, Western Front, WW1
The entrance to a German engineer park, containing much material, captured by the Canadians during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Granpop decorates his tree house by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration depicting Gran pop, the orang-utan character created by Lawson Wood, happily painting patterns on his new roof tree

American troops, Battle of Belleau Wood, France, WW1
American troops in action during the Battle of Belleau Wood, northern France, First World War. Date: 4 June 1918

The Nymphs by Hookway Cowles
The Nymphs An Illustration by Hookway Cowles depicts 5 women in thin revealing clothing, nearly naked in appearance, prancing through the forest with the sunlight trying to penetrate the Undergrowth

Street music: Bob the dancing dog, 1816
Blind street musician Charles Wood with his organ and dancing dog Bob. Date: 1816

Two ice skaters - one falling over
Quite from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare: " He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural." The perfect accompaniment to this humorous cartoon postcard depicting a suave

Italian Caproni Ca. 5 bomber plane, WW1
The Italian Caproni Ca.5 heavy bomber plane, used during the First World War and later. It was a three-engine biplane constructed in wood and covered with fabric

Italian gunners in a wood near Rheims, France, WW1
Italian gunners with a 75 mm battery in action in a wood near Rheims, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: July 1918

Natives of a cold country sitting round a fire
Natives of a cold country (probably Inuit Eskimos) sitting round a fire in a wood, smoking their pipes. Date: 19th century

Allied troops with camels, Mesopotamia, WW1
The 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers and 3rd (Lahore) Division with camels at Warley Wood, their base in Mesopotamia towards the end of the First World War. They are offloading the days water supply

Gran pops Nutcracker Suite by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang utan character, Granpop, together with the help of some monkeys and a pig, attempting to crush a coconut with a homemade nutcracker. Date: 1934

Granpop Thinks more Juice is Required by Lawson Wood
Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood enjoys a ride in a homemade, ramshackle carriage pulled by a sweltering little monkey on a bicycle

Rouen Cathedral, France - Misericord in the Choir stalls. A stange female creature with the wings and tail of a Chimera and a crows feet, holding up a heart in her right hand. Date: circa 1910s

Scout ceremony with President Johnson
Boy Scout Ferris Taylor presents President Johnson with a walnut plaque bearing the Scout emblem and a gavel. The traditional " Report to the Nation" of the Boy Scouts of America was

Queen Elizabeth IIs children on a see-saw, 1957
While the Queen looks on, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, rocks a see-saw for Prince Charles and Princess Anne during their visit to the farm and saw mill on the Balmoral Castle Estate in Scotland

Polish Rover Scout Instructors / Leaders
Polish Rover Scout Instructors/Leaders. circa 1930s

Ruined trees in winter, WW1
Ruined trees in winter, with frost and snow on the ground, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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

Selecting timber at a cabinet makers, Shoreditch, London
A man selects a piece of wood at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. 1940s

Scout washing on camp
A Scout in camp washing himself before morning inspection. The boys themselves have built the washstand cum clothes dryer for the material available on the campsite

Lithuanian Scouts cooking
A group of Lithuanian Boy Scouts stop during a hike in a coniferous forest to cook some food by chopping down trees and making a small fire. circa 1951

Apprentice cabinet maker, Shoreditch, London
An apprentice learning his trade at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. c.1947

Irish Scouts washing up on camp
Two Scouts of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland washing up in camp. The wash stand cum dresser has been built by them out of the natural materials available on the campsite. 1966

Polish Scouts on bicycles
Five Polish Scouts on bicycles cycle next to a cliff in the countryside. 1930s

Aerial photograph of Bernecourt, France, WW1
Aerial photograph of a hazel wood near Bernecourt, north eastern France, during the First World War, taken from a German balloon. Date: 1 September 1916

The Babes in the Wood by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Have You Searched Yourself?
Four soldiers lining up for inspection, below a sign which reads: Have You Searched Yourself? circa 1940s

British artillery in northern France, WW1
British artillery with their rifles in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

General Leonard Wood, American army officer
General Leonard Wood (1860-1927), American army officer, at Plattsburgh Barracks, New York State, USA, a military training camp for businessmen. Date: circa 1917

Major General Leonard Wood, American army officer
Major General Leonard Wood (1860-1927), American army officer, delivering a graduation address as part of military training activities at the Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Captured German gun at Mametz, Somme, France, WW1
Allied troops moving a captured German gun near Mametz Wood in The Somme, northern France, during the First World War. The officer at the centre is wearing a protective waistcoat. Date: 10 August 1916

Crown Prince Wilhelm with staff at Verdun, France, WW1
Crown Prince Wilhelm of the House of Hohenzollern (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst, 1882-1951). Seen here with his staff at Verdun, north eastern France

Sawmills at Medevja-gora, during Russian Civil War
The sawmills near the river at Medevja-gora (Medvedja-gora, Medvezhya Gora, now known as Medvezhyegorsk, Republic of Karelia, north western Russia)

British artillerymen in a wood, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen with their field gun set up in a wood, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Experimenting with tank tracks, WW1
Experimenting with tank tracks during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

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