Youth Collection (page 17)

Remote Youth Hostel
The delightful, if somewhat remote, location of the Black Bull Youth Hostel, at the head of Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Studio photo of young girl and teddy bear
A little girl poses with her teddy bear in the photographers studio. Date: circa 1940

Keswick Youth Hostel
The fine Youth Hostel at Keswick, Cumbria, England, with many bicyles parked outside. Date: 1950s

George VI Youth Hostel
This fine house, in Queens Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, is the King George VI Memorial Hostel, belonging to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association (opened 1957). Date: late 1950s

Edgworth Youth Hostel, Lancashire, England - a farm at over 1000 feet above sea level, on the moors. Date: 1930s

Nant Francon Pass Hostel
The Youth Hostel at the head of Nant Francon Pass, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

Young soldier in Serbia, eastern front, WW1
A 14-year-old soldier, Peter Vucinie, on his way to the trenches in Serbia on the eastern front during the First World War. Behind him is the skeleton of a horse. Date: 1915-1917

Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth
Queen Mary and her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) on the occasion of the latters 18th birthday, 21 April 1944. Date: 1944

Title page of Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 1808
Title page of Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano, 1808. Date: 1808

Young Fiancee catches the eye of a new suitor
In the Spring an old Mans Fiancee lightly turns to thoughts of love..! An attractive young lady, the fiancee to a vastly older gentleman (decidedly unamused)

Dutch wartime poster, Youth Front, showing an Aryan type blond boy, with an elderly man in the background. 1940s

Lord Shaftesbury moved by pauper funeral while at Harrow c. 1
An illustration depicting philanthropist Lord Shaftesbury as a youth and being moved by the sight of a pauper funeral while he was resident at Harrow School, Middlesex, in about 1816

Scout in cockpit of Miles Magister
Scout wearing an aviator hat sitting in the cockpit of a Denham Flying Club Miles Magister. circa 1950s

American Explorer program
Young men and women sit listening as one of them plays the guitar. In the newly revised Explorer program, a Learning for Life subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America

Marie Lloyd on cover of Sporting & Dramatic News
Marie Lloyd, born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (1870 - 1922), British music hall singer, entertainer and comedienne. A global superstar in her day commanding the highest salary of any entertainer

Irish Beaver Scout footpainting
An Irish scout showing a younger Beaver Scout how to do foot painting. 1970s

Irish Scouts in a motorboat in Dun Laoghaire harbour. 1970s

Irish Scouts at a wayside cross
Irish Scouts, on a hike with rucksacks, stopped at a wayside cross in Glencree, County Wicklow, Ireland. 1960s

Air Scouts preparing a glider
Two Air Scouts lift and place the canopy on a glider with another Scout already in the cockpit. 1958

Lithuanian Scout. circa 1950s

Air Scouts Colour Party
Six Air Scouts stand to attention raising flags at Windsor Castle. 1962

Polish Scouts at a Jamboree
Polish Scouts march at a Jamboree holding the Polish flag. 1930s

Scouts using RAF flight simulator
Scouts being instructed on how to operate a LINK trainer by a Royal Air Force officer. 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

Polish Scouts in traditional dress
A large group of Polish Scouts and other Poles in traditional dress stand together in a field. 1930s

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

Officer by George Ranstead
Drawing on a postcard of a young Army officer during the First World War by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps

Mr A. R. Girgrah arriving at Scout HQ
Mr A.R. Girgrah (Minister for Education and President of the Council) arrives at the official opening of the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden, Yemen. circa 1966

Polish Scouts exercising
Long lines of Polish Boy Scouts doing physical exercises in the Middle East. 1940s

Scouts playing dodgeball
Beaver/Cub Scouts playing a game of dodgeball in a gymnasium. 1970s

Displaced Scouts and Guides in Germany
A large group of displaced Lithuanian Scouts and Guides and their leaders sitting on a monument in Germany. 1940s

Story time for Beaver Scouts
A group of Irish Beaver Scouts sit on the floor looking up at their leader who shows them pictures from The Story of the Beaver book. 1970s

Scouts with British Airways Officer
Three Scouts look excitedly at a map provided by a British European Airways Senior First Officer, with a Douglas DC-3 behind them. circa 1950s

Scout cooking at camp
Picture shows a Scout frying up his meal over an altar fire. Camp time also allows for strange new hat fashions to develop. 1966

Officer Training Corps at Camp, 1909
Public schoolboys at Farnborough on an Officer Training Corps camp. From top, Charterhouse boys marching back to camp, rifles held upright

Polish Scouts cooking
Polish Scouts crowding around to receive food cooked and served by other scouts. 1930s

American Scouts around a camp fire
A group of eight American Boy Scouts sit around a camp fire next to their tent at night. They stare intently at one of their group as he raises his arms speaking or singing. circa 1950s

American Scouts pulling a sledge
A group of American Boy Scouts dragging a sledge up a steep snow-covered hill in a forest. circa 1950s

Senegalese Man
Fine photograph of a young Senegalese Man from the Makaigne tribe, displaying fine scarification across his whole upper torso, wearing a woven hat and carrying what appears to be a sling

King Gorm of Denmark
GORM GAMLE, known as the old because he is said to have lived 115 years : depicted with a Danish youth of the time, carrying a battleaxe. Date: circa 825 - 940

Youth who Cdnt Shudder

Eye Operation / C. 1760
An eye operation is performed on a youth by two bewigged gentlemen Date: circa 1760

Interview / 1950S
An Interview with a Youth Employment Officer. Date: 1950s

12th Night / Viola / Rackham
Viola - disguised as a youth - is threatened with a duel... Date: first performed 1601/2

King Edgar (Smith)
King Edgar, accompanied by a youth of distinction, stands near the triangular Croyland Bridge, holdings sceptre. He wears mantle and tunic, and of course a crown. Date: reigned 957 - 975

Male Corset / 1910
An elderly gentleman, desperate to regain the figure of his youth, has his valet lace him into a corset. Date: 1910

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