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Youths Collection

Background imageYouths Collection: Suffragettes Pankhurst and Gawthorpe Rutland 1907

Suffragettes Pankhurst and Gawthorpe Rutland 1907
Christabel Pankhurst and Mary Gawthorpe in the Market Place, Uppingham, holding a meeting during the 1907 Rutland bye-election

Background imageYouths Collection: Scout hot air balloon

Scout hot air balloon
A group of Scouts preparing to fly their hot air balloon, adorned with the Scout Association Fleur-de-lis emblem, at Gilwell Park. 1976

Background imageYouths Collection: Roller skaters at Deal, Kent

Roller skaters at Deal, Kent
Three young men roller-skating on a rink in Deal, Kent. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageYouths Collection: Somali Boys diving for money at Aden

Somali Boys diving for money at Aden
Somali Boys diving for money/coins at Aden, Yemen. Described as " an amusing sight"... Date: 1875

Background imageYouths Collection: Coal mining pit boys and girls

Coal mining pit boys and girls
The girls and boys who worked in the mines. Children covered in coal who had been working in the mines all day. The maidens (girls) who would sift the coal

Background imageYouths Collection: Crowd of flat capped youths watching a street artist

Crowd of flat capped youths watching a street artist
This is a London street. The left handed artist is using chalk and his materials are on a cloth by his side. The postcard is one of the London Types series. Date: circa 1902

Background imageYouths Collection: Amorous Youths, classical French engraving

Amorous Youths, classical French engraving Date: 19th century

Background imageYouths Collection: Members of the Guild of the Poor Brave Things established to help crippled

Members of the Guild of the Poor Brave Things established to help crippled and otherwise handicapped youngsters learn crafts and trades, seen in their workshop at the training school of the guild

Background imageYouths Collection: Young Licentiate or doctor riding a horse

Young Licentiate or doctor riding a horse celebrating his graduation and proceeded by youths with banners showing his new rank

Background imageYouths Collection: Page from Illustrated London News 22 April 1848

Page from Illustrated London News 22 April 1848
Page from The Illustrated London News, 22 April 1848 featuring portraits of the late Signor Donizetti, the late John Jacob Astor of New York

Background imageYouths Collection: Advert for Peter Robinsons young gentlemens coats 1893

Advert for Peter Robinsons young gentlemens coats 1893
Advertisement for age eight and above overcoats 1893

Background imageYouths Collection: National Waifs Association 1900

National Waifs Association 1900
National Waifs Association for destitute boys in Stepney Causeway, London. Photograph showing Dr. Barnardos giving boys a chance to learn a trade in blacksmithing. Date: 1900

Background imageYouths Collection: GYMNASTICS, 1830S

GYMNASTICS, 1830S
French youths engaged in gymnastic exercises on ropes, ladders and bars Date: 1830s

Background imageYouths Collection: Speedboat off prom Eastbourne

Speedboat off prom Eastbourne
A small speed boat leaves a white wake as it passes below Eastbourne pier, Sussex. Two young male holidaymakers look down on it. First published The Sunday Times Date: circa 1991

Background imageYouths Collection: Ancient Greek Cockfight

Ancient Greek Cockfight
Two Greek youths hold out their fighting cocks to allow their instinctive hostilty to turn into aggression

Background imageYouths Collection: Lecture on Astronomy, Paris

Lecture on Astronomy, Paris
The Robin Theatre in Paris hosting a mid nineteenth century lecture aimed at attracting young people to the enigmatic branch of natural science astronomy. Date: 1864

Background imageYouths Collection: Circumcision, Africa

Circumcision, Africa
Circumcision ceremony in an African village : a line of youths await the ritual mutilation which will mark their initiation into the adults of the tribe

Background imageYouths Collection: Boys Swim with Dogs

Boys Swim with Dogs
Two youths swim from a boat, but only one of their three dog companions is brave enough to join them in the water !

Background imageYouths Collection: Theseus Slays Minotaur

Theseus Slays Minotaur
The Minotaur, the monster kept by King Minos in his labyrinth on Crete and fed each year on the flesh of seven youths and seven maidens from Athens, is slain by Theseus

Background imageYouths Collection: Temptation by Berthold Genzmer

Temptation by Berthold Genzmer - a young lad with a basket full of porcelain ornaments is tempted to pilfer a slice of sweet pie/cake from his Bakers apprentice friend (balanced carefully on his head)

Background imageYouths Collection: The Second floor of Our Boys Clothing Company, Oxford St

The Second floor of Our Boys Clothing Company, Oxford Street, London. Floor contains the youths clothing. Date: c.1895

Background imageYouths Collection: Our Boys Clothing Company, undershirts and knicker drawers

Our Boys Clothing Company, undershirts and knicker drawers
Boys and youths undershirts and knicker drawers from Our Boys Clothing Company Date: c.1895

Background imageYouths Collection: View of first floor, Our Boys Clothing Company, Holborn

View of first floor, Our Boys Clothing Company, Holborn
View of first floor ( youths clothing) of Our Boys Clothing Company, 26 Holborn Viaduct. Date: c.1895

Background imageYouths Collection: C11 YOUTHS

C11 YOUTHS
Three Anglo-Norman youths Date: 11th century

Background imageYouths Collection: Cobbetts Advice to Young Men

Cobbetts Advice to Young Men
Front cover of Advice to Young Men by William Cobbett, an instruction booklet for the eighteenth century youth. Date: 1887

Background imageYouths Collection: Lusitania anti-German riots

Lusitania anti-German riots
Chrisp Street anti-German Lusitania riots and break in at A. Schoenfelds tobacco and cigar store, Poplar, east end of London. Date: 1915

Background imageYouths Collection: Scene of Welsh floods with damaged bridge, Aberdare

Scene of Welsh floods with damaged bridge, Aberdare
Scene of Welsh floods, with people standing near a damaged bridge in Aberdare, South Wales. Two lives were lost when the bridge collapsed due to heavy rain -- two youths

Background imageYouths Collection: Bootle Day Industrial School

Bootle Day Industrial School
The Day Industrial School on Marsh Lane, Bootle, Lancashire. The school opened in 1895 to provide non-residential training facilities for youths sent there by the courts. Date: circa 1905

Background imageYouths Collection: American Explorer program

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Irish Scouts in a motorboat

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Irish Scouts at a wayside cross

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Air Scouts preparing a glider

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Lithuanian Scout

Lithuanian Scout. circa 1950s

Background imageYouths Collection: Polish Scouts at a Jamboree

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Scouts using RAF flight simulator

Scouts using RAF flight simulator
Scouts being instructed on how to operate a LINK trainer by a Royal Air Force officer. 1940s

Background imageYouths Collection: Scout washing on camp

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Lithuanian Scouts cooking

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Polish Scouts in traditional dress

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Irish Scouts washing up on camp

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Polish Scouts on bicycles

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Polish Scouts exercising

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Displaced Scouts and Guides in Germany

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Scouts with British Airways Officer

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Scout cooking at camp

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

Background imageYouths Collection: Aden Patrol Leaders course

Aden Patrol Leaders course
Scouts tying knots on a Patrol Leaders & Seconds Course in Aden. 1954

Background imageYouths Collection: Polish Scouts cooking

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

Background imageYouths Collection: American Scouts around a camp fire

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

Background imageYouths Collection: American Scouts pulling a sledge

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



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