Pith Collection (page 4)

Visit by Kaiser Wilhelm II, Gibraltar
Visit by the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, to Gibraltar. Date: 1904

British artillery marching, Gibraltar. circa 1910s

Crew of HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop
Four crew members of HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop. Date: circa 1920s

Large group photo of boy scouts, Hong Kong, China, with a large building behind them. Date: early 20th century

Inspection of boy scouts at Loyola Camp, British Honduras
A visiting VIP inspects the guard of honour of the Holy Redeemer Boy Scouts Troop at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, 22 May 1951. Date: 1951

Sea Scouts taking part in an activity, Gibraltar

River steamer with passengers, Egypt
River steamer belonging to Tramways du Caire, with passengers, both civilian and military, in Egypt. Date: early 20th century

London Fire Brigade band members with trumpets
Members of the LCC-London Fire Brigade band, standing in a row with their fanfare trumpets. The pith helmets seen here were later replaced with brass helmets

Bahamas scouts on Empire Day, May 1914. Date: 1914

Scouts and guides on church parade, Bermuda. Date: circa 1920s

Bahamas cubs and scouts on parade

Bahamas scouts marching behind band
Bahamas scouts marching behind a band

Bahamas scouts with band
Bahamas scouts with a band on a parade ground

Bahamas cubs and scouts, Nassau, Bahamas
Bahamas cubs and scouts marching along a road in Nassau, Bahamas

Aynsley China Model of a Pith Helmet - WWI
Aynsley China Model of a Pith Helmet, inscribed with the badge of the West London Rifles (4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment). Number 2, Registered Number 442812. Commemorative Ware

Captain H V Kershaw, Boy Scout Commissioner for Nairobi, British East Africa

Scouts of the 1st Nilgiri Troop, India
Scouts of the 1st Nilgiri Troop (The GOMO) at work

British troops respond to an attack in Burma, 1890. Date: 1890

Scouts on Belgian Childrens Day, Pune, India
Scouts of the 1st Kirkee (Khadki) and 1st Poona (Pune) Troops on Belgian Childrens Day, Poona (Pune), India, 10 July 1916. Date: 1916

Waiting for Daddy by Lawson Wood, WW1 postcard
Waiting for daddy. I must take care of mummy now. Illustration on a postcard showing a patriotic little boy wearing a pith helmet

British soldier writing a letter or in a diary 1915
Front cover, showing a British soldier in a tropical uniform and pith helmet, sitting down for a few quiet moments writing a letter or in a diary. 1915

Teasing the Turk, WW1
An Irishman in a trench during the Dardanelles teases the Turkish enemy with a pith helment on his rifle, peeping over the parapet. Date: 1915

Artillery exercise, India. Date: circa 1890s

Water cart, Tientsin (Tianjin), China. Date: 1861

Tatler front cover - Lord & Lady Curzon in India
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859 - 1925), British Conservative statesman, Viceroy and Governor General of India and Foreign Secretary, pictured with his first wife

British troops with elephants, India
British troops travelling with elephants in India. Date: 1918

British troops on a boat, India
British troops on a boat in India. Date: 1918

British army in action in India
Men of the British army in action in India. Date: 1918

Military men on board ship
A large number of military men in pith helmets on board ship

Royal Inniskillings in India
Soldiers from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in India wearing military uniform and pith helmets. Date: C.1913

Inniskillings in transit
The Inniskilling Fusiliers, stationed in China, are recalled to Europe to fight in World War One. Here photographed in transit at Tientsin (now Tianjin) docks

British guard in Peking, China
British guard in Peking (now Beijing), China, with rifle and bayonet Date: 1911

British soldiers with a donkey in China
British soldiers of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, during their posting to China, pose in a garden; one of them rides a donkey as though on a cavalry charge. Date: C.1911

MARYLAND: CARPENTER, 1936. A carpenter at work in Greenbelt, Maryland. Photograph by Carl Mydans, August 1936

A rhinoceros hunt in honour of King George V (1865-1936), illustration from Le
XIR346337 A rhinoceros hunt in honour of King George V (1865-1936), illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre, 31st December 1911 (colour litho) by French School

French troops in Sahara, illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre
XIR346317 French troops in Sahara, illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre, 17th March 1907 (colour litho) by French School

Portrait of Father John Fernande, Peter Casteels (III), after c. 1726 - before c. 1749

FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS (1832-1914). British soldier, nicknamed Bobs by soldiers. Detail, caricature lithograph, 1900, by Spy (Sir Leslie Ward)

LIFE ON NAVAL SHIP, c1885. Officers relaxing with their feet up on the deck of the steam sloop of war USS Mohican, serving in the Pacific Ocean, c1885-1888

FASHODA AFFAIR, 1898. Marchez! Marchand! Contemporary English cartoon by Sir John Tenniel on the meeting between General Horatio Kitchener and French captain Jean-Baptiste Marchand at Fashoda, Sudan

Big Game Hunter
A big game hunter poses with his porters and the skulls and skins of his kills, Africa, circa 1895. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

WW1 - British soldiers land fish killed by shell Dardanelles
WW1 - Two British soldiers landing a fish killed by an Asiatic Annie shell fired from Turkish Fort Gunners during the Dardanelles Campaign

14th July Festival - Thu Dau Mot - Vietnam
Vietnam - Thu Dau Mot, the capital city of Binh Duong Province. Public celebrations of July 14th. Children try and catch treats suspended on the end of fishing rods

British Mortar Battery in action at Landikhana, NWFP Date: circa 1920s

Orange segment on a plate-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Orange with leaves on pewter charger credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Apple and orange with leaves on pewter charger with black background credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

The U. S. governments rainmaking experiments near El Paso, Texas, in 1891. Contemporary line engraving
RAINMAKING, 1891. The U.S. governments rainmaking experiments near El Paso, Texas, in 1891. Contemporary line engraving

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