Powell Collection

Chief Scout Lord Baden Powell by David Jagger Date: 1929

Enoch Powell, controversial British politician
(John) Enoch Powell (1912-1998), British politician and Conservative MP from 1950 to 1974. After controversy over his Rivers of Blood speech in 1968

Music cover, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Music cover, Spring, Spring, Spring! From the musical film, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel. circa 1950s

Lord Baden-Powells House in the Woods
Campsite of Lord Baden-Powell, described as My house in the Woods. Arrows with descriptions point to areas described as rooms. Arrow labelled bathroom points to nearby lake. circa 1910s

St Johns Church, Stone, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour painting of St Johns Church, Stone, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London. Designed by Hidalgo Moya, Philip Powell and Felix Samuely, and fabricated by Painter Brothers of Hereford, England Date: 1951

COLORADO RIVER. Noon Day Rest in Marble Canyon. Wood engraving, 1870

Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of the granite (or syenite) district viewed from Swithland Old Slate Quarry, including Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Leicestershire

Cwmpennar Colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Cwmpennar Colliery (also known as the Powell Duffryn Colliery), Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, South Wales

Baden-Powell / Chief Scout
LORD ROBERT STEPHENSON SMYTH BADEN-POWELL English army and Chief scout

In the service of the King - Scouts and Guides
In the service of the King - A saluting Scout and a Girl Guide, pulling back the Union Flag in patriotic pose. Date: circa 1910

Edwin Hubble, US astronomer C008 / 8831
Edwin Hubble. Caricature of the US astronomer, cosmologist, athlete and boxer Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953) smoking a pipe

Buddon Wood, Kinchley Hill, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
Sketch of the Swithland area of Leicestershire, looking north-east towards Buddon Wood, Kinchley Hill and Mountsorrel, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Girl Guides: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret send courier
Princess Elizabeth, patrol leader in the Buckingham Palace Company, sends a message by courier pigeon to Lady Baden Powell at Guide Headquarters

Lord Baden-Powell. Date: circa 1980s

Near Zebug, Gozo, Malta. 4 July 1891

COLORADO: GREEN RIVER, 1871. Triplet Falls in the Canyon of Lodore on the Green River in Colorado. Photograph by E.O. Beaman, during the Powell Geographic Expedition, 1871

Brownsea Island Experimental Scout Camp
Robert Baden Powell outside his tent during the 1907 Brownsea Island Experimental Camp. Date: 1907

Swithland Hall, Church and Rectory, Leicestershire
Sketch of Swithland Hall, St Leonards Church and Rectory, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Pegwell Bay. Date: circa 1840s

A portrait from the film Tales of Hoffmann
Dr Miracle (Robert Helpmann) in Tales of Hoffmann

Mount Kenya from The Outspan, Nyeri
View of Mount Kenya, painted from The Outspan, Nyeri. circa 1930s

Scout Jamboree 1920
Sea Scouts from the British Isles march past Chief Scout, General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, part of a parade featuring scouts from the many nations who attended the first World Jamboree

Sir Robert Baden-Powell playing the Kudu Horn, Birkenhead, 1
Photograph showing Sir Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) (centre), the English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts, playing the Kudu horn at a Scouts World Jamboree, Birkenhead, July 1929

Greenwich Park and Royal Naval College, London
Watercolour sketch of Greenwich Park with the Royal Naval College in south east London and the River Thames in the distance, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert

The Hyde Ingatestone Essex
The Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex. Date: 1855

Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1911
Illustrated portrait of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts, pictured in his Chief Scout uniform, 1911

Scout / Baden-Powell 1921
Chief scout, Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, visits a French scout camp

Olave Baden-Powell
OLAVE BADEN-POWELL Chief Guide and wife of Baden- Powell, Chief Scout

Baden Powell with Transvaal Boy Scouts Association
Group photo, Sir Robert Baden Powell, Chief Scout, during a visit to the Transvaal Boy Scouts Association, South Africa, 18 July 1912. Date: 1912

Library, Hartwell House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour painting of the Library at Hartwell House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Mike Powell Long Jump Final Tokyo 30 August 1991 Date: 30 August 1991

The Dandy Doctor by Edward Marris with music by Dudley Powell. First produced at the Avenue Theatre in Sunderland, 26 March 1900. Touring to the Palace Theatre, Newcastle, 22 June for six nights

Scouts, cubs and guides at Simla, India
Scouts of the 1st Simla (The King s) Troop, Wolf Cubs of the 3rd Simla Pack (BP), and Simla Girl Guides, India

Guides and Scouts at Baden Powell House, London
Girl Guides and Boy Scouts relaxing at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Tatler front cover of Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Front cover of The Tatler with a portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), military leader and founder of the Boy Scout movement. Date: 31st January 1934

Balloch Ferry, Loch Lomond, Scotland
Balloch Ferry on Loch Lomond by the Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1834

Greenwich Observatory, south east London
Watercolour painting of Greenwich Observatory in south east London, viewed from the side with two children playing on the grass, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914)

Tunbridge Wells from Calverley Park. Date: 1847

Baden-Powell - South African Constabulary
Baden-Powell in the uniform of the South African Constabulary, standing by his charger. Date: circa 1901

Vasco di Gamas Fort, built 1498. The lady dressed in a Leso is carrying a kerosene tin of water on her head. This is the regular method of water supply in Zanzibar. 1935

St Marys Tower, Comino, Malta
View of St Marys Tower, Comino, Malta. circa 1890s

MAUD POWELL (1868-1920). American violinist

George at Jambouree
Prince George (Duke of Kent) poses with Baden-Powell at a jamboree of Norfolk and Suffolk scouts in Salhouse Broad, near Wroxham. With Lords Playfair and Albemarle

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Latvia, Western Latvia, Kurzeme Region, Kuldiga, Ventas Rumba, Kuldiga Waterfall, widest waterfall in Europe, width 275 meters Date: 29/11/2006

Scouts and Guides in Baden Powell House, London
Aerial view of Scouts and Guides looking at items on display in Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. Date: circa 1960s

Warington and Augustus Smyth Powell
Pencil drawing of Henry Warington Smyth Powell (1847-1921) and Augustus Smyth Powell (1849-1863), two of the children of the Reverend Baden Powell and his third wife Henrietta

Granite Quarries, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
Sketch of Granite Quarries, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, viewed from the rocks near Buddon Wood, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Sketch of St Marys Church, Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell

Markfield, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of Markfield, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Whittlesey Mere at morning, Cambridgeshire
Whittlesey Mere at morning by the Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. Whittlesey Mere is in the Cambridgeshire Fens. circa 1840-1860

Monument in Swithland Park, Leicestershire
Sketch of a monument in Swithland Park, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. It is the old lantern cross (circa 1500) from the nearby village of Mountsorrel

Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of quarrying (probably granite) at Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Swithland, Leicestershire, with granite and slate quarries
Sketch of the Swithland area of Leicestershire, with granite at the top of Kinchley Hill, a small quarry to the right, Buddon Wood (granite) to the right, and Charnwood Forest (slate) to the left

Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of granite rocks at Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Croydon. Date: circa 1840s

Interior at New College Lane, Oxford
Watercolour sketch of an interior at New College Lane, Oxford, showing Reverend Baden Powell and his wife (they married in 1846), with five children

Garden with mountain in distance, Cardiff, Wales
Watercolour painting showing a garden and a mountain in the distance, in Cardiff, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Platypus. Date: circa 1860s

Picture No. 10514137
Safari in Kenya Date: circa 30s thirties 1930s

Scouts Hostel, Kandersteg. 21 August 1931

Robert Stephenson Smythe Baden-Powell fishing. 9 November 1926

William Powell / Mgm
WILLIAM POWELL American film actor

T.E. Powell, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
T.E. Powell, 1910

Are YOU in this? First World War recruitment poster by Baden Powell showing helpers on the home front giving backup to
528124 Are YOU in this? First World War recruitment poster by Baden Powell showing helpers on the home front giving backup to fighting soldiers and sailors.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Robert Baden-Powell (1857 - 1941), British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement

William Powell, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy in Libeled Lady (1936). Loy and Harlow in Dolly Tree creations. Date: 1936

British recruitment poster, Are You in this? WW1
British recruitment poster, design by Robert Baden-Powell, Are You in this? First World War. 1915

Enoch Powell MP in Birmingham before giving a speech. His famous homburg hat is hung at the end of the coat rack. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1987

Mafeking Relieved, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Mafeking Relieved, 1900, (1933). Patriotic crowds celebrate outside the London home of British colonel Robert Baden-Powell after his part in the relief of the British-held town in South Africa

J Graham Oates (Powell) 1924 Ultra Lightweight TT
Manxman J Graham Oates (Powell) 1924 Ultra Lightweight TT

Portrait of Melvin G. Powell and Martha Scott in their home, Connecticut, ca. May 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Melvin G. Powell and Martha Scott in their home, Connecticut, ca. May 1947

Portrait of Melvin G. Powell and Martha Scott in their home, Connecticut, ca. May 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Melvin G. Powell and Martha Scott in their home, Connecticut, ca. May 1947

Figurehead, c. 1938. Creator: F. W. Powell
Figurehead, c. 1938

Figurehead: "Brooks Walker", c. 1938. Creator: F. W. Powell. Figurehead: "Brooks Walker", c. 1938
Figurehead: "Brooks Walker", c. 1938

Figurehead: Warrior with Helmet, c. 1938. Creator: F. W. Powell
Figurehead: Warrior with Helmet, c. 1938

Eagle Figurehead, 1935/1942. Creator: F. W. Powell
Eagle Figurehead, 1935/1942

Daniel Webster Figurehead, c. 1938. Creator: F. W. Powell
Daniel Webster Figurehead, c. 1938

Sternboard Eagle, 1935/1942. Creator: F. W. Powell
Sternboard Eagle, 1935/1942

Commodore Morris Figurehead, c. 1938. Creator: F. W. Powell
Commodore Morris Figurehead, c. 1938

Shutter Dog, 1935/1942. Creator: F. W. Powell
Shutter Dog, 1935/1942

Arizona, Page, Glen Canyon Dam

Alstrom Point at sunset, Lake Powell, Utah, USA

Heroes of the Boer War early 1900s

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"Exploring the Legacy of Powell: From Chief Scout Lord Baden Powell to Music Covers and Festivals" Step into the world of Powell, where history intertwines with music, nature, and adventure. Chief Scout Lord Baden Powell, a name synonymous with leadership and outdoor exploration, laid the foundation for generations to come. His vision inspired millions of scouts worldwide. In the realm of entertainment, Powell's influence extended beyond scouting. The iconic music cover of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" showcased his enduring impact on popular culture. The Festival of Britain in 1951 marked a significant moment as The Skylon graced London's South Bank. A symbol of progress and innovation, it stood tall as a testament to British creativity during that time. Lord Baden-Powell's House in the Woods stands as a sanctuary amidst Buddon Wood in Mountsorrel, Swithland, Leicestershire. It serves as a reminder of his connection to nature and his belief in its transformative power. Venturing further into Buddon Wood at Kinchley Hill reveals another facet of Powell's legacy. Here lies an enchanting forest that echoes with whispers from the past—a place where memories are made and adventures unfold. From forests to collieries—Cwmpennar Colliery in Glamorgan witnessed the industrious spirit that defined Wales' mining heritage. Even here, Powell's influence found its way through stories shared by those who worked tirelessly underground. Traveling across continents brings us to Colorado's Green River in 1871—an awe-inspiring sight known as Triplet Falls within Lodore Canyon. Nature’s grandeur mirrored Powell’s appreciation for wilderness beauty. Powell's reach extended beyond Earth itself; he even captured astronomers' attention like Edwin Hubble—the US astronomer whose discoveries expanded our understanding of space and time. Girl Guides Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret sent couriers bearing messages—a testament to Powell's impact on empowering young women and fostering leadership skills.