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"Hiking through Adversane's Billingshurst in August 1938, a rucksack becomes an essential companion on the scenic trails

Background imageRucksack Collection: Hiking at Adversane [Billingshurst] - August 1938

Hiking at Adversane [Billingshurst] - August 1938
Two lady hikers with Blacksmith - not sure if he will have a shoe to fit! George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N17220

Background imageRucksack Collection: Backpackers in steamy light

Backpackers in steamy light, Queets Vall, Olympic National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Washington State, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Background imageRucksack Collection: The Studio of Salvator Rosa in the Mountains of the Abruzzi, (oil on canvas)

The Studio of Salvator Rosa in the Mountains of the Abruzzi, (oil on canvas)
827524 The Studio of Salvator Rosa in the Mountains of the Abruzzi, (oil on canvas) by Barker, Thomas Jones (1815-82) (after); 111.8x183.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageRucksack Collection: Sundial in Petts Wood, Kent

Sundial in Petts Wood, Kent
A rambler stops to look at a sundial in Petts Wood, Kent, set up in memory of William Willett, pioneer of daylight saving whose ideas led to British Summer Time. 1939

Background imageRucksack Collection: English soldiers fighting in Transvaal. Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902

English soldiers fighting in Transvaal. Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
CUL4892087 English soldiers fighting in Transvaal. Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. by Unknown Artist; (add.info.: English soldiers fighting in Transvaal)

Background imageRucksack Collection: DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de

DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria
CUL4859942 DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria espanolas. 1851 - 1859

Background imageRucksack Collection: DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Memoirs for the history of the troops of

DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Memoirs for the history of the troops of the Royal House of
CUL4878230 DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Memoirs for the history of the troops of the Royal House of Spain. 1828. Foot Guards (19th c). Engraving. SPAIN

Background imageRucksack Collection: DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de

DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria
CUL4859903 DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria espanolas. 1851 - 1859

Background imageRucksack Collection: U.S. soldier & Canadian 'Kiltie', 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S

U.S. soldier & Canadian "Kiltie", 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S
U.S. soldier & Canadian "Kiltie", 16 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). A Canadian Highlander soldier with an American soldier, possibly outside the 71st Regiment Armory

Background imageRucksack Collection: Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich, between c1915 and c1920. German soldiers on snowshoes during World War I.

Background imageRucksack Collection: The War in Schleswig: the 9th regiment of hussars...bivouacking on the battlefield..., 1864

The War in Schleswig: the 9th regiment of hussars...bivouacking on the battlefield..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: the 9th regiment of hussars (Prince Liechtenstein's) bivouacking on the battlefield of Over-Selk after the fight - from a sketch by our special artist

Background imageRucksack Collection: The War in Schleswig: Austrian camp in front of the Dannewerk:...Bohemian Chasseurs..., 1864

The War in Schleswig: Austrian camp in front of the Dannewerk:...Bohemian Chasseurs..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The War in Schleswig: Austrian camp in front of the Dannewerk: the 18th Bohemian Chasseurs in a snowstorm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Background imageRucksack Collection: Krasnoyarsk high school student, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Krasnoyarsk high school student, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Krasnoyarsk high school student, 1900. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageRucksack Collection: French troops leaving train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

French troops leaving train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French troops leaving train, between c1914 and c1915. French soldiers leaving a train at the beginning of World War I.

Background imageRucksack Collection: Un jeune soldat francais, 1915. Creator: Jean Droit

Un jeune soldat francais, 1915. Creator: Jean Droit
Un jeune soldat francais. 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916"

Background imageRucksack Collection: À la recherche d'une forêt en Champagne, 1848. Creator: Honore Daumier

À la recherche d'une forêt en Champagne, 1848. Creator: Honore Daumier
A la recherche d'une foret en Champagne, 1848. In search of a forest in Champagne. Two artists, carrying rucksacks trudge along in the hot sun. From Les Artistes, no. 1

Background imageRucksack Collection: 'Christian Knocking at the Gate', from 'The Pilgrim's Progress', 1860. Creator: Unknown

"Christian Knocking at the Gate", from "The Pilgrim's Progress", 1860. Creator: Unknown
"Christian Knocking at the Gate", from "The Pilgrim's Progress", 1860. The personages of the book, as they appear in Mr

Background imageRucksack Collection: Sketch of military uniform, 1827. Creator: Auguste Raffet

Sketch of military uniform, 1827. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Sketch of military uniform, 1827. Sapeur ligne. Infanterie legere 1827. Standing figure from behind with bearskin, knapsack, sabre and cartridge case, rifle on the shoulder and axe in the right hand

Background imageRucksack Collection: Seated peddler, 1834-1862. Creator: Pieter Marinus van de Laar

Seated peddler, 1834-1862. Creator: Pieter Marinus van de Laar
Seated peddler, 1834-1862

Background imageRucksack Collection: The Chasseurs de Vincennes, 1856. Creator: Henry Duff Linton

The Chasseurs de Vincennes, 1856. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
The Chasseurs de Vincennes, 1856. French soldiers during the Crimean War. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

Background imageRucksack Collection: Infantry shooting practice on heathland, 1868-1898. Creator: Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht

Infantry shooting practice on heathland, 1868-1898. Creator: Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht
Infantry shooting practice on heathland, 1868-1898

Background imageRucksack Collection: Les transformations du fantassin Francais pendant la guerre, 1916. Creator: Georges Bertin Scott

Les transformations du fantassin Francais pendant la guerre, 1916. Creator: Georges Bertin Scott
Les transformations du fantassin Francais pendant la guerre, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageRucksack Collection: Bivouac at Molodechno, 3-4 December 1812: an episode from Napoleon's Retreat from Russia, 1816

Bivouac at Molodechno, 3-4 December 1812: an episode from Napoleon's Retreat from Russia, 1816. Soldiers around a smoking campfire - the man on the right holds a wild boar's head

Background imageRucksack Collection: The Camp Follower, 1825-1827. Creator: Anthonie Constantijn Govaerts

The Camp Follower, 1825-1827. Creator: Anthonie Constantijn Govaerts
The Camp Follower, 1825-1827

Background imageRucksack Collection: Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Abfarht d. Dampfboote n.d. Zoolog. Garden - Panoptikion Flora - KurfurstenGarten - Mulheim a/r Hildorf'. Kiosk selling Selterwasser (mineral water)

Background imageRucksack Collection: An Old Man with a Cape and a Rustic with a Backpack, 1750s. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi

An Old Man with a Cape and a Rustic with a Backpack, 1750s. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
An Old Man with a Cape and a Rustic with a Backpack, 1750s

Background imageRucksack Collection: Field Artillery, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Field Artillery, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Field Artillery, between 1910 and 1917
Field Artillery, between 1910 and 1917. US army personnel

Background imageRucksack Collection: U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Army Inspection, 1910

U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing
U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. [Soldiers packing kit]

Background imageRucksack Collection: U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Army Inspection, 1910

U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing
U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. [Soldier with gun, knapsack and water bottle]

Background imageRucksack Collection: U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Army Inspection, 1910

U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing
U.S. Army Inspection, 1910. [Bugler with knapsack and water bottle]

Background imageRucksack Collection: Close the Ranks, 1832. Creator: Auguste Raffet

Close the Ranks, 1832. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Close the Ranks, 1832

Background imageRucksack Collection: 'Horn Blower'. Young soldier with pack and instruments. (c1850s). Creator: Fritz von Dardel

"Horn Blower". Young soldier with pack and instruments. (c1850s). Creator: Fritz von Dardel
"Horn Blower". Young soldier with pack and instruments. (c1850s)

Background imageRucksack Collection: Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown

Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and c1930

Background imageRucksack Collection: Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown

Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and 1916

Background imageRucksack Collection: Mansi (Chinese exiles on the Russian border), 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin

Mansi (Chinese exiles on the Russian border), 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Mansi (Chinese exiles on the Russian border), 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin

Background imageRucksack Collection: Saints Way Walk, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991

Saints Way Walk, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1991
Scouts from Lostwithiel and Sticker with members of the St Austell and Par Scout Fellowship took a weekend to walk the ancient Saints Way from Padstow to Fowey

Background imageRucksack Collection: French army uniforms, World War One, 1914

French army uniforms, World War One, 1914. Uniforms of the French infantry at the start of the war

Background imageRucksack Collection: Leather Russacks found in Salt Mines of Hallstatt, Austria. Celtic Iron Age, c6th century BC

Leather Russacks found in Salt Mines of Hallstatt, Austria. Celtic Iron Age, c6th century BC

Background imageRucksack Collection: A girl admiring the mountains from the road to the Maria Luisa refuge and the high

A girl admiring the mountains from the road to the Maria Luisa refuge and the high Formazza Valley. Formazza, Valle Formazza, Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont, Italy

Background imageRucksack Collection: View showing the mode of the travel on the Chilkoot, from One Man's Gold Rush

View showing the mode of the travel on the Chilkoot, from One Man's Gold Rush
JHL358829 View showing the mode of the travel on the Chilkoot, from One Man's Gold Rush: A Klondike Album by Murray Cromwell Morgan (b/w photo) by Hegg, Eric A

Background imageRucksack Collection: Muchlaht Indians; In pawn in an Indian village, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Muchlaht Indians; In pawn in an Indian village, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Muchlaht Indians; In pawn in an Indian village, 1875. [The Mowachaht or Muchalaht are a people from the west coast of Vancouver Island in Canada]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Background imageRucksack Collection: Flowers, from the series 'Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo... c)

Flowers, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo... c)
Flowers, from the series " Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo setsugekka)", c. 1784/85

Background imageRucksack Collection: The Outdoor Market, from Village Festivals, France, 1775 / 89. Creator: Unknown

The Outdoor Market, from Village Festivals, France, 1775 / 89. Creator: Unknown
The Outdoor Market, from Village Festivals, France, 1775/89. Woven at the workshop of Leonard Roby, after a design by Etienne Jeaurat

Background imageRucksack Collection: On the Lookout: Infantry Soldiers of the Greek Army, from

On the Lookout: Infantry Soldiers of the Greek Army, from
BAL127845 On the Lookout: Infantry Soldiers of the Greek Army, from The Illustrated London News, 4th October 1886 (engraving) by Woodville

Background imageRucksack Collection: Rustic Lovers Crossing a Style, c. 1860 (watercolour)

Rustic Lovers Crossing a Style, c. 1860 (watercolour)
828430 Rustic Lovers Crossing a Style, c.1860 (watercolour) by English School, (19th century); 42.5x55.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Rustic Lovers Crossing a Style)

Background imageRucksack Collection: The Attack of the Black Watch, illustration from Glorious Battles of English

The Attack of the Black Watch, illustration from Glorious Battles of English
IL193443 The Attack of the Black Watch, illustration from Glorious Battles of English History by Major C.H. Wylly, 1920s (colour litho) by Payne, Henry A

Background imageRucksack Collection: Postcard depicting a Senegalese soldier, 1915 (coloured photo)

Postcard depicting a Senegalese soldier, 1915 (coloured photo)
CHT196209 Postcard depicting a Senegalese soldier, 1915 (coloured photo) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright



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"Hiking through Adversane's Billingshurst in August 1938, a rucksack becomes an essential companion on the scenic trails. " "Immerse yourself in the rugged beauty of The Studio of Salvator Rosa in the Mountains of the Abruzzi, where a trusty rucksack holds all your artistic tools. " "Exploring Petts Wood, Kent, with a reliable rucksack by your side ensures you never lose track of time with a charming sundial as your guide. " "Backpackers bask in steamy light as they traverse unknown territories, their rucksacks carrying tales of adventure and discovery. " "On the Saints Way Walk in Fowey, Cornwall during May 1991, hikers rely on their sturdy rucksacks to carry them through breathtaking landscapes and ancient paths. " "A girl gazes at majestic mountains from the road leading to Maria Luisa refuge and high above her dreams soar alongside her faithful rucksack. " "The Chilkoot reveals its treacherous nature as travelers rely on their resilient rucksacks for survival. One Man's Gold Rush captures this mode of travel perfectly. " "In an Indian village captured in 1875, Muchlaht Indians showcase their culture while holding onto precious belongings secured within worn-out rucksacks. " "The Union Army welcomes an escaped slave who carries his newfound freedom along with his humble possessions tucked away safely inside his trusted rucksack. " "Soria Moria Palace shimmers like gold far away; only those equipped with adventurous spirits and well-prepared they can embark on such mythical journeys. " "As part of 'Snow Moon and Flowers of the Floating World, ' delicate flowers find solace within vibrant landscapes carried effortlessly by dedicated artists' trusty companions - their beloved Rucksacks. " "Village Festivals come alive as locals gather at The Outdoor Market. Amongst bustling crowds stands individuals adorned with colorful attire and practical yet stylish rucksacks.