Baden-Powell Photo Gallery:
Scouting with Baden Powell, 1920-1929
 
Portrait of Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Painted by Benjamin Eggleston

Poster for the First World Jamboree held at Olympia, London in 1920
The First World Jamboree held at Olympia, London in 1920
Baden-Powell greets Scouts at the First World Jamboree at Olympia, London, England in 1920.
The 1st World Jamboree at Olympia, London, England, 1920. Words and Pictures.
Baden-Powell with Scouts at the Imperial Jamboree, Wembley, England, 1924
Baden-Powell with Edward, Prince of Wales at the Imperial Jamboree, Wembley, England, 1924
Baden-Powell with Scouts of Twenty-Three Nations of the Empire at the Imperial Jamboree, Wembley, England, 1924
The Prince of Wales greets Scouts at the Imperial Jamboree, London, 1924
Baden-Powell and the Danish King at the 2nd World Jamboree near Copenhagen, Denmark in 1924.
The Opening of the 2nd World Jamboree, at Ermelunden, outside Copenhagen, 1924
Baden-Powell presenting Merit badges to Chicago Scouts at the 2nd World Jamboree near Copenhagen, Denmark in 1924.
B-P sounds the Kudu Horn at Gilwell, 1922.
Baden-Powell with Scoutmasters at Gilwell in 1922.
Baden-Powell and James E. West, the BSA’s Chief Scout Executive at Camp Parsons in 1926, during a visit by B-P, Lady Olave Baden-Powell and Dr.West.
The Baden-Powells on their return from South Africa in 1927
Baden-Powell testing a bridge at Gilwell, 1925.
Words and photos from the 3rd World Jamboree at Arrowe Park, England, 1929
Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Chief Scout of the World, circa 1930. An autographed picture.
Baden-Powell signs autographs for Sea Scouts as he departs on one of his trips abroad in support of the World Scout Movement. Circa, 1920.

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION

I have been collecting photographs of B-P, as well as copies of his own writings, drawings, and paintings for about 15 years. Many of the originals come directly from editions of Baden-Powell’s writings, or from the archives of the British Scout Association (U.K.) and the Boy Scouts of America. The photos and drawings presented in this gallery have been collected from a wide variety of sources. Many of them appear in several different works (such as several well-known photo of B-P at Brownsea Island). Key sources include: Works of Sir Robert Baden-Powell; William Hillcourt (Green Bar Bill) with Baden-Powell-The Two Lives of a Hero, Olave Baden-Powell 1964 & 1994; John S. Wilson, Scouting Around the World, 1959; Russell Freedman, Scouting with Baden-Powell, New York, 1967; Laszlo Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, Chicago, 1985; Robert W. Peterson, The Boy Scouts-An American Adventure, New York, 1984; Tim Jeal, The Boy-Man-The Life of Lord Baden-Powell, New York, 1989; Michael Rosenthal, The Character Factory, New York, 1988; Heather Baden-Powell, Baden-Powell: A Family Album, 1986; E.E.Reynolds, Baden-Powell, London, 1942; Eileen K.Wade, 27 Years with Baden-Powell, London, 1957; Eileen K.Wade, The Piper of Pax, 1924; Frederick Russell Burnham, Scouting on Two Continents, 1926; Frederick Russell Burnham, Taking Chances, 1924; C. R. B. Barrett, History of the XIII Hussars, London, 1910; Winston S. Churchill, Great Contemporaries, 1939. The Gallery also includes several video captures from the video documentary, Scouts! The Rise of the World Scout Movement, Michael Murphy, producer, Churchill Films, 1986. The film includes archival footage and stills from the collections of the British Scout Association, the Boy Scouts of America, the Scouts of Canada, the British Film Institute, the National Film Archive, Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress Film Archives, EMI Pathe, British Movietone, Visnews, the Bettmann Archive, the Mansell Collection, the National Army Museum and the Imperial War Museum. The photograph of B-P with James E. West is courtesy of Rev. Michael Bruce Johnson and is from the Archives of the Chief Seattle Council, BSA, Seattle, Washington. The Frank Donohoe Collection is courtesy of Kevin Snair of Toronto, Canada.


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Scouting with Baden-Powell, 1929-1941
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