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Background imageBackpack Collection: Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian author and philosopher, 1926

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian author and philosopher, 1926. As a fiction writer, Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists

Background imageBackpack Collection: A legionnaire, Algeria, c1910

A legionnaire, Algeria, c1910. French postcard

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

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

Background imageBackpack 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 imageBackpack 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 imageBackpack 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 imageBackpack 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 imageBackpack 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 imageBackpack 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 imageBackpack 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 imageBackpack Collection: Picture Seller, 1738. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de

Picture Seller, 1738. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
Picture Seller, 1738

Background imageBackpack Collection: Minakuchi, Ishibe, Kusatsu, Otsu, Kyoto, 1840. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Minakuchi, Ishibe, Kusatsu, Otsu, Kyoto, 1840. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Minakuchi, Ishibe, Kusatsu, Otsu, Kyoto, 1840

Background imageBackpack Collection: [Two Soldiers Packing Gear], 1890s. Creator: Unknown

[Two Soldiers Packing Gear], 1890s. Creator: Unknown
[Two Soldiers Packing Gear], 1890s

Background imageBackpack Collection: Soldier with Rifle and Bugle, 1880s-90s. Creator: Unknown

Soldier with Rifle and Bugle, 1880s-90s. Creator: Unknown
Soldier with Rifle and Bugle, 1880s-90s

Background imageBackpack Collection: Fatigue, Marching Order, 1866. Creator: Attributed to Oliver H. Willard

Fatigue, Marching Order, 1866. Creator: Attributed to Oliver H. Willard
Fatigue, Marching Order, 1866

Background imageBackpack Collection: 15th Sikhs, 1890. Creator: Godfrey Douglas Giles

15th Sikhs, 1890. Creator: Godfrey Douglas Giles
15th Sikhs, 1890. From " Her Majestys Army, Vol. III", by Walter Richards. [J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, London, ]

Background imageBackpack Collection: The 15th - East Yorkshire, 1890. Creator: Godfrey Douglas Giles

The 15th - East Yorkshire, 1890. Creator: Godfrey Douglas Giles
The 15th - East Yorkshire, 1890. From " Her Majestys Army, Vol. II", by Walter Richards. [J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, London, 1890]

Background imageBackpack Collection: A Cannonade on the Matterhorn, from Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860 - 69, pub

A Cannonade on the Matterhorn, from Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860 - 69, pub. 1871 (engraving), 1871

Background imageBackpack Collection: Soldiers and packs in woods, c1914-c1918

Soldiers and packs in woods, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Background imageBackpack Collection: Troops with packs on backs, Somme, northern France, c1914-c1918

Troops with packs on backs, Somme, northern France, c1914-c1918
Troops with packs on backs, bugler on right, Somme, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Background imageBackpack Collection: Soldier with pack on his back, c1914-c1918

Soldier with pack on his back, c1914-c1918
Soldier with pack on his back walking past row of felled trees, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Background imageBackpack Collection: Tourists checking out a restaurant menu, Puerto de Mogan, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Tourists checking out a restaurant menu, Puerto de Mogan, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Background imageBackpack Collection: Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika, 1821-1835

Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika, 1821-1835
Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika. The changes to American military uniform in the years 1821-1835

Background imageBackpack Collection: The Rambles of Motonobu, 18th century (1886). Artist: Witherby & Co

The Rambles of Motonobu, 18th century (1886). Artist: Witherby & Co
The Rambles of Motonobu, 18th century (1886). The artist Kano Motonobu (1476-1559) resting on a walk and enjoying the landscape around him. From a drawing by Nishikawa Sukenobu

Background imageBackpack Collection: British soldiers resting on a route march, between kalsi and Chakrata, India, 1917

British soldiers resting on a route march, between kalsi and Chakrata, India, 1917

Background imageBackpack Collection: The Nerpani track, Tibet, 1898. Artist: FA Brockhaus

The Nerpani track, Tibet, 1898. Artist: FA Brockhaus
The Nerpani track, Tibet, 1898. Plate taken from In The Forbidden Land (an account of a journey in Tibet, capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture, and ultimate release), volume I



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