Camp Fire Collection

General Lee and General Jackson before Chancellorsville, US Civil War
Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson conferring before the battle of Chancellorsville, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Fire. Logs burning on a campfire

Romany gypsy family camped on Epsom downs during the race meeting on Epsom racecourse, Surrey, England. Late 1940s, early 1950s

CONFEDERATE CAMP, 1861. Confederate troops from Mississippi practicing with the Bowie knife in camp. Wood engraving from a Northern American newspaper of 1861

Valley Forge campfire, Revolutionary War
Dispirited American soldiers huddle around a campfire at Valley Forge. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bellerophon Doves, Sailors Encampment before Sebastopol
RNM286329 Bellerophon Doves, Sailors Encampment before Sebastopol, published in 1854 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, Hampshire

GROUP OF HOBOES, 1920s. Group of hoboes in the American midwest, 1920s

Sheriff removing criminals boots
Western sheriff arresting law-breakers and making them remove their boots to reduce escapes. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Cooking sausages on a campfire, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand

VOYAGEURS in Camp for the Night: illustration by Frederic Remington

Singing Round Camp Fire
The round-up camp - cowboys play the guitar and accordian round the camp fire

Gipsy camp fire, 1892
3479519 Gipsy camp fire, 1892; (add.info.: Gipsy camp fire. From The Quiver, London, 1892.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A camp fire at night, American outback, 1860
3478824 A camp fire at night, American outback, 1860; (add.info.: 19th century engraving depicting a camp fire at night, American outback, 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Couple sitting on wooden construction. 19th century (engraving)
672858 Couple sitting on wooden construction. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers seated on ground, with man at a camp fire in the foreground during World War I.

Camp-Fire Girls saluting the flag, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Camp-Fire Girls saluting the flag, 1915.

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

Night camp by a rock on the bank of the Chusovaya, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Night camp by a rock on the bank of the Chusovaya, 1912. Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii and members of his photographic team are shown here at their overnight campground

Spahis in camp at Arsy after battle, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Spahis in camp at Arsy after battle, 1914. Moroccan French soldiers around a fire, probably in Ribecourt, France during World War I.

French soldiers eating soup on march, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French soldiers eating soup on march, between c1914 and c1915. French soldiers eating in the field during World War I.

French Zouaves getting a drink, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French Zouaves getting a drink, between c1914 and c1915. French Zoave soldiers drinking with ladles, during the beginning of World War I.

An Ostyak resting in the forest near a fire, Selkups, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin
An Ostyak resting in the forest near a fire, Selkups, 1920. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Birch bark yurt - Interior view of the yurt. Selkups, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin
Birch bark yurt - Interior view of the yurt. Selkups, 1920. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Arrival of the Ostyaks for summer fishing, 1928. Creator: Dmitrii Innokent'evich Karatanov
Arrival of the Ostyaks for summer fishing, 1928. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

A Woman by the Fire and Tent, 1927. Creator: Dmitrii Innokent'evich Karatanov
A Woman by the Fire and Tent, 1927. Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife

jumping on the fire
Babak Mehrafshar EFIAP (Bob)

The Prince and his Comrades: Camp-Fire after Dinner in the Terai, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince [of Wales] and his Comrades: Camp-Fire after Dinner in the Terai, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India. Every night in camp a large fire of wood is lighted close to the mess-tent

A Journey into the Herzegovina: Sleeping under Difficulties...1876. Creator: Unknown
A Journey into the Herzegovina: Sleeping under Difficulties, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. The Sketches of our Special Artists

Life on the Crozet Islands, from sketches supplied by Mr. Spencer Joslen, 1876. Creator: C.R
Life on the Crozet Islands, from sketches supplied by Mr. Spencer Joslen, 1876. Exterior of Hut; Knocking over Penguins; Bringing Water from the Spring; Interior of Hut...the emigrant-ship Strathmore

Scene from the opera of "Robin Hood", at Her Majesty's Theatre, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Scene from the opera of "Robin Hood", at Her Majesty's Theatre, 1860. Many of our London readers who have been spectators of this most popular Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre

In the Trenches, 1874. Creator: Alphonse de Neuville
In the Trenches, 1874. Members of the Garde Mobile (French expeditionary forces) are huddled in a shallow trench during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71

Ascetics before the Shrine of the Goddess, page from a dispersed series of the... early 19th cent. Creator: Unknown
Ascetics before the Shrine of the Goddess, page from a dispersed series of the Kedara Kalpa, early 19th century. The five pilgrims are shown engaged in three different activities

Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. In the interview which Baron Rodich had, a fortnight ago, at Ragusa [Dubrovnik], with the principal insurgent leaders

The War in the Herzegovina: Council of War at Peco Pavlovitch's Camp, from a sketch by... 1876. Creator: Unknown
The War in the Herzegovina: Council of War at Peco Pavlovitch's Camp, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Crsto Pavlovitch; Bogdan Simonitch; Milovan Bochkovitch; Lazar Sotchitza; Peco

'Interior of a Turcoman Tent; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Interior of a Turcoman Tent; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Eh bien! Et des balles nous n'en faisons donc plus? Si fait! mais en coton, je trouve que... 1865. Creator: Cham
Eh bien! Et des balles nous n'en faisons donc plus? Si fait! mais en coton, je trouve que mon ancienne methode vaut encore mieux que la votre, 1865

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: the camp fire after dinner...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: the camp fire after dinner, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

Gipsy encampment in the Caucasus; The Caucasus, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Gipsy encampment in the Caucasus; The Caucasus, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

A Primitive Camp, 1912. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Primitive Camp, 1912

Moose-hunting in Canada - the Encampment, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Moose-hunting in Canada - the Encampment, 1858. Hunters in autumn. The favourite months for hunting the moose are March and September

'Patagonian encampment; Patagonia and the Patagonians, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Patagonian encampment; Patagonia and the Patagonians, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Cossack Bivouac, 1813, 1813-1814. Creator: Louis Moritz
Cossack Bivouac, 1813, 1813-1814

The Daring Hunter, Enduring in Winter, n.d. Creator: Johann Elias Ridinger
The Daring Hunter, Enduring in Winter, n.d

Tantric Feast, c1790. Creator: Unknown
Tantric Feast, c1790

The Revolution in Sicily - "Our First Bivouac at sunrise, near Villafrati" - from a sketch... 1860
The Revolution in Sicily - "Our First Bivouac at sunrise, near Villafrati" - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860

The Heath near Wolfheze, 1866. Creator: Johannes Warnardus Bilders
The Heath near Wolfheze, 1866

The kraal of Captain Coba (or Kobé), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe, 1777. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
The kraal of "Captain" Coba (or Kobe), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe, 1777

Queue of people waiting, c.1890-c.1920. Creator: Isaac Lazerus Israels
Queue of people waiting, c.1890-c.1920

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"Embers of History: Tales around the Campfire" Gather 'round the crackling flames as we delve into stories from different eras and places. Picture General Lee and General Jackson strategizing before the fateful battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War, their shadows dancing in the glow. In another scene, a Romany gypsy family finds solace on Epsom downs while racegoers cheer at the nearby Epsom racecourse. The warmth of their campfire contrasts with the excitement of horse racing. Travel back to 1861, where Confederate troops from Mississippi hone their skills with Bowie knives in their camp. A wood engraving captures this momentous time in American history when tensions ran high. Venturing across continents, imagine cooking sausages over a campfire in Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand. The aroma fills the air as nature's beauty surrounds you. Transport yourself to an era when hoboes roamed through America's heartland in search of adventure and survival during the 1920s. Their shared fire provided comfort amidst uncertainty. The voyageurs rest for a night under starry skies, sharing tales by flickering flames. Frederic Remington's illustration brings alive these rugged explorers' camaraderie deep within uncharted territories. Witness justice unfold as a sheriff removes a criminal's boots by firelight—a symbolic act representing consequences faced for unlawful deeds. Harmonious voices rise together as friends sing rounds around a campfire—music bridging gaps between cultures and generations alike. Step back even further into history—the Battle of Bloody Brook etched forever on September 18th, 1675—where brave souls gathered courageously around fires that both warmed them and fueled their determination to protect what they held dear. Fast forward to more recent times; boy scouts embrace outdoor adventures while camping in 1926 or kindle fires for Sir Robert Baden-Powell's visit to the White House in 1911.