Desert Collection

The Royal Logistic Corps

WW2 Poster -- Don t Waver, Help Wavell
Dont Waver, Help Wavell. En---ds War Weapons Week, 17-24 May 1940

Advertisement for Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
Advertisement for the Mena House Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, with a colourful scene of the pyramids. 20th century

PLM Poster, Touring Club de France, advertising rail travel to Algeria and Tunisia. Showing a man riding a camel in the desert. 20th century

Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. circa 1870

Pyramids, Egypt. circa 1870

View of the River Nile from the Quarries of Toura, Egypt. 1857

Sphinx and pyramids, Egypt. circa 1870

Pyramids of Dahshur, Egypt
Pyramids of Dahshur (or Dashoor), Egypt. 1857

Stepped pyramid, Djoser, Egypt. circa 1870

Pyramid, Egypt. circa 1870

Travellers, Holy Land

Great Pyramid of Giza and Sphinx, Egypt
Great Pyramid of Giza (or Gizeh) and Sphinx, Egypt. 1857

Pyramids of Sakkara, Egypt. 1857

Pyramid of Saqqara, Egypt. 1857

BP employee opening the flow valves
A British Petroleum employee opens the flow valves of an oil plant in the Middle East (likely to have been in Iraq or Iran). Date: circa 1925

Mobilising Bedouin Troops
Bedouin troops mobilised in Iran. Cavalry carry long spears and the flag of the Ottoman Empire flies above the troops. Date: circa 1925

Motor lorry with caterpillar wheels and tank
A motor lorry with caterpillar wheels crossing the desert with supplies in Egypt during World War One. Close by is a tank which uses the same type of mechanism to travel. Date: 1914-1918

Advertisement for O San Cigars, with an Egyptian scene of pyramids, palm trees, a camel and rider, and Cleopatras court. circa late 19th century

Chocolate box design, camels and riders

Marooned by Lawson Wood
A rather peeved pirate or buccaneer sits alone on a desert island, apparently abandoned by his shipmates. Date: 1911

DFP car speeding through the desert
A car manufactured by DFP -- Doriot, Flandrin & Parant -- is driven through the desert by four French tourists, causing shock and surprise to people and camels. Date: early 20th century

Lorries in the Thar Desert, India
People and lorries in the Thar Desert (the Great Indian Desert), India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1940

Hendon Aerial Pageant
A poster advertising a Royal Air Force Aerial Pageant at The London Aerodrome at Hendon. The pictures depicts British bombers attacking a desert stronghold Date: circa 1921

A white cat on a reflective table
A highly stylised airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith of a white cat, sat atop a reflective pale blue round table alongside a vase of thin ferns

A Mule Caravan
A mule caravan in Tripoli, Libya, North Africa. Date: 1930s

Peru-Columbia War
Columbian troops advancing across an arid terrain during the Peru-Columbia War, which was sparked off in 1932 after Peruvians seized the Amazon border town of Leticia. Date: May 1933

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